A Question

[cutiecat]

Hey guys! Thanks for all your support and input so far. I've been thinking lately about the irony of the situation. A person who can see and know stuff about others have hard time helping herself. It pisses me off. Not only I have hard time figuring my own life out, I also have problem undrstanding Yi. For instance, when asked how can I get what I want, a pretty generic question that refers to multiple areas of my life, got 60, line 6 changing to 61. Stumped as usual.

Thanks!

-CC

 

[gato]

Overdoing and being stubborn will bring misfortune. If one at this place realizes the error and will repent, then regret will disappear. -Alfred Huang

Mind if i ask how old are you ?

 

[cutiecat]

oh. c'mon, please do not tell me that becuase of my old age I should abandon my desires?

 

[gato]

oh. c'mon, please do not tell me that becuase of my old age I should abandon my desires?

No, that's not the reason I've asked

 

[cutiecat]

why do you need this information? for some sort of astrology?

 

[pocossin]

How can I get what I want?
60.6 > 61

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Hexagram pictures: Burial Coffin, Nest

Overall judgment: You will get what you want when you find your resting place.

Text:

60J
Limitation. Success.
Galling limitation must not be persevered in.

Yep.

60I
Water over lake: the image of Limitation.
Thus the superior man
Creates number and measure,
And examines the nature of virtue and correct conduct.

Think more of ethics than yourself.

60.6
Six at the top means:
Galling limitation.
Perseverance brings misfortune.
Remorse disappears.

Stop and smell the flowers.

61J
Inner Truth. Pigs and fishes.
Good fortune.
It furthers one to cross the great water.
Perseverance furthers.

Get ready for the next life transition.

 

[cutiecat]

pocossin, what an interesting interpretation! How do you guys do this is beyond me...
It was my girlfriend that initially introduced me to this I ching, I keep doing it, but the answers sometimes just do not make sense to me at all. Thank you for dumbing it down for me. I need to find a nest, a resting place? meaning a house, land, make a decision where to live? Is there more that you can tell me? I mean iun my case during this past week I sense stuff about people but it's completely effortless, Yi ching is just way too complicated for me.