Hello :P Question on 2

[anb735]

Hey all i am new to forum. I have been interested in I ching for quite some time. I have done my own readings, but i have never talked to anyone about i ching. i bring this up because i don't understand when you post 43.1.2.3, i am assuming the .1.2.3 are change lines?

okay, now to my question. I am in a long distance relationship, and i noticed things were not going as smooth as normal, so decided to consult with i ching about this. The day before i consulted i ching, i wrote her a letter, but had not mailed it out yet.

So anyways the following day i decided to do a reading. I can't tell you the exact question, because when i do it i do not ask in words...its more of a thought pattern to me. but i guess if i were to put it into words it would be like "what is happening, and what should be done?"

So i throw myself a 2 (change lines top 2 and bottom 2...so if my assumption is right it would be 2.1.2.5.6?)

I interpreted this as be calm (the book said docile), and things will work out fine. So i reread my letter to her and thought "this letter is quite calm, nothing demanding in it at all. i decide i will send it out the next day, when i have money, and time to do so. anyways it did not take the next day to get money and time...something unexpected happened to where i got money and time....so i sent it that day (yesterday).

When i get home i decide to look up the definition of docile and i got:

willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed;
ready and willing to be taught
easily handled or managed


I kinda freaked out about this..thinking, sending a letter is not being docile...did i screw up? And i started thinking about what was in the letter. Really it was a letter asking for guidance from her. That made me feel better, but still a very small part of me asks myself was sending the letter the wrong thing according to my reading. :eek:

[kardani]

you are reading the lines correctly.

and as far as hexagram2, it means go with the flow, be receptive to another.

so it is best not to take action, instead go by another's cues.

I wouIdn't be too worried about the letter... if you wrote a "docile" letter, I'm going to assume it wasn't trying to stir things up or even initiate anything..? Asking for guidance seems very (hex 2-like).

[titania]

Hex 2 for relationships makes me think of Ginger Rogers dancing with Fred Astaire. Ginger was, as kardani put it, going with the flow and receptive to her partner, but she certainly wasn't passive. She followed Fred's lead, not by hanging limply in his arms, but by being actively responsive to his movements. She let him set the pace and direction, but she didn't make him do all the work.

Hex 2.1.2.5.6 changes to 61, Inner Truth, which speaks of another sort of harmony. It talks about an individual in harmony with himself, someone whose heart, mind, words and actions are all in accord, so that he can understand clearly and act with integrity.

If this is how you're approaching this relationship, not pulling in one direction while she's trying to take things in another but responding harmoniously and with inner clarity, you'll dance together beautifully.

[anb735]

Thank you guys very much for your insight. Makes me feel better =) no there was no stirring up anything in the letter. I have gone over the letter a million times in my mind and cannot think of anything that would be in there that would be stirring :P

Thank you again