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Tortoise shells are objects used in divination. Can I think of another object used in divination – one that, as these lines not-so-subtly remind me, comes in pairs? I think I can. And if I increase 41-42 by 10 pairs of hexagrams…
Oh both 42.2 and 41.5 change to 61. Both these lines mention '10 pairs of shells' and if we count 10 pairs away from 41/42 we come to 61/62. It's a connection for sure, there is a meaning and just because we don't know what that is yet doesn't mean we ought to not bother looking. I thought that was the gist of the Blog post.
Lisa... the 'mystery' divinatory objects that appear in pairs are just hexagrams. The things that stand in place of tortoise shells in the Yi because they're how the answers become manifest and where they are 'inscribed'.
(Am not grouchy today while writing a comment, like I was earlier in this thread......sorry..."do not post when you're irritable, Lisa.")
I have read through what you've been writing about the Sequence, Hilary, in Wikiwing, too. An awful lot of it is above my head right now, but one question I have is what do you think about the exceptions? Do you think they matter?
It seems whenever there's a nifty pattern, there are also exceptions to it. Three off-the-cuff reactions: (1) nothing can be perfect, especially something as complex as the Yijing, so there will unavoidably be exceptions and they do not invalidate the patterns, (2) we're brushing off the exceptions too lightly because we're bedazzled by a shiny pattern, and maybe we shouldn't. If the Yijing is as tightly constructed as we think it is, maybe there shouldn't be exceptions, or (3) the exceptions carry meaning, too?
Nice summary.61 and 62 are special in a way - they are symmetrical, and anyway you look at them - they are the same.
Constant inner truth, universal, single from all points of view. Inner pressure.
And the same with 62 - outer pressure, small potential, looking at the core meaning of things, doing the part that matters without extra adornment.
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