ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author explores the processes of change and balance as reflected in the hexagrams for the contemporary reader. In the hexagram there is an 'inner' lake and an outer lake, so the idea that the one refreshes the other is explicit in the image, carrying with it the principle that inner joy is of great value to society in general. Tui represents the mouth and teaching as well as learning through discussion and communication with others, examples of how the inner source of joy and knowledge can benefit the world, but it is also associated with sharp destructiveness. Tui also represents the Magician, not surprising considering the capacity of water to create distortions, reflections, and illusions. Tui seems to be the most personal and social of the trigrams. At its more fleeting, joy can be contagious, lifting and lightening the moment, possibly helping to transcend real difficulties, breaking, like a ray of sunlight, through dark clouds.
