61.6>60 career path

[blue_angel]

Hello all,

I asked "what career path I should pursue" I received 61.6>60

I am at a loss. Background... I have a stable job, it is usually a stress free job, but it is not something I can or should stay with forever. Its a some what dead end. I rarely feel like I am accomplishing anything, I rarely have any challenges, and when I do it is something I am not trained to do, and have little knowledge to deal with, often leading to trial by error, which gets me hand slapped. I am appreciative because it pays the bills, provides food for the table.

However... I thought I knew my life calling, I had been pursuing a certain field, I have been encouraged to continue with that path by many wiser more experienced supervisors. Its just now... I feel maybe I am not right for that path after all. My thing is, I want to help people in the community, give back, inspire people, and
the career I chose to follow, is extremely
stressful, I would more often then not be
dealing with belligerent people. I just don't
think I am right for that career anymore. I had
an issue at work today with a "customer" and it
was so hard to deal with, I remained calm and
professional, but my insides were exploding,
and in the end, I hadnt helped or resolved
anything, infact I made what most would call a
normal decision, but what the bosses would
call impatient and just wrong. I was stuck.
Anyway, my decision and issue today led me to
believe I am not right in pursuing what has
been my life long dream. Maybe I need to
choose another path.


Hopefully that all made sense. Please give back any insight you might see in my reading, I know its a very general question. But I would really appreciate any help right now.

Blue_Angel

 

[Liselle]

Hi, Blue Angel,

I had posted a comment asking for clarification on a couple things (namely, is the dead-end but stress free job the same job as the stressful job with the belligerent customers, since you used present tense for both, or are they two separate things)...but the more I thought about it, it might not matter to the reading.

You asked what career path you should follow. 61.6 says, "Cockcrow penetrating to heaven. Perseverance brings misfortune."

In this case, I think this means that what you think you aspire to (as the rooster "aspires" to heaven by crowing to it), won't be achieved. You have ideals about a career helping people, but the actual job will be very different from what you envision.

 

[blue_angel]

Hi Lisa,

I'm thinking after reading your response I must not have been very clear with my background information or what I had asked the Iching.

Yes, 3 different situations. 1. I am in a stress free dead end job. That I deal with an occasional belligerent "customer". Maybe once a month.

2. I have been working towards an actual career, completely separate and different from the job I have now, which I know I will be dealing with belligerent people on almost a daily basis, and because I don't feel I do well with the once a month belligerent "customer" then I don't feel I would do well with belligerent people almost daily.

3. So because of all this I asked "what career should I pursue?" As in, a completely different career, or any career, what kind of a career would be right for me? When I asked, I didn't have this current job or the career I had been pursuing in mind. Very general question, I know, but sometimes I have experienced insight into the answers I am given by Iching that help me narrow it down.

So, if I understand you right, you are saying the Iching did not answer my question at all, and was not talking to me about my current job either, but about the possible career I had been pursuing, and it says I can not achieve that? Which I know when the Iching speaks to me, it does tell me what I need to hear at the time, not always the answer to my specific question.

I was thinking the reading was saying...

61- I need to follow my inner truth, or a career that would align with my inner truth.

Line 6- that I need to be sincere, (not all talk and no action). Because right now I am singing to the heavens great songs, but I am not really acting on it. Or...

Line 6- I need to be realistic and sincere in my career of choice and not go after something expecting a reward or recognition just because I do the right thing or help.

60- I need some moderate restriction on myself right now, because I am making too many commitments at once? Or in the career path I choose, I will need to moderately restrict myself in order to have smooth progress?

Then again I guess it could very well be speaking specifically about the career I had been pursuing. I'm not sure at this time. Thanks for replying, any other insight would me much appreciated.

Blue_Angel

 

[Liselle]

Thanks for the clarification . Now that we have it, I think it does matter.

When I answered, I thought the reading was talking about your proposed career. But you weren't intentionally asking about that.

"All talk and no action" is a possible meaning of 61.6, which in this case would mean to stop talking about changing careers and actually do it.

But I think it could still possibly mean that that what you aspire to can't be achieved, no matter how sincere you are. All the sincerity in the world won't help a rooster control the sky. This might go along with your common-sense observation about dealing with belligerent people.

Or, the reading could be advising you to "limit" (hex 60) your question, because the question you asked was too far-reaching and overly ambitious (line 5) for Yi to usefully answer (to give you an answer with "inner truth," hex 61). I understand your point about asking for general insight, but there are probably situations where doing that just produces a muddle. One such situation might be when pre-conceived options actually exist. I know you said you didn't intend the question to be about anything specific, but the ideas were already in your mind, and you probably can't "un-think" all that and become a truly blank slate.

I think if it was me, I'd ask a more specific question before I'd rely on this reading to make decisions in real life - maybe something like, "If I started working in [proposed new career], what would it be like for me?" or "What if I pursued [career x] now?"

Also - and you didn't say anything about this at all, but with the economy the way it is - are jobs in your proposed new career actually available, and/or how stable would it be? That's another way in which this career move might not be achievable per the reading. That aspect might require even more planning in various ways.

 

[goddessliss]

Hi Blue-Angel - a career where you can nourish others by being someone they can trust. - LIss

 

[blue_angel]

Liss,

What a breath of fresh air. Awesome! Thank you, I really appreciate the simplicity of your answer.

Blue_Angel

 

[sooo]

Hi Blue_Angel

I think you are advised to let some appropriate steam out, and trust more in your innate ability to empathize, yet not be sucked into their world and problems beyond your job description.

 

[Liselle]

Hi Blue_Angel

I think you are advised to let some appropriate steam out, and trust more in your innate ability to empathize, yet not be sucked into their world and problems beyond your job description.

Maintain "boundaries" (hex 60) to preserve your own "inner equilibrium" (hex 61). "Crowing" = letting steam out. Am adding this to my own notes

 

[blue_angel]

Lisa,

It absolutely CAN be achieved. Thanks for the encouragement though
Yes, the career is in high demand, and will alwaus be around no matter how bad or good the economy is. "Its very secure, stable, pays well, has the potential to pay great, has wonderful retirement, medical, many departments, lots of room for growth, and learning, (advancement)" and all of these reasons quoted are why my wiser, more experienced supervisors in my current job have been pushing me to snap to it, and start aggressively pursuing it, as I mentioned in my first post.

I am not sure how meditation works for yourself, or how advanced you are with meditating or Taoism, but I am definitely capable of relaxing, clearing my mind, stilling myself, before asking any question to the Iching. For me its a part of my ritual, my respect to the universe, and powers to be, even respect for myself.

As far as my general question, I like my general reading. There are times I will ask a very specific question, when there is one to ask, for a very specific situation, (something more urgent perhaps). Then there are times when I feel I should start with a general question just to get some direction, then as I have my direction more narrowed down, I can start asking more specific questions if need be. Make
sense? This is what I have found works best for me.

So if you can see anything in the reading that relates to my question "what career path should I choose or what kind of career path should I choose?" Great. If not, that's fine too. Its not a life or death situation, it doesn't have to be a "black or white" answer. I have a good job now, I am blessed, lucky, I can stay with this for a few more years if I need to.

What Liss said is excellent, it centers me, and if I put that to use with the career I was originally choosing, I can nourish these people, earn their trust, and in doing so they probably would be a lot less belligerent. Although there is the thought that, I wont be able to please or help everyone all the time. Luckily this career gives extensive training, maybe if I could trust in that, and put sincere effort into it, I wpuld become patient enough to accomplish the day to day challenges.

Anyway, thank you, because even though I did not agree with your reading and could not relate to your insight, and found it quite negative and presumptuous. I decided to take a deeper look at myself and what I can learn.

Blue_Angel :bows:

 

[blue_angel]

Meng,

That makes perfect sense, definitely something I needed to hear. Thank you! Another breath of fresh air.

 

[Liselle]

Blue Angel,

I'm really sorry I offended you. And I really like - and agree with - what Sooo said. It's a very creative interpretation that fits the reading and shows how you can actually deal with what you said were the potentially negative aspects of your desired career. I wish I'd thought of it myself, but I didn't have that imaginative insight.

A little bit in my own defense, though? As far as I can see in re-reading, very little if any of what you said in your 10:42 post was in your original post. You seemed to have strong and reasonable misgivings about the career, based on your actual experiences with occasional stress in your current job. And while you never discussed the job market for your desired career, you did mention "stability" and "paying the bills" as things to appreciate about your current job. I mistakenly concluded that you might be apprehensive about leaving any stable job to start something new, as a lot of people might be these days. There was nothing in the original post to indicate that the new career is a veritable blue-chip opportunity.

I do think a given reading text can legitimately allow for more than one valid and defensible interpretation, all of which can't be "correct" for a given situation. This can cause actual problems in real life, as I know from painful personal experience. I just had a dust-up of my own with Yi on that very point, which I angrily dumped into this forum , and then Trojan and Eastern Girl straightened it out for me .

Is "all talk and no action, go do something about it" a defensible interpretation of 61.6? Yes. Is "all the desire in the world won't produce the result you want" another defensible interpretation of the same line? I still think so.

Fortunately you are now clear about what you want to do, which is what really matters. I am really glad that you will have a solid career that fulfills you; not everyone gets that chance.

Lisa

 

[goddessliss]

Oh dear - anyway Blue-Angel don't know whether you've ever heard of Carolyn Myss but this DVD might be worth checking out, gives you a lot of insight into how we (and others) tick....The Energetics of Healing, try not to let the title fool you. It's so much more and helps you sort out so much for you and your life. - Liss

 

[1eleven]

Hi Blue_Angel,
I see this as 60 - you're restrained or held back, possibly playing it safe at the moment.

61 - Holding the center with confidence - a courageous act/position. Fearless decision making. Having a strong center restores balance and order to create change.

61.6 - Acceptance. Don't waste energy struggling or going against the grain.

How are you with organizational changes, restructuring, retooling? You may want to pursue a reinvestment of some sort.. porting that energy into change. Life coaching, relationship coaching come to mind. Or, a consultant hired to come in and rework an organization. What about a consultant or coach that is hired to help with family matters to restore balance and harmony?

I hope this helps.

1eleven

 

[1eleven]

Also, you may want to try the following:

"Please show me my optimum career trajectory"
or
"Please describe my optimum trajectory / vocation"

1eleven

 

[blue_angel]

Liss,

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge! I looked up these CDs and will definitely be adding them to my collection. Right up my alley, I love self-help reading and listening. Can never get enough, goes right along with my love for learning and knowledge, seeing knew perspectives. Again thank you!

Much love,

Blue_Angel

 

[blue_angel]

1eleven,

Thank you so much! Very helpful and insightful, that's right... playing it a bit safe...
For a minute I thought you were going to offer me a job, when I first started reading. I have actually thought of life coaching or restructuring, as in legal advisor.

Don't waste energy struggling or going against the grain is great advice, actually every bit of the post was great advice, and really resonates with me!

I love those questions, I will be writing those down and asking, I hope you find the time to come back and show your insight into those readings as well, when I share!

Thank you, I really appreciate your post.

Blue_Angel

 

[1eleven]

Hi Blue_Angel,
I'd love to take a look at those responses. I'm glad my post was helpful.

As a coach, I'm sorry to say I have no available postions to offer you, at the moment, but I'll keep you in mind if something comes up

1eleven