{"id":2013,"date":"2019-08-17T10:15:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T08:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2024-10-05T11:42:30","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T09:42:30","slug":"13-fellowship-with-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/2013","title":{"rendered":"13 &#8211; fellowship with men"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full has-lightbox\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/hexagramme_en\/787777.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/787777.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10210\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/787777.png 200w, https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/787777-179x300.png 179w, https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/787777-89x150.png 89w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our mental clarity, our ability to differentiate between important and unimportant, is the pivotal point of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/hexagram\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A hexagram is formed by two trigrams, with the movement going upwards, just like plant growth: in divination the hexagram is built from bottom to top and later read accordingly. Read more: Structure of a Hexagram Read more: Overview hexagrams\" class=\"encyclopedia\">hexagram<\/a>. Our clarity allows us to analyze a situation and the various aspects it comprises: What are my options in this situation? Which of these options should I choose to achieve best results? What or who will help me, give me strength, promote my growth? What aspects of this situation are blocking me or lead me to a dead end in the long term? Sometimes it is enough to have just mental clarity. Sometimes, however, we must take action for the situation to develop and to gain momentum. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading hexagrammseiten\">Scope of Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A user asks: &ldquo;What is my actual situation?&rdquo;. Later he describes his situation more precisely: &ldquo;I let myself drift, feel attracted to nothing, an this creates a certain searching restlessness within me. I almost feel like the old woman who owns a hen that lays golden eggs. But because she can&rsquo;t wait and wants to know why it always takes such a long time with the eggs, she slaughters the hen&hellip; I wonder: When is the right time for something? I think that&rsquo;s the question I&rsquo;m really concerned with and I&rsquo;m not sure about that.&rdquo;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An experienced user is consulting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/i-ching\" target=\"_self\" title='The I&nbsp;Ching (Chinese &#63968;&#32147;, y&igrave; jing, W.-G. I&nbsp;Ching, auch: I Jing, YI&nbsp;Ching, Yi King; \"The Book of Changes\") is based on cosmology and philosophy of ancient China, particularly Daoism (Taoism). Basic ideas behind the I Ching include balance of opposites and acceptance of change. The book describes the world in 64 images which in turn&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">I Ching<\/a> since some years already. During that time her perspective onto the world has changed fundamentally. Her quite concrete question to the I Ching is: &ldquo;Am I on the right path, am I on the <em>path of harmonious action<\/em>?&rdquo;<br>In this context the user finds one passage of the interpretation listed below particularly inspiring: <em>&ldquo;When our mind is clear, when we are all one with ourself and with our goal, we are re-connected to the whole: a state of mind, that lets us accept life&rsquo;s uncertainties and marvel at its perfection.&rdquo;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;A user asks the I Ching the following question: &ldquo;Will my appeal against the decision of an academic institution be admitted?&rdquo; At first glance this question is about assessment procedures with blatant and institutionalized errors. In the background existential questions resonate: &ldquo;Who can I trust, who not, who supports me, who does not, and what does all this mean: for myself and in general?&rdquo;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A user asks, &ldquo;What is most important to me right now &ndash; in a particular situation and with a specific person?&rdquo;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One user asks: &ldquo;How do I get out of this mess?&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am slowly getting the impression that the lower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/trigram\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The eight trigrams are the basis of the I&nbsp;Ching. They are composed of three solid (Yang) or broken (Yin) lines. Two trigrams form a hexagram, one image of I&nbsp;Ching. The colored trigrams link to the respective chapters in the I Ching Course where they are explained in detail. Chinese Name Traditional Image Traditional Characteristic Modern&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">trigram<\/a>, Li, might be a linchpin for the various situations delineated below. Keywords: clear differentiation; purification, separation<br>Li, fire, represents our ability to differentiate, to separate what is &ldquo;clear&rdquo; from what is &ldquo;unclear&rdquo;. The better I know myself, the easier it is for me to make this distinction. Only when I decide and concentrate on what is essential, I remain able to act. (more on the corresponding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/hexagramme_en\/787777.htm\">hexagram page<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading hexagrammseiten\">Case Study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A user asks the I Ching: &ldquo;How should I act in the current situation?&rdquo; The I Ching&rsquo;s response is hexagram <em>13 &ndash; fellowship with men<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The user does not specify the situation any further. Is it a situation with other people, a job situation? But actually this does not matter. I start my interpretation at the very root and ask: What is a situation?<br>A situation is a constellation of different aspects. These aspects may be harmonic, encourage and promote each other. But they may also oppose or block one another. In the midst of a situation we usually can act in more than one way. So the first question regarding a situation is: &ldquo;What are my options in this situation?&rdquo; And question number two: &ldquo;What path shall I choose to achieve best results?&rdquo;<br>The lower trigram of the hexagram <em>13 &ndash; fellowship with men<\/em> shows <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/li-the-fire\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Modern Interpretation: Clear discernment, purification, separation Li (the fire) stands for our ability to differentiate facts, influences, emotions &ndash; in short: the world&rsquo;s fullness. Without this ability to separate the &ldquo;clear from the unclear&rdquo;, we would be lost in a chaos of diversities. Only by differentiation, thus distinguishing what is important and what is not,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Li, the fire<\/a><\/em>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/no2do\" target=\"_self\" title=\"no2Do is a further development of the English term 2DO (2DO-list, to-do list, pending items list or task list). The prefix no suggests that quite often the most useful strategy confronting a problem is to do just... nothing - entirely in the spirit of Wu Wei (non-intervention). In this respect, no2DO is first of all&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">no2DO<\/a> I associate <em>Li<\/em> with the small intestine, which is described in the classical texts of Chinese medicine as the organ that separates the &ldquo;clear&rdquo; (= what is useful) from the &ldquo;unclear&rdquo; (= that what is of no use). On a physical level, food is transformed and split up in the stomach and then passed on to the small intestine. In the small intestine that what benefits and nourishes us is converted into life energy (Qi). All what is useless moves on to the large intestine and is later excreted. The small intestine&rsquo;s ability to make a clear distinction is vital. But this ability refers not only to the material level, it also includes the mental level. On the mental level the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/functional-circuit\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Meridian, pathway or channel through which, according to Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), the life energy (Qi) flows. There are twelve main channels, each of which is assigned to one organ system. On the meridians themselves, there are special points where - e.g. through needles (acupuncture) or finger pressure (acupressure) - the energy balance can be&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">functional circuit<\/a> of the small intestine refers to mental clarity and our ability to distinguish the important from the unimportant. (Citations to the functional circuit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/1306#small-intestine\">&rarr; small intestine<\/a>).<br>The first trigram <em>Li<\/em> raises the following questions regarding the user&rsquo;s situation: &ldquo;What aspects of this situation help me, give me strength, promote my growth?&rdquo; But also: &ldquo;What aspects are blocking me or lead me to a dead end in the long term?&rdquo; Hereby the word aspect is to be understood in a relatively broad way: it covers not only material conditions, but also includes attitudes, thoughts and feelings.<br>And there are even more questions to be answered: &ldquo;What is the quality of the individual aspects of this current situation? Which of them are a leitmotif to my behavior? Do they help me in achieving my long term goals? Or are there aspects in this situation I have ignored so far but which support my true goals excellently? &ldquo; Answering these questions shows us an attitude regarding how to face the current situation &ndash; eventually in a completely new, previously unknown way.<br>Once we achieve mental clarity and make a clear distinction, things may start moving on their own, in ways that are inscribed in their very core (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/sun-the-wind\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Modern Interpretation: Assertiveness; thinking, planning, acting; mental skills, insight Sun, the Wind \/ Tree, stands for a lively, pushing growth from within. Like the landscape&rsquo;s greening in the spring: self confident, powerful, without hesitation. Strategical, relentless, unstoppable. Like the wind: passing through every opening, into every corner. Phase Element: Wood Functional Circuit: Liver (LIV) Read&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">Sun, the wind \/ tree<\/a><\/em>; first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/core-character\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Lines 2, 3 and 4 form a hexagram's first core character, line 3, 4 and 5 its second core character. Both core characters highlight the hexagram's internal dynamics by showing how the two trigrams are linked together and interact.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">core character<\/a>). Sometimes, however, we must act for the situation to develop and to gain momentum.<br>At the end of the path there is <em>Qian<\/em>, the sky (second core character and upper trigram). <em>Qian<\/em> refers to our own mind, which ideally has a high degree of clarity and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/coherence\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Order, connection, pooling, similarity, symmetry\" class=\"encyclopedia\">coherence<\/a>, undisturbed by worries, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/desire\" target=\"_self\" title=\"In Jacques Lacan's psychoanalysis, desire is neither a conscious wish nor a reaction to a concrete need. It is an unquenchable movement of the psyche, born of a structural lack - a gap the subject can never fully close. Desire arises where something is missing - not a specific thing, but a fundamental absence within&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">desire<\/a>s, thought loops. When our mind is clear, when we are all one with ourself and with our goal, we are re-connected to the whole: a state of mind, that lets us accept life&rsquo;s uncertainties and marvel at its perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The user had consulted the I Ching with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/glossar\/changing-lines\" target=\"_self\" title='Depending on the divination method (yarrow stalks, coins or electronic oracle as we use it on no2DO), different numerical values result for each individual \"throw\": no2DO oracle (electronic): 7 or 8 coins or yarrow stalks: 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 The values 6 and 9 are regarded as changing lines, i.e. they change&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">changing lines<\/a>. Hexagram <em>13 &ndash; fellowship with men<\/em> in her case turns into <em>48 &ndash; the well<\/em>. Hexagram <em>48 &ndash; the well<\/em> is commented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/hexagramme_en\/877878.htm\">&rarr; here<\/a> in detail. With reference to hexagram 13- fellowship with men <em>48 &ndash; the well<\/em> may point at the fact that we shall proceed very carefully when distinguishing the situation&rsquo;s aspects. Internal consistence, ie concordance with our own true beliefs, our gut feeling, is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current interpretation can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/hexagramme_en\/787777.htm\">https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/hexagramme_en\/787777.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our mental clarity, our ability to differentiate between important and unimportant, is the pivotal point of this hexagram. Our clarity allows us to analyze a situation and the various aspects it comprises: What are my options in this situation? Which of these options should I choose to achieve best results? What or who will help&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/archives\/2013\">Weiterlesen:<span> 13 &#8211; fellowship with men<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[116],"tags":[286,287,248,282,250,299],"class_list":["post-2013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hexagrams","tag-k1-sun-en","tag-k2-qian-en","tag-li-sun-en","tag-oben-qian-en","tag-sun-qian-en","tag-unten-li-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10836,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions\/10836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.no2do.com\/synopse\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}