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Point of clarification - the ancient Chinese who wrote the Yi also believed in a kind of flat-earth, but theirs was a square 'disk' (not a round one), sort of like a tray or platter, with a round or globe-like heaven about it. So if we think they were wise with regards to the Yi, why would we then question their 'square disk' version of the Earth?
Come on guys, let's take a reality check. Everyone knows this is how the world looks.
Moss Elk, looking back at your original post you titled it
'flat-earthers' = hex 4.4
I assume that you selected the line because you felt it most closely matches what you were seeing with the flat-earthers in this video, yes?
Oh wait, I get it now - the Discworld (flat-earth), being carried on the back of of the Star Turtle, A'Tuin .... now it all makes sense to me!
Brad equates Youthful Folly with the Hermit, the wise old soul of the Tarot, because hexagram 4 reads as if it is not a fool who is speaking to us but a wise old soul speaking to us about a fool.
The reading here is 4.4,
Moss Elk, looking back at your original post you titled it
'flat-earthers' = hex 4.4
I assume that you selected the line because you felt it most closely matches what you were seeing with the flat-earthers in this video, yes? But however you came up with the connection, it made me think a bit more about Hex 4 and this line:
Bingo.
Brads 4.4 translation:
Afflicted by ignorance A shame
Flat Earth is sans elephants and the joys they bring. Now that really is flat.Yes, certainly true for Terry Pratchett's Discworld. But I don't think it's true for most flat-earther's Flat Earth model, sans-elephants.
Hi RosadaWe're over here in Open Space rather than Shared Readings so this seems to be an appropriate place to talk about how we think a hexagram discribes a situation even if we didn't get it in a reading. So, no I'm not looking at 4.4 as being an actual reading on Flat Earthers.
In fact, I was just talking about 4.4 and all the lines of that hexagram because I think you can get a greater understanding of a line when you consider the lines around it, where it's coming from, what it's leading to. In 4.4 the Young Fool is totally lost but why is he totally lost? I hypothsize that you can know that by looking at the previous lines. Lines 1-3 describe someone who is without experience (4.1) and has only the most basic understanding of a situation (4.2) and therefore may be easily influenced (4.3) and thus getting 4.4 means not just that a person is a fool but also that he is a fool because he is inexperienced and easily influenced - and therefore not to be written off as unreachable but rather to be treated with compassion (4.5) and certainly not punished but rather simply not to be exposed to bad influences (4.6).
Clarity,
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