I teach/counsel/coach people on meditation and other spiritual matters. I asked how best to help people and got
(all translations by Legge)
Hexagram 36.1 Clouded Perception > Hexagram 5 Temperance
.1: " The first line, dynamic, shows its subject with clouded perception, flying, but with drooping wings. When the superior man is about his business he may go for three days without eating. Wherever he goes, the people there may speak derisively of him."
Interesting. So the idea of traveling, meeting different people, and perhaps not worrying much about money for a while (the eating?). But to tell the truth I was confused by this reading.
But there is the general theme of, of course, hiding my light, rather than displaying it prominently, which is odd, because I feel like I have been putting myself out there more recently, and it's been good.
So I asked for a restatement/clarification and got:
Hexagram 33.4.6 Retreat > Hexagram 39 Impasse
.4: "The fourth line, dynamic, shows its subject retiring notwithstanding his likings. In a superior man this will lead to good fortune. An inferior man cannot attain to this.
.6: "The sixth line, dynamic, shows its subject retiring in a noble way. It will be advantageous in every respect.
Retiring? Retreating? In a way this has some connection to the hiding of my light of 36, but it seems to contradict the traveling portion of 36.1.
Any ideas on what this is all suggesting I might do? Thanks.
(all translations by Legge)
Hexagram 36.1 Clouded Perception > Hexagram 5 Temperance
.1: " The first line, dynamic, shows its subject with clouded perception, flying, but with drooping wings. When the superior man is about his business he may go for three days without eating. Wherever he goes, the people there may speak derisively of him."
Interesting. So the idea of traveling, meeting different people, and perhaps not worrying much about money for a while (the eating?). But to tell the truth I was confused by this reading.
But there is the general theme of, of course, hiding my light, rather than displaying it prominently, which is odd, because I feel like I have been putting myself out there more recently, and it's been good.
So I asked for a restatement/clarification and got:
Hexagram 33.4.6 Retreat > Hexagram 39 Impasse
.4: "The fourth line, dynamic, shows its subject retiring notwithstanding his likings. In a superior man this will lead to good fortune. An inferior man cannot attain to this.
.6: "The sixth line, dynamic, shows its subject retiring in a noble way. It will be advantageous in every respect.
Retiring? Retreating? In a way this has some connection to the hiding of my light of 36, but it seems to contradict the traveling portion of 36.1.
Any ideas on what this is all suggesting I might do? Thanks.