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I asked the I Ching for a comment on the death of Osama bin Laden.
I received 42.6 > 3.
42.6
He brings increase to no one.
Indeed, someone even strikes him.
He does not keep his heart constantly steady.
Misfortune.
rosada
I think so too. Many different perspectives. Always interesting to see how often when you first read it, the answer seems clear - but then when you start to study the answer, the hexagram can be referring to both sides, or 64 different sides! Here I can see 42.6 as saying bin Laden brought Increase to no one, at the same time it can also be argued that the assassination brought increase to no one. The victim and the killer are two halves of the same whole, or we are all one or something.
I think this is one of the benefits of the I Ching - the way it encourages you to see things from a different perspective without invalidating your own.
-rosada
see anyone can see this answer in any way that fits with their beliefs about the situation, naturally...thats always the case with 'world events' questions. Topal doesn't even believe Bin Laden has just died so the question about his death cannot apply to his actual physical death but the politics around it ...and Cristal sees it another way entirely
its a good exersize in seeing how many ways people can see one answer
and a good illustration of how much opinion plays in interpretation.
I guess it depends on the wording of the question, whether opinions and perspective weigh in. The truth is the truth, whether or not we know what that truth is in this case.....i.e. if the anouncement was a ruse, the I ching would be speaking to that truth, it would have nothing to do with personal perspectives on this supposed assassination. And the question was rather open, more vague, it was asking for a comment about the events. Even so, the event either happened the way it has been portrayed, or it didn't.....opinions about that really can't mean much without knowing the truth about what happened. In this case, anyway.
I've long been convinced that Osma Bin Laden - as a former CIA asset and a lynchpin in the phoney "war on Terror"- died several years ago. Many politcal, intelligence and military analysts have been saying so for a number of years. It was only a matter of time before this particular patomime would be wheeled out for varied and needy cause.
42.6 is a perfect answer in light of this probability.
'Absolutely no blessing for this one,
Maybe someone strikes her.
To order your heart without perseverance -
Pitfall'
To ‘order your heart’: to ground it in settled principles. 42 is fluidly responsive, but now this has gone too far. Some perseverance is needed – that’s the name of Hexagram 32, 42’s complement – what completes it. Here, there’s plenty of desire and intention, but no steadiness, no fixing the new patterns over time to create lasting growth. Responsiveness to blessing has tipped over into opportunism. This does not bring good things.
This can mean inconsistency in behaviour – failure to keep resolutions, letting yourself down – or unreliability in relationships.
Indeed. It can also means insincerity, deceit and an increase at the expenses of others.
It has gone so "far" that certain persons are fibbing to the populace and telling such whopping lies that there can be "no blessing at all for this one" - meaning the situation as a whole. The "blessing" is missing and it is not what it appears to be.
You can bet your life they are going to squeeze the dregs out of this one all the way up to the next election...Please don't put your faith in the media!
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