36.2.6 > 26

[lostsocks]

I've been a bit ill recently, mostly with symptoms that seemed stress-related, struggling to sleep well, mild anxiety attacks.

I consulted the I Ching, and received 36.2.6 > 26

I have some thoughts of my own, but would be interested to hear yours.

I think it's interesting how the lines on #36 use the metaphor of darkness wounding light.

Ta,

 

[willowfox]

I presume that you want to know whether your ailment is serious or not and the answer suggests no, just give it time to work its way through your system and it will flicker out and fade away.

 

[lostsocks]

To an extent.

My question had related more to the cause than the severity.
The 26 seems to suggest that I'm OK to keep going to work though

 

[willowfox]

To an extent.

My question had related more to the cause than the severity.
The 26 seems to suggest that I'm OK to keep going to work though

Hex 36 could indicated that are depressed over something and that's enough to make you feel anxious and unable to sleep.

 

[lostsocks]

Yes, I think it's of the mind rather than the body.

I think the darkness in this case refers to the lower aspects of my character, rather than some other person, and it's submerged the "light" insofar as I've let myself be eaten up with small-minded worries and concerns to the point that it's made me physically ill... Which isn't like me, I'm usually very calm.

I think #26 is pointing me towards not retreating from it, but rather bearing up and keeping on in my normal life, practicing virtue, and generally having faith that if I don't yield to the darkness, it will reach it's peak and recede.

 

[willowfox]

Some people who face problems in their daily lives, internalize their worries, Hex 36, they retreat into themselves and bottle up those feelings of anxiety which will make them physically ill.

So you are your own worst enemy.

 

[lostsocks]

Thanks for your insight WillowFox,
:bows: