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Long story short -- I thought I had a new job lined up for when this one ends on June 30. Suddenly, that possibility -- which seemed amazingly good -- has evaporated.

It wasn't the perfect job for me in terms of inspiration but it was decently paid and fulltime. Now there is nothing on the horizon and the savings to carry me through are slim. Meanwhile, no one is mourning except me. My family one and all say it was the wrong job and I should do something more meaningful. Eating is also meaningful as is paying the bills. But they think I am misguided not to look for the dream job which they all agree [for some reason I don't know] that it will be there. Several are very encouraging I should do my own business as I have those skills and always seem to support somebody else who becomes the millionaire and I go on to the next disorganised entrepreneur and get him going. My daughter said today -- stop looking for people who need your help, help yourself first. Makes a good bumper sticker, but I know what she means. I am always running around looking for the "needy" and not seeing myself as in need of something better. It is a downhill road.

I asked the Yi, "What should I do to make a living?"

The reply -- Hexagram 49.4.5 changing to Hexagram 36.

So radical change is needed. Beyond that, I am stuck, especially on the meaning of Hex 36 as a background. Work in the dark? hahaha, just kidding.
 

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I asked the Yi, "What should I do to make a living?"

The reply -- Hexagram 49.4.5 changing to Hexagram 36.

So radical change is needed. Beyond that, I am stuck, especially on the meaning of Hex 36 as a background. Work in the dark? hahaha, just kidding.

Just a thought. In 36 the fire doesn't expose herself in the open, but hides into earth where she is secure but she still can shine. Revolution (49) needs its time and backstage preparation to create a solid base.
 

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another thought is that either Yi says you first prioroty is the create a safe enviroment, or work in a safe setting to pay your bill till you 49

or

its what you have in mind, help those in a 36 position ( the vitality of their company is in danger) to 49.

confusing... i know :blush:
 
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are very encouraging I should do my own business as I have those skills and always seem to support somebody else who becomes the millionaire and I go on to the next disorganised entrepreneur and get him going. My daughter said today -- stop looking for people who need your help, help yourself first.
I asked the Yi, "What should I do to make a living?"

The reply -- Hexagram 49.4.5 changing to Hexagram 36.

Your daughter's advice can be interpreted or supported by your reading. A change in government, you are believed. And that change could be from 36 - shining in the background on behalf of the boss and company, to a shining new skin, in the open, with the distinctive and recognizable stripes of a tiger.

I don't think this necessarily means owning and running your own company, though it might. I think it also could mean going from a supportive role to an assertive role, a front line player. You already have experience in it, speaking publically on behalf of whatever or whomever you are representing. One thing any smart company wants and needs is great representation.

Another possibility is, doing the same sort of thing, but in a more hidden way. That change goes in the opposite direction from what I wrote above. But if your true nature is more happy and satisfied working underground or behind the scenes, then the new you will become known, just re-realized.

I agree with your friends who say to aim high, but what is high to you, not to others. Sometimes the hardest part of the whole thing is deciding what we really want. Breaking out of yesterday begins with a lot of itching. Here, your lines appear to say that you're beyond that. You already have the qualifications to do a whole bunch of things. It's industry particulars that you might need to be schooled in. That's easy, so long as the newbie is open and hungry to learn about the company, products and customers. It's people skills and decision making, and the ability to work well while unsupervised; that's what a company is willing to pay good money for. Self motivation, the proverbial "self starter".
 

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Your daughter's advice can be interpreted or supported by your reading. A change in government, you are believed. And that change could be from 36 - shining in the background on behalf of the boss and company, to a shining new skin, in the open, with the distinctive and recognizable stripes of a tiger.

I don't think this necessarily means owning and running your own company, though it might. I think it also could mean going from a supportive role to an assertive role, a front line player. You already have experience in it, speaking publically on behalf of whatever or whomever you are representing. One thing any smart company wants and needs is great representation.

Another possibility is, doing the same sort of thing, but in a more hidden way. That change goes in the opposite direction from what I wrote above. But if your true nature is more happy and satisfied working underground or behind the scenes, then the new you will become known, just re-realized.

I agree with your friends who say to aim high, but what is high to you, not to others. Sometimes the hardest part of the whole thing is deciding what we really want. Breaking out of yesterday begins with a lot of itching. Here, your lines appear to say that you're beyond that. You already have the qualifications to do a whole bunch of things. It's industry particulars that you might need to be schooled in. That's easy, so long as the newbie is open and hungry to learn about the company, products and customers. It's people skills and decision making, and the ability to work well while unsupervised; that's what a company is willing to pay good money for. Self motivation, the proverbial "self starter".

My daughter proposes that I've done so many jobs out of necessity, because nobody else wanted them, because nobody else had the intelligence to do the course, because whatever on earth reason -- I worked for an entrepreneur over some years who seconded me to just about anywhere to come back with skills the company needed whether I particularly wanted those skills or not. When I was thoroughly sick of abosorbing the equivalent of a university education over and over again and had fixed every problem that needed a solution or created every system he required in three divisions of a corporate conglomerate we came to a parting of the ways.

I was just as happy really because I'd set my sights on a career in opera. Yes, opera. And in a couple years I had it. However, when my daughter became severely ill from the climate we had to move -- end of opera career. Sadly, it was the one thing I really enjoyed. But that's a funny business and once off the hobby horse it's not easy getting back on -- especially as we moved halfway across the world in the meanwhile.

So my daughter proposes that I've just lost the plot. Only once did I go after what I wanted and it only lasted for ten years and disappeared like a lovely mirage. Honestly, I don't picture anything at the moment. My dreams are a lot smaller. Maybe so small I'm not sure what they are. I was just going after something simple and she is worried I'll find it inane after a while. To be honest -- I probably would but that's nothing new. I don't live in a part of the world with enormous options, unless I create them. And after the year I've just spent I'm not inspired, just rather tired. That's not my usual mode, but it is at the moment.
 

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another thought is that either Yi says you first prioroty is the create a safe enviroment, or work in a safe setting to pay your bill till you 49

or

its what you have in mind, help those in a 36 position ( the vitality of their company is in danger) to 49.

confusing... i know :blush:

I get what you're saying Anemos. And it could honestly be either version. I think it's more likely the first though. Because I'm so tired right now and I have to recuperate if I'm going to be responsible for igniting the fuse myself. Also, I've thought of writing again and that is a one-person occupation no doubt. That would justify the Hex 36 perhaps.
 

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I get what you're saying Anemos. And it could honestly be either version. I think it's more likely the first though. Because I'm so tired right now and I have to recuperate if I'm going to be responsible for igniting the fuse myself. Also, I've thought of writing again and that is a one-person occupation no doubt. That would justify the Hex 36 perhaps.

yes, I can feel you are tired. But don't forget line 49.5 ;). I like Bruce's take on that.
 

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I have two images they comfort me when I'm in a 36 state or I doubt about 49 :)rolleyes:)
thought to share them with you .


36.
hexagram36-1.jpg


49.
hexagram49-1.jpg
 

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I have two images they comfort me when I'm in a 36 state or I doubt about 49 :)rolleyes:)
thought to share them with you .


36.
hexagram36-1.jpg


49.
hexagram49-1.jpg

Love these images Anemos. Remind me of the phoenix rising. And of course that phoenix had to disintegrate and incubate again somehow. We can't be rising all the time.

As tired as I was this past weekend I went to an Arts festival where a number of people were displaying their work in various media along a gorgeous stretch of river. Listening to creative people is such a charge and I spent half the day talking to artists there about their work. More than anything it is soothing to realise that although I am somewhat "spent" there are plenty of people running around with great ideas. I suppose my turn will come again at some point.
 

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My daughter said today -- stop looking for people who need your help, help yourself first. Makes a good bumper sticker, but I know what she means. I am always running around looking for the "needy" and not seeing myself as in need of something better. It is a downhill road.

I asked the Yi, "What should I do to make a living?"

The reply -- Hexagram 49.4.5 changing to Hexagram 36.

So radical change is needed. Beyond that, I am stuck, especially on the meaning of Hex 36 as a background. Work in the dark? hahaha, just kidding.


hi N!

have had that answer of yours in the back of my head ever since you posted it (I have a back room where I keep threads I want to answer to . . sometimes things take a long time, some others never happen and some flow spontaneously . . such is the nature of time for me I guess . . )


taking a cue from 36 . . . First thing that comes to mind in 36 is silence . . deep, dark, comforting silence . . no goading or urging, no outer voices, no fidgeting, no panic . . It's nice that people around you have their own ideas about what you should be doing and I'm guessing they mean good or see something you can't(?) but none of them voices is your own. It's in darkness and in silence that the self we put aside to listen or understand others can re-emerge. When John Cage went into an anechoic (soundproof) chamber he listened to his blood rushing and his nervous system operating . . I imagine they must have sounded as vast and varied as an opera in there . .
In darkness our eyes begin to see different sights . . are these similar to what Trojan 'observes' back in the Open Space thread? Do dreams breed in darkness? Have you left any room in your silence and darkness for these unheard ofs? Or, how do those slight moments before the curtain reveals the stage feel like?
36 I think also could be about the periphery, about not being on stage, although that does not necessarily mean you're being less of your true self . . I find that periphery often allows one more space to unfold and uncover parts of our self and be more whole . . then when our steps take us center stage there are less chances that we'll be blinded by the lights . .

49 is a life-long hexagram for me, it never stops, it never ceases, cells are always being re-generated, the cycle of our breath is incessantly renewing us inward and out, even if we don't see it or grasp it at all times, and often its hidden parts are the most fascinating and inspiring and creative . .

Maybe you should try to work in opera again, but more of a job -I'm assuming that- the opera is your chosen metaphor for your life . . we all have our own such metaphors albeit they function in different modes for each (for me for example, being aware that the curtain opens most often means I'm not there anymore, for others it might be the other way round . .). Thinking of all your recent threads, it sounds like you have been on the road to somewhere (and have you noticed how there's a 'downhill' expression that seems to be lurking in all of them, making its frowns upon you?)

I wish I could tell you 'what to do' or give you more practical advice . . instead I'm thinking that there is a 'you' voice that is working to reveal something but cannot be heard. In my eyes, it's more likely that you need to be like we do when we go to sleep and prepare or attend for the images and messages the cycle of your nighttime will inspire . . fully being there for them is what 49/36 sounds like to me . .
 

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hi N!

have had that answer of yours in the back of my head ever since you posted it (I have a back room where I keep threads I want to answer to . . sometimes things take a long time, some others never happen and some flow spontaneously . . such is the nature of time for me I guess . . )


taking a cue from 36 . . . First thing that comes to mind in 36 is silence . . deep, dark, comforting silence . . no goading or urging, no outer voices, no fidgeting, no panic . . It's nice that people around you have their own ideas about what you should be doing and I'm guessing they mean good or see something you can't(?) but none of them voices is your own. It's in darkness and in silence that the self we put aside to listen or understand others can re-emerge. When John Cage went into an anechoic (soundproof) chamber he listened to his blood rushing and his nervous system operating . . I imagine they must have sounded as vast and varied as an opera in there . .
In darkness our eyes begin to see different sights . . are these similar to what Trojan 'observes' back in the Open Space thread? Do dreams breed in darkness? Have you left any room in your silence and darkness for these unheard ofs? Or, how do those slight moments before the curtain reveals the stage feel like?
36 I think also could be about the periphery, about not being on stage, although that does not necessarily mean you're being less of your true self . . I find that periphery often allows one more space to unfold and uncover parts of our self and be more whole . . then when our steps take us center stage there are less chances that we'll be blinded by the lights . .

49 is a life-long hexagram for me, it never stops, it never ceases, cells are always being re-generated, the cycle of our breath is incessantly renewing us inward and out, even if we don't see it or grasp it at all times, and often its hidden parts are the most fascinating and inspiring and creative . .

Maybe you should try to work in opera again, but more of a job -I'm assuming that- the opera is your chosen metaphor for your life . . we all have our own such metaphors albeit they function in different modes for each (for me for example, being aware that the curtain opens most often means I'm not there anymore, for others it might be the other way round . .). Thinking of all your recent threads, it sounds like you have been on the road to somewhere (and have you noticed how there's a 'downhill' expression that seems to be lurking in all of them, making its frowns upon you?)

I wish I could tell you 'what to do' or give you more practical advice . . instead I'm thinking that there is a 'you' voice that is working to reveal something but cannot be heard. In my eyes, it's more likely that you need to be like we do when we go to sleep and prepare or attend for the images and messages the cycle of your nighttime will inspire . . fully being there for them is what 49/36 sounds like to me . .

In a more poetic way, Rodaki, I think you are advocating for something similar to what my daughter is saying. I think what she means is that there is a deep contemplative level I have to reach to find what was lost years ago when necessity and helping various others establish their dreams substituted for my own instincts and ideas. I suppose there is a typical mothering personality, like mine, for which that is an easy transference. And my daughter also knew me "when," -- when I took off into the night and just did what came to mind and it carried the day for us all -- my own entreprenurial and creative streak. Having been knocked down often enough lately I may have lost some of that confidence and take the next idea too readily because of a nagging fear that there won't be another one any day soon.

I know what my daughter means -- and what you mean. And it's very like Anemos' idea -- sinking into Art and through embracing what the artist pours into their work recalling your own senses -- and also Trojan's concept of lying on the warm earth to connect again. It's all brilliant thoughts on reconnection and I see it clearly. Trojan's idea of finding the mothering you need yourself is ace. I hope I can pull together the courage to trust that and not panic!

XO :hug: N
 
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I've just asked the Yi for clarification on this re-connecting process, a rediscovery of instinct and cast this: Hexagram 2.4 becoming Hexagram 16.

Look what LiSe says about the fourth line of Hex 2:

6 at 4: Enclosed in a bag. Without fault, without praise.
Don't judge or choose about good and evil. It narrows the mind and makes it unfit to follow the time. Earth does not choose, it gives every being room for its own Dao.
Many things seem important but are not at all essential for life. Simply stop thinking about them and life comes back in all its splendor: because you keep silent. It is like watching wild animals, they come only if you are not-present, but part of them.

How about that Rodaki? You are nearly quoting one another! :hug:
 

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. . it does seem like it, doesn't it?
LiSe's was the second (after Wilhelm's) IChing translation I came across and although I couldn't really connect to it for my answers and have stopped using it for a long time now, I have a lot of respect for the work she has on her website . . I find it's also interesting seeing how some things may intersect at times . . thanks for bringing it up . .
 

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