Who is Donald Trump? 53. - 62.

[rosada]

I was musing about the idea that this "reality" we share is a story we're telling ourselves and how Trump seems to play this bizarre character that is forcing us to wake up and see what is going on in the world. I asked "Who is Donald Trump?" meaning what is his role and what becomes of such a character? I got 53. Gradual Progress changing to 62. Attention to Detail. Right off I see these hexagrams as saying he has lived a charmed life (53.4.5.6) and will until the day he dies. (Seeing 62. as describing a funeral.) I'm not sure how that answers my question but perhaps this character is demonstrating how we create our reality. That is, he's apparently mastered the art of manifesting by using affirmations - that is, making statements that reflect what you want to have be true rather than what actually is true, like saying, "I am thin" when you want to lose weight - he's affirmed, said, things that aren't true over and over so it's stalled the truth from ever coming to the surface. Now however his luck seems to be running out, which could lead to a very harsh time for him.. I wonder if he is reaching the end of his days here on earth if his fate is indeed to die happy?

 

[Trojina]

I was musing about the idea that this "reality" we share is a story we're telling ourselves

I don't think it is a 'story we're telling ourselves' and...

and how Trump seems to play this bizarre character that is forcing us to wake up and see what is going on in the world.

When you say 'us' you only mean your country right? Donald Trump plays/has played zero role in 'forcing' the rest of the world to 'wake up'. I mean there is an entire rest of the world which is 'the world' /which is not the US where Trump really doesn't feature except as a mascot of lunacy. You say '...and see what is going on in the world' and I wonder if you are actually including the rest of the world outside of your own country? Are you using the 'us' here for your country or are you thinking Trump is a pivotal 'wake up' factor across the entire globe?

 

[surnevs]

One or two times I've asked the I about who X is and as I remember, the closest I came to an answer was to observe the Image and the Tag - the latter also including the ancient one.
- in this case:

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From A. Huang's The Complete I Ching:

"The ideograph of Jian consists of three parts. Jian was the name of a
river whose fountainhead lay in the mountains in central China at a place
called Dan-yang in the kingdom of Zhou. The Jian river crossed the vast
area of central China and gradually became vast itself as it flowed east to
the ocean. The ancients chose this river as a symbol of gradual development.
The left part of the ideograph is the sign for water, which looks like
the primary gua Water -- turned vertically. The central and the right
images put together provide the sound of the character Jian."
(A person who forces his way through, eroding the easiest available barriers? would come to me as the straightforward interpretation. )
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Add.: and yes, so are most of us. But who says Mr Trump shouldn't be like most of us?