57. Sun / The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind)

[meng]

For me, 57 isn't much of a comfort food, nor a restful mood. It's a hassle to be blown around, especially in circles.

 

[charly]

I think you're missing the point of the line here - and of the whole hexagram.
It's about thinking twice, rethinking initial premises and assumptions.
See my commentary.

Hi, Brad:

Of course, I go to reread your commentary. Last time that I read you was probably 2002-2003 and it was very stimulant.

But don't you think that literal rendering of the received text brough translators to face hard problems maybe for conflict with their own moral premises?

Might you post something ad-hoc about plain translation of the line?

There is a high probability that I was wrong with my Waley based BUG hypotesis, but I still like it.

All the best,

Charly

 

[charly]

... just to make sth clear so I won't be misunderstood, there was nothing sexual about my thoughts that night (even though I have gotten 57 for like matters, hmm . . ), but that experience was about blowing apart things that shouldn't be there, like the really bad temper I had those days -which I had attributed to the coming full moon taking place in my moon sign . .

Dear Dora:

By whom do you feel misunderstood? Maybe this and not the full moon is the cause of your bad temper.

Sad that your holydays ended, but glad for having already in the forum. Here the weather continues stormy. I don't know the reason, maybe a contagious illness.

The bug of curiosity pricks newly: why the change of avatars? the current is pretty suggestive, two beautiful flowers like little gears, the previous was horrible, like a bad program in a blurring TV (maybe meaning you were off?).

Yours,

Charly

 

[rodaki]

hi Charly,
feels good to be back!
thing is, I'd rather make an extra effort to be clear since I felt my first post was blurry (like my previous avatar, which was a photo of the sun sparkling at sea! It's my favorite image all around, although it didn't show properly on the avatar )

As to my 57 experience, it was certainly not an 'easy breezy' one, but not one of being tossed around either . . . Spiraling upward is more of a dancing move for me, a pirouette perhaps, and that night was immensely liberating and centered . . it also came at a moment when I was in a really bad state and released me from all that burdened me. But then again, a strong, forceful wind has that effect on me, it is the uncertain, changing ones that I find impossible . .

Brad, your commentary on 57 is one I've found especially helpful . . maybe the winds made me realize how my dark moment was something I could let go of by making my mind less rigid, re-evaluating things . .

freedom could also apply to that . . freedom to let my thoughts follow the flow of events