Comments on: Divination for awareness

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:17:45 +0000

Glenroy, I know exactly what you mean by the ‘waking up’ effect of readings. Sometimes gently, sometimes with copious amounts of cold water.

Gene…

“An entire book could be written about this.”

Undoubtedly. I think this one’s for you.

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:00:49 +0000

The regular use of the I Ching for spiritual growth, I submit, is the highest and best use of the I Ching. Through it we learn the nature of the universe and its secrets. We unlock our deepest hidden secrets in the dark side of ourselves. (See hexagram 57) We learn our own and general psychology, and about our deepest fears and wishes. It is said in hexagram 17 that the follower of the I Ching, (the King) is offered Mount Chi. In otherwords is offered the highest gift available, the gift of truly knowing ones own self. Line 1 of hexagram 19 tells us that when we approach the wisdom of the I Ching in good faith, it in turn approaches us. Line 3 promises that if we approach in good faith, the relationship will be comfortable, and line four promises that the teaching will eventually be complete, with no steps left out. Hexagram 25 line one tells us that our interaction with the I Ching must be one of innocence, with no ulterior motives.

An entire book could be written about this. There is no line in the I ching that does not give us counsel about ourselves and our relationship with the I Ching. We just must be able to interpret the symbols, and understand the allegory.

Gene

By: Glenroy Wolfsen

Glenroy Wolfsen — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:58:40 +0000

For me it is usually once a day - sometimes less - sometimes it is with NO specific question so that I may be “shown” or echoed to what I must need to see. There are on-going themes regarding people I am in relationships of various kinds with. It shows me things about my own character in those relationships - and things about the other persons character - and sometimes things about the unit, the “us”, of me and those characters what is more than the sum of its parts. And it is almost always a corrective - sometimes an affirmation - sometimes a meditation - sometimes an insight - but always an awakening from the myopia and sleep that characterizes my “attachment” to the conditoinal and conditioned - the out of balance fragment that I am, and the fact that I am not “I AM” usually. I am usually someone else playing “me” - and the YiJing beings “me” out to see myself in the momuments it erects before my face. These hyroglyphs of intellegence lift me to “view” the life I am scripting and allow me to make choices so that I can cause my life rather than let me of from effect of come other cause only.

By: pikey

pikey — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:36:28 +0000

once a week readings are something that i need to do once again to recieve some clarity for decisions and to give a balanced approached to certain situations.
pikey

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By: Hilary

Hilary — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:18:38 +0000

Once youâ€™ve actually applied what you have been taught via the Yi I personally think that it enhances the responses. Almost like it augments the conduit.

That makes lots of sense to me - thinking of it in terms of the health and capacity of the conduit works really well. (Wait… we know a hexagram about that, don’t we? ) It also describes what happens in the opposite case: with lots of questioning and no application, the conduit atrophies.

By: Topal

Topal — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:03:49 +0000

“But it is a constant corrective and reality check.”

Yes indeedy. I make know bones about admitting I really need the ‘ole IC at the moment. Hex 3 comes to mind. Is it line 3 that gives the idea of without sufficient planning - a guide - you can become lost? This is very true after a relationship break up or shock of any kind where your mind/body matrix is completely shot and your inner compass is damaged (or has a design fault ;0) this is where the Yi can instruct and guide very successfully if you can learn to quiet those raging emotions (see it, want it give it to me now) whatever mental, emotional, physical desire that may be.

Once you’ve actually applied what you have been taught via the Yi I personally think that it enhances the responses. Almost like it augments the conduit. Just like the teacher knows that the Student has made the knowledge his own and is ready for the next stage of understanding. This would make sense to me somehow. When you learn something or break out of a habit you have “re-wired” the brain and actually does physically change the neuronal networks. Therefore, at some strange level it may be that the Yi picks up on that in some way. There is an exchange that is quite mathematical as well as beautiful. Probably the same thing.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:07:54 +0000

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:10:22 +0000

I find that those moments when I’m open and unattached to a particular outcome or objective to be the most satisfying. If I’m prepared to receive (and prepared for an occasional surprise!) I get more out of the experience and I allow myself the time to revisit the oracle’s response. Thanks for your post.

Eric