Why I posted that very unbusiness-like news thread

[hilary]

That's this thread, which I freely admit is pretty odd. Owners of 'businesses' are not generally supposed to come out and say, 'I'm not making a living, I may have to pack it in' in public places... it's not felt to be good PR. Togan just posted to say as much, and makes absolute, perfect, 100% good sense. Also it's pretty spectacularly embarrassing, so the rest of this thread will be posted from under here: :bag: .

When the idea of baring everything here first landed in my head - who knows where these things come from? - I thought it was impossible. One of those things it's interesting to imagine saying/ doing but know you won't, not in this lifetime. Still... might as well ask Yi, 'What if I did?'

Yi said 59.5 changing to 4. Dispersing and Not Knowing.

I think the 'Not Knowing' part is pretty clear. I do not know what to offer that you might buy, and I'm just at that interesting moment they call 'conscious incompetence' of realising how much I don't know. It tends to create a frantic desire to bug people a lot, with predictable results.

(I'm going to try to keep the changes moving without bugging you. Let me know how I get on...)

Dispersing... well, dispersing the whole 'competent solid business' image I construct so carefully, for one thing, and sweeping away all the blocks to free-flowing communication that created. Also, I had a bunch of plans for what to create next, and those are all dissolved, too. I have one mini-product already done, and the promise of an ongoing membership to fulfil for current class members, and beyond that it's all open water. I'm only just starting to realise quite how dispersed it all is, now. Some major river-crossing going on here.

What persuaded me to go ahead and post, though, was the moving line:
'Dispersing sweat, his great proclamation.
Dispersing the king's granaries.
No mistake.'

It described what I was thinking of perfectly - great proclamation, great effort (and/or massive nerves!), and a complete dispersing of power and resources - and said it wasn't a mistake.

It isn't?

Now this (unlike Togan's post) makes no sense to me whatsoever. One thing I've learned from a few years of readings: following the advice I can't make sense of leads to interesting and wonderful places. (The blossoming of this forum is a good example of that.) So here goes, into the floodwaters. (Anyone got any water-wings?)

 

[meng]

Did you want feedback here or in the news section?

 

[hilary]

Comments on the reading here, suggestions for what to create next over there. Thanks

 

[meng]

Ok. Just one comment on the reading.

Do you recall a little over three years ago, when I had a run of hex. 4 readings, like train cars passing: one after the other after the other? There's must have been 14 of those buggers, all within a couple of weeks. Well, I was entering something there was no possible way I could have known or understood at that time of those readings.

I'm seeing your 4 as possibly saying the same thing. Answers to your major turning points aren't revealed until you arrive at that turning point, and not a moment sooner.

 

[hilary]

Heh. You think?

 

[rosada]

Yes, and
59.4 putting everything you know out here for us to respond to is not a mistake >
4. You can't know what the response will be until you ask.

"At first oracle I inform him."
As you haven't asked this before this promises you'll get some real answers!

 

[Tohpol]

What persuaded me to go ahead and post, though, was the moving line:
'Dispersing sweat, his great proclamation.
Dispersing the king's granaries.
No mistake.'

It described what I was thinking of perfectly - great proclamation, great effort (and/or massive nerves!), and a complete dispersing of power and resources - and said it wasn't a mistake.

It isn't?

Now this (unlike Togan's post) makes no sense to me whatsoever. One thing I've learned from a few years of readings: following the advice I can't make sense of leads to interesting and wonderful places. (The blossoming of this forum is a good example of that.) So here goes, into the floodwaters. (Anyone got any water-wings?)

Hi Hilary,

Well, firstly, I'd like to say good for you. It takes quite a bit of courage to open up and stand "naked" as it were. Stripping the ole ego comes to mind and that will probably free up all kinds of possibilities. You've built a resource and now some energy will hopefully come back to you.

I don't necessarily agree with the idea that it is not good business practice to have done that. Ok, if you're a hard-nosed capitalist entrepeneur who cares only about money - ok. But you aren't. You have a spiritual stake in this. And by that I mean you care about people and you care about helping others and you care about growing as a person. You've shared that by developing a hugely popular and helpful site. And that intent and ethos definitely comes through.

No, not a mistake. This is classic networking something which I think is rooted in esoteric science and can literally shift realities. So, you took the action and you provided a crucible by which people can learn, discuss and seek answers. That means there is an equation of exchange that right now, doesn't quite compute. This is the opportunity to get the maths right so that you can find your way and the resource/exchange can hopefully still function and adapt. It is almost inevitable and I've seen quite a few forums who come up against the idea of how to balance things. Usually it means folks that use the forum a lot and gain benefit from it must, as a creative intent give something back either financially or in other ways. It is simple math. Creative disbursement or an increasing entropy that eventually implodes.

There's no free lunch. EVER.

I think for something to function in the best interests of all there has to be a feedback of energy that does not deplete the essential core of the organism. That being so, the queen bee of the hive (you ) has to be in contact with the network which comprises of various degrees of participation and interest. You are doing that so I'm quite sure it will yield results - one way or the other. And I think it's really positive what you've done.

Good job! Step one over with! Whoo-hoo.

So, I'll go give my opinion - FWIW - on the other thread about the practicalities of it all. Can't promise stupendous ideas but ready to lend support moral or otherwise.

Topal

 

[ben_s]

Just responding to the 59.5 > 4 reading here,

Nine in the fifth place means:
His loud cries are as dissolving as sweat.
Dissolution! A king abides without blame.

In times of general dispersion and separation, a great idea provides a focal point for the organization of recovery. Just as an illness reaches its crisis in a dissolving sweat, so a great stimulating idea is a true salvation in times of general deadlock. It gives the people a rallying point–a man in a ruling position who can dispel misunderstandings.

Sweat gets rid of excess heat, and it's also a way toxins are pushed out of the body. The cry for help clears out the pressure you felt from being on the financial hot seat without help. It also gives an opportunity for other people to share their ideas with you.

Part of the problem might come from inadvertently working with a dumb or ignorant idea about business. Such a mistaken concept gets pushed out and dissolved by the sweat. What dissolves here is not your business. Instead it's the dissolution of what keeps you stuck. In your case, you're not stuck by a bad attitude, but because you don't have a complete plan.

The people sure can use a rallying point to discuss the Yi and dispel misunderstandings. That would be you as the benevolent monarch of these forums - without blame. It is never a sign of weakness for the king to ask, "Does anyone else have any ideas about how to handle this problem?" It's a sign of strength to say, "I'm stuck and I'd like some more ideas, then I'll consider them and make my own decision."

4 "the spring rising at the foot of the mountain is the image of inexperienced youth," or in your case, someone inexperienced at building a sustainable business plan. "However, the two trigrams also show the way of overcoming the follies of youth. Water is something that of necessity flows on. When the spring gushes forth, it does not know at first where it will go. But its steady flow fills up the deep place blocking its progress, and success is attained."

"In the time of youth, folly is not an evil. One may succeed in spite of it, provided one finds an experienced teacher and has the right attitude toward him. This means, first of all, that the youth himself must be conscious of his lack of experience and must seek out the teacher." This is exactly what you're doing, as you reach out for help and advice to overcome your lack of expertise about marketing your expertise.

The king needs a thorough plan that fills in the holes - in your case, the holes in your business plan. Your advisors also need to be thorough: "Given addition a perseverance that never slackens until the points are mastered one by one, real success is sure to follow. Thus the hexagram counsels the teacher as well as the pupil."

A spring wells up at the foot of the mountain:
The image of YOUTH.
Thus the superior man fosters his character
By thoroughness in all that he does.

A spring succeeds in flowing on and escapes stagnation by filling up all the hollow places in its path. In the same way character is developed by thoroughness that skips nothing but, like water, gradually and steadily fills up all gaps and so flows onward.

That's the way your business plan will develop - whether it continues this forum or starts a new direction in your career.