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i asked for an image of myself - asked 'what would you like to tell me about me?'

10.6 > 58

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xx sl
 
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Sugar L

Nice one
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A quick and primitive view, Sorry it is late and others will add I am sure..

?Treading firmly down you life path with vigour and confidence? (Great connection with the spirits? your spirit?).?

Look back at what you have achieved recently the path you have trodden.? Take stock of that and know that you are connected!

If you look at these things you will see that you have established a pattern? This pattern is indicating something more than is currently in your life? the way forward is open to you? Yeah!!!

I am not going to comment on 58? It is very good indeed in this reading? I would ask you to consider the words above and understand the 10.6 space? 58 will look after itself? once you have understood your current moment and the lesson it has brought.

That is you have completed Hx.10? understand it?

So happy

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You do not need to tread upon anything further,
The path ends. The tiger is behind you.
If you want to know whether or not you succeeded
First look down at your feet,
Then back along your path at your footsteps,
Now scratch your head, wonder how well you did.
If you have a beard, tug on that.
Examine the omens and signs.
Take inventory, count arms and legs.
Make a progress report. Debrief. Do laundry.
If your footprints lead up to where you now stand,
This means you had great success.
If they do not go this far,
Then perhaps you had bad luck somewhere.
 

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SL...

The dao of the work is in the dao of the working. Soooo existential.

Love,

Val
 

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Brad...

btw, re your interpretation of 10.6...

love it, love it, love it.

Love,

Val
 

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more on 10.6

A few who know my work know that I suspect an extensive but subltle layer of humor in the Zhouyi. Others are deeply offended by the idea, but when did that ever stop me?
I do think that this gag was buried in the original, which I translate:
10.6, Top 9
Studying the footsteps, examining the omens
(If) these come full circle, supreme good fortune
10.6x
Supreme good fortune at the top:
A well-earned reward

The jist of it being, We're just so damned lucky to have lived This long, and you're inquiring as to your fortune? Ingrate!
If sugarlobster already has this wisdom, it is a high compliment from the Yi. If not, it is a great gift. Hard to lose.

ming,
b
 

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kevin,

what an enthusiastic response, thanks! if you're happy, i'm happy... :))

what you're saying certainly resonates with me, indeed over the past year i have come to 'know' that i'm connected, to feel the strength of the way under my feet. i have always kinda trusted myself and my path, but recently that trust has become more than that, it has somehow risen to conscious level and i don't need to trust any more, i know. i 'see' it every day.

now perhaps i have to unlearn that and go back to not-knowing, at a different level - start hex 10 all over again? ;-)

funny that you talk about a pattern, as i've been thinking about that a lot these last few weeks. thinking about instances of synchronicity and how we assign meaning to them in order to create a beautiful pattern, and the role of hindsight in that as well - how we look back on our life and create a particular shape that helps us establish meaning and value out of chaos - create a narrative, a pattern of cause and effect and our role within it. a mixture of sensing the tao in all its formless carefree suchness and crafting a life-story that locates us within it in a rational way.

so many things have happened over this last year, and i've been having a feeling now of slowing down and taking stock - so i guess the yi is being nice and telling me 'you've come a long way baby!' relax and enjoy it, which i've been finding a bit hard to do partly due to a sense of anticlimax.

maybe that's the point of 58?

lots of love,
xx sl
 

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hi val,

yes i love 10, the hex of the mighty dance!

the dao of the work is in the dao of the working - like that!

love,
xx sl
 

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hey brad,

well i don't have a beard for tuggin' but i do have a head for scratchin' !

i've also always felt the yi had a wikid sense of humour - that's why i like it so much. it's mind-boggingly wise and light-heartedly cheeky, but doesn't take the piss, which is really nice of it.

i know what you mean by being grateful just to have got this far. believe me, i am. i count my blessings every day and give thanks for them all. i wasn't asking the yi about my future, though, so i'm not sure this was the main drift of the answer in this case. still, it's always a good reminder!

both you and kevin pick up on the fact that 10.6 implies i've 'done' the work of the hex, there seems to be a certain finality about the answer that i'm not sure how to interpret. how can the path ever end?

love,
xx sl
 
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Sugar,

To me it says, you're feisty and take no nonsense from others. And, that you're now at a place of being more confident in yourself and the positions you have taken on various matters. You enjoy exchange and lively debate, sharing ideas, mixing it up with others. Your openness at times leads others to misunderstand you, possibly leading to conflict. But after all is said and done, you are quick to patch things up again, utilizing your good nature, and moving forward with your life, ready for the next adventure.

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Hi SugarLobster

You said, "..how we look back on our life and create a particular shape that helps us establish meaning and value out of chaos - create a narrative, a pattern of cause and effect and our role within it. a mixture of sensing the tao in all its formless carefree suchness and crafting a life-story that locates us within it in a rational way."

That's so beautiful! Thank you. It resonates strongly with me - the last few years have been very exciting for me; a time of intense growth, much of it enabled by understanding my past. I too, have experienced periods of slowing down in that process. Essential, I guess, to let the lessons we learn 'sink in' and become fully integrated before we move on to the next stage. I feel strongly that my feelings of being drawn to learn more about the Yi is an important part of my path right now.

Love,

Shelley
 

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hey candid, what a pretty picture of me! i think it's quite accurate, but i'm a scorpio so perhaps not as open as all that! ;-)
lots of love,
xx sl
 

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hi shelley,

yes we need to go with the yin when it's yin-time. i've been working on that one. but the whole process is just so exciting isn't it!

love,
xx sl
 

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And a note on hexagram 58. Like two people talking to each other. "Gets together with friends for discussion." Perhaps an image of you is someone who really likes the discussions, such as the ones we have here with others. Is this an important part of your life? Discussion per se, I mean. Here or elsewhere? I suspect friends are very important to you.

Gene
 

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