Hilary Barrett, I Ching

The Judgement of Hexagram 15 says that,
‘Integrity creates success,
The noble one completes things.’
What’s the significance of ‘completing things’ (literally, ‘having completion’), as against just ‘succeeding’?
Wilhelm translates this as ‘carries things through’ and describes it as completing one’s work; he mentions how much simpler and more effective it is not to be concerned with acknowledgement. The [...]

Here’s Donna Woodka’s lovely blog, Changing Places, quoting Deng Ming Tao as he speaks out against divination.
Specifically, he’s opposed to the use of divination in big, life-changing decisions - because, according to him -

divination amounts to looking for reassurance from forces “out there” - which doesn’t work
depending on it means giving up control over your [...]

If you follow the ‘Blog of the Wandering Sages’ you’ll have heard of Caroline Casey’s Visionary Activism radio show. Stephen Karcher has just been a guest on her show for a second time - this time together with a Voodoo expert. You can stream the audio from here, or download the mp3 directly.

Questioning the question - Harmen’s Dagboek
Harmen challenges the conventional wisdom that it’s necessary to create a focussed, specific question. He is concerned that you can limit your perception as you limit the scope of your question, and hence miss what is truly important. Instead, he suggests ‘addressing a situation’ to the oracle.
This is good… it’s [...]