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Hi!
I had found Hilary's very interesting text:
'The I Ching brings that fresh perspective, and with it can come a sense of a calling. One of the most important questions you can ask it is ‘Please, show me something of who I truly am…’
so I have asked myself this question wanting to get some fresh perspective about who i could be (i guess I Ching shows the image most appropriate to the moment or to what one must learn in his life situation for the time being..)
and the answer is hex. 39- Obstruction(Facing Obstruction)
what does it mean regarding my question?(Hillary' s article 'Self-Development with the I Ching)
I read different interpretations to this hexagram but i think i'm missing something (from my too personal...and narrow point of view as hex.39 keeps telling)
(about me specifically: concerned about self-improvement/individuation and buddhism , read books about these)
thanks a lot to you! any answer will be very useful to me!
Just for you not to feel alone.
Oh man. I just threw the coins making the same question.
60 : 1 >> 29
I asked then: please elaborate.
39
Oh no ..60.1 'I don't know who you are but don't go out'.....39 'you are an obstruction just like Movablue'..maybe the universe regards us all as obstructions, like furred up tubes, drains that need unblocking...call in cosmic dyno-rod, maybe we all just need sluicing through or dissolving
Both 60.1 and 39 seem, to me, to have similar meanings anyway. and not negative...as they say, no hex is "negative"......
39 is not only about obstruction but about what one does when facing an obstruction. The image is one of water gathering behind the obstruction, it is one of "coming back" and gathering up your (inner) resources, finding a new place of strength from which you will eventually emerge.
To describe someone as 39, I think the Yi would be signifying one who, like LiSe writes in her 39, leaves the path of the world behind ( finding it hard or cold or full of natural obstructions) and finding one's own source of comfort, protection and shelter. NOt a negative omen at all, but perhaps one of an individualist who is very aware of the obstructions on the well-worn beaten path of the "world". This person is not giving up nor throwing in the towel, but wisely coming back to his core to strengthen ways to approach obstructions, maybe bypass them by heading back in another direction, and also waiting for friends, assistance.
60.1 is similar I think in that it is okay not to go out in the world ...a person who can find solace in spaces away from the crowds.
those are my thoughts!
I think the Yi is about living your life, through its answers you inadvertently may learn very much about life...but how can one answer tell you who you are ?
Both 60.1 and 39 seem, to me, to have similar meanings anyway. and not negative...as they say, no hex is "negative"......
39 is not only about obstruction but about what one does when facing an obstruction. The image is one of water gathering behind the obstruction, it is one of "coming back" and gathering up your (inner) resources, finding a new place of strength from which you will eventually emerge.
I agree. This is "The Book of Changes" after all. How can it answer a question about something as unchanging as identity (assuming an unchanging identity even exists)? At best it can provide some insight into a question like 'Who am I (or what is my life) right now?'
I agree with Bamboo as well. 39 is one of those hexagrams, like 18 or 23, that I used to dread getting. But while none of them describe 'fun times', they all contain the opportunity for real growth and progress. Tough, but rewarding if you're willing to face them with courage and good sense.
39 is one of those hexagrams, like 18 or 23, that I used to dread getting. But while none of them describe 'fun times', they all contain the opportunity for real growth and progress. Tough, but rewarding if you're willing to face them with courage and good sense.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).