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34 Inspiring, Invigorating
In the context of perseverance we utilise awareness.

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

The mud from which 34 has emerged is best described by analogy to the under-stated qualities of hexagram 50, transforming.

A situation of being invigorated - driven or driving.

Commentary :

Cooperative Format : In hexagram 34 we have transforming through perseverance, where one's power is such that the slightest eccentricity may be interpreted as 'the' way to do things. Inspirational but be careful. There is no resistance whatsoever to one's presence and this can influence others inappropriately. Contextually, we are combining singlemindedness with transformation.

Oppositional Format : Hexagram 34 manifests thunder against light.

Structural Relationship (Being) : Hexagram 34 is the opposite of hexagram 20.

Temporal Relationship (Doing) : The goal of 34 is hexagram 32 (or 'how do I 32? - 34' - how do I commit? through being motivated/invigorated)

Five-Phase Relationship : The trigram of Heaven reflects the process of Exchange. The trigram of Thunder reflects raw Production. The focus is on motivation, invigoration as a consequence of exchange.

34 is the goal of 08 (or 'how do I 34? - 08' - how am I motivated/invigorated? Through unity; being attracted to something/someone)

 

The I Ching tells us about hexagram 34:

Genotype

Description

Phenotype

(01)

 How does this hexagram express singlemindedness, competitiveness?

20

(02)

 What is this hexagram's potential form?

34

(03)

 How does this hexagram 'sprout'?

28

(04)

 How does this hexagram learn social skills?

30

(05)

 How does this hexagram wait for opportunity to come?

45

(06)

 How does this hexagram compromise, meet half way?

37

(07)

 How does this hexagram express uniformity, establishment of?

55

(08)

 How does this hexagram passively attract?

43

(09)

 How does this hexagram express making small gains to be noticed?

12

(10)

 How does this hexagram traverse a path carefully?

53

(11)

 How does this hexagram balance/harmonise, mediate?

16

(12)

 How does this hexagram neutralise attacks on its core beliefs?

9

(13)

 How does this hexagram express association with the likeminded?

59

(14)

 How does this hexagram manage from the centre? Direct operations? Push ideology?

23

(15)

 How does this hexagram level things out, keep words close to facts?

54

(16)

 How does this hexagram express foresight/planning?

11

(17)

 How does this hexagram find a faith? What is its faith?

48

(18)

 How does this hexagram correct corruption, express that correction?

21

(19)

 How does this hexagram express approaching the 'high'; defer to the 'low'?

62

(20)

 How does this hexagram elicit admiration and so invigorate others passively?

1

(21)

 How does this hexagram resolve problems?

18

(22)

 What does this hexagram look like, how does it present itself to the outside?

64

(23)

 How does this hexagram 'housekeep', clear chaff to bring out the wheat?

14

(24)

 How does this hexagram 'start', express 'beginning'?

32

(25)

 How does this hexagram stand up to say its piece, ignoring consequences, disentangle?

57

(26)

 How does this hexagram express 'holding firm' to traditions?

35

(27)

 What is the basic, skeletal form of this hexagram, The mud from which it has emerged?

50

(28)

 How does this hexagram express excess, go beyond what is required?

3

(29)

 How does this hexagram assert containment/control?

49

(30)

 How does this hexagram express guidance/direction setting?

4

(31)

 How does this hexagram 'woo', express restrained enticement?

60

(32)

 How does this hexagram express commitment?

24

(33)

 How does this hexagram draw-in its enemies, competitively entice?

61

(34)

 How does this hexagram actively invigorate others?

2

(35)

 How does this hexagram bring something into the 'light'?

26

(36)

 How does this hexagram protect its 'light' when not its time?

40

(37)

 How does this hexagram reflect rigid structure as a form of tension release?

6

(38)

 How does this hexagram 'mirror', deal with opposition?

52

(39)

 How does this hexagram obstruct, go against, stand up to, the flow?

58

(40)

 How does this hexagram express tension release through relaxing structure?

36

(41)

 How does this hexagram achieve clarity, concentration, distillation?

56

(42)

 How does this hexagram reflect augmentation?

44

(43)

 How does this hexagram 'seed', spread the word?

8

(44)

 How does this hexagram persuade/seduce?

42

(45)

 How does this hexagram celebrate its 'faith'?

5

(46)

 How does this hexagram become more entangled with something/someone?

51

(47)

 How does this hexagram integrate with the context, be it by choice or otherwise?

63

(48)

 Where does this hexagram get its nutrition, what sustains it, keeps it going?

17

(49)

 How does this hexagram reveal, unmask?

29

(50)

 How does this hexagram express conversion of the raw to the cooked, transformation?

27

(51)

 How does this hexagram express surprise, enlightenment, shock?

46

(52)

 How does this hexagram express blocking, discernment?

38

(53)

 How does this hexagram express gradual development, maturity?

10

(54)

 How does this hexagram expend early energy, immaturity?

15

(55)

 How does this hexagram deal with abundance/overflowing?

7

(56)

 How does this hexagram demonstrate conditional loyalty; loyalty at a distance?

41

(57)

 How does this hexagram cultivate and become influential?

25

(58)

 How does this hexagram express itself intensely, self-reflect?

39

(59)

 How does this hexagram make things clear, dispel illusions? lift the fog?

13

(60)

 How does this hexagram standardise?

31

(61)

 How does this hexagram express empathy? yielding, soft core, hard exterior?

33

(62)

 How does this hexagram express overacting to establish unconditional loyalty?

19

(63)

 How does this hexagram complete, 'get it right'?

47

(64)

 How does this hexagram remain 'open', mis-sequence?

22

 

Some PAIRINGS of hexagram 34 and other hexagrams:

DRIVE, PUSH:

33 : push by pull, drive (deceitful) - through withdrawal/trick; 33 withdrawal/trick comes from a context described by hexagram 49 - revolution, unmask, revelation

34 : push, drive (open) - through invigorate, motivate; 34 invigorate comes from a context described by hexagram 50 - transforming
This pair reflects a core sense of motivating, be it in the form of unconditional inspiration from the 'great', hexagram 34, or the particular, and so conditional, direction-setting from the centre, hexagram 14.
This pairing reflects the passive form of motivation reflected in 20 (admiring) vs the active form of motivation reflected in 34 (invigorating).

At the LOCAL level we are dealing with an octet of hexagrams with the HEAVEN trigram as base. In this sequence hexagram 34, the focus upon being an active source of invigoration and inspiration 'opposes' hexagram 09, making small gains. More so, the immediate inspiration of 34 is reflected in a more balanced format by the gradual accumulation (and so integrating) small gains reflected in 09.

A combination of a sense of firm direction being set (14) with a focus on transformation (50) is expressed in the invigoration, the inspiration, sourced in hexagram 34.
 

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