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IChing 7 - personal contribution

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FreeBirdTravelling

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Hello community,

my today's question to the oracle was:

"how can my work positively contribute to societal progress"

I received hex 7 unchanging as an answer

My background: I am studying the law and at the same time working as a translator / interpreter / foreign languages teacher.

Your thoughts on hex 7 in this context would be greatly appreciated

Thank you in advance
 

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You should offer your own interpretation first.
I will say this: it's a mistake for people to translate the title of 7 as "The Army." It's clearly not talking anf kind of standing army. Try to develop the idea of a Militia instead. Maybe look into the Swiss example.
 
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One image I associate with this hexagram is of groundwater - water within the earth - as in a 'hidden' resource held in place until it's needed, and the actions you need to take to get to that resource. Along with the idea of a Swiss volunteer army, I think of a group of farmers becoming a Peasant Army when needed, but whom also keep their plows and hoes close at hand.

The Continental Army of the American Revolutionary War is sometimes seen in this light - though perhaps with a certain amount of romanticism thrown in - as in 'farmers, laborers, men ... young and old — minutemen who picked up their muskets and fell in with their militia units to defend home and community from invading Redcoats. The enemy driven from the field, the fighters returned to the plow, or anvil, or hearth, alert for the next threat.'

And some might see Mao Zedong's Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army - formed in the late 1920s - in the same light.

The Image text for 7 reads:

Within the earth there is water
The militia
The noble young one, accordingly,
Is tolerant towards the people
And cares for the multitude.

So, perhaps to consider these aspects of Hex. 7 - including tapping into resources, and caring for others - and think how these might apply to your situation and question?

Best, D.
 
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FreeBirdTravelling

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Hello!
I am not able to interpret the Iching yet. I have no idea what it wants to tell me. Maybe that I should cooperate with people who share my vision? Sadly, I don't know.
 

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Perhaps the IC is comparing being a lawyer battling injustice in the courtroom to being a soldier fighting a war.
Perhaps this hexagram also hints that you may do well to take on class action lawsuits.
 
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