37 / 43 The Family (Clan)
Rigid Structuring
(59->37->55->40)

"CHIA JEN -

CHIA : home, house, household, family; domestic, within doors; live in. The ideogram: roof and pig or dog, the most valued domestic animals...

JEN : humans individually and collectively; an individual; humankind." ERANOS p415

Image :

"[With guidance comes influence] : The Clan.
One uses words to [influence] people as well as
direction to [influence] commitment."

In the context of guidance we utilise influence.

Commentary

In hexagram 37 we find that release from tension need not be explicit. For example, here a man returns to his family/clan where there is no tension in that each member of the family speaks the same language and fulfills their role - mother is mother, father is father, first son is first son etc - the social structure is rigid. Benefically, this creates a tension free environment - no competition - such that when a family member returns from a tension creating situation, the tension is released just by walking in the door. There is an association with 'communicating' in that within the family or clan, we all speak the same language. This is a relaxing influence; when one has travelled in foreign lands it is good to sometimes hear one's own language. The subtle influence here is the concept of everything being in the 'exactly correct' place and thus a degree of tension release. However, this degree of structuring is also inflexable and we find the contextual roots of obstruction and uncompromising states leading into rigidity.

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1

"[In the beginning] one is restrained to one's own 'house'. As a result previous troubles are removed."

Line 2

"Devoid of direction one is freed. Following the middle path one is nourished. Testing times but advantageous."OR "One is tempted to be free and leave, but one's role is to provide. A testing situation but advantageous"

Line 3

"Obedience to the clan requires the occasional correcting of one's path; [a confirmation of one's commitment]. At times this may seem foolish to others but compliance removes tension."

Line 4

"A rich environment leads to greatness."

Line 5

"The king imagines owning a house." [When we have reached the position of the ruler, having one's own home is out of the question. Our position makes us wanderers in our own land]

Line 6

"Ensuring that one has everything in order enables completion. Advantageous."

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 39 Obstructing/Bypassing. It passes through hexagram 36 Uncompromising before reaching here.

Transformative methods

By introducing this hexagram as context, you can change a state described by any other hexagram into a state described by hexagram 63. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 63 as context.

It is important to remember that, when using transformative methods, the more lines requiring change, the more energy required when attempting to introduce a different context. It may therefore be of benefit to work on existing changing lines and achieve your goal in steps rather than attempt, for example, a six-line change all at once.

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