36,2>11, what to do about University

[kativa]

Hi!! i'm again sharing a reading about where to foculised my energy....age crisis?can be...
almost 30, not happy about the way i'm making my neverlearning university studies and with the doubt if i'm loosing my time or not or ....
i dont know if to give up or not, both options are worrying me..actually, arrived to this point, i should finish it, but that means at least, 2 years more(neverending,argh!) and i think that i will never work with my postgaduate studies...i'm worried about if i'm loosing my time to make another thing because studying is all the time putting a lot of limits in my rythem and my daily life.
so i asked a tip to the I Jing about this question and i had 36,2>11
the peace i guess i understand, but 36 for this case...is complicated!

what do you think is the step before to arrive to the Peace??

thanks :bows:

 

[willowfox]

The way I would read this is, it is time for you to stop focusing on yourself and start helping others in a productive way, line 36.2, while Hex 11 suggests it is now time for you to bring order to your life by using what you have already learnt to help others.

Your continuing studies seem to be holding you back from being of use to others, so it suggests now is the time to "work", cooperate with others out there.

 

[kativa]

Your continuing studies seem to be holding you back from being of use to others, so it suggests now is the time to "work", cooperate with others out there.

dear Willowfox, thanks for your answer. This is not the first time that i'm asking about the Uni to the I Jing, and is not the first time that the answer says something about a profit for all. It's true that, while i'm studying, i'm making anything because there is too much work to do for it, like for the next months.... this i wanted to mean when i wrotte

studying is all the time putting a lot of limits in my rythem and my daily life

at the start i took it like, if i keep on going with Uni, can be a benefit for all

what about "Use the strength of gelded horses."???

:bows:

 

[willowfox]

what about "Use the strength of gelded horses."???

Horses are bred to help others, they pull carts, carry heavy loads and are used as a means of transportation.

 

[kativa]

:bows:

Willowfox, don t you think that second line can means to keep on going with the job?becasue even if the left leg is hurt is possible to use the strenght of the horses

or is the uni that is hurting me because makes feel like in jail and not free to help others??

or maybe a have to really start to work with it,,,as you said at the first post

 

[gato]

36.2 - describes a very difficult situation but one at this place can support it by bringing " the strength of the horse" on the table. i'd say go on with your studies

 

[peter2610]

What to do about University

Hi Kativa,

What to do about university: 36,2 >11

Hex 36: "Concealment of Illumination has a meaning of true illumination being obscured; then artificial understanding emerges, discriminating consciousness takes charge of affairs, following what it desires..." - Liu I Ming
This hexagram often comes up when our outlook has been compromised. In doubting your path and direction you are 'darkening' your light. It addresses "being able to make your aims upright in spite of internal difficulties" - Chih-hsu Ou-i. The 'internal difficulties' are your doubt and uncertainty regarding your course. In the presence of negative influences you must guard and sustain your inner clarity. The trajectory implied in your question is the context within which the I Ching is answering.

Second yin: Darkening of the light injures him in the left thigh. He gives aid with the strength of a horse. Good fortune. Just as the "right side" indicates external action, so the "left side" indicates internal process - thought. The thighs can represent, amongst many other things, desire. In particular, being led by a powerful, base impulse. Being injured in the left thigh represents loss of true perception due to a powerful influence. Having the strength of a horse refers to using your will power to prevent injury to your clarity. This line is clearly urging you to resist any doubts or uncertainties about continuing your course.

The Fan Yao, the corresponding line text in the second hexagram, offers a parallel or complementary meaning to your moving line. In this instance it is 11.2 - "Bearing with the uncultured in gentleness, fording the river with resolution, not neglecting what is distant, not regarding one's companions: thus one may manage to walk in the middle." This mirrors 36,2 perfectly. It is clearly urging you not to be pressured by any distracting influences, but to keep your eye on your eventual goal (not neglecting what is distant). The meaning of Hex 11, as a whole, suggests that if you can resolve your internal doubts (in Hex 36), you will create a peaceful and propitious setting in which you can go forward with great success. This reading couldn't really be much clearer: resolve your doubts about your course and go for it. It will be worth it. Peter