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How can I have a more joyful, diverse, interesting life? Hexagram 36.1.3 to 2

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I am very studious, and hardworking and love my work and esoteric studies, but I feel something missing - the joy of relaxation and sharing with friends. Of course, that happens but not frequently enough. I'm the mare, constant, head down, working hard so I don't seek too much connection other than with my small team and family. What is this telling me? Much thanks for this lovely community and thoughtfulness.
 

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I do not understand this comment. can you elaborate? thank you
 

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Hexagram 2 is the image of a fertile field but as the second hexagram I've found it to indicate that the field needs to be cultivated, seeds need to be planted. I think breakmov was planting a seed, a vision in your brain, with the video. Maybe with this image of babies sharing joy and relaxing with friends imprinted on your inner eye you'll begin to see joy and relaxing and sharing with friends manifesting in your outer life too. Give it a try, it might work! Let us know!
 
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I appreciate this, Rosada. I will definitely give the visualization/imagining a go, thanks for explaining that.

At this early stage in my IChing studies (awaiting Hilary's October course). I am keen to understand correlations between the text and interpretation. How one arrives at an interpretation.

I am intrigued and a bit confused by Hex 36 in relationship to the question:
'Brightness hidden.
Constancy in hardship bears fruit.'
And lines: 1&3

Hexagram 2, I understand, particularly the last paragraph about finding the balance between joining with the like-minded and following my individual purpose.

Insights much appreciated :)
 

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My take on 36:
The trigrams for 36. Brightness Hidden are fire below and mountain above. Think of the sun going down at night. It's not really gone, it's just "hidden" behind the mountain but we know it will come back so we maintain constancy during this hardship time when we do not see our inner light reflected back by the outer world and this constancy eventually bears fruit - denied vision of the outer world we are thrown back into our inner world. We become more aware of our inner self/selves, that we carry around within us both night and day. As we become more aware of our inner voices we recognize how we have surrounded ourselves with people to ascribe those voices to and as we come to recognize the crazy people in our world are actually our own thoughts projected onto others, we come to evolve to the next hexagram and see these crazy "others" are our 37. Family.

36.1 You want to accomplish as much as you can in this lifetime! You're out to save the world! But the sun is starting to go down, time is running out, you realize you wont be able to accomplish your goals if you take on any extraneous activities, like a richer social life. You stay keenly focused singlehandedly hitting all your marks, others marvel.
36.3 You realize getting good marks is not the same as getting a good life. You fire whatever inner voice or idea you had in your head holding you back saying you need to wait before you can make it out in the 2. World of Unknown Possibilities!!!

In short, to have a more vivid life, don't wait for a guide or anyone to teach you how, just observe how your thoughts become things and then focus on the good ones!

Having fresh flowers in your house is a feng shui cure for attracting "bees" - love!
 
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"I do not understand this comment. can you elaborate? thank you"

The video is very clear about the main message "JOY OF LIVING" but it is also clear in the way
36.1.3 > 2 represents the behavior on the part of the adult (the Noble,the parents...) who wants to genuinely interact with these children, as you will see below.

Notice that here we have an interaction between two very different worlds, the world of adults and the world of children, each with its own way of living and expressing itself. And these two worlds necessarily create a conflict of interests and ways of being at the time of making a journey together. In the video you can see the adult adapt to the child's world so that both can experience that Joy .

- The most capable person (the noble, the adult, the parents...), the one who seeks a genuine and noble interaction, necessarily has to hide its light (36.1.3>2) and adapt to the least able person (the child) in order to reconcile these two different worlds.

Of course, many times this Noble won't be able to (or at the moment won't want to) make this bridge between these two different worlds....imagine the many videos that, instead of showing this "hilarious and contagious laugh", shows now the many tantrums, the jealousy, the crying of these children.

- Here you can see the world of the adult and the child in conflict!..two worlds where now there are adversaries instead of friends!.....and a lot to learn and adapt !

Notice what hex 36 says:

Image:
“Light enters the center of the earth: Waste Light. noble people use it to organize the crowds. They employ obscurity and shed light.”

Judgment:
“Light enters the center of the earth: Waste Light. there are pattern and enlightenment inside, but softness and submissiveness out side. When there is great difficulty because of blindness, King Wen makes use of it.”

line 1:
"wasted light in flight dips its tail feathers. While traveling, noble people do not eat for three days. They have a long journey. Among the masters, there are remarks."

line 3:
"wasted light on the southern chase acquires a great head. It shouldn't be swift, but it's pure."


based on the video:

In line 1, the adult, in passing, without a firm intention of wanting to play with the child, but rather getting to know his disposition and interests and how he can more easily create something genuine in common. Here the adult still doesn't know how to adapt to the child. The "walk" to get to know the child will be a long one and this (noble) adult so cautious and hesitant on this walk.

In line 3, the adult has already interacted and tried to play with the child enough to perceive the interaction between them. Here the successes and failures are already clear, what is most promising and what cannot be attempted. Now it remains for the noble to have patience, balance and time to create something authentic between the two.


so....

36.1.3>2 speaks of the attitude that this (noble) adult has when putting aside "his own light" and opening space to return to a more authentic and yielding interaction.

I end up with what I started: "A video is worth 10 thousand words" :)


breakmov
 

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My take on 36:
The trigrams for 36. Brightness Hidden are fire below and mountain above. Think of the sun going down at night. It's not really gone, it's just "hidden" behind the mountain but we know it will come back so we maintain constancy during this hardship time when we do not see our inner light reflected back by the outer world and this constancy eventually bears fruit - denied vision of the outer world we are thrown back into our inner world. We become more aware of our inner self/selves, that we carry around within us both night and day. As we become more aware of our inner voices we recognize how we have surrounded ourselves with people to ascribe those voices to and as we come to recognize the crazy people in our world are actually our own thoughts projected onto others, we come to evolve to the next hexagram and see these crazy "others" are our 37. Family.

36.1 You want to accomplish as much as you can in this lifetime! You're out to save the world! But the sun is starting to go down, time is running out, you realize you wont be able to accomplish your goals if you take on any extraneous activities, like a richer social life. You stay keenly focused singlehandedly hitting all your marks, others marvel.
36.3 You realize getting good marks is not the same as getting a good life. You fire whatever inner voice or idea you had in your head holding you back saying you need to wait before you can make it out in the 2. World of Unknown Possibilities!!!

In short, to have a more vivid life, don't wait for a guide or anyone to teach you how, just observe how your thoughts become things and then focus on the good ones!

Having fresh flowers in your house is a feng shui cure for attracting "bees" - love!
Rosada, this is beyond helpful. It brought so many feelings up, the tension between my driven inner life, which I pour into my work, and the desire for a kind of imagined easier, more social life being just one. Mostly, your interpretation helped me to recognize just how deep this feeling is, and how much energy goes into the tension. I can't thank you enough for this insight and what it triggered in me! Blessings to you Rosada. you have truly helped me.
 

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The video is very clear about the main message "JOY OF LIVING" but it is also clear in the way
36.1.3 > 2 represents the behavior on the part of the adult (the Noble,the parents...) who wants to genuinely interact with these children, as you will see below.

Notice that here we have an interaction between two very different worlds, the world of adults and the world of children, each with its own way of living and expressing itself. And these two worlds necessarily create a conflict of interests and ways of being at the time of making a journey together. In the video you can see the adult adapt to the child's world so that both can experience that Joy .

- The most capable person (the noble, the adult, the parents...), the one who seeks a genuine and noble interaction, necessarily has to hide its light (36.1.3>2) and adapt to the least able person (the child) in order to reconcile these two different worlds.

Of course, many times this Noble won't be able to (or at the moment won't want to) make this bridge between these two different worlds....imagine the many videos that, instead of showing this "hilarious and contagious laugh", shows now the many tantrums, the jealousy, the crying of these children.

- Here you can see the world of the adult and the child in conflict!..two worlds where now there are adversaries instead of friends!.....and a lot to learn and adapt !

Notice what hex 36 says:

Image:
“Light enters the center of the earth: Waste Light. noble people use it to organize the crowds. They employ obscurity and shed light.”

Judgment:
“Light enters the center of the earth: Waste Light. there are pattern and enlightenment inside, but softness and submissiveness out side. When there is great difficulty because of blindness, King Wen makes use of it.”

line 1:
"wasted light in flight dips its tail feathers. While traveling, noble people do not eat for three days. They have a long journey. Among the masters, there are remarks."

line 3:
"wasted light on the southern chase acquires a great head. It shouldn't be swift, but it's pure."


based on the video:

In line 1, the adult, in passing, without a firm intention of wanting to play with the child, but rather getting to know his disposition and interests and how he can more easily create something genuine in common. Here the adult still doesn't know how to adapt to the child. The "walk" to get to know the child will be a long one and this (noble) adult so cautious and hesitant on this walk.

In line 3, the adult has already interacted and tried to play with the child enough to perceive the interaction between them. Here the successes and failures are already clear, what is most promising and what cannot be attempted. Now it remains for the noble to have patience, balance and time to create something authentic between the two.


so....

36.1.3>2 speaks of the attitude that this (noble) adult has when putting aside "his own light" and opening space to return to a more authentic and yielding interaction.

I end up with what I started: "A video is worth 10 thousand words" :)


breakmov
Thank you Breakmov, I really appreciate this rich interpretation and will reread it as it is still somewhat mysterious to me. Warmly, Jayne
 

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jayne743 wrote:​

I really appreciate this rich interpretation and will reread it as it is still somewhat mysterious to me.
..... in fact it is a very simple, basic and direct interpretation (as well as video).

It is obvious that behind it is hidden a beautiful and rich interconnection of patterns that give meaning and structure to the written part. Maybe one day, if you're interested, you can explore this mysterious labyrinth of patterns yourself.

I leave a detail of one of these patterns that maybe in the future will help you to experience better 36.1.3>2 :

To effectively deal with 36.1.3>2 it would help to have as a basis a kind of insight, an awakening to the need to let grow in you an attitude of leaving behind what didn't work, a reset, a release and trying to embrace everything that helps advance your purpose, whether it is to foster a rich friendship or the exact opposite, to protect yourself from an enemy situation.

I wish you a happy, diverse and interesting life.

Goodbye :)

breakmov
 

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This study of hexagram 36 has me zeroing in on the Image. I find the image tends to give the conclusion or the advice for dealing with the situation described by the Oracle as in

Because the situation requires constancy in hardship to bear fruit,
Therefore a noble one, over seeing the crowds, uses darkness and light. (Hilary)

I think it's interesting the advice is not to maintain total darkness - stay completely hidden which may not be possible or practical - but to use light too, or to show some of who you are, depending on who's in the crowd you are overseeing. Seems to say " Stick with your truth but you don't have to tell all you know." In brief - not everyone needs my opinion...

Not that this has anything to do with your question. I just thought I'd add that thought because I hadn't been able before to understand what the "darkness and light" meant. And I also think adding "Because" in front of the oracle and "Therefore" in front of the image is such a nifty hack.
 

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