Dealing with noise from downstairs neighbor Hex 64.1 > 38

[NightTree]

I recently moved into a new apartment in an older building where sound travels easily. I love everything about the apartment except for the fact that I can hear my downstairs neighbor's TV at all hours of the day and night. It comes on at random times, as the neighbor is always home. I did go talk to him and he kindly agreed to turn the volume down, but unfortunately I can still hear it, and it's very disruptive to me. I am on the spectrum, and I have sensory processing issues.

I have a plan to purchase some thick rubber and felt mats to cover my floors, then put rugs on those, in hopes this will lessen the sounds coming up from downstairs. I also have a plan to buy some sound canceling curtains to hang on one wall in my own apartment because his TV is close to the same wall down in his place, and the sound comes through the wall as well as the floor. I'm trying to create a sanctuary for myself.

These materials will be quite costly for me, but it's worth it if I can live in a quiet space.

1) I asked Yi: What will be the impact on the noise issue I'm experiencing if I go forward with my plan to purchase the floor pads and curtains?

Answer: 64.1.2.6 > 51
I feel a bit discouraged by this. Lines 1 and 2 seem to imply I'm being rash and overeager to resolve the situation and I will regret the purchase; it seems to say I should hold back. Line 6 seems to me to warn against excess. Hex 51 in this case seems to express the repeated instances of noise that really do shock my system.

2) Then I asked: What will be the outcome if I just get the floor pads but no curtains?

Answer: Again, 64.1 (!) changing to 38.
I feel this is again a warning against doing too much to remedy the situation. But what is 38 about?? Fire above lake, success in small matters. I would love insight into this!

3) Finally I asked, What is your advice for me with regard to dealing with this noise issue?

Answer: 60.1 changing to 61.
Don't be too strict or uptight about it. Don't try to control it so much. ?


Thoughts?

 

[rosada]

I see 64. Before Completion as referencing you having moved out of your old place but setting up the new one isn’t Complete yet.
I see 64.1, the young fox not leaping far enough to completely cross over the ice flow and be secure on the new shore, as depicting you leaping into this new apartment and not noticing you had a noisy neighbor, so getting your “tail” in the water.
I see 38 as you and your fellow tenant as being like the two ssisters living under the same roof so there is a need for strong boundaries so the two can live harmoniously.
Together it suggests to me the I Ching is saying you didn’t know the walls and floorboards would let so much noise in which is creating a situation like you’re living in a shared house rather than separate apartments. So what does that mean you should do? Perhaps the landlord would consider covering the cost of the rugs?

 

[rosada]

Hey by any chance do you live in America? I see at VermontCountryStore.com they have $70 heavy curtains on sale for $14! It says the curtains help keep out the cold and noise! Only trouble is they only come in red but still… Anyway, thought I’d let you know.

 

[Liselle]

I'd been sitting here very puzzled, because you say you're trying to make a sanctuary for yourself, and 60.1 could be interpreted something like that: don't go out of your sanctuary. Huh?

But could the 60.1 reading mean use whatever room doesn't share anything with his TV? Could you set such a room up so it's comfortable, so when the TV bothers you you'll have a decent place to go?

Hardly an ideal situation, but it might be better than spending a ton of money on curtains and floor pads and all the work of installing them etc. etc.

And it might be Yi's advice. As you said, the readings about curtains etc. weren't encouraging.

60.1 might be a lot more restrictive than it seems:

"Not going out of the door to the family rooms.
Not a mistake."

Think about it very literally. Don't go out of the door, even into the rest of the house.

Do you think it'd be worth at least trying that and see how it goes?

 

[NightTree]

Hey by any chance do you live in America? I see at VermontCountryStore.com they have $70 heavy curtains on sale for $14! It says the curtains help keep out the cold and noise! Only trouble is they only come in red but still… Anyway, thought I’d let you know.

Dear Rosada,

Thank you so much for both of your replies. I really appreciate your insights into my readings. It's true--I really didn't know there would be so much noise from the neighbor when I leapt quite enthusiastically into this new place.

I always assume the I Ching is responding literally and directly to my specific questions, but it sounds like you think sometimes Yi will just comment on what's going on with a situation more generally. Is this accurate?

So kind of you to pass on that curtains info! I do live in America--in NYC--and I've been looking into heavy curtains. Fortunately, when I offered to buy the neighbor some wireless earbuds for his TV he kindly turned the volume down even lower, and also told me he'll be resuming his normal work schedule soon, which means it won't be on all day every day, so I think it'll get better.

Thank you again! I always see out your responses and find them helpful when looking at other people's past shared readings.

Rose (NightTree)

 

[NightTree]

I'd been sitting here very puzzled, because you say you're trying to make a sanctuary for yourself, and 60.1 could be interpreted something like that: don't go out of your sanctuary. Huh?

But could the 60.1 reading mean use whatever room doesn't share anything with his TV? Could you set such a room up so it's comfortable, so when the TV bothers you you'll have a decent place to go?

Hardly an ideal situation, but it might be better than spending a ton of money on curtains and floor pads and all the work of installing them etc. etc.

And it might be Yi's advice. As you said, the readings about curtains etc. weren't encouraging.

60.1 might be a lot more restrictive than it seems:

"Not going out of the door to the family rooms.
Not a mistake."

Think about it very literally. Don't go out of the door, even into the rest of the house.

Do you think it'd be worth at least trying that and see how it goes?

Dear Liselle,
This is really helpful and interesting! There IS another room, the bedroom, where I can retreat when the sound is bothering me. The noise is really only bad in "the family room" (aka the living room). I have been spending time in the bedroom when the TV is on, and since it is a nice, large room I can put a comfy reading chair and a desk in here and it'll a pretty comfortable space. Thank you so much -- your interpretation affirmed that this is a good way to handle the situation, rather than shopping for a bunch of soundproofing materials.

 

[Liselle]

Oh I'm glad to hear that. (The bedroom and that his schedule is changing - both. )

Maybe it's also better than talking to the neighbor too terribly much? He seems like he's being really, really nice about it, which is wonderful of him, but I have to say - just my opinion which no one asked for - if someone suggested I use earbuds all the time to listen to my TV/ computer/ whatnot I would almost certainly not go along with it. (Assuming, of course, that I was using it normally, and not blasting it so I could hear it 2 rooms away with water running or some such.)