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A Lost Friend Hexagrams 61 unchanging, 27.4.6>51

Sun Wukong

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A friend of mine died back in September of last year, and I had decided to recite the Great Liberation by Hearing for him. I had started before I consulted the Oracle because I desperately wanted to help him, but then I worried that I might be entangling myself with his personal karma. So, I asked: What will be the result if I continue to read the Great Liberation by Hearing to my friend?

61 Inner Truth
I took this to be a good sign so I continued for a while. Much to my own shame, I only recited the GLBH for about two weeks (possibly less). I felt pretty guilty about it, but, at the same time, I didn't feel like I had completely let him down. I had let his passing slide into the back of my mind until now; his birthday is the 28th of this month. So, I asked the Oracle if my friend had achieved enlightenment and got the following answer:

27.4.6>51
I took this to be a good sign. I took 27 to refer to the situation in regards to spiritual nourishment, and 6 at fourth to mean that things went well because:
Turning upside down,
Seeking nourishment
Good fortune
A tiger's glare, covetous, covetous
Its desire, chasing, chasing
No fault
I didn't know how to feel about the tiger's glare or the turning upside down, but then below that there was:
Good fortune in turning upside down, seeking nourishment
the one above sheds light
This led me to believe that my friend had found a new source of spiritual nourishment and that this was beneficial. The 9 at top sounded favorable as well:
From this nourishing,
Adversity: good fortune
Favorable to cross great rivers
From this nourishing,
Adversity: good fortune
There is great blessing
I took the above to mean that despite this adversity, his untimely death, there was some good to be had in his journey beyond: a great blessing.

I sound pretty confident don't I? I'm not. I had never cried and laughed so hard at the same time before I was given this answer, but I'm still worried that I didn't do enough during the appropriate time frame (You're supposed to do the recitation for 49 days to make double sure). I understand the difficulty in responding to this thread: most people shy way from bad, or less than favorable news. But if anyone can shed more light on this, I would be very grateful.
 
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ginnie

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I am not familiar with the ritual you speak of here, but it is always what is in your heart that matters the most. Don't despair!

There is always a problem when people such as yourself ask about another, as you have done here. It is difficult to know if the I Ching is answering that question or is rather reflecting you back to yourself. In other words, you are the one who is gazing like a tiger at the fate of your deceased friend, and you are the one who has taken a certain kind of responsibility, which will bring you blessings, never fear. In other words, we are instructed more to ask questions related to ourselves. These are the questions that get the clearest answers.
 

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