I Ching, Yijing or Zhou Yi

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Yi Jing, Oracle of the Sun

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Hexagram 21
Sh K, Biting through
Gua Poem:
Biting through, expansion. Harvest: benefit of lawsuit.
The great image says: Thunder and lightning: Biting through.
The ancient kings made the penalties clear to enforce the law.

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Sh K: the ideogram and the story. (../hexstories/21.html) What does it mean for
your question?

Top 9: Wherefore a cangue extinguishing the ears? Pitfall

(../origins/goodbad.htm#Xiongpitfall).
One hears what one expects to hear and does not hear or see reality. It is tunnel
thinking. Do not enter the tunnels of common opinion (or your own deadend one)
rather leave them by thinking further ahead and expecting the uncommon. Prick up
those ears!
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6 at 5: Biting driedout meat. Acquiring gold. Determination danger
(../origins/goodbad.htm#Li: adversity). No fault (../origins/goodbad.htm#JIU
fault).
When one makes the root of difficulties visible or conscious, one creates the possibility
to do something about it. There is a natural resistance against doing this, because it
means change, which is usually hazardous. But it also means a new life or even a life
at last.
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9 at 4: Biting driedout meat with a bone. Acquiring a metal arrow head. Fruitful:
a difficulties' determination. Auspicious (../origins/goodbad.htm#Ji: auspicious).
Only when one goes to the bottom of things, one finds the causes of trouble. Nobody
likes to go there, finding problems which are difficult to solve. But it is the only way to
make things work really good.
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6 at 3: Biting cured meat, encountering poison. Small distress
(../origins/goodbad.htm#LINdistress). Without fault
(../origins/goodbad.htm#JIUfault).
When emotions get trapped, one has to make them free again. It always hurts
oneself, someone else. But one has to do it, one's first duty is always to live. Arrange
your life such, that you can always give your emotions the freedom they need. Not by
giving them no home, but by giving them a movable home. Life will be richer for
yourself and for those around you.
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6 at 2: Biting skin, extinguishing the nose. Without fault
(../origins/goodbad.htm#JIUfault).
Some things don't need scrutiny. Indulge yourself in them, enjoy and move on. Or
maybe they teach you a little lesson. Avoiding everything will stop both learning and
fun. Small godsends or mistakes teach you how to deal with bigger ones. But: be very
careful with every idea you share with others. They might resent, even if or especially
when you're totally right.
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Initial 9: Shoes are footfetters, extinguishing the toes. Without fault
(../origins/goodbad.htm#JIUfault).
Prevailing views prohibit your own way of moving. Find your own ideas, however crazy.