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After the Olympic women's figure skating championship last night, I had this dream:

I am on the grounds of a large and lovely house that is in a state of disrepair. I am directing a crew of workers They are landscaping, repairing shutters, painting, fixing the roof, repaving the long driveway. WE are in a huge hurry, as if in a contest we need to win. Everyone is rather breathless, racing around fully engaged in activity. I urge them on. It has to be finished before someone or something arrives. Who? I'm not sure. Some judging committee, perhaps.

I woke up feeling not exactly happy but extremely interested in the goings on. Then it occurred to me that all of the changes being made to the old home (my life) are external, and I meditated on making some internal changes.

Before I went to bed last night, I had left a note on my ex's door, requesting the rest of my stuff back. I had given him his stuff last weekend, with no discussion, and he had returned some of mine. We did not exchange two sentences, had not spoken for 6 months.

So, the final exchange of STUFF pretty much cleans up the final remains of the relationship. He's moving out of his apartment in this building, and, as a long-ago movie stated: I am overcome with relief. He was easier to release than the project was.

This morning, I asked, what else do I need to know about this dream? 19.3.4 > 34

I found that Bradford's translation describes a lot about this dream -- and my life at this time:

19. Taking Charge. The noble young one instructs and plans... The sap is rising fast and the time to relax is quickly departing.

If the best rewards persistence, wish for hard work instead of good luck. ..Actions should not be postponed.

management, undertaking, oversight, commitment, project….
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Old relationship junk is not the entire meaning of this reading. It's almost spring, my sap is rising, started going back to the gym recently, am working hard there, raising the incline on the treadmill, etc. AND, I've cleaned out the writing project I was doing with the ex, deleted it from my computer and from my mind. . At last. took me six months to be able to admit defeat and let it go.

I have a new one in the wings. It's rather gothic, begins in an old house, but not the one in the dream…and it will most assuredly take a lot of hard work.

19.3,

19.3x Sweet commitment:
The position is not appropriate *
Following concern about this:
The errors will not be lasting

….. To let ourselves be driven a little by thought of rewards at the end is not a bad or unusual thing. But if these provide all the force for the movement, then any disincentive will come at the worst of all possible times. Spring should be moving enough. ... There are bitter and bittersweet lessons ahead - sour, salty and savory too. Why want to start with dessert? Life needs exuberant movement, or it will not even feed dreams. ...

This line is not entirely comprehensible to me.what position is not appropriate? Eating dessert first? It has always been an appealing idea. An underachiever? So this line seems to point to getting on with the work, making errors, correcting them, moving exuberantly beyond them? Bag of Sea Salt and Vinegar potato chips in hand?

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19.4,
Complete commitment, without mistakes:
The position (is) appropriate

SHe is late in getting started, but this time was spent in good planning. Those who were watching him breathing and scratching his head now see him fall to the task with a consummate style, like a waterfall headed for ocean when the bottom drops out of the river. An artist takes what seems ages to center himself, even months in preparation, while ink and brush lie motionless. The paintings he makes might only take minutes, but they could bring enjoyment for centuries. Getting ready is part of the work. The time spent becoming not lazy, or not half-measured, or not frightened or not insecure is not. We could easily spend more time in approach than at work, covering the contingencies, getting the devil’s opinion, overthinking things through. But these creations rarely show genius or spark. There comes a time to get messy.

All I can say is yes.
Overthinking things through :rofl::rofl::rofl:.
Years, not months. Hoping the "consummate style" proves correct. Letting my freak out seems necessary. If not now, when?
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If anyone sees other things I'm missing in this hexagram, please let me know. It's really rich with meaning.

Many thanks.
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I can see that you were to focused on long term commitment. Did you try for a baby. Eventually you will find the right partner. The dream meaning is your rushing projects instead of them happening naturally.
 

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thanks, stuart and anemos

Thanks for your input. :bows:

The "baby" was a nonfiction book we were supposedly working on together. I was focused on that; his participation was less than required. (shortage of sperm/ideas?:rofl:) He's been out of my life for six months, I'm over him. That did happen naturally.

Why the rush? Good question.

If the old house is my unwritten fiction that's been on the back burner for a long, long time, committing it to paper in a hurry is perhaps what I need to do. I can edit, expand, rework it after the scaffolding is in and the roof is on.

Every November, writers in America and elsewhere participate in "NaNoWriMo" National Novel Writing Month, when they attempt to get an entire book on paper in 30 days. Of course, the end products are terrible, need lots of work, but the technique might be a good one for me, a far-too-meticulous, self-editing, slow, lazy, perfectionistic writer now tackling fiction after a lifetime of nonfiction.

Friend of mine, a corporate attorney, wrote her first romance novel this way, has had several published. From legal briefs to bodice ripping seems quite a leap, but she powered through it with good results.
 

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After the Olympic women's figure skating championship last night, I had this dream:

I am on the grounds of a large and lovely house that is in a state of disrepair. I am directing a crew of workers They are landscaping, repairing shutters, painting, fixing the roof, repaving the long driveway. WE are in a huge hurry, as if in a contest we need to win. Everyone is rather breathless, racing around fully engaged in activity. I urge them on. It has to be finished before someone or something arrives. Who? I'm not sure. Some judging committee, perhaps.

Yours dreams have something special , they feel so transparent .. or I'm totally wrong.

imo,
I think the judging committee is you. You feel, in your dream, that "house" seems is not good enough so you put your people to work - totally worn them out- to "fix" it; racing breathless - Very 34 scenery but seems that 34 needs a 19 manager.

What is the prize of the contest? Does it worth it ? Why the house is not good enough ?
why the rush ? Why this committee and their judgement is so important ? And what could be the "disaster" of the 8th month ?
 

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