7.2 - Which are my resistances that are not allowing my life to take the turn that i wish for?"

[lalafree]

dear community,
I've been wandering lately why sometimes my life is so slow of results. I know what I don't want anymore and I'm getting clear in what I do want... but everything is still stuck. So my question was "Which are my resistances that are not allowing my life to take the turn that i wish for?"
The answer in 7.2 - 2

I read it as get organized - show your values and you will receive recognitions.
Ok that's clear... but my question was .."show me my resistances".

How would you interprete this? would you read it as I did like a general advice or actually do you see a specific answer to my "resistances" ... and if so ... what do you see as my resistances ?

Thank you for your help!

 

[rosada]

Resisting not being in control? I see 7.2 as describing you as someone who recognizes you are the one who is responsible for whatever is going on in your world, but in changes to hex 2, the hexagram of silence and the unknown. Perhaps you are resisting actions that lead to unforeseen consequences . The image counsels that in order to expand your field of influence you need to also be aware of the needs of others. At this time when you are feeling somehow stuck perhaps if you look around you will see there are others who are likewise stuck and they could use your help and generosity. Maybe if you donate something to a good cause, even if you can’t totally control what the recipient will do with your gift, you will see some benefit coming into your own world.

further thoughts..

Perhaps 7.2 is saying don’t think of yourself as stuck, think of yourself as being right where you are supposed to be. Then look around and see how while you are in this position you can be of help to others.

 

[lalafree]

thank you rosada...
another thought that came to my mind by reading you words is that maybe even if one acts according to values and the needs of others the receiving part is still something to allow. I mean receiving is a learning experience... is not obvious to know how to receive or been receptive. Maybe my resistances dwell in the receiving aspect of it.

 

[radiofreewill]

Hi larouge,

"What are my resistances that are not allowing my life to take the turn that I wish for?"
7.2 > 2 ~ Structure and discipline will help you, if you let it? If you show structure and discipline by your example, then you will be recognized for it, and esteemed by those around you.

The way I read it, you are asking yourself the same question that many around you have, as well:

People feel 'stuck' in their lives, and want to make a change for the better, but they don't know how to overcome their 'stuckness' to even get started?

This is a situation, imho, where the Yi recognizes the value of a good leadership example, visible to all:

A good example is powerful enough to float all boats in a sea of worldly troubles.

So, I think your intuition to get organized and start doing 'right' things is correct:

Overcoming your resistances to structure and discipline will lead you, and those around you, to a better place.

I hope this helps!

 

[rosada]

Now I'm seeing 7.2 as saying you need to think of yourself as being the head of your own small army, like a sergeant. You need to be so aware of your position, who you are, where you are, why god put you here, what work you have to do, all your pros and cons so that you can negotiate agreements with the people around you, so that you can pass through this phase of your life without creating any debts, move along without leaving any disturbance and ultimately rest in peace (hex 2, the silent field). I think 7.2 is saying you are resisting appreciating that you are in the best possible position for your soul growth at this time. Maybe not the best position for your earthly ambitions, all the guideposts seem to have gotten up and walked away = but this could be a good thing if it causes you to look to your inner feelings for guidance now.

 

[marybluesky]

Hello larouge!

You want the I Ching to describe your resistances; so trying to "be in command" is what prevents you from experiencing the life you want.

Good luck!

 

[my_key]

Hex 7 has a meaning of grieving. So maybe you need to consider what grief you are holding that could be causing / adding to your inner resistance. The grief process of denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance can take along while to work it's way through our systems. Maybe, even, you are holding the grief for another, in a way providing them with a service.

Strange things happen in the tensions of Hex 7 however perseverance and strength are prerequisites here as you build up the store of positive attributes that will carry you through. Hex 2 ? There is no rushing of this process.

Good Luck

 

[Freedda]

Hex 7 has a meaning of grieving.

MyKey, I'm curious where you see an association between hexagram 7 and grieving? None of the oracle text for 7 talks about this, at least from what I can see. There are two line statements that talk about transporting fatalities (among other associations), but line 7.2 is not one of them. So, I'm curious.

 

[lalafree]

Hex 7 has a meaning of grieving. So maybe you need to consider what grief you are holding that could be causing / adding to your inner resistance. The grief process of denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance can take along while to work it's way through our systems. Maybe, even, you are holding the grief for another, in a way providing them with a service.

Strange things happen in the tensions of Hex 7 however perseverance and strength are prerequisites here as you build up the store of positive attributes that will carry you through. Hex 2 ? There is no rushing of this process.

Good Luck

mmm... interesting..
Actually few weeks ago I went to a doctor because I have some thyroid issue, an autoimmune disease - this has nothing to do with my question to the I ching - BUT the doctor to explain me the kind of problem that I have used these words: "is like you have an army inside your body that has declared war to your thyroid" .
I don't know why by reading you interpretation I heard my doctor words...that I had actually forgotten!!
It could be that I'm always in an "Army mode" to cover or hold heavy feelings..or simply to be in control. .and this is what make me stuck... so much Army that I'm "killing" my own system....

You want the I Ching to describe your resistances; so trying to "be in command" is what prevents you from experiencing the life you want.

Now I'm seeing 7.2 as saying you need to think of yourself as being the head of your own small army, like a sergeant. You need to be so aware of your position, who you are, where you are, why god put you here, what work you have to do, all your pros and cons so that you can negotiate agreements with the people around you, so that you can pass through this phase of your life without creating any debts, move along without leaving any disturbance and ultimately rest in peace (hex 2, the silent field). I think 7.2 is saying you are resisting appreciating that you are in the best possible position for your soul growth at this time. Maybe not the best position for your earthly ambitions, all the guideposts seem to have gotten up and walked away = but this could be a good thing if it causes you to look to your inner feelings for guidance now.

ROSADA,
I see now what you mean. I'm the leader of my own army..the one that is fighting so much against my self, I can lead it wherever I want. Is the best position to be. What I consider my resistances are my resources to get my rewords. Line 2 are the guidelines to make my resistances my resources.

THANK YOU ALL. YOU ARE REALLY AMAZING.

 

[rosada]

You’re so very welcome.

Hilary writes in WikiWing that 7. Army means grieving as opposed to its pair, 8. Seeking Union which means delight. 7. Army describes actions that are due to necessity and often create collateral damage. 8. Union is about actions where one has free will. Not sure how this relates to your question but that’s where the idea of 7. meaning grieving comes from.

I think part of the problem in understanding this answer is due to the way the question is phrased. It’s unclear if the IC is saying 7. The Army means there is a problem because you are resisting getting organized or is it saying the problem is you are trying too hard to be organized, maybe focusing too much on one thing? I read it as not so much saying what you should or should not resist but rather over all advice for your situation: Be clear about your goals, accept help but don’t let inexperienced people or issues distract you.

 

[Freedda]

Which are my resistances that are not allowing my life to take the turn that i wish for?" **** The answer in 7.2 - 2

Hello larouge: putting this in my own words, is it okay to assume that you want to know how to get past whatever is stopping you (resistence) from moving ahead with your life?

Taking a look at the imagery of 7, you have the trigrams (three-line figures) of Earth above, and Water below. I've heard this described as a hidden resource that we then can organize and work at getting to - as an army or militia might do.

Looking at the moving line, 7.2 - this is within the lower trigram, Water, which is often assocated with fear, danger and being exposed. It makes me wonder then, could it be your own fears which are holding you back?

The line text suggests that to move ahead you may want to get to the 'heart of the matter', which would be to recognize and acknowledge your fears - or whatever is causing resistence. And if this is at all true, you might then ask, how do I do this?

I don't think the Yi is recommending a pop-culture approach, where you have the reality show host saying to you, 'larouge, it time to face your fears, meet them head on, beat them over the head with a club' (that has been provide to us by our show's sponsors). Instead, I think the Yi proposes something else:

* here you are surrounded by three Earth trigrams, which have at their core the ideas of acceptance and making things real (down to earth).

* with 7.2, you also have the sovereign granting three commissions. He doesn't offer none of the commissions and he don't offer all of them, but instead he offer threes, which could mean to take a modest approach.

* another name I've heard for hexagram 2 is 'ploughed earth', so the way to move ahead - to move past your fears - is to continue to prepare the soil for what's to come: you don't stop, and you don't 'plough ahead' in some kind of foreceful, reckless way, but you prepare one's soil as Earth would do for herself - through acceptance and 'down-to-earth' action.

So if I were to apply these to something I resist doing - like clearning my home; I would start by considering three - perhaps small - things that I can more easily move ahead with, so: 'today, I'll go through 5 pieces of mail, I'll find a place for 6 books that are sitting around, and I'll wash 8 dishes.' Do-able? Yes, Easily achievable? Yes, And can I do these without having to feel I need to win the war against some great enemy - like my fears? Again, yes.

.... and perhaps after doing these three small tasks, I might realize that things (albeit small ones) are do-able, and I can find three more things I can do - which is to say, I'm now moving ahead and past whatever has been holding me back!

(And, if you don't mind, I think I'll borrow your reading and see if I can start to clean up my mess today!)

And finally, with hexgram 2 you also have advice that 'to lead is confusion, but to follow is to learn mastery.' For me, this is an attitude to consider: that instead of wanting to be the leader or the master, you instead think of yourself as the apprentice: you want to learn and you want to have 'mastery' of what you're doing, but you don't need to own or control it.

Best, D

 

[my_key]

MyKey, I'm curious where you see an association between hexagram 7 and grieving? None of the oracle text for 7 talks about this, at least from what I can see. There are two line statements that talk about transporting fatalities (among other associations), but line 7.2 is not one of them. So, I'm curious.

Hi Freedda
The description of Hex 7 as grieving comes from the image of the relationship of the pair (Hex 7 to Hex8). I guess it comes from one of the wings and is referenced in both Karcher's and Hilary's translations. (Rosada has also written about this elsewhere in this thread)

Hex 7 can be seen as the way to address the things that are holding us back. Lets get things in order and push on through the resistance to change. In effect, how to become a master of the situation we find ourselves in and move towards a place of improved union with ourselves (Hex 8) and the 'delight' that brings. There are many things in Hex 7 that can hold us back and we are called upon to recognise these purposefully and address them (with military precision, perhaps): take charge and lead, if you like.

Grief can take many forms and has a strong power that can hold us stuck fast, so the many things that feed it must be starved and the things that promote the transformation must be fed instead. There needs to be a reorganisation of the troops that are defending our current position. Line 2 may be the place where the new holds sway and becomes the place to act. The follower of the old becomes the leader of the new.

I think Wilhem calling this hexagram 'The Army' has made for a lessening of interpretation to my mind. Bradford's 'The Militia' and also Karcher's 'Legions' and Huang's 'Multitude' give for me a clearer message of what Hex 7 might be asking us to take on.

Or maybe it's nothing like this at all.

Good Luck

 

[Freedda]

The description of Hex 7 as grieving comes from the image of the relationship of the pair (Hex 7 to Hex8). I guess it comes from one of the wings and is referenced in both Karcher's and Hilary's

Okay thanks. I will take a look at their interpretations and commentary.

Best, d.

 

[lalafree]

You’re so very welcome.

Hilary writes in WikiWing that 7. Army means grieving as opposed to its pair, 8. Seeking Union which means delight. 7. Army describes actions that are due to necessity and often create collateral damage. 8. Union is about actions where one has free will. Not sure how this relates to your question but that’s where the idea of 7. meaning grieving comes from.

I think part of the problem in understanding this answer is due to the way the question is phrased. It’s unclear if the IC is saying 7. The Army means there is a problem because you are resisting getting organized or is it saying the problem is you are trying too hard to be organized, maybe focusing too much on one thing? I read it as not so much saying what you should or should not resist but rather over all advice for your situation: Be clear about your goals, accept help but don’t let inexperienced people or issues distract you.

Dear Rosada,
I'have been thinking a lot about this reading and as you said the difficult part is to understand if the answer is showing my resistances or is describing me how to overcome my resistances.
This morning I asked a more straight question to the i ching and I'm amazed by the answer:
How do I break free? Answer: 7.2.6 - 23

Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to metabolized the answer and get the real meaning yet but now I know the i ching was showing me how to get over my inner resistances

What a bless!