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Dear Diamanda:... This allows us to associate the comb with
the feminine principle, as we have already associated the sword with the masculine...
Lo: All this trouble for a comb?
Jen Yu: It's mine. It means a lot to me. A barbarian like you wouldn't understand.
From Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Rosada:... Now we are given the example of a woman losing a small thing to illustrate it doesn't matter if the actual loss is minor or life threatening. The point is there is an appropriate way to handle such a situation. The I Ching is counseling us here that when we feel robbed or mistreated or for some reason feel we have lost the protection of those we rely on, we need not look outside ourselves to return to us that which is ours...
Hmm.. Do I see a trend forming?
63.1 Bug dies going through the windshield.
Next lifetime...
63.2 Windshield gets stolen.
HI Frank
Hex 63 for me is working mostly up in the spiritual realms, where perhaps we don't have to do anything. We will become illumined as to the error of our ways without having to go looking for it.
Sure we've spilt some milk and there is absolutely no point in crying about it. Indeed in the way we connect with things ,we may not have even noticed that our actions have spilt some milk and as you say the consequences may not be something we are aware of.
But at some point we are going to realise what the hell we've done - that curtain has been whisked away. The milk has been spilt and now we see the error of our ways and the consequences. Now we can hang onto the old view or we can let that go and by working on ourself we are able to self right.
I'm not sure that I've said that one has to ignore the problem, but if I have then I stand corrected as that is not what I see here. Action has to be taken at the right time, this may be internal action or indeed external action, but some action is needed. This action should be embraced as after all you are getting an upgrade.
I'm not sure if this brings our views any closer.
Also I'd be keen to hear you expand on why action by others is necessary to resolve the problem here.
Mike
QUOTE=charly;105267]Hi Charly!!
When I read your post yesterday, my mind kept circling around the Number Seven. So I thought I'd share a tad on what I know of this number.
7 is the number of spirituality, mysticism, wisdom and success. God made the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th. If you look at the 7 it turns its back on the upcoming numbers, instead it looks back in retrospect on all the lessons it has learned in 1 through 6. So by resting we build up our energy for the work we do in 8. When we relax we become like a sponge and draw in energy around us. 7 is always seeking perfection found in 10. 8' is balanced, enclosed, self contained power. When 'relaxed' it has good judgment and alot of common sense. It is also the number of resurrection and of spirit and matter. light and darkness, as above so below.
The trigram for seven-metal is the Joyous Lake (Tui). Like a calm, cool lake it is characterized by a gentle calm exterior and a strong, deep interior. If the lake becomes turbulent then things become distorted. The lake needs to calm down (meditate, deep breathing, walking), then the relfection on the surface can be looked at, studied and understood.
"People who give themselves time to drink from their own depths can experience a lasting sense of joy." Bob Sachs
Also, if we add the first seven digits 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, equals 28. This number reduces to 10, the number of unity. The 2 is the peacemaker and the 8 is good judgement. 28 in numerology is known as 'the breaking number'. New experiences always seem to be in store when it comes up, surprises and unlimited opportunities too. That's because 2 + 8 = 10 new beginnings.
We live in a paradox world where things are divided. daynight. hot/cold, right/wrong, etc. We are always cocreating with our spiritual source. We have free will and yet we aren't in control?? When we are intent to find something, we will only get it after we have released our need to have it.
ravenstar
Hi, Janice:...
The trigram for seven-metal is the Joyous Lake (Tui). Like a calm, cool lake it is characterized by a gentle calm exterior and a strong, deep interior. If the lake becomes turbulent then things become distorted. The lake needs to calm down (meditate, deep breathing, walking), then the relfection on the surface can be looked at, studied and understood.
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Hi, Janice:Hi Charly!!
When I read your post yesterday, my mind kept circling around the Number Seven. So I thought I'd share a tad on what I know of this number.
7 is the number of spirituality, mysticism, wisdom and success. God made the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th...
Wu Ding cultivated the allegiance of neighbouring tribes by marrying one woman from each of them. His favoured consort Fu Hao entered the royal household through such a marriage and took advantage of the semi-matriarchal slave society to rise through the ranks to military general and high priestess.
From: http://history.cultural-china.com/en/46History4202.html
Line 4: Beautiful clothes are available but (one is) wearing rags; to be alert for the whole day.
Regards
Tuck :bows:
Line 4.....
since it is evitable the hexagram will develop upward along the timeline.
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Hi, Janice:
I was thinking about your Genesis connection. I was looking about associations between 63.3 and the Bible. Maybe the pivot is the character of WU DING quite equiparable to that of Solomon in the Song of Songs.
Both men were fond of exotic beauties. I'm dark but pretty said the Sulamite, say she was a foreigner beauty, like Fu Hao.
63.3 says that WU DING attacked the Land of Ghosts, but I have the impression that he remained at his capital while his generals, even his wife, went to war. I also believe that the Huns were not subjugated at all, maybe only kept out of the frontiers.
Perhaps the hidden historical character in 63.3 is a a woman, FU HAO, known for her beauty and her strength. Her name is composed by two characters, the first meaning WOMAN and the second meaning GOOD.
FU, woman, is said to depict a lady holding a broom, symbol of female fate. I believe that the lady is holding another thing, maybe a flag, standard, banner or a badge of nobility or even occult powers.
I believe most probable for FU HAO to hold a flag. The second character depicts a mother with a child, something emminently GOOD, say LOVE. Then, the name of FU HAO could be read:
«GOOD IN WAR AS IN LOVE».
Of course, H.63 is about LOVE and WAR, maybe not mutually exclusive, something like:
MAKE LOVE ALWAYS YOU CAN,
MAKE WAR ONLY WHEN INEVITABLE.
Common sense.
Wu Ding was not purged from the YI because:
- he was here for his wife or for his low appetites
- the TALL ANCESTOR was not at all the ancient Shang king, maybe only an euphemism for something else.
Soon the literal translation.
Best whishes,
Charly
P.D.:
Was Kerson Huang who believed that the YI was written by a woman? Li Se surely has his book.
Ch.
Hello Janice,
The number 7 is also connected with the 7 emotions and the Po, the Corpoural soul. The spiriual energy of the Lung. When looking to the Lo Shu 7 stands in the West. The Hun the ethereal soul stands in the East(3 in the Lo Shu) and is connected with the Liver. There are 3 Hun's; the Hun of the vegetational world, the Hun of the animal world and the Hun of the Humans.
We also have seven openings in our head(2 eyes, 2 ears, the nastrals and 1 mouth). So in Chinese medical phylosophy 7 has to do with emotions. And is 9 the spiritual number. In 8 is already 9 (1+2+3..+8=36=9). And 8 is the organisation(yin) of 7 and because 8 has already 9 in itself holisticaly speaking, 9 is a spiritual number, in way isn't 9 pysically needed. (1+2+3...9=45=9) it's a repetition of itself.
Frank
Hi, Janice:...
I have read somewhere that GOOD = 23/5 is synonymous with the word GOD. So GOOD may just be divine power. GOOD is creative, it's self-increasing and self-multiplying...the GOOD continues to create more GOOD. And with GOOD you first create and then increase with 'Strength' in your mind, body and spirit.
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The Zhou Dynsty that succeeded the Shang was set up on a feudal patriarchal clan system under which women's status was greatly reduced. Women who had taken part in politics and military affairs during the Shang Dynasty were snubbed as rebels or "hens reporting the dawn". Women under the Zhou were deprived of the right to personal property, and from that time on, they were at the mercy of the gods, the clan and the husband.
From All china Women's Federation.
at: http://www.womenofchina.cn/Profiles/Women_in_History/1405.jsp
Janice:Thanks Charly and thanks for the link! I looked up the book on Google, holy smokes that's an expensive book. It must be GOOD huh?
ravenstar
Qin massive aggression against the Xiongnu had unexpected consequences for Sino-nomadic relations. The Xiongnu reorganized and used the opportunity of the collapse of Qin in 207 BCE to renew military pressure on China's boundaries ... Scholars have long been fascinated by the almost simultaneous rise of two unified empires – Qin-Han and the Xiongnu – on both sides of the Great Wall ... many of the past theories cannot be adequately supported by historical evidence ... the nomadic organization was a response to the crisis engendered by Qin incursions deep into Xiongnu territory. The resultant militarization of nomadic society brought about the emergence of a military aristocracy, which sought to maximize its power through limited political centralization on the supra-tribal level, and continuous extortion of Chinese goods. ...
From: Book Review: Ancient China and Its Enemies - The Rise of Nomadic Power in East Asian History
At: http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/paper/pinesY.html
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