reflections on creators block

Help! reached an impasse in design...i consult the oracle iching for help.. it advises this..

Hexagram is changing to:

53. Ji’an (Development)

Action: Flower

Hu Gua (hidden influence) 64 Before Completion: Prepare

Zong Gua (underlying cause) 54 Propriety: Subordinate

Received as 2nd Hexagram: You may want the situation to move more quickly but it won't. It is unfolding at its own pace which takes time.

Success comes when you pull your nature forward without pushing yourself into the world.

📷

For the benefit of the roses, we water the thorns too.

Ji’an shows the gradual development of how a woman follows a man to become his wife. The hidden influence of Before Completion reveals how all developments must be allowed the time and patience necessary for the course to complete itself in a natural way. In the image of a tree, which grows slowly, something rises from a seed or blueprint within. We too are endowed with Te, or the knowledge within that guides our dreams and holds the design of who we are growing to become. The underlying cause of Propriety reflected subordinating the will or being placed too quickly in an unnatural situation where you must catch up. Gradual Development shows the opposite as a time of moving forward step by step or patiently waiting for something to unfold. This hexagram has emphasis on living from the inside-out rather than the outside-in. Like a tree nourished by the sun and rain, we may look to the outer world for elements that nourish us, but we do not look to others for answers about who we are. This information is sacred to our Te or internal blueprint. We don’t push ourselves into the world, we pull from the core of our inspired center and Permeate our being ness into the world. There is a need for a gentle, adaptable and penetrating approach just as a tree spreads its arms displaying its rich foliage – “this is who I am.” A commitment of endurance and the elimination of the ‘monkey mind’ is required. We must quiet its tendency toward survival, always looking for threats and what is wrong in the environment. Instead, we wake up in each and every moment balanced in the knowledge that we are living from the inside out. By honoring who we are, life celebrates our arrival. The lines refer to the Geese which symbolize a connection between our organic and spiritual nature demonstrated in grace and dignity. They walk on land, float in water and soar through the sky revealing how following instinct and relying on surrounding elements to uplift us, we always arrive exactly where we need to be. This hexagram can show a relationship with a need to allow for patience so that one or the other has time to catch up to the other’s feelings.