37 <5> 22

[nAstWr]

One more time I asked a question about "when" and I need your help. Perhaps there is someone who could help me. I casted before my post.

My question: When will my sorrow-adversity end?
hexagram 37 changing line 5 to hexagram 22

The answer seems irrelevant to my question.
Hexagram 37 the family (I am not married, I haven't got a relationship)
" As a king he approaches his family. Fear not. Good fortune."
Who is the king that approaches his family...? Could it be referred to God? Help from the God? I haven't got any other idea.

 

[peter2610]

37,5>22

The king is you - but the I Ching doesn't mean this literally, it is referring to the confidant and buoyant attitude you could acquire as you come through this present period. Your new manner will probably be noticed by several people in your "family" and by "family" the I Ching is referring to anyone with whom you have regular contact in your daily life.

Meeting the I Ching with a "non-literal" approach is an important skill in your ability to interpret readings as it will open-up readings that were previously "locked" and impossible but take care and develop this slowly. Don't jump to wild and implausible assumptions, take it slowly and carefully and always check your readings retrospectively to see how accurate/inaccurate your non-literal interpretation turned out.

 

[nAstWr]

Hi Peter. It's an interesting interpretation.. Thank you. I am wondering if the king is someone else... Someone who already know or someone new who will help me overcome my 'worries and fears'

 

[nAstWr]

One more question...
I asked yi : show me if happiness will come into my life

Hexagram 4 changing line 1 and 5 to hexagram 61.
Hexagram 4 has puzzled me a lot recently. Perhaps because I ask a lot of questions and I can't understand them or interpret correctly. Of course I search on the forum about the answers but I am not smart enough to understand yi
The answer looks like 'hey fool you know the truth inside you'
But... I have no clue

 

[canislulu]

nAstWr, I think 'hey fool you know the truth inside you' IS a sentence from the part of you that DOES have a clue, your "inner King". The part of you that says, "I have no clue" is voice from your inner family. "Fool" is said lovingly.

A part of you that doesn't know asks, "When will my sorrow-adversity end?" And Yi answers, 37.5 > 22, i.e., "When your inner King leads your inner family without fear there will be good fortune." To me, it is related to your wondering if it is "God" because I believe that we each have or create a "Higher Self/ King" that is our connection to "God". Some Quakers call it the "Inner Christ."

I like Peter's way of saying "Fear not" , i.e., "the confidant and buoyant attitude you could acquire as you come through this present period."

With H 4.1.5 > 61 Yi is telling you that happiness is an inside job.

It may also be true that "someone...will help... overcome worries and fears." The "King" could simultaneously be You, God, and some other person who helps you to develop your inner connection to God.