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Hi,
It´s been a while since I last posted a question on this site. So here I go again. My question for the I Ching referred, once again, to a relationship with a man. I will try to keep it short, but bear with me in case I fail...I contacted a man about a month ago on Facebook. He is the youngest brother of a old friend of mine who died of a drug overdose years ago. I had a difficult time accepting his death, as you can imagine. He was young and talented and kind...Anyway, almost 10 years have passed since his death, and I came across his younger brother´s profile on FB. It was like seeing my friend again. I felt the urge to write this guy and tell him about what a wonderful friend his brother was. He was very moved by my letter, and we began to chat online about things we have in common. He is sensitive and intelligent and talented, just like his brother was. At some point, about three or four days ago, he told me he was writing a song for me. As you can imagine, I felt extremely grateful for his gesture. However, I am not sure how to feel about this whole thing, I certainly do not want to end up becoming infatuated with someone who unfortunately is thousands of miles away. He is almost 40 and single.
So I asked the I Ching "What does this guy want/expect from me?"
The I Ching´s answer was: Hexagram 58 (too many lines changing) to hexagram 2.
Since I was not given the specific changing lines, I read the entire text for Hexagram 58, but obviously there are several lines, some pointing in one direction, some positive, some not. So my question is, when you are not given the changing lines, or too many are changing, what to do?
If I only focus on the judgement of Hexagram 58, it seems pretty clear that I should keep doing what I have so far: interaction and exchange, stimulating things through cheering and persuasive speech, the action of Open, is the adequate way to handle it. But, how about those not so positive lines in the hexagram? Should those be taken into account?
As for the relating Hexagram (2), I am also unclear about whether this is supposed to be the background or the final result...always unclear about what to do with relating hexagrams, because I have read that they can mean either thing. Hexagram 2 talks about being docile, like a mare, which seems to me that it is saying "let him take the initiative, you follow", which seems to be in contradiction with advice given by Hexagram 58, "stimulate!"
Sorry for the long message and thanks in advance,
Adah
It´s been a while since I last posted a question on this site. So here I go again. My question for the I Ching referred, once again, to a relationship with a man. I will try to keep it short, but bear with me in case I fail...I contacted a man about a month ago on Facebook. He is the youngest brother of a old friend of mine who died of a drug overdose years ago. I had a difficult time accepting his death, as you can imagine. He was young and talented and kind...Anyway, almost 10 years have passed since his death, and I came across his younger brother´s profile on FB. It was like seeing my friend again. I felt the urge to write this guy and tell him about what a wonderful friend his brother was. He was very moved by my letter, and we began to chat online about things we have in common. He is sensitive and intelligent and talented, just like his brother was. At some point, about three or four days ago, he told me he was writing a song for me. As you can imagine, I felt extremely grateful for his gesture. However, I am not sure how to feel about this whole thing, I certainly do not want to end up becoming infatuated with someone who unfortunately is thousands of miles away. He is almost 40 and single.
So I asked the I Ching "What does this guy want/expect from me?"
The I Ching´s answer was: Hexagram 58 (too many lines changing) to hexagram 2.
Since I was not given the specific changing lines, I read the entire text for Hexagram 58, but obviously there are several lines, some pointing in one direction, some positive, some not. So my question is, when you are not given the changing lines, or too many are changing, what to do?
If I only focus on the judgement of Hexagram 58, it seems pretty clear that I should keep doing what I have so far: interaction and exchange, stimulating things through cheering and persuasive speech, the action of Open, is the adequate way to handle it. But, how about those not so positive lines in the hexagram? Should those be taken into account?
As for the relating Hexagram (2), I am also unclear about whether this is supposed to be the background or the final result...always unclear about what to do with relating hexagrams, because I have read that they can mean either thing. Hexagram 2 talks about being docile, like a mare, which seems to me that it is saying "let him take the initiative, you follow", which seems to be in contradiction with advice given by Hexagram 58, "stimulate!"
Sorry for the long message and thanks in advance,
Adah