Mediation. 59.1.3.5>26 Not meditation! ;)

[Lavalamp]

So I had to go and ask what the outcome of the pending Mediation would be. It is binding. And I am totally in the right.
But I'm a little too close to this right now I think.
26 as the context I don't know what that means. Taming The Great Powers? Is this the one about bridling the beast? Perhaps the beasts is in need of some restraint.
59.1.3.5 - there aren't many readings like this here! For some reason many of the readings I get seem to be things that have not come up much here...
59.1 - Rescue with strong horses - good fortune. Evil has not made great progress and should be easy to deal with. I'm starting to feel better!
59.3 - Dissolving the ego, it's not about oneself no regret. Not sure of this line. There is this commentary " "Here and henceforth the scattering is of what should be scattered, that which should not be scattered may be collected."
59.5 - The King sweats, disperses the accumulations of the Royal Granaries, corrects the position.
Ok! I'm starting to think this might work out...
- LL

 

[rosada]

I think it's useful to read 26 as being about restraining, taming, one's impulses to act from lower chakras, fear, anger, etc. Restrain knee jerk reaction, slow down, talk things over (The Image here speaks of people sharing stories) so this hexagram seems to be an appropriate description of the mediation process. "Sharing the tales from antiquity" (Wilhelm Image) could also indicate the judge considering how similar situations have been resolved in the past.

59.1 The mediation process is a good idea and should prove to be very helpful in dissolving the problem.
59.3 You drop your defenses and speak openly. Nothing to regret about this.
59.5 The king makes a decisive declaration. Perhaps referring to the judges ruling?

So it appears to me the I Ching is saying mediation is a good idea, you will be able to tell your side of the story and the outcome is that there will be a decision! Ta-dah!

Aren't you glad you asked?

Seriously though, line 5 does say "No mistake" so this makes me feel the ruling will be just. I think the key here may be that you completely tell your side of the story, holding nothing back.

It occurs to me that judges often take the attitude that a just decision is one where neither party is totally satisfied with the ruling so even though you may be totally in the right the judge may look for some way to give the other party something so you might want to consider where you would be willing to compromise. I'm not really getting that from the I Ching, just from my own past experience - although perhaps considering past experiences is what 26 refers to.

 

[Freedda]

Speaking strickly metaphysically and setting aside politics, I think the reading is saying is that if you can get Trump to interfere on your behalf, the mediation will be in your favor!

.... or, more to the point, 59 is called Scattering. It seems it could be describing mediation in a way: where the 'very firm' different sides and their opinions are broken or 'scattered' a bit - maybe that the mediator is not coming from such a firm place of 'you are right, and they are wrong', but is instead willing to consider all the pieces, all the sides - which feels a lot less solid and more fluid than litigation does.

With the move to 26, you have 59's lower trigram of water changing to 26's Heaven, which could mean that via mediation your worry, exposure, and fears have the chance of turning into something with greater potential, though it might also mean that you have to stretch your thinking a bit (and maybe you need to feel less morally superior) about the outcome.

I hope you take the gentle ribbing in stride. Regards, D

 

[Lavalamp]

Thank you for taking the time to think about the reading. There isn't much on this particular casting here.
It is a legal issue, not a moral one per se. The issue is contractual and one of due process, and they have showed unbelievable bad faith. I mean really bad. Possibly because of their own political bias, actually. It's pretty sad when people reflexively have a need to hurt other people. The only time punitive damages, beyond being made whole are awarded is generally in cases of bad faith, in order to prevent it from ever happening again. At least that's what the book says. The way this is going, that could well happen here I think.
When it started out I did get a 21 reading. This is a down the road kind of check In.
- LL

 

[Freedda]

they have showed unbelievable bad faith .... Possibly because of their own political bias, actually.

All the best to you. I have learned that people's political views are not an accurate scale of honesty or decency, though we often like to think that those on 'our side' - whatever that happens to be - are somehow better, more honest, etc. But some of the most decent people I know have vastly different politics than mine. That's why I dislike it when people ascribe moral character to people's political views: e.g. all liberals are immoral socialist; all conservatives are racist, etc.