Hex.41.2.6 - Servants, no home! Oh my, What?

[indigo]

I have been wondering about my future career prospects so to speak. I'm not so positively sure what I want but intuitively I think I'll eventually find out and move along to towards it. Hopefully (I always seem to find myself at the last minute I guess ) So was curious to know what the career (job) I'd end up in anyway.

Kinda like sneak preview xD

I asked the yi "What 'would' be my career?"

After that I thought umm, maybe it would be bad phrasing so the iching will tell me to sod off with Hex.4"I'm not the one who seeks the ANNOYING young ignoramus, he seeks me..." and all. Anyway I do recall that when I asked what career I'd be happiest in it gave me 51.1 and 5 but i thought hey just cause it's were id be happiest doesn't mean i'll do that. Sometimes our needs of the moment rise above right? Sorry. I'm rambling)

Well I got 41 line 2 and 6 changing.

Did it answer me or did it me tell something else? The no home part is kinda scary Did it tell me to sod off?

Please, any help greatly appreciated :bows:

 

[sooo]

I don't think Yi is telling you to "sod off", but I do suspect it's playing a bit of chess with your head. lol

I'd surmise from this that whatever it is, it's something you haven't yet discovered, nor is it something which has been predetermined, at least not within the relative time scale that we live according to day by day. Who wins a chess game is determined when one or the other can call checkmate, and even then there may be several more games to follow. There may possibly be no finish line. If there is a hint or peek into the path you are most likely to follow from this reading, I think it would involve public service. Not decreasing but increasing a cause, a people, a purpose, rather than a purely capitalistic endeavor.

 

[indigo]

Thanks for replying sooo

Well, the Yi has totally won this match because I surrender my King for sure

That you say it has many possibilities is really interesting because public service here has at least 40 different jobs inside careers like law enforcement, law administration, health services (which is what I'm mostly into as I'm majoring in psychology) and general administration. So a huge scope of possibilities just by saying public service. Could that be what the Yi meant? Maybe it's just being cheeky haha

I'm happy that it's related to helping my community though "We all want to change the world" xD

But where would the not having a home part come in?

:bows:

 

[sooo]

"Nearer the top, closer the door". The rewards of sincere dedication and personal sacrifice are not always the most secure position. A team leader or manager typically earns less than the individual star performers, and are often the first to go when things get tough. Take a football team with a few years of great performance, then they take a beating the following year. The head coach is typically the first to get the ax. Chances are the individual star players will be retained for at least another season under different management. Same is true for the sales manager or general manager of a company. The star salespeople will stay, the manager, who is nearer to the top of the organization, is more likely to be replaced. And if the entire company takes a bath, the CEO will lose their home and another will be voted in by the stock holders or board of directors. It seems unfair, but that's how the mop flops. Not going to get into golden parachutes of large corporate executives, which don't really fall into the same 41.6 category, probably they're more in the 42.6 category.

But even in gentler scenarios, the idea of obtaining servants but having no home of their own can apply to those who serve a greater good. Consider health care professionals who forgo private practice or prestigious health care organizations, who instead offer their services to the poor and needy. They forgo their personal gain for the sake of humanity, which is the spirit of 41 as a whole, and is most exemplified in line 6.

PS: Consider the extreme 41.6, the Bodhisattva.

"The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." Luke 9:58

 

[indigo]

Oh yikes! Hope that whatever I come to do in the future doesn't leave me in the dust

Thanks for the reply once again

 

[Trojina]

Have you looked in the hexagram index ? Theres tons of stuff about 41.6 and why its not time to find a home.

Look under 'search' top right then go to hexagram index

 

[arabella]

Not sure that it matters but just wanted to say, I find 41.6 the most beautiful line in the Yi Ching. The thought of someone so complete that they are solace for others without comfort to themselves is the closest thing I can imagine to humanity in divine form. I couldn't think of any higher praise for a person really. I don't think it's about not having a house and a bed so much as it is about generating support to others ceaselessly and without diminishing yourself because within your spirit you have that to give. You must be quite a grounded, sincere and devoted person, or have that potential.

 

[Trojina]

i don't think it has to be that altruisitic , I see it as an exploratory time, a fun time, just not a time to make permanent life arrangements (ie no house)...which I may have written elsewhere

 

[arabella]

i don't think it has to be that altruisitic , I see it as an exploratory time, a fun time, just not a time to make permanent life arrangements (ie no house)...which I may have written elsewhere

Hi T, good point and I think the querent has to know whether we're talking practical or ethereal. I tend to read from the spiritual point of view; whereas, you take into account that a lot of problems are very down to earth. Good balance I think.:bows:

 

[indigo]

Thank you for the replies

I searched a bit and really liked this here; lise 41.6; "A soul in which diminishing and augmenting do not exist, has no ego. He can find his road simply by walking it. He will find servants without offering them a place to live because being close to a soul like this has more value than anything else. He needs no home, he is a home."

That is a beautiful line yes I really love the bolded part. Someone centered and in touch with their higher self can find their calling or their destiny without hassles. Whichever road they follow is the right one for them, because they aren't side tracked by the pitfalls of the ego's desire.

That is very buddist oriented thing from my perpective. Really nice line :]

I don't think I'm anywhere near that though

 

[arabella]

Thank you for the replies

I searched a bit and really liked this here; lise 41.6; "A soul in which diminishing and augmenting do not exist, has no ego. He can find his road simply by walking it. He will find servants without offering them a place to live because being close to a soul like this has more value than anything else. He needs no home, he is a home."

That is a beautiful line yes I really love the bolded part. Someone centered and in touch with their higher self can find their calling or their destiny without hassles. Whichever road they follow is the right one for them, because they aren't side tracked by the pitfalls of the ego's desire.

That is very buddist oriented thing from my perpective. Really nice line :]

I don't think I'm anywhere near that though

Well none of us ever thinks we are such a role model of course, but I think the lines are often showing potential -- don't you? That you have an appreciation for that standard means you can aim for it, or already are doing that. And Trojan's more practical take on the Yi is always valuable to me I know. She sees day to day the steps and possibilities that take you there, which are very grounding.

Also, this from Sooo which is also an ideal: PS: Consider the extreme 41.6, the Bodhisattva.

"The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." Luke 9:58

To me, it's an inspiring casting. The kind that has me floating on air for a while where the potential for "as it is above so it is below" brings heaven and earth close for a while, with strong clues into the true meaning of yout life. Arabella