Hexagram 25.2.4>61

[zazdot]

Dear members,

My life has been very confusing and hard recently. I just came back from a trip abroad to meet my boyfriend, where some very definitive goals for the future were set. However, I have a bunch of problems to solve and no idea where to start. I have 3 possible career paths and no idea where to turn to.

During the past 8 months I have felt a desperate need for peace, quiet and inner work, but my financial life is falling apart in result to this. Even having disengaged from the world for the most part I am still not sure what I am supposed to be doing with my life and I do not know how to hear the voice of my intuition. I believe part of this is because I shut it down due to emotional childhood trauma.

I asked the I Ching what is the attitude I should have towards my lack of work and direction and 25.2.4 changing into 61 was the answer. Could you give me some insights?

Thank you!

 

[Olga Super Star]

no one?

 

[blue_angel]

Why ask "no one"? You are someone. Give it a shot. What do you think the advice is?

 

[Olga Super Star]

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I am learning.. When I throw the coins I come here and look for the exact lines that have come up and make up my mind on my situation.
So I was asking because I got the same cast

But anyway I found this by Rosada (2007) which certainly applies to my situation.

According to Wilhelm, a yang line (solid) in a yin position (the forth place) is not correct, nor is it central, so it is not in a strong position. However, as it is the lowest line of the upper trigram Chien, it is able to preserve the firmness belonging to the Creative. By this means it remains free of the blame otherwise to be feared.

The lines leading up to 25.4 suggest to me we're on a downward spiral by the time we reach this point. That is, being in a state of innocence worked out fine in lines 25.1 and 25.2, but by 25.3 bad things are happening to good people so 25.4 seems to be advice on how to behave after the misfortune, that is, how to avoid the common problem of being blamed for being the victim - and the IC says just get up and keep moving.

To this situation it could be that Yi is suggesting tvazpereira to get up and keep moving and try to be less naive and open and innocent? Could it be?

 

[blue_angel]

Sounds pretty good to me.

 

[blue_angel]

The only thing I would add that I got out of it is... The inner voice is there. Trust it. By getting up and just doing you will learn to trust it again.

 

[zazdot]

Thank you olga! That seems to be the case... Not much progress so far, but the noise seems to be clearing, little by little and I have pretty much stopped asking and trying to live my life the best I can.

 

[zazdot]

The only thing I would add that I got out of it is... The inner voice is there. Trust it. By getting up and just doing you will learn to trust it again.

This is very true too, blue_angel, although I so many times fail to remember it...