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Beating my pot and singing - does this mean what I think?

redarmada

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I have been sorely frustrated and driven to despair in a situation with a friend in which I am trying to break through a silence between us and talk to them and get a response. There's a long emotional period behind this; in the past two weeks I have tried contacting them several times and either received no answer to my calls or other circumstances have made it impossible to answer. I feel stymied, ready to give up, but talking to this person *feels* deeply, deeply important to me. I asked Yi:

"What can I do to move forward in the situation with L?"
The response:
Hexagram 30.3 (Clarity) > 21 (Biting Through)

30.3 is "If not beating my pot and singing in the setting sun, I will make the lament of old age". Paired with the relating hexagram, "Biting Through", this suggests to me that if I don't "sing out" to my friend before the sun sets on this, breaking through the blockage, I'll be lamenting (other name of Hexagram 30 is "the bird of brightness"- and birds are messengers). But on the other hand, Hexagram 30 says that "Constancy bears fruit", and raising female cattle- nurturing my stable energies- and this seems to contradict the idea of reaching out, which suggests to me that the only way for me to "move forward" is to nurture my brightness (which, frankly, sounds to me like more weeks of pain and frustartion).
 
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sooo

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"What can I do to move forward in the situation with L?"

Live, celebrate, shine.
 
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blue_angel

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Yes, I see this as 21- you have been nawing away at this, trying all you can to make a connection, 30- clinging to the fire. But advice is to 21-think about this, 30- be patient, gentle, caring when you do deal with L. And for now line 3- enjoy your life before it passes you by, do what you have to to sing and dance. Be bright.

Best of luck!

Blue_Angel
 

bradford

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Don't forget the context (Gua 30) that this line sits in.
In other and simpler words: lighten up.
 
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blue_angel

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Haha, exactly what Bradford says. When I think about it, that's what it has meant for me every time. If only I could learn to lighten up myself, I might have been able to see that.:blush:
 

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