Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
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wander woods
visitor
- Joined
- Mar 10, 2018
- Messages
- 5
- Reaction score
- 2
what's happening:
after 30 years, i prepare to leave this valley ~ a beautiful valley that was always a source of strength and joy. my sense of attachment was great, fruitful, nurturing to the fullest, enriching my life immeasurably. my life was saved here; my soul was at home.
with the passing of 2 individuals who brought me to this valley and kept me happily employed here, i took their material bequests and misused them. wishing to stay here in the valley for the rest of my life, i purchased one of very few available cabins here. the market here is exceptionally hot & there was nothing else available to me but this cabin.
this cabin has nothing to recommend it but location in this valley. there is no yard for gardening; it sits on a main road, with continual traffic passing within yards of my window. my neighbors are both noisy and unfriendly. just to my east, a rifle range; unfriendly strangers come & go. my well is poor. there is no light in the winter months, as the cabin faces north.
nothing that i require for peace of mind is here.
in fact, the situation is aggravating a chronic immune disorder, as i feel stressed and trapped.
in the year since i purchased it, i've become too ill to manage it. it just cannot work.
my engagement here is a downward spiral. i must disengage.
if i were to sell the cabin, there's absolutely nothing else to purchase here now at all, in this hot market. a rental is out of the question; there are none. i will be squeezed out of the valley all the way.
meanwhile, i've become too ill to socialize, so friends i thought i had in this valley have cut me from their lives. i'm inconvenient, i'm unreliable.
employers in the valley have no use for me, as i'm too ill to work. i'm quickly spending the remainder of my loved ones' bequests and will soon have nothing.
my attachment to this valley has suddenly become dark, restricting, depleting. circumstances conspire to push me out of the valley and away, toward i know not what. what is now clear: my attachment to the valley is no longer fruitful or nurturing; it's confining, it's sickening. i must disengage from the valley ~ slough off my attachment, turn bravely from the familiar, strike out toward another place that can nurture me just as fruitfully at the time of life i now face.
i have invitations, portals to a new beginning elsewhere in this mountain range.
this means, on the material level, pulling what i might require from the piles of stuff i've hoarded here and junking the rest, clearing out the cabin so that it might be marketed successfully to buyers. the crap that i've pulled around me like a mouse making a nest is just heavy now. it's trash. it cements my attachment to this valley and keeps me weighted to my situation.
when i asked Yi: 'what is my position right now?' my answer was 18 uc: corruption. the reading is positive; it invites me to consider what no longer serves, in what i possess and to dispose of it in order to move forward with necessary changes and continued growth.
what's been corrupted is my attachment to this valley, my relationship to it, my place in it and what it can offer me.
with that, my self image as a dweller of this valley, as someone nurtured and sustained by it, given joy and meaning, is also corrupted. my identity is changing along with my circumstance. they're one thing, together.
it's time to slough off what's become disabling in order to move ahead.
coupled with other readings, Yi assures me i'm on track in my thinking. there's nothing to be gained by remaining stuck in my past, as beautiful as it is. i must pull my own roots from this soil and look for a friendlier place for my growth.
there is danger in uprooting myself for sure, but it's also dangerous to stay, constricted and depleted further.
once again Yi articulates what's occurring for me in response to my question. hopefully this reading can help you find the meaning of Hexagram 18 for yourself.
after 30 years, i prepare to leave this valley ~ a beautiful valley that was always a source of strength and joy. my sense of attachment was great, fruitful, nurturing to the fullest, enriching my life immeasurably. my life was saved here; my soul was at home.
with the passing of 2 individuals who brought me to this valley and kept me happily employed here, i took their material bequests and misused them. wishing to stay here in the valley for the rest of my life, i purchased one of very few available cabins here. the market here is exceptionally hot & there was nothing else available to me but this cabin.
this cabin has nothing to recommend it but location in this valley. there is no yard for gardening; it sits on a main road, with continual traffic passing within yards of my window. my neighbors are both noisy and unfriendly. just to my east, a rifle range; unfriendly strangers come & go. my well is poor. there is no light in the winter months, as the cabin faces north.
nothing that i require for peace of mind is here.
in fact, the situation is aggravating a chronic immune disorder, as i feel stressed and trapped.
in the year since i purchased it, i've become too ill to manage it. it just cannot work.
my engagement here is a downward spiral. i must disengage.
if i were to sell the cabin, there's absolutely nothing else to purchase here now at all, in this hot market. a rental is out of the question; there are none. i will be squeezed out of the valley all the way.
meanwhile, i've become too ill to socialize, so friends i thought i had in this valley have cut me from their lives. i'm inconvenient, i'm unreliable.
employers in the valley have no use for me, as i'm too ill to work. i'm quickly spending the remainder of my loved ones' bequests and will soon have nothing.
my attachment to this valley has suddenly become dark, restricting, depleting. circumstances conspire to push me out of the valley and away, toward i know not what. what is now clear: my attachment to the valley is no longer fruitful or nurturing; it's confining, it's sickening. i must disengage from the valley ~ slough off my attachment, turn bravely from the familiar, strike out toward another place that can nurture me just as fruitfully at the time of life i now face.
i have invitations, portals to a new beginning elsewhere in this mountain range.
this means, on the material level, pulling what i might require from the piles of stuff i've hoarded here and junking the rest, clearing out the cabin so that it might be marketed successfully to buyers. the crap that i've pulled around me like a mouse making a nest is just heavy now. it's trash. it cements my attachment to this valley and keeps me weighted to my situation.
when i asked Yi: 'what is my position right now?' my answer was 18 uc: corruption. the reading is positive; it invites me to consider what no longer serves, in what i possess and to dispose of it in order to move forward with necessary changes and continued growth.
what's been corrupted is my attachment to this valley, my relationship to it, my place in it and what it can offer me.
with that, my self image as a dweller of this valley, as someone nurtured and sustained by it, given joy and meaning, is also corrupted. my identity is changing along with my circumstance. they're one thing, together.
it's time to slough off what's become disabling in order to move ahead.
coupled with other readings, Yi assures me i'm on track in my thinking. there's nothing to be gained by remaining stuck in my past, as beautiful as it is. i must pull my own roots from this soil and look for a friendlier place for my growth.
there is danger in uprooting myself for sure, but it's also dangerous to stay, constricted and depleted further.
once again Yi articulates what's occurring for me in response to my question. hopefully this reading can help you find the meaning of Hexagram 18 for yourself.
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