{"id":2504,"date":"2024-03-31T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycal8.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/03\/31\/47-mycal-oppression\/"},"modified":"2024-03-31T11:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T11:35:00","slug":"47-mycal-oppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycal8.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/03\/31\/47-mycal-oppression\/","title":{"rendered":"47.mycal &#8212; Oppression"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n5liL7xW4zw\" width=\"320\" youtube-src-><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span><\/span><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><center><span><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hexagram_(I_Ching)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hexagram<\/a>&nbsp;47<\/h1>\n<p><\/span><\/center><span><br \/>\n<br \/><b>B<a amzn-ps-bm-asin=\"B07H326RDY\" data-amzn-link-id=\"63f2720ba0fbf652df00d7f20f4bf56e\" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword=\"by James Byrd, the future\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YCsNfA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">y: James Byrd<\/a><span style=\"border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-width: initial;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"0\" id=\"amznPsBmPixel_4252963\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?source=bk&amp;t=protocolenterpri&amp;bm-id=default&amp;l=ktl&amp;linkId=63f2720ba0fbf652df00d7f20f4bf56e&amp;_cb=1552279129168\" style=\"border: none; height: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 0px;\" width=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\n<span><br \/>\n<b>I. The Oracle<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>\n<span><br \/>\nA. Hexagram forty-seven is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yijing.nl\/trigrams\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kun<\/a>, or Confining. Variations include Oppression, Exhaustion and entangled. Its lower trigram is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yijing.nl\/trigrams\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kan<\/a>: gorge or water.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<span><b>B. The Judgment<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span>&nbsp; &nbsp;1. Oppression. Success. Perseverance.<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;2. The great man brings about good fortune. No blame.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>&nbsp; &nbsp;3. When one has something to say,<\/span><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span>&nbsp; &nbsp; <span>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span>It is not believed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>\n<span>C. The Image<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><br \/>\n&nbsp; 1. There is not water in the lake:<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a) The image of Exhaustion.<br \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; b) Thus the superior man stakes his life,<\/span><br \/>\n<span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;On following his will.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>\n<span><br \/>\n<b>II. My interpretation<\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<h3>\nA. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesdekorne.com\/GBCh\/hex47.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The water line.<\/a>&#8220;<\/h3>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div>\n<p>The general story here is to not get trapped in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4369958\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oppressive positioning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It has, I think, lot to do with <a href=\"https:\/\/whatisstoicism.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stoicism<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<span face=\"&quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6b6b6b; font-size: 16px;\">by&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/whatisstoicism.com\/stoicism-definition\/zeno-citium-founder-stoicism\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #13aff0; cursor: pointer; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-underline-offset: 3px; transition: all 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;\" target=\"_blank\">Zeno of Citium<\/a><span face=\"&quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif\" style=\"background-color: white; color: #6b6b6b; font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;in Athens around 300 BC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>. It goes like this, you can be anything, but you still have to be that reverend to appease the followings of your father&#8217;s family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That would be slotted oppression. It&#8217;s not that people, unlike you can get into their automobiles and drive to the next town or location to work. Everyday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the oppressed who are somewhat like in the story of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Allegory_of_the_cave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Allegory of the Cave,<\/a>&#8221; by Plato.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;They do not really know what&#8217;s, what&#8217;s, in terms of reality. It&#8217;s all about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8314293\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transitional knowledge<\/a>.&nbsp; If but there was one person in that cave would branch out and break the stigma &#8211; 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, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesdekorne.com\/GBCh\/hex48.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hexagram 48<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do not in your mind think that someone is hopeless, by doing that while&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/incognito\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incognito<\/a>, 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.&nbsp; 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anti-oppressive_practice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anti-oppressive practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=uZFBfTfLWt4&amp;offerid=512744.119&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Frontline Plus is the no.1 vet recommended flea and tick treatment for canines. Easy to apply, this topical treatment combats fleas and ticks for a whole month.\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/budgetpetworld.com\/images\/feed\/468x60-frontline.jpg?ssl=1\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=uZFBfTfLWt4&amp;bids=512744.119&amp;type=4&amp;subid=0\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p> <\/center><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\n<center><br \/>\n <strong>References<\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<center style=\"text-align: left;\">Blofield, John (1965).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HUTAhW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Ching the Book of Change an Important New Translation of the Ancient Chinese Book of Diviation<\/a><\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\"><br \/>\nByrd, James (2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40sSUaI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;The Future&#8221;<\/a><\/center><center style=\"text-align: left;\">Huang, Kerson, and Rosemary (1987). <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YriqLR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Ching<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=protocolenterpri&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0894803190\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/><\/center><br \/>\nKarcher, S. and Ritesema, R. (1995). <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Y2o3jv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Ching: The Classic Chinese Oracle of Change [The First Complete Translation with Concordance]<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=protocolenterpri&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=156619945X\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nLegge, James (2012). <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/40wDaDy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The I Ching: The Book of Changes (Sacred Books of China: The Book of Changes)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=protocolenterpri&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00A420GEY\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nReifler, S. (1974) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3DBPA35\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Ching: The World&#8217;s Oldest and Most Revered System of Fortune Telling<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=protocolenterpri&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B000O51FJQ\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nVan Over, R. (1971), <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HXkVjt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I Ching<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=protocolenterpri&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B001G4Y9P6\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nWilhelm, R., and Baynes. C.F. (1967). <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lc5URO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The I Ching, or, Book of Changes (Bollingen Series XIX)<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=protocolenterpri&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=069109750X\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/><br \/>\nWilhelm, Hellmut and Richard Wilhelm (1995). <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3HUoZRs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Understanding the I Ching<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=protocolenterpri&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0691001715\" style=\"border: none; margin: 0px;\" width=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%23mycal8&amp;sxsrf=AJOqlzXvnumd24woEA39SLxczKjElL7MAA%3A1675522100231&amp;source=hp&amp;ei=NHDeY7CbDKj2kPIPobuUoAg&amp;iflsig=AK50M_UAAAAAY95-RNPKVCBS9eQg_J6mDETqHXRe0Lwh&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiwheKcjvz8AhUoO0QIHaEdBYQQ4dUDCAo&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=%23mycal8&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBAgjECc6BwgjEOoCECdQvA9YvA9g6CNoAXAAeACAAWWIAWWSAQMwLjGYAQCgAQKgAQGwAQo&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#mycal8<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><ins data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2927671629637182\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3668398455\" style=\"display: block;\"><\/ins>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hexagram&nbsp;47 By: James Byrd I. The Oracle&nbsp; A. Hexagram forty-seven is kun, or Confining. Variations include Oppression, Exhaustion and entangled. Its lower trigram is kan: gorge or water.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; B. The Judgment &nbsp; &nbsp;1. Oppression. Success. Perseverance. &nbsp; &nbsp;2. The great man brings about good fortune. No blame. &nbsp; &nbsp;3. 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