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I'm a bit confused because on your other thread you said you were now a 'walk-in' which I take to mean you aren't now the same person you have always been. So if you aren't the same person when you say you have never cared for one are you speaking of the person you were or the person you are?I’m a bit cat obsessed, but have never cared for one.
Few people know that I’m a walk-in, so I’ve been going through the death of that old personality/ego and all the grief associated with it. It’s a strange experience, honestly. The walkout occurred following a major energetic shock to the heart from a 3D, physical life source.
I'm not sure it's good timing ? 43 there is quite strong and determined, like a decision made and 9 is 'not yet' basically.What about getting a kitty? 9.4.6>43
Wrong. I already decided to get a kitten. I was asking Yi’s thought. Small things to take care of before it’s time to make this a reality.9->43, the decision is already taken, no kitten, enjoy the beautiful tought and just let it go.
Wrong. I already decided to get a kitten. I was asking Yi’s thought. Small things to take care of before it’s time to make this a reality
In what context did the idea of having a cat come to you?
I got the impression that in this context you would be in a situation of impasse, in a very personal view of yours, waiting for something to happen... or maybe because it hasn't happened yet, you considered that having a cat would make the wait more bearable.
I am just trying to understand how 9.4.6-43 is a wise response to your situation... honestly, the reading doesn't seem to favor much the idea you had... perhaps a "non-solution for lack of the other".
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So are you getting your conclusions from 9.4.6 or are you just being antagonistic?Nah, you wont. The place is too small, you have no budget and little experience. Adopt Schrödimger´s cat and take good care of it until you find a more suitable place. Besides, dogs eat cats. Careful. Dont feed your neighbors dogs.´Nah just kidding. Name you cat Henry or Henrietta, and teach them etiquette.
The context is in the original post and has nothing to do with what Trojina asked.... I had not yet read the developments of the topic and therefore asked for "the context"... now I am reading and trying to understand the reasons behind the experiences that thisismybody described...
I imagined a general context considering the structure 9.4.6--43, something that emerges using the "patterns of change" and the associated cycle... just a tool.
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I imagined the cat as a companion that could help you in this "waiting". I was just trying to show a hypothesis from another perspective about why the content of these two lines.Why does anyone want a cat?
"I feel companionship is a healthy way to develop our capacity to love and to keep an open heart. I want a cat so I can give love to it."
Interesting. So 9 isn’t talking about waiting for kitty, but kitty is my companion during waiting?I imagined the cat as a companion that could help you in this "waiting"
Ok, it’s true. I am waiting to give love. To someone or something I love. Not that I don’t give love now. A kitty seems like a little being who would want my love. At least I hope. I imagine there have been cases where kitty doesn’t like its new family member?This phrase fits well within the context....you are waiting to give love.
With any luck not actively loathe you, but it's true not all cats want snuggles and petting. (But I watched a cat for neighbors once while they were out of town, and this cat did loathe everyone, despite that the woman - neighbors were a married couple - had raised her from bottle-feeding on up.)I imagine there have been cases where kitty doesn’t like its new family member?
All those details… I don’t think a day goes by that I don’t watch cat videos. Haha. I have to stop myself from sending cat memes. But definitely not the same as having one. How does one prepare for a little tornado who eventually civilizes? Or do they?…there isn't any need to wait till you know a lot. (Which isn't possible anyway. Reading about cats, watching videos, etc. is good to do, but it isn't the same as having one.)
The expression “The Devil is in the details” soon followed. If we put it to a vote as to who’s really in there, the Devil gets nine times as many Google hits. In any event, it's awfully crowded down in those details. To Micromanage the world is like herding cats: it will keep you occupied and well away from more important endeavors, well-trained, tamed and domesticated. This Gua is a reminder that there are different scales in life. The value of the small scale diminishes when this polishing or refinement is overdone. |
Yes! This is what I’ve considered so I know they aren’t lonely. The question I then ask is, would two be overwhelming for me?About kitty being lonesome - good thought. Have you considered two?
Standoffish cat. I’ve seen this. I’d still love it. I think cats are fascinating and beautiful.With any luck not actively loathe you, but it's true not all cats want snuggles and petting. (But I watched a cat for neighbors once while they were out of town, and this cat did loathe everyone, despite that the woman - neighbors were a married couple - had raised her from bottle-feeding on up.)
I read somewhere on the forum that hexagram 43 can be seen as a time of breakthrough after struggles and hexagram nine can be seen as nurturance of the small?I’m a bit cat obsessed, but have never cared for one. I work a lot of hours and so I always worried the cat would be lonely. I also spent a lot of my life afraid to get a pet knowing I’d eventually lose them to death. Recently, I’ve come to the conclusion that though we all experience physical death, there is no actual death. Just change.
So my fears of caring for and loving a kitty have subsided to a large degree. I do still work a lot, but I’ve been told that cats aren’t super needy like dogs.
What about getting a kitty? 9.4.6>43
9.4 - 'There is truth and confidence. Blood departs, fear goes away. No mistake.'
9.6 - 'Already rained, already come to rest.
Honour the power it carries. The wife's constancy brings danger, The moon is almost full.
Noble one sets out to bring order – pitfall.'
My take:
9.4 - my fears of caring for a cat go away.
9.6 - after some time settling into the idea and preparing myself, I find the one meant for me?
Only, 9.6 is a little confusing with the “pitfall.” Maybe I think I will be able to control the little kitty, but it will be crazy.
Brad does call it Raising Small Beasts9 as a depiction of what having a cat is like?
This is helpful. This gives me some relief and bolsters my confidence that leaving my cat while I go to work for 12 hrs won’t be such a big deal. That maybe they’d enjoy it also? Cool. Thank you.I love cats and mine brings me much joy (unless she’s hitting me in the face at 3 am) also they really are very independent. You can leave a cat for a day.. at least once they’ve settled in and aren’t tiny kittens anymore, you can. No problem, they just get super friendly with the sofa. My cat (I think) likes it when I go out for the day because otherwise I’m bothering her with too much fuss..
I love it! A decision to tame/nurture the small kitten. Haha.Could the reading simply be interpreted as: a decision to nurture the small?
Yi obviously agrees! Or knew I’d read his take on 9?Brad does call it Raising Small Beasts
So now two questions:
- What's more correct for your reading, what I think Brad means, what I think Hilary means, both in some way, or neither? (Again, please put emphasis on the "what I think" part! My interpretation of their interpretations...........could lead nowhere good.)
- How might Brad's apply to adopting a kitty?
Reminds me of rain that’s just fallen on the crops and the seed that’s just settled in, bc the soil’s been watered. It can begin to root here.It has already rained, it is already settled
All the plowing and planting is co-creation with Mother Earth and nature. These are the merits—the work done to pave the way to the harvest (or the full moon). Enjoy the process and the burgeoning life.Value the merits already conveyed
Like a woman growing a seedling within, laboring with her body and blood, in silence. It’s difficult work to grow and nourish and nurture a thing into full bloom, full life. Inevitable decline comes. No creation expands infinitely without contraction. Entropy lies in wait.The woman’s persistence is difficult
The plant can only grow so big, so tall, so much. There are limits to even how full the moon can get. Because once it reaches full, it contracts. It’s life, or the light it reflects, wanes.as the moon approaches full
The noble young one’s expedition fails"
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