47.mycal -- Oppression

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Hexagram 47

By: James Byrd

I. The Oracle 

A. Hexagram forty-seven is kun, or Confining. Variations include Oppression, Exhaustion and entangled. Its lower trigram is kan: gorge or water.      

B. The Judgment

   1. Oppression. Success. Perseverance.
   2. The great man brings about good fortune. No blame.

   3. When one has something to say,

        It is not believed.

C. The Image

  1. There is not water in the lake:
      a) The image of Exhaustion.
      b) Thus the superior man stakes his life,
           On following his will. 

II. My interpretation 

A. "The water line."

The general story here is to not get trapped in oppressive positioning.

It has, I think, lot to do with stoicism- by Zeno of Citium in Athens around 300 BC.

. It goes like this, you can be anything, but you still have to be that reverend to appease the followings of your father's family. 

That would be slotted oppression. It's not that people, unlike you can get into their automobiles and drive to the next town or location to work. Everyday. 

Unlike the oppressed who are somewhat like in the story of "The Allegory of the Cave," by Plato.

 They do not really know what's, what's, in terms of reality. It's all about transitional knowledge.  If but there was one person in that cave would branch out and break the stigma - of change, that would be that first believer of the alternate reality. The wanderer looking for the well, that would the next hexagram the well, hexagram 48. 

Do not in your mind think that someone is hopeless, by doing that while incognito, we are in fact, killing them in your mind. The rudimentary word would be doubt, it nullifies all images of loved ones and their true reaction to our misgivings or almost trues about that person, personally.  Know the truth about that familiar stranger. It helps for positive encounters in the future. Yea, we know, get your undertones in order, apply valid assumption labels on others. learn more about Anti-oppressive practice.

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