Comments on: Annual readings

By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 11:09:37 +0000

That’s true - it is bound to happen sometimes, especially with an active forum. However, AFAIK synchronicity by definition is what occurs when outer events correlate in a meaningful way with inner ones - in other words, something is synchronistic when the person feels that it is.

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:36:53 +0000

IMHO, drawing a hex and then people discussing that hex in forums is not much of a synchronicity… bound to happen sometimes

By: stevenmidson

stevenmidson — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:25:08 +0000

dear all happy chinese/tibetean new year….albiet a late message,,,,probably because..it was coincidentley my 53rd birhday,,,00007mins of the morning,,,29th of january…as my personal year came to a close..in fr5osty cold weather i as many who practice chuntzu..i started to think of ourselves..the reason we like to connect and communicate using the oracle.i awoke on the 29th..thinking of..ding…[jeremiaha52.19..0]…and the term ding ge,,to establish the new…..i must admit my suprise that the tibetean house fax was down as i am sure our friends would have appreciated,,for the gilden mean,,,so here is my cast i share,,,with reverence to him in spirit who giudes,,those in spirit,who commune with the inncarnate,the esp we all are given,,and the djinof dhyana,the dere and dedicto,,,our message,,,ding-an-sichcontemplting ,,zhong fu..confuscias said,,,,only when one posses complete sincerity can one know of ones true nature,,,,new year…quian…humbleness..9middle ground ,midpiont,,good fprtune,,,,contemplate praece,,,chuntzu…this morning saturday thinking of our wider world,,,the idea gram is unification,of speech and and public…line 2 unable to contend ,,return and escape..his country of three thousand households,,no troubles….yet,,,,line 3..living of ones ancestors in heritance ,,be steadfast,,,serving the king,,,there is a claim and credit,,,,..tans to dun the retreat…….thogh disressed and exhausted,,,good nourishment..for the servants….spritual as well as physical….taosechien tells me retreat is constructive yet clinging to the darness is folly….”be not overcome with evil,but overcome the evil with goodness”[romans 12.21.] and clarity of one destiny…disicpline,,your thoughts,doa,accept truths,,conform all spiritual beliefs nourish one self…sojourn at the mountain,shrine,,,tiger spirit…innervision,,,shamans mask shall not be removed,,,yet there are angry ghosts and ,,,,tis to 7 we accumalate,,,sheng,,,,,,,methinks of pandas,,,,,,,,,,old zhou,,,the wu ,,,,,say i have three things i hold dear,,the first is love,,,the second contentment,,the third humblness…..believe in the central idea……..1115amzhunn…….,,,the world tree,,,,,,,[with thanks to many scholars translations writings and orotories who help me channell and write,,,to the queen bee,,,,and healing cui,healing,ming li…….

By: Lori Singer

Lori Singer — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:28:10 +0000

Thank you for such a wonderful idea as doing a Yearly Reading. I’ve thought of a lot of things but actually, I never thought of this. It sounds therapeutic as well as spiritual & meditative! A way to review what you have accomplished & what New Goals need to come into perspective?! I know I haven’t been very active lately, but I always check back and read this I-Ching site for basic new ideas. There are a plethera of I-Ching sites on the net, but this one is like a familiar Homesite! Thanks…..

By: Shadow Magi » Blog Archive » Annual readings

Shadow Magi » Blog Archive » Annual readings — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 05:19:18 +0000

[...] Annual readings February 02nd 2006 Posted in Op/Eds, Religion In The News, Tao Clarity writes in her always thoughtful newsletter “Answers” about Annual Readings: “With the turning of the Chinese Year, more people are contemplating their annual I Ching reading. Over at â€˜A touch of Ancientsâ€™, Allan Lian has written about the synchronicities that accompanied his reading for last year. Heâ€™s pausing at the change of year to look back as well as forward through the eyes of the Yijing - something I think is a very good idea. If you donâ€™t have an annual reading from the previous year to look at (or perhaps even if you do), you can always put the question to Yi, â€˜What can I learn from last yearâ€™s experiences?â€™ You can see another approach at Ren Qizhenâ€™s blog, the Way of long life and long vision. He asked a series of questions, about what to expect in the coming year, what the biggest change would be, what he must learn, and continued the conversation in response to these answers. When asking just for a single reading for the year ahead, I think you are really asking for a pattern - something that will pervade your experience, that you can recognise and learn from again and again in different forms. I do my annual reading on my birthday, December 7th, and was very startled last time to receive Hexagram 6, Conflict, moving to 59, Dispersing. I think of myself as the most peaceful and accepting of individuals. But here I have a moving line that talks to me firmly about not winning by arguing, and instead accepting the calling that comes to me, and settling down peacefully with what is. With this in mind for the past couple of months, Iâ€™ve started to notice for the first time how often I am sparked into action by indignant conviction of one kind or another. I hope Iâ€™ll be able to take this awareness from small-scale to something larger over the coming months.” You can subscribe to “Answers” free of charge. [...]