...life can be translucent

Menu

what is my dao? 56.5 -> 33

EsYoSoy

visitor
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
18
Reaction score
9
First of all, I appreciate this valuable space for exchange, generosity and knowledge.
I apologize for my bad English but, I will try to express myself.
It is my first post, I hope you can give me your impressions.
We all have a path (tao) that would be aligned with the sky. I asked what is my tao? and the ameter gave me 56.5 to 33.
This line has always confused me. Could you give me a hand with this interpretation?
I do not know where to take the answer, or if the question is well done.
I would greatly appreciate your feedback.
Thanks. Regards
 

Luise74

visitor
Joined
Aug 12, 2021
Messages
20
Reaction score
17
First of all, I appreciate this valuable space for exchange, generosity and knowledge.
I apologize for my bad English but, I will try to express myself.
It is my first post, I hope you can give me your impressions.
We all have a path (tao) that would be aligned with the sky. I asked what is my tao? and the ameter gave me 56.5 to 33.
This line has always confused me. Could you give me a hand with this interpretation?
I do not know where to take the answer, or if the question is well done.
I would greatly appreciate your feedback.
Thanks. Regards
Sorry your English is better than mine and we may User a different Translation. But I imagine your Result could mean you will bring a gift to where you go by what you are but in case of Bad luck should retire in a friendly way.
Is this a possible answer?
 

EsYoSoy

visitor
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
18
Reaction score
9
Sorry your English is better than mine and we may User a different Translation. But I imagine your Result could mean you will bring a gift to where you go by what you are but in case of Bad luck should retire in a friendly way.
Is this a possible answer?
Thank you very much, Luise74. Your answer is valuable to me.
I would like to have access to more details of this line, since I believe that the tao of each one, is one, independent of the turns of life. What do you think about this?
 

EsYoSoy

visitor
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
18
Reaction score
9
I would like to add that I am very sorry that in general the results of what is asked are not reported, being that the most important thing (for everyone) is to be able to learn from the different angles of the answers and the time of those who gently collaborate with clarity on a theme.
 

ZeroPoint

Supporter
Clarity Supporter
Joined
Jan 21, 2018
Messages
248
Reaction score
119
You are on a journey and you're not home yet.

(Regrets for my Spanish: Eres en un viaje y no estas en casa.)

You do need to do the work you ask of the thread. Provide your best understanding. What does the oracle, the image, and that changing line mean to you?
 

EsYoSoy

visitor
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
18
Reaction score
9
You are on a journey and you're not home yet.

(Regrets for my Spanish: Eres en un viaje y no estas en casa.)

You do need to do the work you ask of the thread. Provide your best understanding. What does the oracle, the image, and that changing line mean to you?
Thanks, ZeroPoint.
You're right. I forgot it. Sorry.
56 for me is like traveling light with luggage and, this fifth line, sounds to me like not taking root anywhere, just leaving light where I need to be and retiring. However, in my heart I feel that I would like the opposite. That is why I am puzzled and saddened by this cast, because finally I would be very far from my tao at this time.
I hope to make myself understood with my precarious English :???:
 

redoleander

visitor
Joined
Apr 26, 2021
Messages
765
Reaction score
551
56.5 > 3

Cleary (1): Shooting a pheasant, one arrow is lost; eventually one is entitled, because of good repute.

Cleary (2): ... Ultimately one is lauded and given a mandate.

Based on the imagery, I would love this line as an answer to this question. Maybe it’s about focus? About being very precise in what you want to “hunt” or move toward and to not overly worry about a loss or missed target along the way because ultimately you will gain what you seek. (Some of the commentaries go further with that and speak of sacrifice; making a small sacrifice to have a larger gain later.)

56 > 33 sounds to me like a dance of exploring and returning home. You’ll need to seek out what you want in life and part of this will also be knowing when to come back to yourself. Patience, too. That way you won’t charge ahead when conditions aren’t favorable (33). Perhaps your willingness to seek what you want in life allows you that graceful, successful retreat later on? Not everything is being handed to you and some loss is involved, but you make the best of it and perhaps even get to make your freedom as a result of working through the hard things. I wonder if studying something like fencing or a martial art would help. Finding success in movement and then retreat. Staying light on your feet. Not too stagnant or stuck on one thing. Having an aim yet being flexible in how you pursue it.
 

EsYoSoy

visitor
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
18
Reaction score
9
56.5 > 3

Cleary (1): Shooting a pheasant, one arrow is lost; eventually one is entitled, because of good repute.

Cleary (2): ... Ultimately one is lauded and given a mandate.

Based on the imagery, I would love this line as an answer to this question. Maybe it’s about focus? About being very precise in what you want to “hunt” or move toward and to not overly worry about a loss or missed target along the way because ultimately you will gain what you seek. (Some of the commentaries go further with that and speak of sacrifice; making a small sacrifice to have a larger gain later.)

56 > 33 sounds to me like a dance of exploring and returning home. You’ll need to seek out what you want in life and part of this will also be knowing when to come back to yourself. Patience, too. That way you won’t charge ahead when conditions aren’t favorable (33). Perhaps your willingness to seek what you want in life allows you that graceful, successful retreat later on? Not everything is being handed to you and some loss is involved, but you make the best of it and perhaps even get to make your freedom as a result of working through the hard things. I wonder if studying something like fencing or a martial art would help. Finding success in movement and then retreat. Staying light on your feet. Not too stagnant or stuck on one thing. Having an aim yet being flexible in how you pursue it.
Thank you so much for your reply and for taking the time. This helps, Redoleander (apparently I'm going in the opposite direction and I feel like walking in the mud... ). I don't know how to ask Yi for help .. I'm blocked. And I don't know what is blocking me. Have you ever had that feeling?
 

redoleander

visitor
Joined
Apr 26, 2021
Messages
765
Reaction score
551
That seems like a good question to ask. What’s blocking? Or what’s in the way? Or what you must overcome or know or be aware of to stay in alignment with your Dao? It’s possible the answer to that is in the answer you already received but asking what the block is might help
 

rosada

visitor
Joined
Jun 3, 2006
Messages
9,913
Reaction score
3,225
Just to put in a different thought for a moment.
I can see these hexagrams as responding to a more universal application of the question, that is, it reads to me as saying "We all share the same road and in this sense everyone's Dao is the same. Every moment we are all 56. Travelers. Each moment is new and at each moment new energies impinge on our own. Do we feel them? Do they confuse our sense of self, our inner compass? 56.5 tells us how to move forward on this road of never ending choices and temptations: We're always feeling as if we are strangers in a strange land but if we behave appropriately and seek out those who can offer assistance we find work and a way to sustain ourselves. Resist the desire to over commit. Be prepared to eventually move on, 33. Withdraw, and let all things pass."
 
Last edited:

EsYoSoy

visitor
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
18
Reaction score
9
That seems like a good question to ask. What’s blocking? Or what’s in the way? Or what you must overcome or know or be aware of to stay in alignment with your Dao? It’s possible the answer to that is in the answer you already received but asking what the block is might help
Definitely. Thank you so much. I will consult and meditate on that. Have a great weekend.
 

EsYoSoy

visitor
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
18
Reaction score
9
Just to put in a different thought for a moment.
I can see these hexagrams as responding to a more universal application of the question, that is, it reads to me as saying "We all share the same road and in this sense everyone's Dao is the same. Every moment we are all 56. Travelers. Each moment is new and at each moment new energies impinge on our own. Do we feel them? Do they confuse our sense of self, our inner compass? 56.5 tells us how to move forward on this road of never ending choices and temptations: We're always feeling as if we are strangers in a strange land but if we behave appropriately and seek out those who can offer assistance we find work and a way to sustain ourselves. Resist the desire to over commit. Be prepared to eventually move on,
33. Withdraw, and let all things pass."
You are very kind and generous, Rosada. I constantly read your contributions and it feels very good to know of others helping others, selflessly.
When I asked, I thought about what you mention. That is why I asked Yi, that the answer be directed to my dao. However, your perspective also helps me. Thank you.
 

BaronAsh

visitor
Joined
Jun 12, 2020
Messages
57
Reaction score
25
Lots of good answers, let me offer another (hopefully also good!) one:
56 represents the Dao which sometimes is translated as 'The Way.' In English 'way' has two meanings as does the word 'dao' in Chinese namely:
a) Way: a path one takes, i.e. 'the way to the supermarket.'
b) Way: how one proceeds, i.e. 'the way he moves on the dance floor is mesmerizing.'

So the Dao is both the journey and the way one journeys.

The changing line indicates that if you are successful in your Way, it will involve hitting the target which in turn involves letting something go, losing something, or encountering a sense of loss. This is akin to losing Self on the spiritual path. My teacher loved to say that 'wanting to experience Enlightenment is like wanting to witness your own funeral.' Spiritual enlightenment is more a losing than a gaining process. After years of effort and mastering all sorts of different meditations, Lord Buddha finally gave up on the whole thing, accepted a bowl of rice gruel from a pretty girl, relaxed for the first time in years, and then proceeded to attain complete enlightenment. So the Buddha gave up any notions of success in the Dao before finally realizing fruition therein.

The middle line in the Fire trigram is that which is solid and also fuel. Fire needs fuel to burn and so is dependent. Compassion from the heart involves an interchange between self and other; there is no such thing as compassion for self alone, or for other alone for that matter. It takes two to tango, always. The excessive line in the Fire trigram here might indicate that on the Path, the Dao, we need the body along with all of our experiences in the everyday 'real' world in order to fuel, so sustain and to inform any sort of spiritual journey. Many of these experiences may seem negative or obstructive; if only we could transcend ordinary vicissitudes, THEN we would have no more obstacles and hit our target immediately becoming instant Sages. It doesn't work that way. The development of the Sun of insight involves using such experiences as fuel to connect with Heaven so that in 33 we have Heaven Above, Meditative Stillness - the Mountain - below. Very nice.

Sun above the Mountains. This is a long view. One is not looking out the back kitchen window into a small plot with a few herbs and flowers before a wall a couple of yards further on. No, this is a sense of wide open spaces, a path that leads to no end of different vistas and terrains. Moreover one has no fixed abode, the immediate boundaries are unclear or irrelevant. That is also the sense of Dao or journeying. Each day we do not know what will happen from the moment we awaken to the moment we once again go to sleep and return to the enlightened source of non-thought consciousness. Each day is an open journey, a Dao.

The trigram derived from the initial upper Fire, or Sun, above the mountains is Heaven, the Creative. So one aspect of the path to emphasize in order to balance the Fire of insight, of clarity, of seeing clearly, of connecting with the Heart and with all other fellow travelers on the Path, is to tune into Heaven, the formless, a sense of vision and purpose and will and limitless potential. Have faith in Heaven to resolve any lack of clarity or good interconnections as you tread your Path, your Dao.

Google Translate version:

Muchas buenas respuestas, permítanme ofrecerles otra (¡con suerte también buena!):

56 representa el Dao que a veces se traduce como "El Camino". En inglés, 'way' tiene dos significados, al igual que la palabra 'dao' en chino, a saber:

a) Camino: un camino que uno toma, es decir, 'el camino al supermercado'.

b) Manera: cómo se procede, es decir, "la forma en que se mueve en la pista de baile es fascinante".



Entonces, el Dao es tanto el viaje como la forma en que uno viaja.



La línea cambiante indica que si tiene éxito en su Camino, implicará dar en el blanco, lo que a su vez implica dejar ir algo, perder algo o encontrar una sensación de pérdida. Esto es similar a perder el Sí mismo en el camino espiritual. A mi maestro le encantaba decir que 'querer experimentar la Iluminación es como querer presenciar su propio funeral'. La iluminación espiritual es más un proceso de pérdida que de ganancia. Después de años de esfuerzo y de dominar todo tipo de meditaciones diferentes, el Señor Buda finalmente se rindió, aceptó un plato de papilla de arroz de una chica bonita, se relajó por primera vez en años y luego procedió a alcanzar la iluminación completa. De modo que el Buda abandonó cualquier idea de éxito en el Dao antes de finalmente darse cuenta de su fructificación.

La línea media en el trigrama Fuego es aquella que es sólida y también combustible. El fuego necesita combustible para arder y, por lo tanto, depende. La compasión del corazón implica un intercambio entre uno mismo y el otro; no existe la compasión solo por uno mismo, o solo por los demás. Se necesitan dos para bailar el tango, siempre. La línea excesiva en el trigrama Fuego aquí podría indicar que en el Camino, el Dao, necesitamos el cuerpo junto con todas nuestras experiencias en el mundo 'real' cotidiano para alimentar, sostener e informar cualquier tipo de viaje espiritual. . Muchas de estas experiencias pueden parecer negativas u obstructoras; Si tan solo pudiéramos trascender las vicisitudes ordinarias, ENTONCES no tendríamos más obstáculos y daríamos a nuestro objetivo inmediatamente convirtiéndonos en Sabios instantáneos. No funciona de esa manera. El desarrollo del Sol de la percepción implica el uso de tales experiencias como combustible para conectarnos con el Cielo, de modo que en el 33 tengamos el Cielo Arriba, la Quietud Meditativa, la Montaña, abajo. Muy agradable.

Sol sobre las montañas. Ésta es una visión a largo plazo. Uno no está mirando por la ventana trasera de la cocina hacia una pequeña parcela con algunas hierbas y flores delante de una pared un par de metros más allá. No, esta es una sensación de espacios abiertos, un camino que conduce a un sinfín de vistas y terrenos diferentes. Además, uno no tiene domicilio fijo, los límites inmediatos son confusos o irrelevantes. Ese es también el sentido del Dao o el viaje. Cada día no sabemos qué pasará desde el momento en que nos despertamos hasta el momento en que una vez más nos vamos a dormir y regresamos a la fuente iluminada de la conciencia del no-pensamiento. Cada día es un viaje abierto, un Dao.



El trigrama derivado del Fuego superior inicial, o Sol, sobre las montañas es el Cielo, el Creativo. Entonces, un aspecto del camino a enfatizar para equilibrar el Fuego de la percepción, de la claridad, de ver claramente, de conectarse con el Corazón y con todos los demás compañeros de camino en el Camino, es sintonizarnos con el Cielo, lo informe, un sentido. de visión, propósito, voluntad y potencial ilimitado. Ten fe en el Cielo para resolver cualquier falta de claridad o buenas interconexiones mientras recorres tu Camino, tu Dao.

PS then you have 33 Retreat. This indicates perhaps that one element of the Path, the Dao, is to not get caught up in bad influences which now dominate the world of materialism, of outer success and influence, rather to hold true to inner powers, inner truths. So that might be a general guideline about overall attitude on the Path.

PD, entonces tienes 33 Retiro. Esto indica quizás que un elemento del Camino, el Dao, es no dejarse atrapar por las malas influencias que ahora dominan el mundo del materialismo, del éxito externo y la influencia, más bien mantenerse fiel a los poderes internos, las verdades internas. Entonces, esa podría ser una pauta general sobre la actitud general en el Camino.
 
Last edited:

dfreed

Inactive
Joined
Feb 6, 2021
Messages
1,045
Reaction score
411
I asked what is my tao? Answer: 56.5 to 33.
Hex. 56 is named Sojourner, and The Traveler. For me the trigrams (three-line figures) of Fire above, Mountain below depict the travel's campfire on a hillside, perhaps camped just outside of a town or village. And if he is welcome or unwelcome in town may have to do - in part - with his actions, behavior, and attitude.

This reminds me of of these words from Bob Dylan: "To live outside the law you must be honest."

One translation of line 56.5 is:
"A pheasant shot with a single shot. Disappearing .... ultimately, honor."

This is describing how we can act in the world - that our actions (thoughts, attitudes, etc.) can be clean, and "leave no trace". In reality, we are all bozos on this bus (and things happen to us that we have no control over) ... but, we can still strive to live clean, honorable lives. Perhaps this is your Dao?
 

EsYoSoy

visitor
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
18
Reaction score
9
Muchas buenas respuestas, permítanme ofrecer otra (¡con suerte también buena!):
56 representa el Dao que a veces se traduce como "El Camino". En inglés, 'way' tiene dos significados, al igual que la palabra 'dao' en chino, a saber:
a) Camino: un camino que uno toma, es decir, 'el camino al supermercado'.
b) Modo: cómo se procede, es decir, "la forma en que se mueve en la pista de baile es fascinante".

Entonces, el Dao es tanto el viaje como la forma en que uno viaja.

La línea cambiante indica que si tiene éxito en su Camino, implicará alcanzar el objetivo, lo que a su vez implica dejar ir algo, perder algo o encontrar una sensación de pérdida. Esto es similar a perder a uno mismo en el camino espiritual. A mi maestro le encantaba decir que 'querer experimentar la Iluminación es como querer presenciar su propio funeral'. La iluminación espiritual es más un proceso de pérdida que de ganancia. Después de años de esfuerzo y de dominar todo tipo de meditaciones diferentes, el Señor Buda finalmente se rindió, aceptó un plato de gachas de arroz de una chica bonita, se relajó por primera vez en años y luego procedió a alcanzar la iluminación completa. De modo que el Buda abandonó toda noción de éxito en el Dao antes de finalmente darse cuenta de la fructificación en él.

La línea media en el trigrama Fuego es aquella que es sólida y también combustible. El fuego necesita combustible para arder y, por lo tanto, depende. La compasión del corazón implica un intercambio entre uno mismo y el otro; no existe la compasión solo por uno mismo, o solo por los demás. Se necesitan dos para bailar el tango, siempre. La línea excesiva en el trigrama de Fuego aquí podría indicar que en el Camino, el Dao, necesitamos el cuerpo junto con todas nuestras experiencias en el mundo 'real' cotidiano para alimentar, sostener e informar cualquier tipo de viaje espiritual. . Muchas de estas experiencias pueden parecer negativas u obstructoras; si tan solo pudiéramos trascender las vicisitudes ordinarias, ENTONCES no tendríamos más obstáculos y alcanzaríamos nuestro objetivo inmediatamente convirtiéndonos en Sabios instantáneos. No funciona de esa manera. El desarrollo del Sol de la percepción implica el uso de experiencias como combustible para conectarnos con el Cielo, de modo que en el 33 tengamos el Cielo Arriba, la Quietud Meditativa, la Montaña, abajo. Muy agradable.

Sol sobre las montañas. Ésta es una visión a largo plazo. Uno no está mirando por la ventana trasera de la cocina hacia una pequeña parcela con algunas hierbas y flores frente a una pared un par de metros más allá. No, esta es una sensación de espacios abiertos, un camino que conduce a un sinfín de vistas y terrenos diferentes. Además, uno no tiene domicilio fijo, los límites inmediatos son confusos o irrelevantes. Ese es también el sentido del Dao o el viaje. Cada día no sabemos qué pasará desde el momento en que nos despertamos hasta el momento en que una vez más nos vamos a dormir y regresamos a la fuente iluminada de la conciencia del no-pensamiento. Cada día es un viaje abierto, un Dao.

El trigrama derivado del Fuego superior inicial, o Sol, sobre las montañas es el Cielo, el Creativo. Entonces, un aspecto del camino a enfatizar para equilibrar el Fuego de la percepción, de la claridad, de ver claramente, de conectarse con el Corazón y con todos los demás compañeros de camino en el Camino, es sintonizarnos con el Cielo, lo informe, un sentido. de visión, propósito, voluntad y potencial ilimitado. Ten fe en el Cielo para resolver cualquier falta de claridad o buenas interconexiones mientras recorres tu Sendero, tu Dao.

Versión del traductor de Google:

Muchas buenas respuestas, permítanme ofrecerles otra (¡con suerte también buena!):

56 representa el Dao que a veces se traduce como "El Camino". En inglés, 'way' tiene dos significados, al igual que la palabra 'dao' en chino, a saber:

a) Camino: un camino que uno toma, es decir, 'el camino al supermercado'.

b) Manera: cómo se procede, es decir, "la forma en que se mueve en la pista de baile es fascinante".



Entonces, el Dao es tanto el viaje como la forma en que uno viaja.



La línea cambiante indica que si tiene éxito en su Camino, implicará dar en el blanco, lo que a su vez implica dejar ir algo, perder algo o encontrar una sensación de pérdida. Esto es similar a perder el Sí mismo en el camino espiritual. A mi maestro le encantaba decir que 'querer experimentar la Iluminación es como querer presenciar su propio funeral'. La iluminación espiritual es más un proceso de pérdida que de ganancia. Después de años de esfuerzo y de dominar todo tipo de meditaciones diferentes, el Señor Buda finalmente se rindió, aceptó un plato de papilla de arroz de una chica bonita, se relajó por primera vez en años y luego procedió a alcanzar la iluminación completa. De modo que el Buda abandonó cualquier idea de éxito en el Dao antes de finalmente darse cuenta de su fructificación.

La línea media en el trigrama Fuego es aquella que es sólida y también combustible. El fuego necesita combustible para arder y, por lo tanto, depende. La compasión del corazón implica un intercambio entre uno mismo y el otro; no existe la compasión solo por uno mismo, o solo por los demás. Se necesitan dos para bailar el tango, siempre. La línea excesiva en el trigrama Fuego aquí podría indicar que en el Camino, el Dao, necesitamos el cuerpo junto con todas nuestras experiencias en el mundo 'real' cotidiano para alimentar, sostener e informar cualquier tipo de viaje espiritual. . Muchas de estas experiencias pueden parecer negativas u obstructoras; Si tan solo pudiéramos trascender las vicisitudes ordinarias, ENTONCES no deberíamos más obstáculos y daríamos a nuestro objetivo inmediatamente convirtiéndonos en Sabios instantáneos. No funciona de esa manera. El desarrollo del Sol de la percepción implica el uso de experiencias como combustible para conectarnos con el Cielo, de modo que en el 33 tengamos el Cielo Arriba, la Quietud Meditativa, la Montaña, abajo. Muy agradable.

Sol sobre las montañas. Ésta es una visión a largo plazo. Uno no está mirando por la ventana trasera de la cocina hacia una pequeña parcela con algunas hierbas y flores delante de una pared un par de metros más allá. No, esta es una sensación de espacios abiertos, un camino que conduce a un sinfín de vistas y terrenos diferentes. Además, uno no tiene domicilio fijo, los límites inmediatos son confusos o irrelevantes. Ese es también el sentido del Dao o el viaje. Cada día no sabemos qué pasará desde el momento en que nos despertamos hasta el momento en que una vez más nos vamos a dormir y regresamos a la fuente iluminada de la conciencia del no-pensamiento. Cada día es un viaje abierto, un Dao.



El trigrama derivado del Fuego superior inicial, o Sol, sobre las montañas es el Cielo, el Creativo. Entonces, un aspecto del camino a enfatizar para equilibrar el Fuego de la percepción, de la claridad, de ver claramente, de conectar con el Corazón y con todos los demás compañeros de camino en el Camino, es sintonizarnos con el Cielo, lo informe, un sentido. de visión, propósito, voluntad y potencial ilimitado. Ten fe en el Cielo para resolver cualquier falta de claridad o buenas interconexiones mientras recorres tu Camino, tu Dao.

PD, entonces tienes 33 Retreat. Esto indica quizás que un elemento del Camino, el Dao, es no dejarse atrapar por las malas influencias que ahora dominan el mundo del materialismo, del éxito externo y la influencia, más bien mantenerse fiel a los poderes internos, las verdades internas. Entonces, esa podría ser una pauta general sobre la actitud general en el Camino.

PD, entonces tienes 33 Retiro. Esto indica quizás que un elemento del Camino, el Dao, es no dejarse atrapar por las malas influencias que ahora dominan el mundo del materialismo, del éxito externo y la influencia, más bien mantenerse fiel a los poderes internos, las verdades internas. Entonces, esa podría ser una pauta general sobre la actitud general en el Camino.
In fact, excellent contributions that I deeply appreciate. Yours too. Thanks, BaronAsh.
As Jesus said "leave father and mother and follow me" ... it makes a lot of sense to me in that 56.5. In the broadest sense of the phrase. I am not a woman who follows any religion. I identify with those who follow a spiritual path. I respect all beliefs and only take what resonates within me. But I agree and it fits with my life to lose people and things that have finally been my teachers on my way to grow and evolve. About that, for example, I have two children, they only have me as a pillar and reference in their lives, which makes working on myself an even more relevant issue. They are 20 and 25 years old and I am struggling with all the problems that young people experience. Sometimes I feel overcome and lost, because although they are wonderful beings, like all of us, they take wrong paths that only when we fall, they make us return to the path. And they are beginning to become independent (56.5?). I asked about my DAO with the idea of being able to have a more macro view (hexagram 20) because I am going through a moment of feeling a little confused where to direct my steps. Perhaps I am not focusing my question well. Still, you guys have helped me a lot. Far from seeking enlightenment, I only hope to be a contribution regarding what life expects of me and Yi, it has been an invaluable beacon.
 
Last edited:

EsYoSoy

visitor
Joined
May 30, 2015
Messages
18
Reaction score
9
Hex. 56 is named Sojourner, and The Traveler. For me the trigrams (three-line figures) of Fire above, Mountain below depict the travel's campfire on a hillside, perhaps camped just outside of a town or village. And if he is welcome or unwelcome in town may have to do - in part - with his actions, behavior, and attitude.

This reminds me of of these words from Bob Dylan: "To live outside the law you must be honest."

One translation of line 56.5 is:
"A pheasant shot with a single shot. Disappearing .... ultimately, honor."

This is describing how we can act in the world - that our actions (thoughts, attitudes, etc.) can be clean, and "leave no trace". In reality, we are all bozos on this bus (and things happen to us that we have no control over) ... but, we can still strive to live clean, honorable lives. Perhaps this is your Dao?
Definitely. There I direct my steps as consciously as I can. Many times I feel divided between the ideal of peace, solidarity and harmony that I experience within myself and the collective chaos with which my sensitivity is difficult to coincide. My character is firm and strong and I believe that I must continue to develop a thicker skin so that the psyche of the other does not penetrate me. I appreciate your response, dfreed.
 

Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom

Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).

Top