39 / 10 Obstruction
Bypassing
(60->39->56->38)

"CHIEN : Walk lamely, proceed haltingly; weak-legged, afflicted, crooked; feeble, weak; unfortunate, difficult. The ideogram: foot and cold, impeded circulation in the feet."ERANOS p435

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"[With self-restraint comes overcoming(Control) : Bypassing]
One uses inner flexibility to help cultivate one's 'way'."

In a context of self-restraint we utilise control.

Commentary

In hexagram 39 one is blocked in one's path, but this blockage is from within. It is therefore best to try and find an alternative route - bypass to overcome rather than conflict. This may require changing one's self temporarily. Contextually, we combine rigid structure and selectivity into a situation of dealing with obstructions.

Hexagram 39 is the specific form of hexagram 21

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1

"Going leads to obstruction, Coming leads to praise. [One needs to get one's priorities in order]"

Line 2

"A king's servant deals with obstructions not of his making. [One's duty is to serve and disperse]"

Line 3

"Going leads to obstruction. Coming leads to the reverse." [Adopting a position of uniformity and order removes the obstruction]

Line 4

"Going leads to obstruction. Coming leads to continuity".[Concentration is preferred over movement.]

Line 5

"[In times of] Great obstruction friends come[join in]." [When an obstruction is really big, cut it down to size first - pruning]

Line 6

"Going leads to obstruction. Coming leads to maturity. Advantageous. Of benefit to see great people." [ Staying to help remove decay and corruption is better than leaving. If you leave, the obstructions go with you.]

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 37 Rigid Structuring. It passes through hexagram 52 Selectivity 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 53. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 53 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.

Further IC+ extensions