How should I approach this year to get the maximum benefit? 51.2.3.4 to 11.

[MetronAriston]

Hello to all,

I'm new here as well as in I-Ching.

Just before the summer, I left my job to work for the summer season, with the plan that after the summer was over I would have as a monthly income at least the money I was making at my previous job without working so that I could focus on university and work on the fields I love with the prospect that I could have someone financial benefit from them.

Everything went according to plan and thus I managed to realize the situation I had in mind. It's just that I have a lot of resistance to focusing on the things I want to do and instead spend a large portion of my time aimlessly and somewhat self-destructively. This is not an issue that has arisen now, but a pattern that I have observed for a long time in my life and I am trying to work on it through psychotherapy. I consider that I have made many steps but I still need work.

This grace period I mentioned above that gives me a lot of free time will last for a year - until September 2024 - as long as I need to finish university and focus on my interests and I want to try to move as efficiently as possible because I don't want to go back to a job that I don't like that makes me deviate from my ideals and goals for a little money that doesn't even give you the ability to live independently (the economic situation in my country is bad).

So I asked I-Ching: "How should I approach this year to get the maximum benefit?"

The answer was Hex. 51.2.3.4 to 11.

I would love to hear your view and interpretations on that!

Thanks in regards,
L

 

[my_key]

Hi MetronArist0n

So I asked I-Ching: "How should I approach this year to get the maximum benefit?"

The answer was Hex. 51.2.3.4 to 11.

51 <> 11
'Taking Action' through 'Peace'

To maximise the benefits for you you will have to rouse yourself in ways that are foreign to you now. A fertilising shock will spark the change required to address the anxiety and fears that hold you firmly now (51).
Consider everything you do or plan to do in a context that can be likened to a peaceful, slowly running stream. Gently bubbling along it will provide movement with only minimum turbulence (11).

51.2 - Your current turbulent behaviours are based in your past. You may still think you have something to lose by changing; hence you reluctance. Recognise though that continuing to walk this way will add no further value and there is nothing left to save - you have already lost what you value most.

51.3 - You do not yet possess all the power required to counter what is holding you back. When you get the wake up call, you will know you have had it and be sure to believe it. Let your fears and anxieties fall by the wayside. Jump out of bed and embrace the new day laid out in front of you.

51.4 - You may still take some time to find the right road - or the right bed to jump out of. Be assured, though, the clouds are lifting for you and when they do, fully align yourself with what is coming out from hiding behind them. This will take you down the road towards eventually realising benefits.

Remember, it may take time to maximise the benefits. So, strive to be grateful for any gain you do achieve; however big or small it is.

... or there may be interpretations that speak more clearly to you.

Good Luck

 

[rosada]

51.2.3.4 > 11 says to me you’ve made rapid progress in this life time to bring you to where you are now and while it may feel as if you’ve hit a bog it’s more like you have come the a place where you can relax and go with the flow knowing you in the right place and don’t need to excel further. Enjoy your vacation.

 

[Hans_K]

Hi MetronAristron,
H51 Shock, is about a sudden event that triggers renewal or change. It is the unexpected that "wakes you up" from an apathetic attitude and spurs you into action.
The Image text says:

...
In fear and trembling,
The superior person examines himself
And sets his life in order.

What can be changed here?
The answer can be found in the 3 moving lines that make up the trigram Mountain that turns into Lake. These 3 moving lines are simultaneously the lower trigram of the nuclear hexagram of H51, H39 Obstacle/Obstruction.
H39 is Water over Mountain. These trigrams are opposite in nature. Trigram Mountain is fixed and immobile, Water on the other hand is formless and fluid, without purpose. Mountain is tenacious, Water accommodating. So this calls for a creative solution to solve or bypass the obstacle.

In the text of the Image of H39, the advice is again to engage in self-examination.

...
Thus the superior person reflects on himself
And cultivates his character.

So you could say that the obstacle of H39 creates a "Shock" (H51). It evokes a situation that calls for change, a new beginning, a new approach.

Since the 3 moving lines make up the lower trigram Mountain of the nuclear hexagram, I would personally see this as the challenge that can be worked on.

Mountain with 3 moving lines is about stubbornness, a rigid attitude, refusing to connect, clinging to the past, standing in the way of one's own progress.
Lake advises openness, communication, interaction with others, connection, reflection. It is the joyful, cheerfulness. Trigram Lake is also about the spiritual, the higher aspect, self-reflection, etc.

H11 is about flow, communication, the balance between yang and yin, action in the outside world and being inward. The 2 primal forces of Heaven and Earth are in contact, they communicate.

The way I see it, the Yi's advice for the coming year is to work on openness in connecting with yourself and others, perhaps also adding more depth to your life by including spiritual matters in your outlook on life.
But if the interpretation above resonates then I believe you know best what it all means.

As always, take what resonates and leave the rest