Here is a post from Ren Qizhen about a reading of his, and here is his review of what came next. Reading the two together, some very strong and informative connections come to mind. He was asking about how to be during a series of business meetings, and phrased his… Read more »Hexagram 45 in practice
There is a new, original article at the Great Vessel: The Voices of the Lines: multiple transforming lines. It describes each line of the hexagram as a ‘voice’, ‘like sounding boxes or wind harps or metaphors.’ Line 1, for example, is described as “The Voice of Beginnings, the first entrance… Read more »The Voices of the Lines
With the turning of the Chinese Year, more people are contemplating their annual I Ching reading. Over at ‘A touch of Ancients’, Allan Lian has written about the synchronicities that accompanied his reading for last year. He’s pausing at the change of year to look back as well as forward… Read more »Annual readings
One of those frequently asked Yijing questions – what does ‘seeing the great person’ mean? Often it means finding someone who’s already achieved the goal or the standard you’re aiming for, and seeking their advice. You might be able to do that directly by talking with them; you might find… Read more »How to see the great person
The First Insight from James Redfield’s Celestine Prophecy says that people are increasingly feeling that there must be more to life, and that the signs that there is more come as synchronicities. A sense of meaning, direction and growth in life begins with the recognition of synchronicities as personal signposts.… Read more »I Ching reading for the First Insight
Happy… New… Year… of the Dog
There have been some very interesting comments to my ‘Christmas I Ching’ post, and I just added some more that arrived by email. Connecting the Maslow hierarchy of needs to the line positions is an interesting idea – I had a faint inkling of it years ago, in connection with… Read more »Comments on the Christmas I Ching
