Hexagram Reading: We Always Solve One Problem Only to Fall Into Another—This Is the Problem
- By YOWAYOW
1. The Phenomenon: Solving One Problem, Only to Face Another
When reading hexagrams, many people notice a familiar pattern: just as one difficulty is clarified, another arises. Financial worries may be resolved, yet relationship challenges appear; emotional clarity comes, but career obstacles follow. Problems seem endless, and hexagram reading feels like an eternal cycle.
This is not a failure of the hexagrams themselves—it is a matter of perspective.
2. The Cause: Stuck on the Branches
Most people try to solve “surface problems,” like tending to yellowing leaves while ignoring the root’s lack of water. One problem is treated, another emerges from deeper layers.
For example:
- Financial struggles may not be about a single business deal, but about inner attachment and anxiety regarding wealth.
- Relationship difficulties often stem not from the other person, but from one’s own insecurity or lack of personal responsibility.
- Career stagnation may not be due to the environment, but a lack of clarity in direction or mindset.
Focusing only on the branches leads naturally to endless cycles.
3. The Way Forward: Return to the Root—The Path of Transcendence
The true value of hexagrams is not to eliminate every problem, but to reveal the root behind them.
- Why do problems recur?
- Where is my attachment?
- Am I repeating the same patterns?
When we confront the root, many surface problems dissolve naturally. Transcendence is not about being problem-free—it is about seeing through the problems and addressing their origin.
As the I Ching says: “When exhausted, change; through change, there is flow; through flow, there is permanence.” Finding the root is the true turning point. Branches may wither or bloom, but only a stable root allows us to navigate change with ease.
Conclusion
The purpose of hexagram reading is not to endlessly eliminate problems, but to teach us: move from branches to the root, and transform ourselves at the source. This is the true path of transcendence.
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