Hi all there!
I wish you all a rich, exciting and fulfilling 2018!
I wanted to have your inputs on this delicate topic, and I'll try to go as straight to the point as possible:
We've all experienced readings that are more or less "obscure" or difficult to relate to, that need time to digest and get into, and others look very straightforward and seem to answer the question clearly (we all like those ones don't we? :D). Well with these latter ones it seems easier to "compare notes" between what was said and what actually happened since the reading seemed pretty clear. Well, recently I had that, and the answer I got was not in line with what actually happened. Since I really do believe the I Ching was not "wrong", I would like to have your inputs on what can be the causes of this kind of situation? So far I can imagine:
- A wrong interpretation of the reading (it might have looked straigthforward, but actually it wasn't)
- A biased state of mind while throwing the coins
- A flexible interpretation of time ans space by the I Ching (the result does not look in sync with reality right now, but the situation could actually evolve into something more like the reading in the future...)
- The question was unclear, or confusing
- anything else?
Let me for the sake of illustration tell you about the reading I am talking about, and let me start by saying that this is one of the first times I feel a reading is not "in sync with reality", after several hundreds of readings:
I had this very big (and important -for me- and pricey) artwork exhibited in a quite important solo exhibition in 2017, the exhibition was ongoing until 22nd of December.
I had 18 works exhibited, but I wanted to know if this particular work (the biggest one) was going to get sold at the exhibition. So I asked this question: "If I was certain that this piece was going to get sold before December 31st 2017, how would my state of mind be on January 1st 2018"? I agree, the question is a complex way of asking "is that piece going to get sold in 2017".
And as an answer I got the hexagram I love the most: 11 unchanging. I would be at peace, satisfied. That and the fact that I got only 1 Hex uc made me think the piece was going to get sold.
Now... it didn't. I sold some other smaller ones and the show went well, I'm happy, but that particular one didn't sell.
So my question is:
- Was my question unclear
- Could it be that I was I biased when I threw the coins
- Could it mean that it is going to sell... soon
- Or also that I am at peace now (which I am), independently of the result of that particular show?
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot!!
All the best, take care.
I wish you all a rich, exciting and fulfilling 2018!
I wanted to have your inputs on this delicate topic, and I'll try to go as straight to the point as possible:
We've all experienced readings that are more or less "obscure" or difficult to relate to, that need time to digest and get into, and others look very straightforward and seem to answer the question clearly (we all like those ones don't we? :D). Well with these latter ones it seems easier to "compare notes" between what was said and what actually happened since the reading seemed pretty clear. Well, recently I had that, and the answer I got was not in line with what actually happened. Since I really do believe the I Ching was not "wrong", I would like to have your inputs on what can be the causes of this kind of situation? So far I can imagine:
- A wrong interpretation of the reading (it might have looked straigthforward, but actually it wasn't)
- A biased state of mind while throwing the coins
- A flexible interpretation of time ans space by the I Ching (the result does not look in sync with reality right now, but the situation could actually evolve into something more like the reading in the future...)
- The question was unclear, or confusing
- anything else?
Let me for the sake of illustration tell you about the reading I am talking about, and let me start by saying that this is one of the first times I feel a reading is not "in sync with reality", after several hundreds of readings:
I had this very big (and important -for me- and pricey) artwork exhibited in a quite important solo exhibition in 2017, the exhibition was ongoing until 22nd of December.
I had 18 works exhibited, but I wanted to know if this particular work (the biggest one) was going to get sold at the exhibition. So I asked this question: "If I was certain that this piece was going to get sold before December 31st 2017, how would my state of mind be on January 1st 2018"? I agree, the question is a complex way of asking "is that piece going to get sold in 2017".
And as an answer I got the hexagram I love the most: 11 unchanging. I would be at peace, satisfied. That and the fact that I got only 1 Hex uc made me think the piece was going to get sold.
Now... it didn't. I sold some other smaller ones and the show went well, I'm happy, but that particular one didn't sell.
So my question is:
- Was my question unclear
- Could it be that I was I biased when I threw the coins
- Could it mean that it is going to sell... soon
- Or also that I am at peace now (which I am), independently of the result of that particular show?
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot!!
All the best, take care.