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... Hex 26: I see it as essentially a matter of strong restraint (and the energy that accumulates as a knock-on effect of that restraint). But...
1 Do you see 26 as having an emotional component?
2 If 26 had an emotional component, what would it be?
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Why don't we ask better what is the emotional element of each hexagram and I can bet some money that we will find it, some sort of connection and emotional association, for every single one... I further bet that, regarding "emotional elements" in the hexagrams, we will not agree with each other...
Not sure i get the question ? Every hexagram can have an emotional application/implication - why wouldn't they ? 60, especially re emotions, tends to come up when getting things in proportion is important - alotting each thing the emotional investment it really is worth.
But perhaps you are asking something else ?
Why don't we ask better what is the emotional element of each hexagram and I can bet some money that we will find it, some sort of connection and emotional association, for every single one... I further bet that, regarding "emotional elements" in the hexagrams, we will not agree with each other...
To summarize:
How to take control of big cattle, some advices for political leadership, how to get an empire. Feelings, of course, I believe, the worst.
But think for a moment of strong restraint: do you associate any emotions with that?
What do you mean Brits are restrained this is how we use up calories, lol.
Dobro wouldn't 26 refer to restraining very powerful emotions.
I kept getting 26.1 when i had pretty out of control feelings i wanted to act on - so associate that line strongly with blind emotional outlet.
(BTW I don't see 37 as obviously emotional - to me its about roles and structures, everyone just doing their job - )
Yes. But my question isn't really about what emotions you're having when you draw 26; my question's about whether you have an emotional demeanor IN THE ACT OF RESTRAINING. When you have a powerful emotion and you restrain it, is there an emotion involved in the act of restraining? Is there a 'martial' emotion, for example, that you go into when you're determined to restrain something powerful in yourself?
Thanks, that's useful. I think I'm onto something. If I run something past the thoughtful minds here and nobody recognizes it, then it's new.
We'll send you a bill for our consulting fees.
Charly, although I see the animal element in people, I see two other dimensions that animals either lack or don't have much of - higher mind and spirit. So on the one hand, I obviously see how Hex 26 applies to animal instincts and passions in us. (But where you see those instincts as negative, my original question was about what emotion you associate with the RESTRAINT of those impulses.)
And on the other hand, I also think that the restraint of Hex 26 can also apply to higher, more purely human traits like the big love one has for certain people, perhaps for one's country or religion, for one's work if you're an artist, for example - you need to restrain that big love to keep it balanced, you need to restrain the power of that higher energy so that it doesn't overwhelm people, so that it doesn't overwhelm yourself.
I believe that big love cannot be bad. Excessive love is not love, maybe possessiveness, maybe another thing. When love for your country turns in hate towards foreigners, it is not love. Many things need to be restrained.
But do not exaggerate.
Dobro:I wasn't exaggerating, I was telling it like I see it - you and me see things differently, is all. Big love can't be bad if big love is balanced by big insight and checked so that it doesn't overwhelm. Love is such a powerful force that it could overwhelm others if they were exposed directly to it.
If music be the food of love, play on;Shakespeare: «Twelfth Night» or «What You Will»
Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
From: http://www.it.usyd.edu.au/~matty/Shakespeare/texts/comedies/twelfthnight_1.html#xref003
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