56.3.6 to 16

[julie]

I've been having this horrendous problem with my house that I've posted about here before. Right now, being in my house makes me sick. We have some ideas about how to fix it, but it's all uncertain. I just asked, "will I be able to live in my house and be really safe again?" And got 56.3.6 changing to 16. Man oh man, does that sound to me like nope. Nice dream, but ain't gonna happen. Which utterly breaks my heart. I built my house myself, and my heart and soul are in it.

 

[rosada]

Aw Julie, I'm so sorry to hear this harsh news.
I get results with burning candles and I just finished reading this long article explaining why burning candles work - has to do with this world all being a manifestation of light and intention and how when we intend something we are putting out a vibration first faster than the speed of light and then as the vibration slows down it appears as a solid - or something like that. It made sense at the time and inspired me to light a candle with a seemingly impossible intention which manifested a couple of hours later. So! At least try it, what can you lose. Light a candle with the intention your house is to be cleansed and restored to you.
As to your question (grr...I hate yes-or-no questions!), maybe 56.6 is simply saying as long as we're on the planet we're none of us "really" safe.
16. Enthusiasm says to me light up a candle and invite the ancestors to be present to help you!!

 

[Trojina]

I've been having this horrendous problem with my house that I've posted about here before. Right now, being in my house makes me sick. We have some ideas about how to fix it, but it's all uncertain. I just asked, "will I be able to live in my house and be really safe again?" And got 56.3.6 changing to 16. Man oh man, does that sound to me like nope. Nice dream, but ain't gonna happen. Which utterly breaks my heart. I built my house myself, and my heart and soul are in it.

Er who do you think the traveller is in this situation who burns the dwelling down ? You can't take this as a 'nope' as if it were entirely beyond you control IMO. I mean you asked about yourself so even though you built the house you are the traveller somehow.

The advice in 56 is not to make a big deal of things, not to start 'legal cases', to as best as possible adapt to the environment. I don't feel Yi is saying 'nope' I think it may be saying you have blown some things in the situation out of all proportion and the 16 there again makes me think you have built up the idea of not being able to go back in your mind until it seems a reality...I don't think it is a reality yet.

So being able to go back or not is not a fated thing, it's up to you. It may seem like it isn't up to you yet it might be by you making far less of the whole thing...which granted may sound ridiculous, but it's like this isn't something to tackle in a big energetic way, it's something to almost slither out of, unnoticed. I almost feel if you could mentally minimise this, be more like someone passing through than an 'owner' a permanent dweller (even though you are) that you might find a way to go back and live in your house.

So I don't see this as a final 'no you cannot go back' I think you need perhaps a different attitude towards it all and that there may be ways around problems, if you sort of act more like the traveller in the situation. The traveller cannot afford to get bogged down in things, he has his own agenda/destination to keep loyal to so he cannot get too involved in the business of the place he is staying so makes his presence small and unobtrusive.

If you could reduce the sense of enormity around it all there could be a way through. I do not intend to minimize the problem of course I'm just trying to convey what I think the reading may be saying.

You first need to locate who and what is the traveller in this situation to make sense of it. Is it you ? I'd think it was given the way you phrased the question. Can you see how by taking the advice Yi gives the traveller, (and obviously lines 3 and 6 are what NOT to do as a traveller), improvements may happen.


Sometimes these lines can indicate burning bridges when there is really no recourse left, but that's a choice. I think somewhere in the situation there is still a choice if you can act/think like a traveller.

 

[julie]

Thank you, trojina. (And sorry to take so long coming back here. I can't figure out how to get notifications when there's a response to one of my threads. Can anyone help me with that?)

My thoughts moved in your direction too. My initial interpretation came during a blaze of misery and fear -- not conditions well-disposed to thoughtful clear-sightedness.

I think the traveler has got to be me. I am, quite literally, traveling at the moment -- I can't be in my own home at this point, or even on my own land. So my plan is to travel in my van for a couple of months over the summer, staying in really pristine air in the wilderness, which should help my body calm down.

I think this is warning me against burning my bridges. It's encouraging me to be the traveler for now, and let that do its work, and then see where I am then. I think it's one of those non-answers Yi sometimes gives -- telling me not to ask that question right now. Don't burn my bridges, be the traveler, let my dreams work on me, and see what happens down the road. And light a candle! (Thanks for that, rosada.)

 

[Freedda]

I don't think the Yi is giving a yes or no answer here (yes, you can live in your home; no you can't). Instead, I see it as accurately describing the situation and a way to move forward.

56 - The Wanderer, seems to describe very much your relation with your own home, as a stranger, someone who's outside, it's not really your home right now. Sometimes wandering is good and necessary (CSN&Y: you who are on the road ...), but I suspect you want this particular wandering to end.

56.3 I think calls for humility on your part - perhaps that the fix is going to happen by understanding and actions, maybe by others, but not through you simply thinking, or trying to will away the problem. (I don't mean to cast stones here, as denial or inaction or 'magic thinking' are fixes we all often try before getting down to what we really need to do.)

56.6 is again a call to action I think. The nest (home) is burning (toxic) - now figure out what to do about it. You mentioned that you think, but are not certain, what's causing the toxicity, so maybe knowing the causes with more certainty (getting an inspection, testing) will help you move forward.

Not strictly a Yi construct, but I also looked at the Ideal (best way to think about the situatiin) hexagram 25, Without Pretense. I think it is calling for a truthful accounting (without pretense, without what is false), which seems to fit with what I mentioned about learning more of the causes of this toxic situation.

And the relating hexagram 16, Readiness I believe is saying you are done with this current situation: a good attitude to have if you want move towards a solution.

So back to your original question: will I be able to live in my house and be really safe again?" I'd say a possilble yes, if you move toward and look for causes and solutions, but no if you think you can simply wish away the problem. I say 'possible yes' because I don't feel sure about predicting the future - for example, a house inspection could revel a problem that is very (or too) expensive to fix. But isn't knowing even that better than not knowing?

Best, David.

 

[julie]

Thank you, David!