Too
good to be true.
The hexagram means false perfection. Since
everything
must change, a perfection can never be maintained and so any absolute
perfection is
a mirage.
Only in fantasies can dreams of perfection be
indulged. In
real life they lead to disappointment.
The hexagram also means falsity, in the sense of
a veil or apparition
disguising a truth. It can also mean seeing through a veil to an
underlying reality.
The hexagram may be relating to a fiction in
which reality is
idealised, or a dream of perfection that one aspires to, or a belief
system that one follows.
Fantasy is not without value. In the world of
theatre and art, for
example, the use of imagination and the lure of perfection is often
appropriate. Fantasy can be used to stimulate desire. Teasing and
foreplay enhance sexual delight.
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