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I have heard people talk about Hex. 1 looking like a ladder, but I've not heard of Hex. 2 looking like a tube. Seems reasonable however.
Later writings speak of the cong as symbolizing the earth, while the bi represents the heavens. The square represents the earth and a circle represents the heavens.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cong_(vessel) ; see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi_(jade) )
Literally to start.
The ground, and the sky.
Then extrapolate the meanings from there.
(the sky (clouds & constelations) never stops moving, it is untiring in perseverance. the ground supports all things, as a helper, higher and lower things...etc)
I've never really considered it as i've not come across this 4 states of heaven and earth concept before. It would be great to hear what you think about how they would fit?How would you consider that inspiration and realisation/exhalation would fit into the 4 levels of internal/inner, external/outer ways of describeing varying states of Heaven and Earth.
Works great for many people who are in need of images:Yi as an hallucination - that works for me! Thanks for pointing that out.
Thanks Harmen, I'll check out these links.
This brings to mind something I just read in The Nature of the I Ching by Charles Ponce where he talks about sleep deprivation studies where they found if people got enough sleep, but that if it didn't include dreams, they exhibited symptoms of psychosis; in other words, that the imagery of dreams - and perhaps also the imagery in the Yi or even hallucinations - serve a vital function and helps keep us sane.
Which reminds me again of the importance of the Yi's imagery, and the fact that imagery has to be personal: I don't dream another's dream (and if I did, it would do me no good), just like I don't conjure up or imagine another person's imagery.
(As to Ponce's book, I am just barely into reading it, so I can't draw any conclusions about it yet.)
Best, D.
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