Hi to all of you :)I asked I Ching "What is happening right now in the relationship between person x and me?" and i've got answer hex 10.2.4.6 moving to hex 3.I don't know if I need to say something else about the situation? If so, please tell. Thank you everyone for advice and answers :)
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Help to interprete 10.2.4.6 > 3
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How to get him to leave me alone? 23uc
I briefly dated a coworker and in no uncertain terms cut off all ties to the best of my ability months and months ago. He has not stopped pining and trying to make contract. It is unsettling. I first asked Yi what should I do about this? and received 1.1.3.4 > 59. I didn't know what to make of this outside of don't act and there is someone "dancing in the abyss." Startling image for what I am going through with this.
So I asked a more specific question... what can I do to get him to leave me alone forever? 23uc. Am I being told that there is nothing I can do? I just have to live with this? It all seems pretty bleak. This entire time I have taken the position of no contact. Even making polite eye contact when passing in the halls clearly gives him hope and makes him try even harder.
So I asked a more specific question... what can I do to get him to leave me alone forever? 23uc. Am I being told that there is nothing I can do? I just have to live with this? It all seems pretty bleak. This entire time I have taken the position of no contact. Even making polite eye contact when passing in the halls clearly gives him hope and makes him try even harder.
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Will he invite me to spend the day with him? Hex 53.2
Hello community, my ex-boyfriend and I decided to remain friends after a heart-wrenching break up last year. Its been rough, but since August our friendship started growing stronger. Ive realized that I still have feelings for him but Im not so sure how he feels. Earlier in the day, we hung out and watched an MMA event together. Before I left to go home, however, I asked him if he would like to do something next weekend after Thanksgiving. He started acting weird and made some excuses, saying that he didnt know his schedule. It was strange because we got along pretty well today. I was really discouraged and simply told him just to let me know when he got a handle on his schedule and left. I know he isnt dating anyone else so thats not the reason for his behavior. But I thought next week would be the perfect time to air our feelings out and get to the bottom of things. I asked I Ching if he and I would end up spending time together that weekend and received 53.2 to 57. Im hoping it means hell invite me over for a feast, as the 2nd changing line implies. Does anyone have experience with this in terms of a reunion?
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Hexagram 35.4 > 23 relationship and mindset to adopt
I was dating somebody during a few months. It ended suddenly and he didnt want to meet in person to talk about what happened between us. We were just getting to know each other and there was no arguing or conflict, I only felt that he becomes detached. He suggested meeting and clarify but it was more a gesture of his part and after all he just made me understand that he was too busy to meet.
I asked several time Why our relationship did not work?, as I cant ask him directly, and it also helps me to digest this situation. These weeks I received three times 35.4 > 23
I understand that it means that I am going repeatedly over this subject, but in some reading I read about that this reading involves manipulation. I was really enthusiastic about this person but I tried to not be overwhelming and give him space. I dont see how could I be manipulative.
I also received this answer when asking How to improve in general. So what mindset should I follow to not to be this rodent
Thanks a lot for your opinion.
I asked several time Why our relationship did not work?, as I cant ask him directly, and it also helps me to digest this situation. These weeks I received three times 35.4 > 23
I understand that it means that I am going repeatedly over this subject, but in some reading I read about that this reading involves manipulation. I was really enthusiastic about this person but I tried to not be overwhelming and give him space. I dont see how could I be manipulative.
I also received this answer when asking How to improve in general. So what mindset should I follow to not to be this rodent
Thanks a lot for your opinion.
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Name that Publication
I few years ago I wrote a piece of work for the course I was taking at the time which used the I Ching as a reference point for psychological process, from a transpersonal perspective. At the time my tutors suggested that I get the piece published, but it had got me a pass mark for the course and I left it there.
Recently I've been toying with the ideal of dusting it off and seeing if I can get it published somewhere. It's not a great studious piece more a comparison of what has been written on the process and how the words of the I Ching reinforce the understanding.
I'm looking for help from the community here for names of magazines, publications etc that I could send the work too in the hope of getting it published in its current simple, uncomplicated format.
Any suggestions, ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks
Michael
Recently I've been toying with the ideal of dusting it off and seeing if I can get it published somewhere. It's not a great studious piece more a comparison of what has been written on the process and how the words of the I Ching reinforce the understanding.
I'm looking for help from the community here for names of magazines, publications etc that I could send the work too in the hope of getting it published in its current simple, uncomplicated format.
Any suggestions, ideas or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Many Thanks
Michael
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Abundance and 22.1 to 52
I made an important investment as well as hoping to have a biz bring extra income to supplement my husband income which will decrease by half soon. This was my answer >> 22.1 to 52
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Healing and 54
I asked "what do I need to do to heal my body" and Hexagram 54, the Marrying Maiden was my answer. This does not make sense to me.
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How will this party be for me?
Simple question with result soon...In december I got invited to an expensive party among old friends... I wont meet anyone new but some friend of mine asked if some people I hate could come... I am likely to say err maybe someone else?! But i want to go because too much time was spent alone. Question: how will be this party? 26.4 which becomes 14Well,It says the bull's horns are protected... XD i have no clue about it but i may say that i will deal with some Young spirit and that i must not be too defensive or guarded?
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What's the reason?
My brother and his g.f. have been together over ten years, they share a one year old beautiful little boy. I thought they would marry but he doesn't want to and left her heart broken. He didn't give her a clear explanation only that he wants to 'find himself' and doesn't want to be with her anymore. I don't understand. Things seemed fine according to her, she never knew he was unhappy. I asked What is the reason he doesn't want to be with her? I got hexagram 14.4.5.6 changing to 5.Line 5 I feel it may be speaking of the relationship being too much for him? Apparently this hex speaks of a good relationship. Hexagram 5 is called waiting; perhaps he will eventually come around if she waits?
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Changing the Ruler 51 uc, 19.5 > 60
I am undergoing the task of changing my legal name and have been busy making a list and asking around what kind of name I seem like and wanted to ask the clarity community as well. For those who've known me through here as well as those who know nothing but just might have an intuition to offer, or even if anyone has their own experience to share, I would love to read it.
51 uc
Casting this one about changing my name came as no surprise ;) I was particularly drawn to Carol Anthony's words on this one " Shock has the temporary effect of separating our ego from our pysche" because it has been through working with my own internal fragmentation, bringing the pieces back together, that I have wanted to let go of my current name which identifies me; the way I'm identified by others through my birth name sets up a relationship to only a small part of who I am, and keeps me there. The power of words.
Will I be forever stuck in the shock of bearing a name I feel dissociated from is also something possible with 51 uc. In a lovely kind of synchronicity, it was supposed to thunder and hail today so
I cancelled my plans to go on a hike; three hours later the clouds haven't stirred at all ...
I'm thunder-stuck ;)
19.5 > 60
Wise approach
From Brian Arnold's words on his app "Your position is one of sovereignty. If you choose capable helpers and restrain yourself from interfering in their work, you will achieve the idea of true leadership."
My fears have me reading this in that I should stay true to the name I was given at birth, don't interfere in their work. I did cast this reading after considering where I might find impartial helpers, and arriving at the idea of Clarity :) I suppose both might be true. I have been wanting to change my name since I was 11 years old and never did. At eleven I was met with parental disapproval. Now I am in a unique position where it won't cause much fuss to change my name, I've moved to a new area where I have yet to establish myself; the opportunity is here.
Sovereignty. I like this word. I govern myself.
I half wish I could have chingching as my legal name, but given I'm of irish/english genes it may come across as inappropriate appropriation. I read somewhere the other day a 1970's quote from (excuse my ignorance) some Chinese master of some discipline that there are more i ching coins tossed in America then there ever have been in China. :D. (I'll add, across the western world now)
:bows:
51 uc
Casting this one about changing my name came as no surprise ;) I was particularly drawn to Carol Anthony's words on this one " Shock has the temporary effect of separating our ego from our pysche" because it has been through working with my own internal fragmentation, bringing the pieces back together, that I have wanted to let go of my current name which identifies me; the way I'm identified by others through my birth name sets up a relationship to only a small part of who I am, and keeps me there. The power of words.
Will I be forever stuck in the shock of bearing a name I feel dissociated from is also something possible with 51 uc. In a lovely kind of synchronicity, it was supposed to thunder and hail today so
I cancelled my plans to go on a hike; three hours later the clouds haven't stirred at all ...
I'm thunder-stuck ;)
19.5 > 60
Wise approach
From Brian Arnold's words on his app "Your position is one of sovereignty. If you choose capable helpers and restrain yourself from interfering in their work, you will achieve the idea of true leadership."
My fears have me reading this in that I should stay true to the name I was given at birth, don't interfere in their work. I did cast this reading after considering where I might find impartial helpers, and arriving at the idea of Clarity :) I suppose both might be true. I have been wanting to change my name since I was 11 years old and never did. At eleven I was met with parental disapproval. Now I am in a unique position where it won't cause much fuss to change my name, I've moved to a new area where I have yet to establish myself; the opportunity is here.
Sovereignty. I like this word. I govern myself.
I half wish I could have chingching as my legal name, but given I'm of irish/english genes it may come across as inappropriate appropriation. I read somewhere the other day a 1970's quote from (excuse my ignorance) some Chinese master of some discipline that there are more i ching coins tossed in America then there ever have been in China. :D. (I'll add, across the western world now)
:bows:
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Why I havent heard from company X? 60.2 -> 3
I applied for a job. I thought my chances were good, although its a big company and Im sure there are many others sending out their resumes. I received an automated reply, which was a confirmation that my resume reached them, and it said that I would hear from them one way or another.
A couple months have passed and I havent heard from them. I wonder why.
So I asked Yi: Why I havent heard from company X?
The reply: 60.2 -> 3
I dont know how to interpret it. Does it mean my email never reached them? Or perhaps that the beginnings are difficult but itll turn up well in the end? I was thinking about applying for one more position there, but I thought I should first wait and see what they say to this one.
Any ideas what might have gone wrong?
Best, Sylwia
A couple months have passed and I havent heard from them. I wonder why.
So I asked Yi: Why I havent heard from company X?
The reply: 60.2 -> 3
I dont know how to interpret it. Does it mean my email never reached them? Or perhaps that the beginnings are difficult but itll turn up well in the end? I was thinking about applying for one more position there, but I thought I should first wait and see what they say to this one.
Any ideas what might have gone wrong?
Best, Sylwia
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Taking a stand at work. hex 2.6 hex 50.2.3
Dear Clarity Folk
Hope someone can help me with this question.
So one of my main problems with myself is that I don't like conflict. So when someone says something bitchy I am usually shocked and feel embarassed.
I have been meditating wbich has helped me remain calm in such situations.Is this really a problem well yes and no.
I asked the I ching if I ask clarity members will they have an idea for me?
I got 50.2.3 Someting will cook up.
Someone in line 3 will have an idea after the rain falls line 3.
Not sure why pheasant not eatten.
Often I find my work colleagues seem when very stressed to take out their unhappiness on me.
visciuos digs etc.
one we can call A has just done this recently.She is not appreciated by the otjer colleagues who don"t invite het out.Person A has quite a lot of problems herself she is obesse,so probably worried about her health.
She tries to make othets look bad by pointing out
mistakes.
Person B I have been kind of friendly with bit she is
quite aggresive in petsonality sometimes.
Recently she lied to me about something, not important but felt bit sad about it.
My question was what can I do to stand up for myself
better?
Hexagram 59.5
Wind blowing over water dispersing.
Line 5 cring out announcemennt.
So must be more verbal.How to have more courage?
What should I do about person A?
2.6
Have a fight?Fight it out.
Thanks in advance.
Hope this is not too confusing.
Hope someone can help me with this question.
So one of my main problems with myself is that I don't like conflict. So when someone says something bitchy I am usually shocked and feel embarassed.
I have been meditating wbich has helped me remain calm in such situations.Is this really a problem well yes and no.
I asked the I ching if I ask clarity members will they have an idea for me?
I got 50.2.3 Someting will cook up.
Someone in line 3 will have an idea after the rain falls line 3.
Not sure why pheasant not eatten.
Often I find my work colleagues seem when very stressed to take out their unhappiness on me.
visciuos digs etc.
one we can call A has just done this recently.She is not appreciated by the otjer colleagues who don"t invite het out.Person A has quite a lot of problems herself she is obesse,so probably worried about her health.
She tries to make othets look bad by pointing out
mistakes.
Person B I have been kind of friendly with bit she is
quite aggresive in petsonality sometimes.
Recently she lied to me about something, not important but felt bit sad about it.
My question was what can I do to stand up for myself
better?
Hexagram 59.5
Wind blowing over water dispersing.
Line 5 cring out announcemennt.
So must be more verbal.How to have more courage?
What should I do about person A?
2.6
Have a fight?Fight it out.
Thanks in advance.
Hope this is not too confusing.
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Hex 62.2.3.4 > hex 7 what is holding or has held jim back from being successful?
WHAT IS HOLDING OR HAS HELD JIM BACK FROM BEING SUCCESSFUL? HOW SHOULD HE PROCEED?
This is only part 1 of my interpretation but I would like to share it and if anyone has anything to include I am open to receiving. My boyfriend (or ex-boyfriend) of what was 10 years of boy and girl friending, has cancer... big and bad cancer. He has just embarked on several surgeries and is presently healing in Fort Worth, Texas on what is by far the most life changing of the surgeries. This is the first time he has EVER asked me to do a reading for him. It applies to both past and present/future. I went with what flowed through me as to how I couched the two hexagrams ... here it is...
HEXAGRAM (HEX) 62: THE SMALL EXCEEDS changes to HEXAGRAM (HEX) 7: THE ARMY
The way I interpreted these two hexagrams was in how they work together versus HEX 62 creates a result where HEX 7 follows. This suggests you are acting and correcting in the present to have an outcome in the future. In your case these two work together. It requires small successful steps (HEXAGRAM 62) in conjunction with discipline and organization (HEXAGRAM 7) to meet your goal.
For both past and present/future successes the same applies in both cases. The past successes have been small or smaller than you desired based on the same reasons that the present and future successes will be successful.
HEX 62: THE SMALL EXCEEDS
The way to create success for you is through small actions that are great in their own right that have you meet the greater goal. What motivates your success is an Inner Truth (HEXAGRAM 61). HEXAGRAM 61 is the complementary hexagram that is the foundation upon which you establish all of your goals and successes. Inner Truth is defined by your values and beliefs that are founded in a conviction of what is "right". "The right thing to do, even when nobody is looking" Only you know this truth. "Inner Truth means trust." (Barrett, 2012) Inner Truth = Trust. As you pointed out, success or greatness of the success is bound to trust... too trusting leads you astray because you are not grounded... lack of trust inhibits possibilities because limits your willingness to take action. Trust is not how you trust in another but how much you believe in yourself...or trust yourself to do the right thing. It also means that you trust that the result will always be the same as it was before based on your past experiences or an unfounded belief. Also you can trust someone else to do as they have always done. So trust is extensive in its meaning and how you apply it. How you have trusted yourself or another is the mitigating factor that causes you to act. "Your inner convictions, this naturally moves you into action, which takes you into the vast inhospitable landscape ...."(Barrett, 2012)
THE JUDGEMENT (Wilhelm, 1997)
PREPONDERANCE OF THE SMALL. Success.
Perseverance Furthers.
Small things may be done; great things should not be done.
The flying bird brings the message:
It is not well to strive upward,
It is well to remain below.
Great good fortune.
COMMENTARY ON THE DECISION (JUDGEMENT) (Wilhelm, 1997)
PREPONDERANCE OF THE SMALL. The small preponderate and have success. To be furthered in transition by perseverance: this means going with the time.
During this time of transition it is best to persist in what is small because at this time this is what you can do and still be successful.
The yielding attains the middle, hence good fortune in small things.
The yielding refers to line 2 which is aligned with the even number place of position 2. Even numbers naturally appeal to yielding lines (-- --) and odd number lines appeal to strong lines (-----). In this case, line 2 has attained the middle and is correct and appropriate in its action. This is also a changing line a directly pertains to you. This line and the position 2 are appropriate and correct, balanced, holds the middle and does not make large or big changes or movements but focuses on what is lowly. Lowly in this case, describes humble or modest and because it is line 2 of the lower triagram (KEN = mountain) it represents the lower position and closer to the earth. The upper triagram (CHEN = thunder) is closer to heaven and represents a more lofty pursuit.
The hard has lost its place is not in the middle: hence one should not do great things.
The hard refers to Line 5 which in this case is a yielding line (-- --). When this line is correct and appropriate it is a strong line (-----). This is because odd number line positions appeal to strong lines. Again the fact the line is yielding in line 5 is (-- --) and not (-----) suggests that this position which represents the prince or ruler is taking a yielding position as it acts.
The hexagram has the form of a flying bird.
The actual shape of the hexagram looks like a flying bird thus the bird brings a message to you.
Top and bottom 4 lines (lines 1,2,5,6) are (-- --) and represent the wings of the bird.
The middle 2 lines (lines 3,4) are (-----) and are the body of the bird.
"The flying bird brings the message: It is not well to strive upward,It is well to remain below. Great good fortune." Striving upward is rebellion, striving downward is devotion.
It is best to remain close to the earth because the natural habitat of the bird is on earth and not the heavens. It is best not to fly up too high or make to great of attempt (like Icarus) or you will not find success but be met with exhaustion or met with a response from heaven.
Modesty (HEXAGRAM 15) and contentiousness are the way to success. At this time you are unable to make great successes but only small successes. If you attempt to make great successes you will exhaust or overwhelm yourself. It is best to be like the bird and remain close to the earth.
It is not the end result that is great or not great it is how you proceed towards the goal. It is in the small that you make steps to success.
"We must understand that the demands of the time in order find necessary offset for its deficiencies and damages...In any event, we must not count on great success, since the requisite strength is lacking." (Wilhelm, 1997)
This quote directly appeals to your current condition. The time as in what is happening now is how we must act. At this time damages and deficiencies are abundant and the requisite or required strength is not there......YET...so in order be successful at this time means to gauge our abilities based on what your condition is allowing.
THE IMAGE (Wilhelm, 1997)
Thunder on the Mountain.
The image of PREPONDERANCE OF THE SMALL.
Thus in his conduct the superior man gives preponderance to reverence.
In bereavement he gives preponderance in grief.
In expenditures he gives preponderance in thrift.
Thunder that is coming from the plains becomes fainter as we move towards the mountain. In transition the effects of what we are transitioning from (that which has placed us low) to where we are transitioning to (that which we aspire to achieve that is higher or greater than before) becomes less of an impact as we makes our way from low to high. As we make the necessary progress from where we are to where we want to go, the initial impact of transition and change seems so abrasive and difficult to embody or resonate. With time and with small efforts towards the goal we experience that the initial impact is not so great but becomes a faint but recognizable impression as opposed to the brazen impact it was.
This is the play on words: "Thunder rising from the plains to the heights becomes gradually fainter in transition. From this is taken the idea of over-weighting,of doing a little too much in the right way. For it is precisely by doing a little too much in the direction of the small we hit the marks at as to what is right." (Wilhelm, 1997)
By paying attention to detail, to following every guideline, rule, instruction... to the exact word you will be able to achieve your goal (towards health). It may appear to other people that you are being too precise (versus accurate... you do not want accurate because you may not be hitting the mark every time) that it may come across as too much in things that appear to other as too little to concern themselves... but it is in this precision of action that will gets you to the right place. It is not in the accuracy of the journey but in the precision of each step.
"Thus the superior man derives an imperative from the image: He must always fix his eyes more closely and more directly on duty than does the ordinary man; even though this might make his behavior seem petty to the outside world." (Wilhelm, 1997)
you may see what you are doing as being too detailed too much MINUTIA... which I know you love...but it is in this detail that the difference between okay and success and great success will be established. If there is one area of your life you hate to dwell in ....that is the minutia and detail... well that is what has been lacking from your successes past ..now change the future when it ABSOLUTELY COUNTS THE MOST.
This is only part 1 of my interpretation but I would like to share it and if anyone has anything to include I am open to receiving. My boyfriend (or ex-boyfriend) of what was 10 years of boy and girl friending, has cancer... big and bad cancer. He has just embarked on several surgeries and is presently healing in Fort Worth, Texas on what is by far the most life changing of the surgeries. This is the first time he has EVER asked me to do a reading for him. It applies to both past and present/future. I went with what flowed through me as to how I couched the two hexagrams ... here it is...
HEXAGRAM (HEX) 62: THE SMALL EXCEEDS changes to HEXAGRAM (HEX) 7: THE ARMY
The way I interpreted these two hexagrams was in how they work together versus HEX 62 creates a result where HEX 7 follows. This suggests you are acting and correcting in the present to have an outcome in the future. In your case these two work together. It requires small successful steps (HEXAGRAM 62) in conjunction with discipline and organization (HEXAGRAM 7) to meet your goal.
For both past and present/future successes the same applies in both cases. The past successes have been small or smaller than you desired based on the same reasons that the present and future successes will be successful.
HEX 62: THE SMALL EXCEEDS
The way to create success for you is through small actions that are great in their own right that have you meet the greater goal. What motivates your success is an Inner Truth (HEXAGRAM 61). HEXAGRAM 61 is the complementary hexagram that is the foundation upon which you establish all of your goals and successes. Inner Truth is defined by your values and beliefs that are founded in a conviction of what is "right". "The right thing to do, even when nobody is looking" Only you know this truth. "Inner Truth means trust." (Barrett, 2012) Inner Truth = Trust. As you pointed out, success or greatness of the success is bound to trust... too trusting leads you astray because you are not grounded... lack of trust inhibits possibilities because limits your willingness to take action. Trust is not how you trust in another but how much you believe in yourself...or trust yourself to do the right thing. It also means that you trust that the result will always be the same as it was before based on your past experiences or an unfounded belief. Also you can trust someone else to do as they have always done. So trust is extensive in its meaning and how you apply it. How you have trusted yourself or another is the mitigating factor that causes you to act. "Your inner convictions, this naturally moves you into action, which takes you into the vast inhospitable landscape ...."(Barrett, 2012)
THE JUDGEMENT (Wilhelm, 1997)
PREPONDERANCE OF THE SMALL. Success.
Perseverance Furthers.
Small things may be done; great things should not be done.
The flying bird brings the message:
It is not well to strive upward,
It is well to remain below.
Great good fortune.
COMMENTARY ON THE DECISION (JUDGEMENT) (Wilhelm, 1997)
PREPONDERANCE OF THE SMALL. The small preponderate and have success. To be furthered in transition by perseverance: this means going with the time.
During this time of transition it is best to persist in what is small because at this time this is what you can do and still be successful.
The yielding attains the middle, hence good fortune in small things.
The yielding refers to line 2 which is aligned with the even number place of position 2. Even numbers naturally appeal to yielding lines (-- --) and odd number lines appeal to strong lines (-----). In this case, line 2 has attained the middle and is correct and appropriate in its action. This is also a changing line a directly pertains to you. This line and the position 2 are appropriate and correct, balanced, holds the middle and does not make large or big changes or movements but focuses on what is lowly. Lowly in this case, describes humble or modest and because it is line 2 of the lower triagram (KEN = mountain) it represents the lower position and closer to the earth. The upper triagram (CHEN = thunder) is closer to heaven and represents a more lofty pursuit.
The hard has lost its place is not in the middle: hence one should not do great things.
The hard refers to Line 5 which in this case is a yielding line (-- --). When this line is correct and appropriate it is a strong line (-----). This is because odd number line positions appeal to strong lines. Again the fact the line is yielding in line 5 is (-- --) and not (-----) suggests that this position which represents the prince or ruler is taking a yielding position as it acts.
The hexagram has the form of a flying bird.
The actual shape of the hexagram looks like a flying bird thus the bird brings a message to you.
Top and bottom 4 lines (lines 1,2,5,6) are (-- --) and represent the wings of the bird.
The middle 2 lines (lines 3,4) are (-----) and are the body of the bird.
"The flying bird brings the message: It is not well to strive upward,It is well to remain below. Great good fortune." Striving upward is rebellion, striving downward is devotion.
It is best to remain close to the earth because the natural habitat of the bird is on earth and not the heavens. It is best not to fly up too high or make to great of attempt (like Icarus) or you will not find success but be met with exhaustion or met with a response from heaven.
Modesty (HEXAGRAM 15) and contentiousness are the way to success. At this time you are unable to make great successes but only small successes. If you attempt to make great successes you will exhaust or overwhelm yourself. It is best to be like the bird and remain close to the earth.
It is not the end result that is great or not great it is how you proceed towards the goal. It is in the small that you make steps to success.
"We must understand that the demands of the time in order find necessary offset for its deficiencies and damages...In any event, we must not count on great success, since the requisite strength is lacking." (Wilhelm, 1997)
This quote directly appeals to your current condition. The time as in what is happening now is how we must act. At this time damages and deficiencies are abundant and the requisite or required strength is not there......YET...so in order be successful at this time means to gauge our abilities based on what your condition is allowing.
THE IMAGE (Wilhelm, 1997)
Thunder on the Mountain.
The image of PREPONDERANCE OF THE SMALL.
Thus in his conduct the superior man gives preponderance to reverence.
In bereavement he gives preponderance in grief.
In expenditures he gives preponderance in thrift.
Thunder that is coming from the plains becomes fainter as we move towards the mountain. In transition the effects of what we are transitioning from (that which has placed us low) to where we are transitioning to (that which we aspire to achieve that is higher or greater than before) becomes less of an impact as we makes our way from low to high. As we make the necessary progress from where we are to where we want to go, the initial impact of transition and change seems so abrasive and difficult to embody or resonate. With time and with small efforts towards the goal we experience that the initial impact is not so great but becomes a faint but recognizable impression as opposed to the brazen impact it was.
This is the play on words: "Thunder rising from the plains to the heights becomes gradually fainter in transition. From this is taken the idea of over-weighting,of doing a little too much in the right way. For it is precisely by doing a little too much in the direction of the small we hit the marks at as to what is right." (Wilhelm, 1997)
By paying attention to detail, to following every guideline, rule, instruction... to the exact word you will be able to achieve your goal (towards health). It may appear to other people that you are being too precise (versus accurate... you do not want accurate because you may not be hitting the mark every time) that it may come across as too much in things that appear to other as too little to concern themselves... but it is in this precision of action that will gets you to the right place. It is not in the accuracy of the journey but in the precision of each step.
"Thus the superior man derives an imperative from the image: He must always fix his eyes more closely and more directly on duty than does the ordinary man; even though this might make his behavior seem petty to the outside world." (Wilhelm, 1997)
you may see what you are doing as being too detailed too much MINUTIA... which I know you love...but it is in this detail that the difference between okay and success and great success will be established. If there is one area of your life you hate to dwell in ....that is the minutia and detail... well that is what has been lacking from your successes past ..now change the future when it ABSOLUTELY COUNTS THE MOST.
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Walking on eggshells w/roommate 62.3.4 to 2
Crazy roommate situation...with a friend who is also someone I play in a band with/work at another same company with. Very toxic, crazy-making behavior. Am seriously questioning my sanity at times. It's affecting me when at work etc. Not cool. Quite a few things I had talked to her about but it's like in one ear out the other.
I had planned to move out next month making up a good excuse that didn't imply she was the problem. I figured it was the best way to diffuse the situation as I had to continue working with her. Unfortunately my new roommate flaked and I decided just to stick it out a few more months to pay bills/save $$. Maybe even meet a guy and move in with him eventually. Things had been pretty good for 2-3 weeks.
Then yesterday another roommate in group text basically voiced what I've been feeling- basically rules change around the house all the time, which the toxic roommate will yell at someone for, even tho there is no way they could have known that a rule was even made. (there's another issue of I can't prepare for a significant part of my one job, she will sometimes not show and I've been asked to cover, but she has gotten in my/two other people's faces that no one else is allowed to do x but her, literally, "it's about her") This girl is the bf of the person who owns the house btw, the other two have been friends of his for ~10-15 years. I met them through her. I agreed with the other roommate in the text. She responded with yet again, yeah but, also this thing she goes into about how she is the only one doing work on the house, everyone's ungrateful, she knows the best way to make things nice/efficient. I also got a separate text saying how she feels I keep attacking her over and over (no idea what she is talking about), how she "had my back" in the house moving in, found me the room (her bf was the person who offered it, she never had anything to do with it as far as I knew), also "had my back" in a job (the one where I can't work on what I need to at home, and indirectly causing me to lose gigs when she doesn't want to do a gig, but will do it anyway, but will disappear for large swaths of time during it)
I asked yi about how to proceed with her...got 62.3.4 to 2
It really doesn't look great....basically I need to be super careful and keep a really low profile. My other roommates just advised to call out any poor behavior, but above all be respectful and consistent. Any other advices?
I had planned to move out next month making up a good excuse that didn't imply she was the problem. I figured it was the best way to diffuse the situation as I had to continue working with her. Unfortunately my new roommate flaked and I decided just to stick it out a few more months to pay bills/save $$. Maybe even meet a guy and move in with him eventually. Things had been pretty good for 2-3 weeks.
Then yesterday another roommate in group text basically voiced what I've been feeling- basically rules change around the house all the time, which the toxic roommate will yell at someone for, even tho there is no way they could have known that a rule was even made. (there's another issue of I can't prepare for a significant part of my one job, she will sometimes not show and I've been asked to cover, but she has gotten in my/two other people's faces that no one else is allowed to do x but her, literally, "it's about her") This girl is the bf of the person who owns the house btw, the other two have been friends of his for ~10-15 years. I met them through her. I agreed with the other roommate in the text. She responded with yet again, yeah but, also this thing she goes into about how she is the only one doing work on the house, everyone's ungrateful, she knows the best way to make things nice/efficient. I also got a separate text saying how she feels I keep attacking her over and over (no idea what she is talking about), how she "had my back" in the house moving in, found me the room (her bf was the person who offered it, she never had anything to do with it as far as I knew), also "had my back" in a job (the one where I can't work on what I need to at home, and indirectly causing me to lose gigs when she doesn't want to do a gig, but will do it anyway, but will disappear for large swaths of time during it)
I asked yi about how to proceed with her...got 62.3.4 to 2
It really doesn't look great....basically I need to be super careful and keep a really low profile. My other roommates just advised to call out any poor behavior, but above all be respectful and consistent. Any other advices?
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How to find help to be assrrtive hex 8.3
After a lot of wondering ,I thought about asking
How can I find help to be more assertive (stand up for myself.)?
So I got hexagram 8.3
Which is talking about union with others and not to come too late.
I Good fortune but examine myself to see if my vitue is great.
Line 3 association with non people.Bad people.
Do you think I am being told I am looking for help in wrong sources.
Or I being with nasty people I can practice being more assertive?
A lot of people tell me I need to do this so suppose it's not just my imagination.
Will have to think about this some more.
Thank you
How can I find help to be more assertive (stand up for myself.)?
So I got hexagram 8.3
Which is talking about union with others and not to come too late.
I Good fortune but examine myself to see if my vitue is great.
Line 3 association with non people.Bad people.
Do you think I am being told I am looking for help in wrong sources.
Or I being with nasty people I can practice being more assertive?
A lot of people tell me I need to do this so suppose it's not just my imagination.
Will have to think about this some more.
Thank you
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Asking a permission to go on with your question and cast a hexagram.
Hi,
I've been wondering how popular is the approach I saw a couple of times in different descriptions of working with I Ching.
You ask a question and cast 2 coins to verify if you should proceed with this question. If coins are the same sides up, you've got no premission. It implies that maybe something's wrong with your question or with yourself (not concentrating enough).
Some sources state it's ok to meditate a bit more on this question and repeat 2 coins cast. If the coins are the same sides up again, then you shouldn't go on. When asking several questions (to get details about previous reading), you ask if you should proceed after every question.
I always use this approach. And log questions which were rejected. It gives some clues in what direction to focus my attention.
Still I'm not sure how a refusal should be treated: as the end of the entire consultation or just as an offer to ask another question.
But since you're supposed to meditate over every question for a while you cannot just ask another question instead of the rejected one right away.
I couldn't find any threads regarding this aspect. Maybe it's because I don't know how to name it properly.
I've been wondering how popular is the approach I saw a couple of times in different descriptions of working with I Ching.
You ask a question and cast 2 coins to verify if you should proceed with this question. If coins are the same sides up, you've got no premission. It implies that maybe something's wrong with your question or with yourself (not concentrating enough).
Some sources state it's ok to meditate a bit more on this question and repeat 2 coins cast. If the coins are the same sides up again, then you shouldn't go on. When asking several questions (to get details about previous reading), you ask if you should proceed after every question.
I always use this approach. And log questions which were rejected. It gives some clues in what direction to focus my attention.
Still I'm not sure how a refusal should be treated: as the end of the entire consultation or just as an offer to ask another question.
But since you're supposed to meditate over every question for a while you cannot just ask another question instead of the rejected one right away.
I couldn't find any threads regarding this aspect. Maybe it's because I don't know how to name it properly.
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Hex 59 and Enlightenment (yes, enlightenment!)
Hi! This is my first post. Ive enjoyed reading through old threads about personal experiences with hexagrams. The discussion helps build the connections for me. I would truly appreciate insight into a hexagram Ive been getting repeatedly. The question I initially asked was, What advice will help me on my journey to enlightenment? Yeah, pretty deep. Im not always asking about such profound things. Haha I got hex 59 (Dispersion or Dissolution) with changing 1.3.4.6.A day or so later I asked, What advice to help me illuminate my light?Again, hex 59 this time changing 1.3.5 Then, yesterday, I asked questions related to my energy with another person (this person triggers my shadow) and as I asked clarifying questions, specifically, trying to figure out what I need to let go of? I got, you guessed it...Hex 59 this time changing 4.5Clearly, theres a pattern here and I need help interpreting this. I have some ideas about it, but mostly Im stuck. I am VERY interested in what you all have to share with me.I would be grateful for all insights you can provide.
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Oddly Mesmerizing Photos Of Hong Kongs Fortune Tellers
Article someone posted in another forum long time ago. I really like it, we can feel a little of how these systems are viewed and presented in the place they originated from.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...n_4986875.html
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/...n_4986875.html
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Moving countries (moving back) H51.1 --> 16
Hello there I ching fellows,
I probably for the first time received a reassuring answer that made me feel that the oracle has spoken to me, so I wanted to share my experience and maybe even receive your thoughts on it.
some of you who have helped me a lot with previous interpretations might know that I have been going through a difficult break up and therefore in the midst of madness moved countries. I felt very unhappy where I moved. Yet my move and stay here was motivated with the thoughts "at least he is not here, in front of my eyes with his new woman" as well as some potential future hopes/illusions. My gut feeling was telling me to move back. I miss where I lived for the past 4 years and I felt like I need to face my fears of seeing X in his new life, whilst still myself being strongly in love with him. So I asked:
What should I expect when i come back to (......) in January?
H51.1 ---> 16
I received it as a positive omen, indicating my fears of coming back. I feel incredibly nervous and scared to go where me and him build life for 3 years, plus the adaption here has been so difficult that I am not sure my mental health could undergo that again. But at the same time, it is where I called home for a while. I interpreted it that this fear might lead my way to changing my attitudes, be less reactive, emotional, stay calm. I suffered from social anxiety before and it was mostly cos i convinced myself that noone likes me, etc. etc. and the line was maybe suggesting to change this attitude too. Since I am an artist, receiving H16 as a relating hexagram was quite an interesting sign pointing to, i hope, improved creative life. As in terms of facing my ex in his new life, likewise, it seems to indicate holding my cool (have no idea how to yet tho). So receiving such an answer I feel so much more certain in my decision to move back. Let's just hope that the fear won't paralyse me, but the changing line 1 indicates eventual success, so i will hope for that!
Thanks for your thoughts :)
Marija
I probably for the first time received a reassuring answer that made me feel that the oracle has spoken to me, so I wanted to share my experience and maybe even receive your thoughts on it.
some of you who have helped me a lot with previous interpretations might know that I have been going through a difficult break up and therefore in the midst of madness moved countries. I felt very unhappy where I moved. Yet my move and stay here was motivated with the thoughts "at least he is not here, in front of my eyes with his new woman" as well as some potential future hopes/illusions. My gut feeling was telling me to move back. I miss where I lived for the past 4 years and I felt like I need to face my fears of seeing X in his new life, whilst still myself being strongly in love with him. So I asked:
What should I expect when i come back to (......) in January?
H51.1 ---> 16
I received it as a positive omen, indicating my fears of coming back. I feel incredibly nervous and scared to go where me and him build life for 3 years, plus the adaption here has been so difficult that I am not sure my mental health could undergo that again. But at the same time, it is where I called home for a while. I interpreted it that this fear might lead my way to changing my attitudes, be less reactive, emotional, stay calm. I suffered from social anxiety before and it was mostly cos i convinced myself that noone likes me, etc. etc. and the line was maybe suggesting to change this attitude too. Since I am an artist, receiving H16 as a relating hexagram was quite an interesting sign pointing to, i hope, improved creative life. As in terms of facing my ex in his new life, likewise, it seems to indicate holding my cool (have no idea how to yet tho). So receiving such an answer I feel so much more certain in my decision to move back. Let's just hope that the fear won't paralyse me, but the changing line 1 indicates eventual success, so i will hope for that!
Thanks for your thoughts :)
Marija
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Will I ever be able to play guitar painfree again? 21.4 to 27
Dear IChing Community,
today i want to ask you for some help with a reading respectively a situation that means a lot to me.
In my youth and twenties i played guitar a lot, first for myself, then in a band and all the time with a lot of fun. Later i wanted to become a professional musician. I practiced a lot and then the trouble began: after playing i always had a certain kind of pain in my left arm. No doc, acupuncture or anything else could help me. So i had to stop playing and burowed my dream of becoming a professional guitarist. In hindsight i think this was a very good thing that happened to me, because later i realized, that becoming a professional musician probably wouldnt have been very fulfilling to me. On my way becoming one I soon had lost sight of my own style of playing while trying to be a cheap copy of some famous guitarists. Beside my talent was not as big as needed to be a professional musician. So far, so good.
Then years later, after a long break, i tried to play again, this time just for fun. But the result was that my arm started hurting again.
I tried it once again years later, same result. In the last 25 years i tried probably a dozen times to play guitar again, but it never worked out as i hoped for.
A few weeks ago, i asked the IChing about me trying to play the guitar again and got the answer: 19 UC.
At first i was very happy, because i thought "Approaching" means, that i finally would be able to play guitar again.
I tried, and once again, my arm hurt. These days, when i make a break for a few days, the pain is gone, but even with a short playing, a uncomfortable feeling in my arm always comes back. So i asked the IC again: will i ever be able to play guitar painfree again? And the answer was: 21.4 to 27.
What do i think and feel about this answer? Well, it seems quite challenging to me, but also a kind of possibility, that it could happen. But how to get to the metal arrow? And what does it stand for? Could it be a hint to acupuncture methods?
The Biting through seems a picture of a chronic disease to me, and a hard way to overcome it. But still possible. And 27 could be a hint to certain nourishment, that could help. But what kind of?
How can i bite through the situation? What could this biting through mean in this context?
So many questions, so little insights here.
I would appreciate every hint and advice from you, and like to say thank you very much in advance for it!
Heartly, foic
today i want to ask you for some help with a reading respectively a situation that means a lot to me.
In my youth and twenties i played guitar a lot, first for myself, then in a band and all the time with a lot of fun. Later i wanted to become a professional musician. I practiced a lot and then the trouble began: after playing i always had a certain kind of pain in my left arm. No doc, acupuncture or anything else could help me. So i had to stop playing and burowed my dream of becoming a professional guitarist. In hindsight i think this was a very good thing that happened to me, because later i realized, that becoming a professional musician probably wouldnt have been very fulfilling to me. On my way becoming one I soon had lost sight of my own style of playing while trying to be a cheap copy of some famous guitarists. Beside my talent was not as big as needed to be a professional musician. So far, so good.
Then years later, after a long break, i tried to play again, this time just for fun. But the result was that my arm started hurting again.
I tried it once again years later, same result. In the last 25 years i tried probably a dozen times to play guitar again, but it never worked out as i hoped for.
A few weeks ago, i asked the IChing about me trying to play the guitar again and got the answer: 19 UC.
At first i was very happy, because i thought "Approaching" means, that i finally would be able to play guitar again.
I tried, and once again, my arm hurt. These days, when i make a break for a few days, the pain is gone, but even with a short playing, a uncomfortable feeling in my arm always comes back. So i asked the IC again: will i ever be able to play guitar painfree again? And the answer was: 21.4 to 27.
What do i think and feel about this answer? Well, it seems quite challenging to me, but also a kind of possibility, that it could happen. But how to get to the metal arrow? And what does it stand for? Could it be a hint to acupuncture methods?
The Biting through seems a picture of a chronic disease to me, and a hard way to overcome it. But still possible. And 27 could be a hint to certain nourishment, that could help. But what kind of?
How can i bite through the situation? What could this biting through mean in this context?
So many questions, so little insights here.
I would appreciate every hint and advice from you, and like to say thank you very much in advance for it!
Heartly, foic
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