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Very briefly, this is part of the taoist take on the nature of reality, the "as above so below" principle coded in the binary above-below numerical system of the I Ching. "Heaven above, 32, Earth below, 32" is a statement often encountered in taoist alchemical literature. The set of 64 hexagrams exhibits a perfect balance: 32 hexagrams are Yang in nature. These are the hexagrams that contain an odd number of solid, yang lines (1, 3, or 5). 32 hexagrams are Yin in nature. These are the hexagrams that contain an even number of broken, yin lines (2, 4, or 6). The human body, measured in kuns, is 64. A kun is a measurement unit (used, e.g., by competent acupuncturists for locating points) for a particular individual, approximately the width of that individual's thumb. It is of course slightly different for all people, but based on the fractal nature of the body, there will be corresponding differences in the length of every part, and each anatomically normal human body will measure 64 kun. The lower "heaven" part and the upper "earth" part are each 32.

and mainly over the head in the position of the Sahasrara Chakra ; which had its origin in the nimbus or halo which had its origin in Zoroastrianism ; but a nasty person had snakes coming out their shoulders ;

I do daily squats and like the posture she described in her book. I think squats are magic. I don’t do the full series any longer.

Knowing nothing about the system of trigrams, I'll comment this. Why 64? 2^6 = 64. Hm. Interesting.

Thank you!

There are many translations of the DDJ, but none of them is standard!

Im going to try that.

Oooooo ... 'unpopular' . - these posts should have an unpopular rating score ..... a URS index . eg .....

Or in the emotional system - or in the intuitional/heart system if active

I think it's one of the least mysterious statements in the I Ching. A favorable beginning (yuan), penetrating progress (heng), beneficial appropriateness (li), and steadfast correctness (zhen) -- throughout the I Ching Yuanheng Lizhen stands for the "green light" in response to your divination. A "yes," rather than what the outcome of other inquiries may be -- "maybe," "possible but not likely," "don't go there," "a hard no."