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[deusa]

What was A in my life? What lesson do I have to learn from him?
22.6 > 36

What was it? I'm kind of dumb. But reading hillary's comment this what came to me:
We used to speak a lot a out beauty. How anything can be beautiful, aesthetically and in it's core, do you see what I mean?
So maybe he came to wake me to the beauty all around. And to the beauty inside me. I was so much more insecure about myself and my worth. I had a relationship with a chronically depressed man. And to have somebody who took pleasure in taking care of me was bliss.
But it was short lived, so tit explains the small gain. It was something, but not much.

"So this is not a time to concentrate on results: it’s a time for imaginative, lively exploration of beautiful ways the essence could flower and be seen."

So i should use this impulse to keep going instead of looking back and thinking about why everything happened as it did and puzzling about it.

Now, what about the line? White beauty, no mistake??

And what about 36? Brightness hidding? Wounded brightness.
He wounded me, yes. And for sometime my light went off. But... I asked about him...
What is the lesson i have to learn? That i have to hide my birghtness?
Yesterday a friend told me i shine, and that can be frightening to men...
I don't want to hide my brightness...

Any help?

 

[meng]

I've found though wounding of brightness to be sometimes present, wounding of light isn't in every 36 situation. Hiding, guarding or protecting, or sometimes blending, seem more accurate. Consider the difference between light/fire/qi being exposed to the merciless elements, or bringing that light into a cave within the earth, where both you and the light will safely wait for harmful forces to retreat or subside. Then your light is unscathed. It's only wounded if it stands outside in countervailing forces.

22.6 is the perfect transitional bridge. The light of 22.6 can not be seen; it is what the Tibetan Buddhist might call, the clear light.

 

[deusa]

So, meng, what would you say is the answer to my question?

 

[meng]

That's up to you to apply. Or, you could just ignore what I wrote.

 

[deusa]

No way! I like what you wrote.

 

[meng]

Okay, but it'll cost ya 2 cents.

First, you asked two questions; I picked up on the second because I think that's more what Yi would also pick up on and speak to:

What lesson do I have to learn from [my experience with] him?
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(addition mine)

To be clear light is to be unadorned, clear, unencumbered, unattached yet entirely belonging to it, while entirely owning it. There is no thou and I. If someone were to experience such illumination, wouldn't it make sense to keep it safely hidden, and be in conscious control of when and where you shine?

 

[deusa]

Uau! That's interesting...

I owe you 2 cents alright. If you happen to come to this part of the world, they are waiting for you!

 

[gene]

Hello everyone

I have been offline for a few days due to connectivity problems with my internet service, but now am back. As many of you know here, I am always getting into some situation, and I never finish what I start, and it hurts some people, at least a little, at least in the way of disappointment, not that that applies right now, or maybe it does, anyway... I have started many projects here, and never kept up with them, and have promised info to people and never got around to doing it. But I do try, and am usually doing something regarding the I Ching, because I love it so much, as I do love practicing Tai Chi, and doing other studies. It is hard not to overextend though.

As far as hexagram 22 is concerned, it reminds us often not to take things too seriously. Now a lot of things we do have to take seriously. Life itself is very serious. And yet, as serious as it is, we can still laugh at the seriousness, and not take seriousness seriously, or not take lightheartedness seriously. To start making sense in English, (not that I know any other language) let me put it this way. None of it matters. None of it at all. Oh, but life is supposed to be a learning situation, is it not? Yes, but the ultimate lesson is to learn to laugh. In order to do that we have to learn that everything is very serious, but nothing is serious at all. It's all a joke!!! It certainly doesn't seem funny at the time! Yeap!

But hexagram twenty two does tell us to just take it lightly. It tells us that there are bigger issues than what we seem to be facing. It is not that it doesn't matter at all. It is just a matter of keeping things in perspective. Line six is just a matter of "gracefulness" extended to its farther reaches. It is not to belittle the hurt that people feel, or to compromise the sorrow, but just to give us a different, and bigger perspective.

The line says, "no blame." There is always a tendency when things go wrong to blame ourselves and/or others. And indeed we truly should use introspection to discover the meaning of events in our lives. At the same time we must keep them in context, and not blow them out of proportion. There is meaning in every little event in our lives. But we want to be careful to keep that meaning in context. Simpleness simply means in this case, accepting, without making too much of it. We can analyze its meaning without blowing it out of proportion with hurt feelings and blame of ourselves or others. It is what it is.

Hexagram thirty six just carries on this theme, teaching us that when we are in a situation that is not right for us, we are tractable and patient in our outer life while at the same time remaining true to our principles in our inner life. There is no other way. The I Ching from beginning to end is a treatise on how to, as hexagram five teaches, wait for the rain, for it will come but in its own time. We can only do what we can do, and no more. Beyond that we must wait for the universe to provide us with the results of our labor. We do not presume on the results ourselves. Our labor is to do the work, not to make the crops grown. That is for a greater power. We remain calm within, knowing that if we have the right attitudes, things take care of themselves in a way that is ultimately for our best.

Gene

 

[deusa]

Gene
A while ago I was thinking I would love it if you wrote on this thread, you know?
And it felt almost as if I called you and you answered!!!

It makes so, SO, SO much sense what you wrote you wouldn't believe it! Thanks.

I realize I have to accept. I arrived to this conclusion before reading what you wrote.
But I love the way you describe 22. Did you see the movie "happy go lucky"? An english movie. I think you would like it, and also you, meng...
This one:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045670/

I hug you both.

 

[gene]

Well, I got to see the trailer anyway. Looks interesting. I will see if I can find it around town.

Gene