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Library => Liu Yao => Topic started by: Gmuli on October 06, 2020, 01:38:48 PM
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Some fundamental ideas. I think few members need that to be able to follow the rules and movements there.
We have a situation with its influences at different levels. That influences are mapped out in a Hexagram. They are shown from the point of view that we assign to it(Focus) and from the way it relates to us.
So in a situation we have a boss(officer potentially), us(self), salary or income(asset line) etc. while in the Hexagram we have lines showing this if related to what we ask.
The Hexagram can be looked at in many ways, one example would be as a pulsation of + and -, similar to what we use in the computers to create stuff(we call them bits there,a repeating 1 or 0 that create everything we see in the monitor)
So we have a representation of a situation using Yang and Yin on different levels.
The changing lines come in, with the idea that a Yang that has reached a maximum, will give birth to a yin growing up deep inside it, and also the opposite.
When we have too much activity(yang), stillness will arise(yin), and when we have long periods of stillness, a new activity will be born from it.
That would be the "eye"of the tornado and other similar stuffs...
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Dszpics1.jpg/800px-Dszpics1.jpg)
Here if someone hasn't read the tornado from "Tao of I Ching" I can strongly recommend it, but in any case, moving on.
Logically,since that eraching extreme suggest a line is changing(turning from yang to yin or yin to yang), now we have not only the original hexagram/situation, but we also have lines of that Hexagram that are going through transition.
If we map it out, we can make another Hex showing what the new direction/hexagram/situation will look at, where the transition has already completed and that is the second Hexagram.
In that sense, we have 2 hexagrams now:
Initial situation(1), something in it that is changing and the possible direction of how the initial situation will look after that change is complete(2).
That idea, of something reaching extreme and turning into its opposite, we can see in the world around, its the reason we have anti-monopoly laws, as practice shows that better not wait someone to reach that extreme and try to stay in balance.
This specific idea of balance has given rise to a two different views to the 2 Hexagrams.
Both view the first Hexagram as showing the initial situation and its influences, usually.
Yet, from there there is one key difference tat we need to get.
We have 2 hexagrams and changing lines.The lines are the points in the first situation that has reached extreme.
Both way of viewing it agree on that part as well.
The second Hexagram is the difference.
One way to view it is the hexagram that shows how the influences are likely going to look after all lines that has reached extreme turn to the opposite.
The other is to view it as what you need, to not reach extreme.
Now the first part is obvious, we have a change, first Hex is initial place, changing lines are points that are going to change and resulting hex is how that same place will look after they change. That is the reason using the second hex we can say "when"something will happen, as that is when the change will show itself in the situation completly.
The second view is a little more intricate.
We have lines that has reached an imbalance point.
Whatever they will change into is also what they are missing to be in balance...
And that means if we apply that, they likely won't change...
(too strong yang line, if it tries to be more yin will move back in balance, instead of taking over everything and leading to arise the opposite from within)
We can see that point of view in detail in Harmens videos(check his channel in youtube) and suprisingly it has taken strong roots in many people last couple of years.
In my humble opinion its important to understand that both points of view are valid and important.
And there are things we can do with them and things we can't.
Obviously, the idea we want to stop all change is not always good.
In the previous example we look at, we can have someone asking if they will get a job, we see their line is changing from Sibling to Asset combining with the Officer.
A way to read that could be that they will change in a way that (depending on other factors) could make relationship with boss much better
If at this point we say :
"well, your line is moving from yin to yang, you are becoming active, you should do this to stop the activity or there will be change", we may prevent them from getting a new job that they may need.
Of course, if we see exactly the opposite, suggesting a trigram that will balance the ongoing movement is wiser idea.
So its all relative, but in general, both need to be utilized at times, in my view to it.
All this was to give a simple idea here.
If we view the Hexagrams as the situation before and potential way it is after the changes, we can take the relations from there.
Lets say the previous example.
Does the boss line interact with the persons initial line?
How could it?Its nowhere to be seen, as on its place we will have the changed line.
He may miss the approach his employee had before, but that is about it.
Does the changed line interacts with its original line?
Same situation, it can't as the initial line isn't there anymore.
Yet since its the same person cmoing from the same situation, the meaning is carried on.
Example here.
In the old holiwood fighting movies, often near the end, the good guy had to fight the bad one.
And the fight was usually not starting great, the bad guy was beating him up all over the place, yet at some point he finds inner strength and suddenly the fight turns around as he is unstoppable now.
Silly as it was, this is something we can use.
He is in a bad position(initial line).
He finds inner strength(line becomes resource for itself).
Now, he is performing much, much better...
When I used Jacks rules, that seems clear, he finds inner strength, so the resource line only strengthens his initial position and doesn't interact with anything else.
Yet that was silly, its easy to see its not like that, he is the same guy, in the same fight, but his whole place in the fight has changed.
And he is interacting with everything from his changed position, may still get beat up even after it, so the initial line is gone, it only carries the meaning it once had, that he is in a fight and he wants to win.
Hopefilly this can play some role in helping people assign the relations and follow them more easily.
The essence here is - try to see what is happening, try to relate to events and follow what is changing from there using the hexagrams and lines.
Dry rules will betray us with time, we need it alive and expanding.