Yi 142: In The Army Now

In a dream several months ago a man in The Army - he wore a uniform - told me "I think you should join The Army." The man lopked like the (deceased) actor Pat Hingle. A quick search turned up Mr. Hingle's appearance as an Army Colonel in an episode of the (deceased) TV show, MASH. The accompanying photo (below) showed him to Very Much resemble the man in the dream. 

I know the dream to mean that I am being nudged to join The Army re hexagram 7, which is to say I am being nudged tp Get My Shit Together, this The Army and its message re Discipline, re commencing the necessary Lifestyle Change, Or Else. Today I am at last moved by the circumstances of my life to commit to this, to Join The Army now.

Boot camp begins tomorrow in the form of begin literal and figurative Housecleaning. GymBob, my Monday through Friday exercise program, will begin with The New Year and be trackable re progress via its own blog. 

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NOTES AND PARAPHRASES

DeKorne: This is a clear image of the ego taking its proper role in the integration of the psyche -- bringing thoughts, passions and drives under the discipline of will. A Kabbalist might interpret the three honors bestowed by "the king" (the Self) as authority conferred in the three lower realms of sensation, emotion and thought.

A. An image of responsible authority -- nourish and control your forces.

B. It is the ego's role to bring autonomous forces within the psyche under the discipline of will.

Pat Hingle, MASH Colonel