Tag: K2 Li

05 – waiting

“I, I, all I!” – No, this is not an ego trip, but: I am all one with myself, I am entirely centered… All right? OK, so, again: I, I, all I, all centered, completely calm, rooted within myself. And right here-and-now I am turning towards… the world.

What a variety of possibilities! How on earth should I choose? What is right, what is important, what does (not) matter? My head may help me to sort it out: What corresponds to me? What distracts me from my path? Yet some cases remain undecidable, they lie beyond my intellect’s grasp: I simply do not know all the facts.

Weiterlesen: 05 – waiting

09 – the taming power of the small

“I, I, all I!” – Now it is me at the very center: all one with myself, concentrated, well rooted. That is the starting point. And from here, as soon as I feel ready to do so, I turn towards… the world.

What an immense variety of possibilities storms up on me! How in the world should I choose? What is right, what is important, what is superfluous? How should I make a choice? My head can help me: what corresponds to me? What is my path – and what possibly distracts me from my path?

Weiterlesen: 09 – the taming power of the small

37 – the clan

Scope of Questions

I received the following inquiry regarding hexagram 37 – the Clan:

  • “I have been trying to start a venture. I have done research and know the field. But it all goes slow. I just keep feeling that something is not right. I am looking for a way to move forward.”
  • One user describes her situation and her question to the I Ching as follows: “I’ve had a new neighbour in the immediate vicinity for some time now, who is very loud, likes to party and is sociable. The situation is a real challenge for me because I overhear almost everything, friends, phone calls, parties, pets. Five months after she moved in, I tried to talk to her, but she reacted very angrily and said she didn’t want to restrict herself. My question to the I Ching is therefore: ‘Was it right to speak to her and what should I do now?'”
    The I Ching’s answer is hexagram 37 – the Clan, that later develops into hexagram 30 – the clinging.

The current interpretation can be found here: https://www.no2do.com/hexagramme_en/787877.htm

39 – obstruction

Scope of Questions

A user suffers from not having any real contact with people. She asks the I Ching: “What will arise for me from keeping a dream diary? I do have the impression that it will work for me – and that perhaps it will even help me to bridge stagnation and isolation.” The idea of possibly publishing her diary and thereby accepting her life as it is has something redeeming, liberating for her.

Weiterlesen: 39 – obstruction

48 – the well

The following case study is already somewhat older; it does not yet take into account the anthropological-psychological oriented theory of meaning Follow the Path of the Dao: A Western Approximation, which I developed and published in early 2022. Nevertheless, it shows quite well how the trigrams interlock and how to work with them.

Weiterlesen: 48 – the well

53 – development

Questions on Hexagram 53

  • A user receives hexagram 55 – development as the I Ching’s answer to a situation which he describes as follows: “The development was actually foreseeable for a long time, but I refused to see it. My inability to have a healthy relationship meant that I only ever saw myself, never what we had in common. Now there’s this gap, I’m all alone. Actually, there has been a gap for a long time.”
  • A user: “We have fallen in love with each other, but he remains distant. What exactly does he want from me? Will we have a future together?”
  • Another user: “I don’t know what to do. My husband is no longer interested in me.”
  • One user described his situation as follows: “My partner went to her native country for a month’s holidays. Alone as I am now, I feel lost. My reason for coming back from abroad and to stopping my doctoral studies was to be with her. And now she is far away from me. On the other hand, I feel that, if I do not define or find what I want to do (my career), I cannot go back. I feel fear. My question to the I Ching: what do I need to know?”*
  • A user asks: “How can I defeat the inner and outer demons (especially the inner ones) once and for all so that I no longer harm myself or others?”
  • A user spontaneously proposed to his partner over the phone. He then asked the I Ching what it could tell him about this. The answer: Hexagram 53 – the development.
  • One user has the following question for the I Ching: “Does the man I love also love me?” So far, the relationship has mainly taken place in her dreams, in reality there is silence.
  • A user asks: “Where is H. at the moment, how is she?”
Weiterlesen: 53 – development

63 – after completion

Questions on Hexagram 63

  • A user would like to quit his (breadwinning) job and devote himself entirely to a literary activity. His specific question: “What is my current situation?”
  • A user works as a educator and identifies strongly with the content of her classes. On the one hand she wants to share her experiences with her students. On the other hand, she wants to give her students room to make their own experiences. She asks: “How can I find a balance?”
  • A user asks “How am I doing with handling this emotionally difficult experience?”

You can find the current interpretation here: https://www.no2do.com/hexagramme_en/787878.htm