Hilary Barrett, I Ching

I’ve been thinking and divining about confidence in readings, and acting on readings, and being coached along the way by Yi into asking more lucid questions. Having the confidence to act on a reading, by itself, was no guide to anything. Reaching the right moment to act on a reading could be a powerful thing [...]

When I asked about getting the confidence to act on one’s understanding of a reading, Yi pointed out to me in its own inimitable way that this wasn’t a very valuable question to ask. One can get into trouble by having confidence as easily as by lacking it. So why don’t I ask about understanding [...]

When I asked people their biggest challenge in working with the I Ching, so many said, in one form of words or another, that it had to do with confidence. Forming a question, casting a hexagram, even coming up with intelligent interpretations of the answer – these things might take some practice, but they flow [...]

I stumbled over this article by Brian Clark, ‘Something about the I Ching‘. I think it’s unusually good – not just your usual introductory rewritten Wikipedia, but a blend of personal experience, fresh ways to think about patterns of questioning (‘arc’ or ‘arrow’?) and use, and contentious opinions about translations and politics. Plenty to digest, [...]