I-Ching : #5...Calculated waiting

I'm thinking one of the things I will keep track on here is my I-Ching readings. I do not do them that often however it will be a good way to keep a record and track of how correct they are. The I-Ching does not "tell" the future as such. It tells of the possible outcome given a certain set of behaviors as it were. I am still learning. The I-Ching is one of the oldest written books. When used with a clear mind and a connection to the "force" it can help one in making/maintaining the right choice, attitude. Any way it is entertaining experiment.

In the past I have yet to see it incorrect in it's assessments. I have however been incorrect in my interpretations. or...perhaps my perspective changed after the fact. It is however regardless interesting. It has in uses in the stock market for some, Feng Shui for others, war, love, business, whatever our human conditions.
The 64 trigrams cover all our earthly conditions. The I Ching has been used for more than 5000 years as an aid to making decisions, predicting the future, etc. So, if nothing else, it is a long-standing and popular source of wisdom and inspiration.

So for the New Year I did a reading with the question:

What is my best path for 2010.

One should not ask a yes or no question.

My Trigram is

5. Hsü / Waiting (Nourishment)

All beings have need of nourishment from above.
But the gift of food comes
in its own time, and for this one must wait.
This hexagram shows
the clouds in the heavens, giving rain to
refresh all that grows and to
provide mankind
with food and drink. The rain will come in
its own time. We cannot make it
come; we have to wait for it. The idea of
waiting is further suggested by the
attributes of the two trigrams--strength within,
 danger in from.
Strength in
the face of danger does not plunge ahead but
bides its time,
whereas weakness
in the face of danger grows agitated and
has not the patience to wait.

THE JUDGMENT

WAITING. If you are sincere,
You have light and success.
Perseverance brings good fortune.
It furthers one to cross the great water.

Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has
the inner certainty of
reaching the
goal. Such certainty alone gives that light
which leads to success.
This leads
to the perseverance that brings good fortune
and bestows power
to cross the
great water. One is faced with a danger that
has to be overcome.
Weakness
and impatience can do nothing. Only a strong
man can stand up
to his fate,
for his inner security enables him to endure
to the end. This
strength shows
itself in uncompromising truthfulness
 [with himself]. It is only
when we
have the courage to face things exactly as
they are, without any
sort of self-
deception or illusion, that a light will
develop out of events,
by which the
path to success may be recognized. This
recognition must be
followed by
resolute and persevering action. For only
the man who goes to
meet his fate
resolutely is equipped to deal with it
adequately. Then he will
be able to cross
the great water--that is to say, he will
be capable of making
the necessary
decision and of surmounting the danger.

THE IMAGE

Clouds rise up to heaven:
The image of WAITING.
Thus the superior man eats and drinks,
Is joyous and of good cheer.

When clouds rise in the sky, it is a
sign that it will rain.
There is nothing to
do but to wait until after the rain
falls. It is the same in
life when destiny is at
work. We should not worry and seek to
shape the future by
interfering in
things before the time is ripe. We should
quietly fortify
the body with food
and drink and the mind with gladness and
 good cheer. Fate
comes when it
will, and thus we are ready.


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there is more to this, I will go into later.

so, to be cont'd