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Some live much like human slaves here on this earth, not freewheeling at all. It is not good. Let this be the golden egg some need to hear of: "Try to appear somewhat unrecognisable, a little haphazard too, if conditions work against you in constricting, urbanised ways. Maybe it could help, maybe not."
[More in this vein below]

Avoid drudgery

Think "well-well" to fit in and avoid drudgery.

THERE IS some similarity between procuring an oracle saying and the acts of a clown. And both a saying and a clown need to be understood in a context, next in their connections, and then you should find out how far there tends to be suggestive, impressive meanings for you personally.
What is more, there may be good reasons to be unimpressed and not hypnotised by criss-crossed ceremonials, pomp and outward splendour - by other things that come in your way to serve some majestic-looking others more than yourself, basically.
Thus, it should be good and work well for a hen or home-builder to beware at least mentally the very first moment a great-looking clown asks others to build things for him, for his old ideals, and go on well as he says. The point is, you could do better, but will you ever find out unless you search some alternatives that are thought to be odious by those who may profit on you whre you go ahead "just as usual", or "as before", I ask?

THE REGULAR "clown" you seek to bow down in front of, may suggest you respond in serious ways, apart from the natural ways as well. Think nothing of him if that is the case! What is more, he can be less serious and far less well-meaning than gentle others around, less well-doing than most others thought. He could be less dear inside than you considered possible too. He could mean to have you trapped and made us of terribly much in the long run.
At any rate, you're also supposed to make the best out of what comes out of clown or circumstances confronting you or your next of kin, for example.
Seeking alternatives to rut-living, there are some splendid ideas to find inside oracle teachings. If you turn to them to loosen up and find quite good suggestions, there is a certain process to be alerted to. You should not ignore that:
You have to crack open ideas and catch the valuable substance inside, and present it in ways that suit yourself, first of all. Then, if you have done the right thing, have a smile on your face for some more days. It could be that you deserve it.
The desire to turn to an oracle teaching may suggest you need a more serious response ... one that says such as "build well, it may appear haphazard to many others. All the same, try. If you can do nothing better, maybe it could serve you better than anything else. That's one fit point too."

IN THE East, far away among two-legged people, consulting oracle teachings is still in vogue, and among splendid Americans.
There are many things to resolve in a life-time. A thing that normally helps, is to strive to see a whole picture and contemplate it well for a while. That standard approach calls for retreating a bit, maybe arrest your advancing strides for a little longer. Perhaps that seems next to impossible for a little hen, but you never know what could be done (manifested) if you don't try. And what is more, some may succeed if you yourself don't do it full well.
If something seems impossible, the good-humoured clowns (read: oracle sayings) may give some needed hints or even resolutions to plumb too, all the same: Cheerful to look at, the non-wicked clown calls for straightening and realignment, which could work very well for some, and not for many others. There are some clowns that do things like these, and some that never do it. Thus, beware and find good clowns. Often they insist things to you in so camouflaged or distant-looking ways that you don't see what is said. It doesn't have to be a fault on the side of the clown if that happens. Far from it.

THE GOOD clown may portray ambitions and goals that are common and much shared in humankind. Probing into them, he sometimes makes fun of it, sometimes he seems to weep inside his overdone mask. It could happen.
The clowns you come across could even reveal your goals in fair ways, but maybe in unforeseen, unexpected ones. Your part is to get more alerted to it, if it happens.
Good goals may meet with much resitance, great goals may find more resistance than many others. Polite but resolute actions could make some resistance dwindle - maybe for a while, maybe not all of it. You have to be prepared that if you advance, there is a chance you disturb some fixed balances, and then you may weary out easier -
The seemingly haphazard ways of the oracle-liker, on the other hand, may be too good to be found out. And there you have it; it is the legitimation and maybe the inroad to your own fabulous or good uses in these waters.

WHAT IS more, we deal in what may be called root proverbs and proverb-looking tenets ever so often on these pagaes. We suggest you look into savoury proverbs of the Bible too, while you're at it. Not a few of our underpinnings can be valid in such a setting too. If you learn to consider the rather likely interpretations and good uses on top of that, it could work for your good, after all. Hence, learn splendid proverbs and next try to apply them as well. Expert uses of proverbs is a new route opened up to you on these pages.
Have good proverbs to hear or read often. It helps to think of them, try to understand and next use select, favourite items to your own advantage where possible. Now go ahead if you're frisk enough," said the hawk to the hen.

Eight stands and things to associate with each if you care

LOOK TO a map. It has eight directions. They are, starting in the east:

East
South-east
South
South-west
West
North-west
North
North-east

Each direction can be associated with an animal, and maybe two and three. It is possible if you sift the hallmarks of the animals around and of the seasons too, all according to a system that goes for seemingly fit natural correspondences.
You will find that in the handed-over ancient Chinese tradition there are some things to be associated with each heavenly direction for the sake of clarity. We have surfed these symbols of thought, and replaced a few items here and there for the sake of purported clarity. You should see how far this makes sense to someone like yourself.
The main point is: The associated animals are here to assist memorisation of the separate ports. If you don't like these items, feel free to place the ancient ones wisely in their stead.
At this point it should be made clear: We don't like to change things for the sake of change only, but do it to enhance winning chances through such as clarity of figurative imagery. The animals come consecutively in this order:

Baboon
Ox or hedgehog
Pig
Dragon
Gorilla
Eagle
Rooster
Wolf or bison

Trigrams and hexagrams

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I Ching consists of sixty-four hexagrams. You can see a hexagram here (hexa - six). It has an upper part of three lines - a trigram (tri, three). It has a nether part, one more trigram. There may be eight different upper trigrams and eight different lower trigrams.
In the illustration, the upper trigram is called Kan (abyss etc), the lower trigram is called Chien (heaven etc). They make up the hexagram called "Nourishment" and similar things.
More on hexagrams here: [Click]

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