Hexagram - 43 - Displacement

[ValleyStream]

Given the time of the lunar month I thought this hexagram would be befitting to study. Let us hear what the bums have to say...

 

#43 - Displacement

 

"Displacement" Other variations include "resoluteness", "parting", and "break-through"

[Daeluin]

Lake ☱ represents the youngest daughter, whom, in family relationships, has a close connection with the father, Heaven ☰. In Hexagram 10 ䷉ we have Lake under Heaven - a potentially dangerous circumstance is described, however the innocence and openness of Lake is able to forge ahead without arousing the strong Heavenly presence into any forceful action - a delicate balance given the amount of yang in this hexagram.

 

Here in 43 ䷪ we have the opposite, Heaven under Lake. Here the openness and innocence of Lake is at the very top, and with the support of heaven beneath is able to remove all conditioning (yin) and return to the fullness of the primordial (yang).

 

Naturally as soon as the yang culminates, yin is invited, as in hexagram 44 ䷫, so this return to wholeness only maintains stability through preservation via non-doing.

 

Lake ☱ signifies transformation - transformation that is only as deep as its stillness allows. The yin line at the top is supported by the strength of the two yang lines below and wants to give in to conditioning, but, in remaining empty slowly accumulates until this yin line becomes yang. Thus this return to yang wholeness is a passive transformation whereby one wards off conditioning forces, awaiting the proper timing for things to return to being whole.

 

When the culmination of yang follows this course of stillness, the resulting wholeness is stable. However when 43 ䷪ gives way to desire, not only does the wholeness not stabilize, but the incoming force of conditioning in 44 ䷫ is that much stronger.

[ValleyStream]

I appreciate the information on the mechanics of changing between the Hexagrams. It is difficult to look at one without looking at the surroundings since they are always changing. Quick question though...Do we think of the flow of the yin and yang as fluid or as "blocky"? What i mean is, do the hexagrams change from 43 to 44 in an instant (like a clock) when that instant is proper or does it gradually transform into the next (like the moon waxing and waning)?

Edited October 7, 2014 by ValleyStream

[Daeluin]

Studying the wax and wane of the moon helps to see the fluidity and circularity and evenness in the changes.

 

But these changes occur on every scale. In every breath, in every heart beat, in every day to day routine. Sometimes they're fluid and harmonious, but often there can be sudden jumps.

 

In the breath 43 ䷪ would be at the end of the inhale, 44 ䷫ at the beginning of the exhale. But 43 can go straight into 44 without reaching 1 ䷀. The breath can turn around at any point - just like we can spend what we've been saving at any point. Often people don't breathe fully and so the imbalance initiates a yawn to capture that fullness of breath every so often.

 

Any line in any hexagram can change to become any other hexagram. They have paths of least resistance, but in unique situations anything can happen. Especially in the world of technology we live in... so it can be interesting to uncover the differences and similarities between the changes of man and the changes of nature.

[joeblast]

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Edited May 23, 2016 by joeblast