I asked the other day how I could best deal with the terrible news every day so as to be most effective in my own life. The backdrop is that I am in the U.S. and not only have I been seriously dismayed at the political changes in general with the last election, but the new Congress is already rushing through trying to repeal the health care changes that have made my life workable. I have several chronic illnesses and can only work part-time, so it will deeply harm my life if this goes through. Staying current with all the news, which I feel is important, is also making me very anxious.
I received hexagram 26.6>11, and I'm writing here because I'd like some additional feedback. In Hilary's book, this is written: "The way is open for heaven's power to travel through the earth. All the energy of Great Taming is released, and the currents of change flow faster, deeper and more powerfully. It's beyond your capacity to understand where this is going, much less control it; all you can know is that it is strong and true and you can have confidence in it. There is no security in trying to stop this; only those who move with it will flourish."
The main idea that does seem relevant here is that potential changes are suddenly rushing forth pretty quickly, without security of knowing where it's going. And I thought it was interesting that this idea kind of repeats with hexagram 11, Flow. In another post on this page, Hilary wrote about hex 11, "It can be exhilarating but it can also be overwhelming, as things that had never before seemed small to us vanish down the river. When were given this hexagram unchanging, especially, the question of how (or whether) we can interact with such a force comes to the fore. It can sometimes mean being confronted with life and death issues that set the rest of life firmly in perspective."
So it seems to me that most relevant to this question, there are repeating themes of changes moving quickly and powerfully. Also interestingly, I've seen hexagram 26.6 described as the point where all the things that were formerly restrained suddenly burst forth. Well - that certainly seems like some of the political stuff right now, with Republicans suddenly gaining control of all of the parts of government and trying to quickly change many things.
Ok, so that's all fascinatingly describing the situation itself, but can anyone help with my actual question, which was how I can successfully cope with this? Clearly it's saying to accept that things are changing and try to move with it, though I don't know in practical terms what that means I should do. I've also read about hexagram 26 in general relating to studying people's words and actions from the past, to take as a model. I don't know what else to take from this as advice.
I received hexagram 26.6>11, and I'm writing here because I'd like some additional feedback. In Hilary's book, this is written: "The way is open for heaven's power to travel through the earth. All the energy of Great Taming is released, and the currents of change flow faster, deeper and more powerfully. It's beyond your capacity to understand where this is going, much less control it; all you can know is that it is strong and true and you can have confidence in it. There is no security in trying to stop this; only those who move with it will flourish."
The main idea that does seem relevant here is that potential changes are suddenly rushing forth pretty quickly, without security of knowing where it's going. And I thought it was interesting that this idea kind of repeats with hexagram 11, Flow. In another post on this page, Hilary wrote about hex 11, "It can be exhilarating but it can also be overwhelming, as things that had never before seemed small to us vanish down the river. When were given this hexagram unchanging, especially, the question of how (or whether) we can interact with such a force comes to the fore. It can sometimes mean being confronted with life and death issues that set the rest of life firmly in perspective."
So it seems to me that most relevant to this question, there are repeating themes of changes moving quickly and powerfully. Also interestingly, I've seen hexagram 26.6 described as the point where all the things that were formerly restrained suddenly burst forth. Well - that certainly seems like some of the political stuff right now, with Republicans suddenly gaining control of all of the parts of government and trying to quickly change many things.
Ok, so that's all fascinatingly describing the situation itself, but can anyone help with my actual question, which was how I can successfully cope with this? Clearly it's saying to accept that things are changing and try to move with it, though I don't know in practical terms what that means I should do. I've also read about hexagram 26 in general relating to studying people's words and actions from the past, to take as a model. I don't know what else to take from this as advice.