Emotional I Ching : Hexagram 43

43 Seedings, Cuttings, Spread-the-Word
In a context of perseverance we utilise intensity.

Trigrams : perseverance (bottom), intensity (top) : with/from perseverance comes intensity. [lake over heaven]

The mud from which 43 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated qualities of hexagram 44, persuading, seducing.

Commentary :

Cooperative format : Hexagram 43 is a long way from the use of tradition. We need to see inside ourselves to get through this. This can generate what some see as resoluteness and others see as arrogance. This total self development needs to be balanced by opening up to others. This is accomplished by 'spreading the word', analogous to taking cuttings from a plant to use elsewhere.

Oppositional format : lake against light.

Template format : Expansive bonding in a context of expansive blending.

Five-Phase Relationships : The trigram of Heaven reflects Exchange (as opposition, competitive). The trigram of Lake reflects cooperative Exchange. Competitive Exchange through Cooperative Exchange is expressed as being robust, resolute in 'spreading the word' , in sowing seeds.

Goal of 43 - hexagram 28 (or 'how do I 28? - 43')

43 is the goal of 27 (or 'how do I 43? - 27' How do I be robust, intensely spreading the word? Through fostering a 'hunger' for something, a need to be 'filled')

The I Ching tells us about hexagram 43

Genotype	Description	Phenotype
(01)	How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness?	23
(02)	What is this hexagram's potential form?	43
(03)	How does this hexagram 'sprout'?	32
(04)	How does this hexagram learn social skills?	13
(05)	How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come?	16
(06)	How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way?	22
(07)	How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of?	49
(08)	How does this hexagram passively attract?	34
(09)	How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed?	35
(10)	How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully?	52
(11)	How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate?	45
(12)	How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs?	26
(13)	How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded?	4
(14)	How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology?	20
(15)	How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts?	58
(16)	How does this hexagram express foresight/planning?	5
(17)	How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith?	46
(18)	How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction?	25
(19)	How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'?	31
(20)	How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively?	14
(21)	How does this hexagram resolve problems?	57
(22)	What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside?	6
(23)	How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat?	1
(24)	How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'?	28
(25)	How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle?	18
(26)	How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions?	12
(27)	What is the basic, skeletal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged?	44
(28)	How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required?	24
(29)	How does this hexagram assert containment/control?	55
(30)	How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting?	59
(31)	How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement?	19
(32)	How does this hexagram express commitment?	3
(33)	How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice?	41
(34)	How does this hexagram actively invigorate others?	8
(35)	How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'?	9
(36)	How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time?	47
(37)	How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release?	64
(38)	How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition?	53
(39)	How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow?	54
(40)	How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure?	63
(41)	How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation?	33
(42)	How does this hexagram reflect augmentation?	50
(43)	How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word?	2
(44)	How does this hexagram persuade/seduce?	27
(45)	How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'?	11
(46)	How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone?	17
(47)	How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise?	36
(48)	Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going?	51
(49)	How does this hexagram reveal, unmask?	7
(50)	How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation?	42
(51)	How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock?	48
(52)	How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment?	10
(53)	How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity?	38
(54)	How does this hexagram expend early energy, immaturity?	39
(55)	How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing?	29
(56)	How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance?	61
(57)	How does this hexagram cultivate and become influential?	21
(58)	How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect?	15
(59)	How does this hexagram make things clear, dispel illusions? lift the fog?	30
(60)	How does this hexagram standardise?	62
(61)	How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior?	56
(62)	How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty?	60
(63)	How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'?	40
(64)	How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence?	37

Some PAIRINGS of hexagram 43 and other hexagrams:

In the binary sequence hexagram 43 pairs with hexagram 01.

The pairing of 01 and 43 reflect the subtle differences in expression of 'yangness' where the differentiating focus of 01, where we make the point of the totality of yangness, is complemented by the integrating focus of 43 where the emphasis is on 'spreading the word', sowing the seed, and doing that in a 'pushy' manner. Thus we have the integrating and differentiating examples of pure yang.

In the binary sequence hexagram 43 opposes hexagram 23.

This pair deals with concepts we find in gardening where 23 reflects a focus on pruning, identifying the 'true' word, and 43 reflects a focus on seeding, 'spreading the word'.

At the LOCAL level, the hard core, sharp focus on 'spreading the word' is reflected in a more balanced format by the more 'subtle' focus on holding firm to traditions, a generally integrating nature in 26. ( I say general in that, when we zoom-in further to pairs so 11, 26 form a pair with 11 being integrating, 26 more differentiating).

In the traditional sequence hexagram 43 pairs with hexagram 44.

The overall focus in this pairing is on being 'persuasive', be it through the 'spreading of the word' of 43 or the more seductive methods of 44.

43 : draw attention - through spread the word; 43 spread the word comes from a context described by hexagram 44 - persuade, seduce, put the word

44 : draw attention - through put the word; 44 put the word, persuade, comes from a context described by hexagram 43 - spread the word

In the traditional sequence hexagram 43 opposes hexagram 22.

In this pairing the characteristics of 22 reflect selling through packaging whereas for 43 the focus is more on selling through use of the 'gab'.

The generic properties of hexagram 43 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram 01 with the generic properties of hexagram 44.

A combination of singlemindedness (01) and being persuasive/seductive (44) is expressed in the need to 'spread the word' reflected by hexagram 43.

In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 43 complements hexagram 28.

There is excess in both of these hexagrams, be it in the 'missionary zeal' of spreading the word (42) or in the preparedness to go beyond the norm to achieve/establish something (28).