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When I get 21, my first reaction is the I myself have to bite through something. Urging me to get up and act!
There is a thread floating somewhere in SR about an accident my father had while swimming, which Yi had foreseen in a 1>21 reading: a big hook had, by a wrong move, latched itself deep in his leg and the only way to pull it out without damaging any muscles or nerves, in the middle of the night, in the deserted island we were moored, was to push it through his flesh till its sharp edge pierced out of the skin, where he cut its head off and pulled the rest of it out . . that for me, was probably the most powerful experience I had with 21 and it has reinforced my idea of 21 as a means to restore the flow than punish the offender
Re 21, has the biting through, as applied to yourself, ever been a disciplinary measure not to act, as though saying "get over it", or bite through your own urge to act?
In LiSe's example of 51.6, she interpreted 51.6 as saying not to make a fuss about it. 51.6 changes to 21. For 21 to mean get up and act is a contradiction to not making a fuss. The fan yao of 51.6 (21.6) would unquestionably be the outcome of taking direct punitive action against the offender. Hence the dilemma, besides being a general philosophical question.
When you make a fuss about something, your abilities to act in a good way are very much diminished. So bite through your panic or anger (or the urge to act), the skin, and find your inner strong core. Yes, biting through something of yourself, disciplining yourself, I see that very much as a meaning of 21.Well, I'm convinced that 21 very often does refer to this kind of self discipline and thoughtful restraint. I thought so before, and am more resolved now.
When you make a fuss about something, your abilities to act in a good way are very much diminished. So bite through your panic or anger (or the urge to act), the skin, and find your inner strong core. Yes, biting through something of yourself, disciplining yourself, I see that very much as a meaning of 21.
Dear Dora:... 21 is one of these hexagrams whose meaning is mostly taken as rather unambiguous, so it's intriguing to look into other sides of it
Japanese name: Sekishôgun Sekiyû (石將軍石勇)
Chinese name: Shi Yong
Scene: Sekishôgun Sekiyû throwing a broken cangue (wooden punishment yoke) at foe
Robinson: S47.19
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