Comprehension & Hearing Loss? Hex 4.6>7? Then 50?

[jp78]

I have a bit hearing loss since I was born, but wearing hearing aids does not improve the situation. I can hear most of the time but I just can't comprehend certain people like certain tv shows I miss what people say and two seconds later it registers in my mind. I'm just slow sometimes and don't have confidence in what people are saying to me for some weird reason. The problem is rooted much deeper in the mind...almost like mental problem I've created for myself but not intentionally. Because I hear what people say, but often need them to repeat since I don't comprehend immediately It's like delayed or cognitive impairment almost or maybe laziness predisposition of the mind.


I asked the I-Ching: "Why can't I comprehend what people are saying to me?' Resulted in Hexagram 4.6 to Hexagram 7.

I read 4.6 and it said something like punishing folly. Almost as if Im a fool for not following my feelings or being mentally lazy? And Hexagram 7 means something about discipline....so I get meditation from this?


Then I asked what can I do to improve my comprehension? I got Hexagram 50.

Does that mean I should do meditation or yoga to nourish the mind?

 

[willowfox]

Perhaps you are being just too hard on yourself, self punishment, and too rigid when listening to others speaking, therefore you are blocking yourself by trying to hard to comprehend. Its like when people talk but you don't understand as your mind is on a different wavelength.

Sometimes when I speak to people in a foreign language they don't understand as they are thinking that I am trying to speak English, as they have fixed their minds to hearing only English from the foreigner.

Hex 50 suggests that you brain is not working together with your ears, thus the signal being picked up is not registering as your brain wants to see things differently, misunderstanding what's being said, changing the words that you hear. English is troublesome as speakers tend to just be still while they speak, whereas some languages give emphasis to different words making it much easier to understand, and waving their hands about also helps.

 

[arabella]

This strikes me as a mental block caused by anxiety, a form of "folly" the body/mind connection sometimes creates for you. A meaning of Hex 7, The Army, can be "grief" which in this case is a form of constant worry you have that this will continue to occur -- and so it does. That's anxiety for you.

If this were my problem, I would contact a highly competent practitioner of EFT. It is a form of simple therapy you can even learn to do yourself that unblocks the mental block. It's used a lot for addictive problems and anxiety that comes from personal history you may not even remember all that well. Treatments usually remove blockages like this fairly quickly. Not to say it will be one hundred percent necessarily if you have organic problems in hearing, but it can remove the emotional block that makes it worse.

There are a lot of people who do EFT [TEFT] worldwide. There's a website, or was, called emofree.com They categorise and rate people who perform this therapy. Above all, be sure you get the best in your locality and preferably someone with a "mental block" specialty.

 

[peter2610]

Do you have similar problems with understanding written words? Can you concentrate through a full page of text?

 

[jp78]

Yes, I do have the same trouble reading. It's almost like I'm scatterbrain and I can't help it. This problem presents itself in everything I do. And the fact that my vision is messed up in both eyes (+0.50 in left eye and -2.00 in right eye) make my problem worse and harder to focus and function normally. It's stressful.

To Willowfox: I think you are right with Hex 50. I think my brain is very rigid in comprehension and perception. Always sometimes I hear the words but my mind makes something else out of it or I comprehend it like a few seconds later. It's like the brain is not keeping up with the ears when its suppose to. Like I have to consciously try to hear what people are saying.

 

[mariah kaze]

I have a bit hearing loss since I was born, but wearing hearing aids does not improve the situation. I can hear most of the time but I just can't comprehend certain people like certain tv shows I miss what people say and two seconds later it registers in my mind. I'm just slow sometimes and don't have confidence in what people are saying to me for some weird reason. The problem is rooted much deeper in the mind...almost like mental problem I've created for myself but not intentionally. Because I hear what people say, but often need them to repeat since I don't comprehend immediately It's like delayed or cognitive impairment almost or maybe laziness predisposition of the mind.


I asked the I-Ching: "Why can't I comprehend what people are saying to me?' Resulted in Hexagram 4.6 to Hexagram 7.

I read 4.6 and it said something like punishing folly. Almost as if Im a fool for not following my feelings or being mentally lazy? And Hexagram 7 means something about discipline....so I get meditation from this?


Then I asked what can I do to improve my comprehension? I got Hexagram 50.

Does that mean I should do meditation or yoga to nourish the mind?

Yoga actually might help. Hex 4 is about darkness, innocence, naivety and looking at things in an ignorant way .... Folly - what don't you know? 4.6 says attacking darkness - the ability to control anger and powerfully repel external influences. (maybe you don't want to hear every word?) To repel negative energy, activate the mind of Tao (meditate? no - activate!) - follow the way to 50 - Transformation.

I suggest that you hear what you want to hear most of the time and you possibly don't hear what you don't want to hear as one possible interpretation ... BUT some of the other problems you mention ring a bell for me. Have you ever been diagnosed as Dyslexic? I know there are newer terms for this but it used to be thought and taught that Dyslexia was a synaptic problem in the brain. Research has now shown us that the problem is a HEARING problem and not a systemic brain dysfunction. What you describe is so very similar in nature that I'll venture my own take on this:

Dispel your ignorance over what is causing this problem because the darkness can be
lifted with the proper diagnosis and some re-learning techniques that have been very successful with both adults and children who have problems with hearing, reading, spelling and general comprehension. You may need some self-discipline to follow through (7). The Ting (50) has come up many times for me as MONEY. Spend the money to really find out what the problem is and follow a treatment plan. It will Transform your life. For what it's worth :bows:

 

[arabella]

Yoga actually might help. Hex 4 is about darkness, innocence, naivety and looking at things in an ignorant way .... Folly - what don't you know? 4.6 says attacking darkness - the ability to control anger and powerfully repel external influences. (maybe you don't want to hear every word?) To repel negative energy, activate the mind of Tao (meditate? no - activate!) - follow the way to 50 - Transformation.

I suggest that you hear what you want to hear most of the time and you possibly don't hear what you don't want to hear as one possible interpretation ... BUT some of the other problems you mention ring a bell for me. Have you ever been diagnosed as Dyslexic? I know there are newer terms for this but it used to be thought and taught that Dyslexia was a synaptic problem in the brain. Research has now shown us that the problem is a HEARING problem and not a systemic brain dysfunction. What you describe is so very similar in nature that I'll venture my own take on this:

Dispel your ignorance over what is causing this problem because the darkness can be
lifted with the proper diagnosis and some re-learning techniques that have been very successful with both adults and children who have problems with hearing, reading, spelling and general comprehension. You may need some self-discipline to follow through (7). The Ting (50) has come up many times for me as MONEY. Spend the money to really find out what the problem is and follow a treatment plan. It will Transform your life. For what it's worth :bows:

I am dyslexic and it doesn't ring true to me that the problem is hearing, not in the least. I think in the case I've experienced both vision/sight and how the brain works are both very much involved. For instance, I naturally would write with both hands in opposite directions at the same time, and what is written with the left hand, you can read in the mirror. This has nothing whatever to do with hearing. I "unlearned" it some years ago and can now write, left handed, all in the proper direction and have abandoned using the right hand in that way -- but learning the usual way to write had to do with tracing letters and numbers, over and over with the left hand [which was determined to be dominant for some reason], until I'd memorised the proper direction and how it looks on paper. If I'm tired, sometimes this will lapse. Makes no sense to me whatever that this would have a thing to do with hearing, and has never been described to me in those terms. Maybe misunderstanding instructions and not visualising what to do would be more what you are suggesting? But I don't recognise this research on dyslexia you are talking about.

 

[mariah kaze]

I am dyslexic and it doesn't ring true to me that the problem is hearing, not in the least. I think in the case I've experienced both vision/sight and how the brain works are both very much involved. For instance, I naturally would write with both hands in opposite directions at the same time, and what is written with the left hand, you can read in the mirror. This has nothing whatever to do with hearing. I "unlearned" it some years ago and can now write, left handed, all in the proper direction and have abandoned using the right hand in that way -- but learning the usual way to write had to do with tracing letters and numbers, over and over with the left hand [which was determined to be dominant for some reason], until I'd memorised the proper direction and how it looks on paper. If I'm tired, sometimes this will lapse. Makes no sense to me whatever that this would have a thing to do with hearing, and has never been described to me in those terms. Maybe misunderstanding instructions and not visualising what to do would be more what you are suggesting? But I don't recognise this research on dyslexia you are talking about.

My daughter is Dyslexic. If you can believe the research then the problem is indeed a disruption/distortion in the neural passages leading from the inner ear to the brain. I was trained to work in the Kaplan SpellRead program - tremendously successful. I have discovered that most of us have some sort of dyslexia or other - there are many sub-groups and all degrees between very mild to profound. Sorry this information has not been made available to you before. It's mainly in Psychology Journals. There are dozens of articles on phonological dyslexia at www.ScienceDirect.com.

Many of them point to an inability to filter background noise and the resultant nearly constant distraction of the attention as being the major issue in education. Hearing aids do not help. The problem isn't that you can't hear, it's that your brain can't filter what it hears because of what may be an hereditary auditory nerve malformation. You are NOT aware that your body is doing this. Some of the articles are fairly technical but there is ample evidence that what I say is backed up by science and that the most successful remedy is "re-training" the auditory/visual responses. BTW, many children are ambidextrous and can write as you describe, especially people who turn out to have left-hand dominance. Go figger It sounds like you did have some extra experiences in your education and that it helped you a great deal. My daughter is unrecognizable as dyslexic as an adult - she has SO learned to compensate.

 

[ginnie]

The Brain

4.6 > 7. Hexagram 4 is about learning and teaching; also there is something you don't know.

4.6 is an interesting line. It has to do with warding off the anger of other people. It could have to do with angry parents and/or teachers who punish ignorant children under the guise of educating them ...

I don't want to speculate too much on your condition, as I would probably be entirely off-base. Your condition could be hereditary and or karmic in nature ... Actually, I believe all ailments are brought about by fate.

Gather your forces and resources together in a disciplined way.

Hexagram 50 is also called Cosmic Order. 'There are certain areas in the life and nature of the individual that are fated ...' says R.L. Wing in The I Ching Workbook. 'COSMIC ORDER received without changing lines indicates that those with whom you are associated, as well as yourself, will attain success.... The higher realms of group consciousness are being stimulated. Your entire milieu, whether it is religious, social, political, or familial, is developing in accord with the cosmos.'

And you thought you were just feeling anxious!

Did you know that right now the brain is the hottest subject imaginable? All sorts of research is currently being done on how the brain and central nervous system works. Seems your disorder happened right on time. I'm sure you'll find a lot of physicians or researchers more than willing to study your condition and perhaps help you overcome it.

 

[arabella]

Types of Dyslexia

My daughter is Dyslexic. If you can believe the research then the problem is indeed a disruption/distortion in the neural passages leading from the inner ear to the brain. I was trained to work in the Kaplan SpellRead program - tremendously successful. I have discovered that most of us have some sort of dyslexia or other - there are many sub-groups and all degrees between very mild to profound. Sorry this information has not been made available to you before. It's mainly in Psychology Journals. There are dozens of articles on phonological dyslexia at www.ScienceDirect.com.

Many of them point to an inability to filter background noise and the resultant nearly constant distraction of the attention as being the major issue in education. Hearing aids do not help. The problem isn't that you can't hear, it's that your brain can't filter what it hears because of what may be an hereditary auditory nerve malformation. You are NOT aware that your body is doing this. Some of the articles are fairly technical but there is ample evidence that what I say is backed up by science and that the most successful remedy is "re-training" the auditory/visual responses. BTW, many children are ambidextrous and can write as you describe, especially people who turn out to have left-hand dominance. Go figger It sounds like you did have some extra experiences in your education and that it helped you a great deal. My daughter is unrecognizable as dyslexic as an adult - she has SO learned to compensate.

There must be multiple types of dyslexia with varied causes. I have no trouble reading and never did. But symbols, writing, I saw them in all directions at once. My best means of expression as a kid was music, which I couldn't wait to get into. As you say, go figger.

 

[mariah kaze]

There must be multiple types of dyslexia with varied causes. I have no trouble reading and never did. But symbols, writing, I saw them in all directions at once. My best means of expression as a kid was music, which I couldn't wait to get into. As you say, go figger.

As you say, things manifest differently in different people. My daughter also saw and still sees symbols in the reverse too and like you, she found her best methods of expression to be music and other arts. She is an excellent photographer! Her ability to compose a photo is actually outstanding. When she was tested at 6 years of age, they told me she was "retarded". It made me mad because I just *knew* they were wrong. Years later it no longer makes me mad. Between the two of us, we found a way for her to learn and it's a bond between us that can never be broken. My kid had a bright outlook on life by the time we were done.

With better testing methods we've determined that her IQ (for what that's worth) is actually exceptional and I'll wager yours is too. You have to be pretty darned intelligent to compensate for what, for many, is a disabling condition. As they develop new research in this area, we can hope that the children of the future will not have to suffer from being branded for something that is in reality, as someone else here said, their fate in life and not something they can control by "paying attention". Good luck to you in your endeavors

 

[pocossin]

Why can't I comprehend what people are saying to me?
Hex 4.6>7

☶ ☷
☵ ☵


What a suggestive casting with ear in both hexagrams!

☶ stopped
☵ ear

☷ open
☵ ear

Both hexagram pictures are vehicles, suggesting progress is possible.

4J
Youthful Folly has success.
It is not I who seek the young fool;
The young fool seeks me.
At the first oracle I inform him.
If he asks two or three times, it is importunity.
If he importunes, I give him no information.
Perseverance furthers.

People with hearing loss acquire the habit of asking for information to be repeated even when they understand what has been said. My late mother developed the habit of saying "What?" when anything was said to her. I broke this habit by consistently answering "That's right" and continuing with what I was saying. Instead of asking others what they have just said, just echo what you think they said back to them. "You mean . . . ." They can then confirm or correct.

4.6
Nine at the top means:
In punishing folly
It does not further one
To commit transgressions.
The only thing that furthers
Is to prevent transgressions.

Don't blame yourself. Nobody hears perfectly, and as we age we all hear less.

7J
The Army. The army needs perseverance
And a strong man.
Good fortune without blame.

Tackle the problem proactively. Reduce background noise in your home. Learn lip reading. Use closed caption on TV.

Make a game of it. Gilda Radner did a great skit as a hard-of-hearing person. After an egregious misunderstanding and when corrected, Gilda would reply with her signature "Never mind!" Occasionally pretend to misunderstand so other won't know what you hear. It could be fun, especially if you throw in a "Never mind!" and keep right on talking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilda_Radner