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PS - I do not think this book is giving you the words or images from the I Ching. Instead it's telling you what one person thinks the Yi is telling you, and those are very different things. And along the way the author has removed all the Yi's imagery, so it's like 'reading' someone else's words of what a picture means - and not even what it actually shows - and at the same time, you haven't yourself seen the picture.I have just received the I Ching Workbook ....
"What (are) my current boyfriend’s true motives (in) our relationship?"
29.1 > 60
60 Context - Limitations. The image is the water over a lake. Joy (lake) is restricted by the water. The amount of water is limited in a lake. The metaphors get a little mixed in this hex. Water-Lake mixed! Heh.
29 Abyss. Ok this hex is not really about evil I don't think. It is about how we learn from danger. Think martial artists, sparring - Bruce Lee said "Be like water." There is danger - you can't improve without facing it. Think a race car driver or a Test pilot. Think about when you take a chance on somebody. It is about learning from risk and developing our character from it. Here you have an opportunity to develop yourself.
29.1 Here having been through a couple challenges, the subject of the line is stuck.
> Best I can come up with here is in the context of your relationship - he's treading water.
"(What is the best) course of action for me?)
38.4 > 41.
41 Decrease as context. This hexagram is about keeping your cool. Restrain your anger and instincts.
38 Opposition is the image of two people at odds with each other, not facing each other.
38.4 - My understanding of this line is - you have to trust somebody. Some interpetations/translations say a kindred spirit, some say it could be the first person you meet - but you have to trust somebody.
"How is our relationship evolving with his motives and me following this advice?"
You're asking a very unclear question.
12 unchanging.
Different classes of people lack communication. The great will depart and the inferior arrive.
I think this means you don't understand the Yi's advice.
- LL
"What (are) my current boyfriend’s true motives (in) our relationship?" 29.1 > 60
Looking at the Yi's imagery: it shows you and your friend, and each of you are dealing with - and hopefully learning from - your fears and what makes you feel exposed (not unlike the 'danger' LL talks about above). But it could be that you are struggling more with this than he is, and that the Yi is showing you an emotional wound or past hurt of yours that is still open - that is still unresolved.
So perhaps it's suggesting that here, in this case, that it's your own wound which needs attention and healing.
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