Transformation · line 1
Inner Integrity becomes Release from Obstacles
What this change means
The first line looks behind your actions to the motive. If there's a wish to manipulate others hidden in what you do, it will come out. The old text puts it simply: being ready, with nothing else in mind, brings good fortune; if there's something else, there's no ease. As this line moves, the Lake below becomes Water, and the hexagram turns into 59 Release from Obstacles. That's where a clean motive leads: to loosening. Tensions that rose from selfishness can dissolve when you act sincerely and bring opposing sides together around shared aims. So check yourself before you act. Are you trying to help, or to steer people where you want them? Drop the angle. Be humble, let the current carry you, and the obstacles tend to ease on their own.
What to read, in order
Marked ● is what Zhu Xi's tradition puts at the center for this number of moving lines.
- Line 1 of 61 Inner Integrity
If behind what you do there's a wish to manipulate others, your intentions will be exposed.
Being ready: good fortune. If there is something else, no ease.
- The judgment of 61 Inner Integrity
When you're whole within, it shows on the outside, and you'll be able to do great things and to let your truth move others toward great undertakings.
Piglets and fish: good fortune. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.
- The judgment of 59 Release from Obstacles
You can free yourself from the obstacles that hold you back if you're able to act sincerely and bring opposites together around shared goals. The tension has arisen because selfishness rules. To move forward, be humble and let the current carry you rather than going against it.
Success. The king goes to his temple. It is favorable to cross the great river. Constancy is favorable.
The trigrams
The way back
59 Release from Obstacles → 61 Inner Integrityline 1
Other transformations of Inner Integrity
Make your own cast
The answer changes with the question. Toss the coins and see which lines move for you.