61 / 51 Inner Truth
Sympathising, Softening
(53->61->54->62)

"CHUNG FU -

CHUNG : inner, central; calm, stable; put in the center; stable point which enables you to face inner and outer changes; middle line of a trigram. The ideogram: field divided into two equal parts...
FU : accord between inner and outer in a particular moment; sincere, truthful, verified, reliable, in accord with the spirits; capture; prisoners, spoils;..The ideogram:bird's claw enclosing young animals, possessive grip."ERANOS p636

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"[With self-reflection comes influence: Sympathizing/Empathizing]
One extends legal deliberation to delay death."

In a context of self-reflection we utilise influence.

Commentary

In hexagram 61 apparent firmness hides a forgiving heart. This is the point of switching from firm to yielding in inner truth. The text symbolizes a judge (apparent firmness) protracting discussion due to a forgiving heart and thus "..delay[ing] executions". Capturing the heart(centre) and thus sympathizing. Contextually combining containment and deference gives yielding.

The Traditional Single Changing Line Comments:

Line 1 -

"[At the beginning] precaution is favourable. [Keep to this(inner truth)] not private relationships (?)" [Passive influence as security. Avoid active influences]

Line 2 -

"[Temptations]." [With a soft centre, one must be wary of the many temptations. Commitment is required.]

Line 3 -

"One aquires opposition. Maybe they beat their drums, [maybe not]. Maybe they cry, maybe they sing." ['They' try methods of emotional persuasion on one's soft centre]

Line 4 -

"Almost full moon. The horse team is dead. No fault in this." [In the position of a minister(line 4) rather than a noble (line 5), the brightest one can become is as bright as the full moon reflecting the light of the noble. To achieve this one has used up all of one's strength. Be wary of excess (arrogance). One's yielding core can never become more than a full moon]

Line 5 -

"Being balanced, things bind together. No harm in this." [A hard exterior unites with a yielding heart. Influence/Wooing]

Line 6 -

"A soaring sound ascending to heaven. Dangerous and testing times." [A soft heart is trapped inside. It seeks spiritual help]

Extended Commentary

The raw context from which the situation derives is described by hexagram 29 containing/overcoming(control). It passes through hexagram 19 Approaching/Defering 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 60. To make a state associated with another hexagram transform into this state, introduce hexagram 60 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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