Hi,
I trust that all my material needs will always be provided for. At the same time my mind would like to know through which channels I can expect income to flow to me.
I asked the I Ching the question "Income through which channels?"
Yi's answer was: 32, 3.5 to 47 (32 Lasting, 47 Confined)
This is the reading:
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How can you continue on the same path, even as you adapt?
Who will you become by persevering in this?
Not a mistake.
Constancy bears fruit,
Fruitful to have a direction to go.'
Whatever becomes part of the heart's circling journey will last. We bind things influences, ideas, people into the fabric of our lives by integrating them into the daily round of our way of living, so that they are carried with us through change.
This is an active creative process, keeping the channels always open for exchange between inspiration and reality. Lasting tirelessly on your own path, whatever landscapes it travels through, is not a mistake.
What lasts bears fruit, not because you 'arrive' at some final destination, but because through all the changes you persevere in your intent and inspiration, and you are always finding ways to make it real.
A noble one stands firm and does not change his bearings.'
'The way of husband and wife cannot fail to endure, and so Lasting follows.
Lasting means enduring.'
Maybe accepting a shameful gift.
Constancy: shame.'
For the mature woman, good fortune.
For the young man, pitfall.'
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Who are you, when you are alone?
Constancy of a great person, good fortune.
Not a mistake.
There are words, not trusted.'
The Chinese character for 'Confined' or 'oppressed' shows a tree completely encircled by walls: an image of entrapment and isolation. You are cut off, and cannot reach out to others. The great person finds good fortune in constancy to an inner ideal. This is the supreme test of character: whether you can hold to your purpose when there is no encouragement, no confirmation from outside, but only your own inner resources. The lack of outward signs of progress does not mean that you are wrong, or that the world is wrong. Rather than resenting the walls, concentrate on the life and growth within them.
Do not place too much value on words: they will not provide you with a way out neither conversation, nor argument, nor your own reasoning and theorizing. Words alone are only circulating ideas; they lack the real, personal connection that would make them trustworthy.
A noble one carries out the mandate, fulfils her aspiration.'
'Pushing upward and not reaching an end is naturally Confining.'
'The Well is wholly connected; Confined means meeting together.'
My feelings and thoughts about the answer:
I feel grateful for this answer. It confirms to me that I am on a path of upholding my own ideal and belief of how "income" flows to me and it confirms the good fortune that I am already experiencing and expecting. The reading also reminds me of the futility of "words" - of grasping intellectually/attempting to control the flow. This actually leaves me feeling relieved as I feel reassured that all good is coming naturally. Although I cannot reach out to others I can reach within myself and carry on the path which is most important to me, the path of inner peace. While I may be "confined" in space and time, I can carry on being grateful for what is and grow internally within the confinement.
I will continue to accept every blessing as it flows to me in whichever form - right now this lovely reading! Thank you. Love and Peace:bows:
I trust that all my material needs will always be provided for. At the same time my mind would like to know through which channels I can expect income to flow to me.
I asked the I Ching the question "Income through which channels?"
Yi's answer was: 32, 3.5 to 47 (32 Lasting, 47 Confined)
This is the reading:
Hexagram 32, Lasting
Key Questions
What inspiration are you making real in your daily life?How can you continue on the same path, even as you adapt?
Who will you become by persevering in this?
Oracle
'Lasting, creating success.Not a mistake.
Constancy bears fruit,
Fruitful to have a direction to go.'
Whatever becomes part of the heart's circling journey will last. We bind things influences, ideas, people into the fabric of our lives by integrating them into the daily round of our way of living, so that they are carried with us through change.
This is an active creative process, keeping the channels always open for exchange between inspiration and reality. Lasting tirelessly on your own path, whatever landscapes it travels through, is not a mistake.
What lasts bears fruit, not because you 'arrive' at some final destination, but because through all the changes you persevere in your intent and inspiration, and you are always finding ways to make it real.
Image
'Thunder and wind: Lasting.A noble one stands firm and does not change his bearings.'
Sequence
Lasting follows from Hexagram 31, Influence:'The way of husband and wife cannot fail to endure, and so Lasting follows.
Lasting means enduring.'
Changing Lines
Line 3
'Not lasting in your character,Maybe accepting a shameful gift.
Constancy: shame.'
Line 5
'Lasting in your character with constancy.For the mature woman, good fortune.
For the young man, pitfall.'
Hexagram 47, Confined
Key Questions
What if you could only rely on yourself?Who are you, when you are alone?
Oracle
'Confined, creating success.Constancy of a great person, good fortune.
Not a mistake.
There are words, not trusted.'
The Chinese character for 'Confined' or 'oppressed' shows a tree completely encircled by walls: an image of entrapment and isolation. You are cut off, and cannot reach out to others. The great person finds good fortune in constancy to an inner ideal. This is the supreme test of character: whether you can hold to your purpose when there is no encouragement, no confirmation from outside, but only your own inner resources. The lack of outward signs of progress does not mean that you are wrong, or that the world is wrong. Rather than resenting the walls, concentrate on the life and growth within them.
Do not place too much value on words: they will not provide you with a way out neither conversation, nor argument, nor your own reasoning and theorizing. Words alone are only circulating ideas; they lack the real, personal connection that would make them trustworthy.
Image
'Lake without water: Confined.A noble one carries out the mandate, fulfils her aspiration.'
Sequence
Being Confined follows from Hexagram 46, Pushing Upward:'Pushing upward and not reaching an end is naturally Confining.'
Pair
Confined forms a pair with Hexagram 48, the Well:'The Well is wholly connected; Confined means meeting together.'
My feelings and thoughts about the answer:
I feel grateful for this answer. It confirms to me that I am on a path of upholding my own ideal and belief of how "income" flows to me and it confirms the good fortune that I am already experiencing and expecting. The reading also reminds me of the futility of "words" - of grasping intellectually/attempting to control the flow. This actually leaves me feeling relieved as I feel reassured that all good is coming naturally. Although I cannot reach out to others I can reach within myself and carry on the path which is most important to me, the path of inner peace. While I may be "confined" in space and time, I can carry on being grateful for what is and grow internally within the confinement.
I will continue to accept every blessing as it flows to me in whichever form - right now this lovely reading! Thank you. Love and Peace:bows: