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themulberrytree

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In a moment of insecurity, I asked for advice on my a cappella audition tomorrow.
I received Hexagram 42.2.3>9.
I'm going to assume that this means I'm not going to be their first choice, but I will succeed and it will be a really helpful experience for me. I'll meet lots of cool people.
You're welcome to share your thoughts on my rewarding, because I do notice that I interpreted it in a predictive sense, more than an advising sense, like I'd actually asked. I would be very grateful. Maybe you'll hit on something I have not, and I can make some last minute adjustments.
But the main reason I am posting this is because this is a very straightforward question for the Yi, and after, a very straightforward interpretation. I feel like it would be helpful for everyone to see how 42.2.3 works, practically.
 

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Hi themulberrytree,
So you asked for advice? I often feel that the I ching speaks to the energy of the question, the intention behind it. It seems like since you were in a place of insecurity regarding how things would end up, the I ching was simply offering you advice according to your present moment reality.

I think line 42 and lines 2 and 3 are saying for sure go for it, do your best, cease the opportunity and if you ultimately if are in integrity with yourself, there is nothing to worry about. I don't understand how you can possibly read into any of this that you will or will not be their first choice. Here's what LiSe says about line 3:

Every creature develops the abilities he needs and loses the ones which are not challenged. Trouble and grief are the base of wisdom, experience, authority, skill, and most of all the ability to use them with caution and insight.
http://yijing.nl/hex/hex_42.html

Again I think the yi was talking to YOU in this present moment.

Hex 9 might just be saying it's still in potential. All in all this feels like a really reassuring and validates that this is a worthwhile endeavor. You haven't auditioned yet so there's no use worrying about it or projecting into the future. You didn't ask yi what the results of the audition will be so that really is not what it's answer was addressing.
Let us know how it goes.
 

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42 - 9.png

42.2 → 61 (Inner Harmony), Richmond:
There is one who gives him very many tortoise shells and who would not be refused.
Long continuance in the way brings good fortune.
The king gives sacrifice to heaven. Good fortune.

Wonderful line!
Stop the over-thinking and allow the feelings, the creativity, the music to come-in.

61.3 → 9 (Small Increments), Richmond:
He meets another.
He beats a drum starting and stopping.
He weeps and sings alternately.


Daniels: Your moods are too much affected by other people.

Don't worry too much, you performance will be great!


Your question reminded me of an anime I've watched recently:
Piano in a forest
If you have the time - watch it today :)
There is music, inspiration and performance anxiety.
 

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Um, well, I did audition, and I did not become accepted into the group.

On the tortoise shells, well. The fact is, a large part of the reason I wanted to audition was that I wanted to become a more proactive person in my life. So the Yi might have been reassuring me that auditioning was a good idea. I had good intentions with auditioning.

On unfortunate events benefiting me. Well, auditioning does have certain drawbacks, namely that I might not be accepted. So I feel, in light of my question, that the Yi might have been reassuring me that auditioning would be a good idea, even in face of unfortunate events. The Yi was trying to demonstrate a certain frame of mind.

@arimoshe: Yeah, I have a problem where I ask the Yi for advice because I know it's not actually fruitful to ask, 'What's going to happen?' And then I interpret it according to the question I wanted to ask, rather than what I actually asked. Thank you for providing an example as to how I would interpret the answer otherwise.

@ashteroid: I didn't watch the anime, but I did read the plot summary on IMDB. Sounded intriguing. I did need to stop over-thinking, but at the same, I really hadn't practiced enough and I don't feel like learning to let the music come in is a one-time learning experience in performance. I feel like it takes practice.

To be honest, I ended up being really glad I auditioned. I wasn't accepted and that's disappointing, but y'know, there were other things I learned from this. How hard it is to go up in front of people and do something that puts your heart on the line. I never really took it into account for theater kids, and now I'm like, wow. How people are actually really nice and are not laughing at you when you fail. The a cappella group members were talking about how a girl tried out for the second time, and she seemed more confident this time. How failure isn't the most important thing. My friends congratulated me on auditioning. Because they thought it took courage to do that. Learning about improvement isn't really about, "Oh, I should have done this better, I should have done that better." It's about accepting what you've done as being enough, and then taking the experience and looking to the future. It's not about, like, regret. It's a funny feeling.

And I also learned more practical things, like how I clam up when you ask me to do something that I'm nervous about, even though I've understood perfectly what you want. That it's not good for me to make self-deprecating jokes when I'm scared, because it sends me deeper into the spiral of fear. I guess I knew that before, on a theoretical level, but I really felt it this time. And you know, just stuff. So I feel like this was a good experience for me, regardless.
 

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