Emotional I Ching : Hexagram 32

32 Committing
In the context of cultivation we utilise awareness.

Trigrams : cultivation (bottom), awareness (top) : with/from cultivation comes awareness. [thunder over wind]

The mud from which 32 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated qualities of hexagram 14 - directing from the centre.

A situation covering issues of commitment

Commentary :

Cooperative Format : Hexagram 32 is the point of balance between the two main hexagrams of transition (51,57). We are as far away as possible from the moment of transition. We experience duration in a social context of an enduring relationship; the idea of commitment. Contextually, we develop from a raw sense of direction (14) that becomes seductive (44), leading to wholehearted commitment.

(The four hexagrams (51,32,42,57) deal with the cyclic nature of transitions. As influenced by their base trigrams).

Oppositional Format : Hexagram 32 is thunder against wind.

Structural Relationship (Being) : Hexagram 32 is the opposite of hexagram 42.

Temporal Relationship (Doing) : The goal of 32 is hexagram 55 (or 'how do I 55? - 32')

Five-Phase Relationship : The trigram of Wind reflects manufactured production, a need to cultivate. The trigram of Thunder reflects raw production, the 'new'. The overall focus is on commitment to production or more so to reproduction ('self-renewing').

32 is the goal of 34 (or 'how do I 32? - 34')

The I Ching tells us about hexagram 32:

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

Some PAIRINGS of hexagram 32 and other hexagrams:

In the traditional sequence hexagram 32 pairs with hexagram 31.

In this pairing both hexagrams focus on issues of commitment, be it the intensity in the wooing of 31 (and so an overall differentiating focus) or the general sense of commitment reflected in 32 (and so an overall integrating focus).

COMMIT:

31 : commit (gradual) - through to someone; 31 wooing comes from a context described by hexagram 13 - loose associations

32 : commit (sudden) - through to something; 32 committing comes from a context described by hexagram 14 - centered associations, directing

In the binary sequence hexagram 32 pairs with hexagram 50.

This pairing reflects the benefits of delay that lead to refinements - be it in the unconditional commitment expressed in 32, or the particular, and so conditional 'cooking' of 50.

In the binary sequence hexagram 32 opposes hexagram 42.

At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with WIND as base. The association here is of 32 with 57, where the exaggerated sense of commitment is reflected in a more balanced format in the form of the 'gentle' influence of the wind on cultivation and becoming influential.

In the traditional sequence hexagram 32 opposes hexagram 33.

The generic properties of hexagram 32 reflect the mixing of the generic properties of hexagram 50 with the generic properties of hexagram 14.

A combination of a focus on transformation ('cook before you eat' - 50) and a focus on moving forwards, a sense of clear direction (14) is reflected in the sense of total commitment expressed in hexagram 32.

In the variations on a theme sequence, hexagram 32 complements hexagram 34.