Comments on: I Ching coins questions http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/ Readings, insights and understanding from the I Ching, the oracle of Change. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:11:09 +0000 By: preach http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-72045 preach Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:41:24 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-72045 if i drop a coin on the floor, i usually look and see if it's on heads or tails and use that as my answer. like, i think that the Yi is making it slip out of my hands to result in its fate. but as said above, it's a good thought thinking that you may need to rethink a question or start all over. this has been great, helpful input. if i drop a coin on the floor, i usually look and see if it’s on heads or tails and use that as my answer. like, i think that the Yi is making it slip out of my hands to result in its fate.

but as said above, it’s a good thought thinking that you may need to rethink a question or start all over.

this has been great, helpful input.

]]> By: Tymothy http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-59104 Tymothy Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:23:26 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-59104 When this happens to me, what i tend to think is that i'm lazy in not using the stalks! But seriously, i posit betwixt the two positions offered, and generally just pick them all up, try to consciously forget what was layed out in comparison, and just throw again. I've never had a problem with this. But i do think that the Yi is saying something like "put more mind into your question through the way you throw the coins...", though i can't be totally sure. When this happens to me, what i tend to think is that i’m lazy in not using the stalks! But seriously, i posit betwixt the two positions offered, and generally just pick them all up, try to consciously forget what was layed out in comparison, and just throw again. I’ve never had a problem with this. But i do think that the Yi is saying something like “put more mind into your question through the way you throw the coins…”, though i can’t be totally sure.

]]> By: Hilary http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-59097 Hilary Mon, 01 Oct 2007 16:31:11 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-59097 Good thought. Anything that prompts more exploration round the question tends to be a good idea... :) Good thought. Anything that prompts more exploration round the question tends to be a good idea… :)

]]> By: crystal http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-59089 crystal Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:06:14 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-59089 If coins do not land flat (so as one side is clearly visable) then i usually take it to mean that the Yi does not want to answer the question at that pariualr time and i should ask again at another time. Sometimes it is that the question is innapropriate and needs to be re-worked or abandoned. According to the particualr nature of your inquiry, you will know which one applies. I think it's the Yi's way of saying think through the issue a little more, take more time to explore your concerns and then consult me again, when the particular issue is clearer in your mind and you are ready to recieve an answer. By doing this (exploring the issue a little more), sometimes the Yi answers the question without you having to ask! it will be interesting to hear other peoples ideas... I hope this helps If coins do not land flat (so as one side is clearly visable) then i usually take it to mean that the Yi does not want to answer the question at that pariualr time and i should ask again at another time.

Sometimes it is that the question is innapropriate and needs to be re-worked or abandoned. According to the particualr nature of your inquiry, you will know which one applies.

I think it’s the Yi’s way of saying think through the issue a little more, take more time to explore your concerns and then consult me again, when the particular issue is clearer in your mind and you are ready to recieve an answer.

By doing this (exploring the issue a little more), sometimes the Yi answers the question without you having to ask!

it will be interesting to hear other peoples ideas…

I hope this helps

]]> By: Hilary http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-58146 Hilary Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:05:16 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-58146 It does to me. :) It does to me. :)

]]> By: mercury http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-58145 mercury Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:41:36 +0000 http://onlineclarity.co.uk/answers/2007/09/05/i-ching-coins-questions/#comment-58145 I've wondered this a thousand times, as my coins roll and bounce off a wall, or my foot or a chair leg (sometimes I toss them as I'm sitting on the floor). I just kind of figure that where I am and what's around me is part of the particular moment, and if the coins bump something or roll someplace weird before they land flat, so be it. As long as it comes up heads or tails, that's what it is, under the couch or no -- and if it lands on its side, I retoss that coin. Make sense? I’ve wondered this a thousand times, as my coins roll and bounce off a wall, or my foot or a chair leg (sometimes I toss them as I’m sitting on the floor).

I just kind of figure that where I am and what’s around me is part of the particular moment, and if the coins bump something or roll someplace weird before they land flat, so be it. As long as it comes up heads or tails, that’s what it is, under the couch or no — and if it lands on its side, I retoss that coin.

Make sense?

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