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The ROOTS of the category of Lake in the universal IC are in a generic sense of expansive bonding, to share space with
another/others 'without'. The overall focus is on use of a sense of self-reflection, intensity in expression with others - and so a focus on sharing space with others as one shares space with an audience or lover. Emotionally there is a link to love (sex) through an emphasis on replication, mimicry, copying.

19 - approaching (unconditional 'seeking an audience' - high defers to low)
41 - concentrating (conditional approaching - distillation, all 'together')

60 - standardising, limiting (unconditional)
61 - yielding, empathising (conditional standardising, 'sameness' in feeling, resonance)

54 - immaturing, 'immediate development' (need for) (unconditional)
38 - opposing, mirroring (conditional)

58 - self-reflecting, intense expressing (unconditional)
10 - treading (a path) (conditional self-reflecting)

ALL of these can be interpreted negatively or positively - e.g. 54 is often interpreted as negative, but the case being more on a focus on a demand for 'growing up' quickly due to circumstances outside of one's control. As such the 'immediate development' requirement is 'opposed' by the gradual development, the maturing, of 54s structural opposite - 53.

The skeletal form of 54 is described by analogy to 64 - a focus on mis-sequencing, incorrect steps, 'closing' (aka maturing, completing) to early, there is a need to remain 'open'.

54 pairs with 38 where there is the conditional requirement of a quick response in the form of mirroring, dealing with opposition through putting up a mirror such that the opposition see themselves in you and so leave you alone - you can get on with your life 'behind' the mirror.

The skeletal form of 38 is described by analogy to 40 - tension release through relaxation of structure etc. In 38s opposite, 39, with its focus on dealing with obstructions, and so includes being one, going against the flow, the skeletal form is 37 - tension release through rigid structuring. As such the pair 38/39 cover issues of going against the 'grain' or 'flow' etc and bypassing oppositions/obstructions. 53/54 can be interpreted as covering issues of going 'with' the flow, either by choice or circumstance. This quartet then forms into pairs of 54,38 and 39,53.

54s trigrams read "with/from self-reflection comes awareness"
38s trigrams read "with/from self-reflection comes direction"

In the above pairs of the lake octet, the first hexagram is unconditional in its manner, the second is conditional. Thus, since this octet reflects in a microcosm the macrocosm so the 'opposites' dynamics of the macro apply. Thus we have pairs of hexagrams reflecting the unconditional/conditional expressions of the five lines each hexagram shares with the other:

19, 41 (both seek to 'mix' and from there 'distill' something. In 41 the conditional nature allows for the distillation process to fail and so figurative 'decrease' becomes literal 'decrease'; in 19 the failure can be in the deference of the high to the low being 'false')
60, 61 (unconditional 'standards' vs conditional, personal, standards e.g. as a judge goes to bat for a prisoner etc)
54, 38 (see earlier comments)
58, 10

As well as the mapping of POTENTIALS/ACTUALS, or more so the seeming 'balanced' as compared to their exaggerated format:

19 - 10 (basic audience-seeking vs exaggeration in being watched intensely)
41 - 58 (basic concentration, distillation vs intensity in that concentration)
60 - 38 (basic limiting, standardising vs exaggerated form of 'reflecting' sameness)
61 - 54 (basic softening/yielding within to circumstance vs intense form)

All have a sense of dealing with issues of intensity in expressions, mirroring (copy, replicate) as a 'fundamental' element.

The skeletal forms (27-ness) of all of these hexagrams are found in the octet of water.

The PAIRS themselves form into quartets of meaning ((19,41),(60,61) Vs (54,38),(58,10)) and so on. (e.g. more pairs such as 54,38 vs 58,10 - meaning in meaning in meaning - all due to the method of derivation)

EACH can be XOR-ed with any other to bring out its expressiveness THROUGH that other, all made by analogy to some other hexagram. All of these methods bring out finer details of structure due simply to the method used to create these structures - recursion of yin/yang that ensures all is linked together - as such there is no need for analogies outside of the 'box' since all analogies can be made within the box - if you know what is going on ;-) (and there is LOTS more going on here in that EACH pair can form into a sequence of 64 that serve as analogies/metaphors for describing a 'logic of relationships'
etc etc)

Chris.

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