soshin
March 19th, 2004, 01:48 AM
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I did not mean to give the impression that I just 'flip open the book' for all questions, I do it mostly for inspirational reading, sort of like for a daily pep talk from the Yi. Although, I do believe that ALL the methods WORK, if that be YOUR INTENTION. Intention being the key word here. I once consulted the Yi in New Orleans0my hometown, and a city known for its cockroach population), by writing down the question and then watching a wall in my living room. All the roaches that ran to the left were yin, all that ran to the right were yang, if they ran up and then turned right, they were yang changing and if they ran down and turned left they were yin changing. Took about half an hour and I got one of the best, most accurate readings I've ever had.<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE>
This gem left a little underrated in an otherwise not so interesting discussion. It's from Frandoch and I thought I would give some impressions of my own to it.
In one of my trekking tours in Nepal in the early nineties I ran out of coins and was too much in a hurry to get stalks prepared (although there were a lot of greens around growing), so I measured the number of people going over a suspension bridge. If they were turning left after the bridge, it was a yin, if right, a yang, if it was a donkey then yin changing, if it was a dog, then yang changing.
As you can imagine, this reading was perfect, saving me from getting caught in a snowstorm on a high pass I intended to walk later on.
Years later I met a shaman of sorts of the local population in a high valley and with the help of my porter I conversated with him about the Yijing and this experience. He was totally overwhelmed by the fact that we western shamans only use yarrow stalks and coins normally and meant that he prefers to read the flight of the eagles (because they are high-flying creatures, seeing so much more of the world). He even knew the Yijing, saying it is something the tibetan shamans use.
Just my two rupees worth... ;-)
Namaste
Soshin
I did not mean to give the impression that I just 'flip open the book' for all questions, I do it mostly for inspirational reading, sort of like for a daily pep talk from the Yi. Although, I do believe that ALL the methods WORK, if that be YOUR INTENTION. Intention being the key word here. I once consulted the Yi in New Orleans0my hometown, and a city known for its cockroach population), by writing down the question and then watching a wall in my living room. All the roaches that ran to the left were yin, all that ran to the right were yang, if they ran up and then turned right, they were yang changing and if they ran down and turned left they were yin changing. Took about half an hour and I got one of the best, most accurate readings I've ever had.<!-/Quote-!><HR SIZE=0></BLOCKQUOTE>
This gem left a little underrated in an otherwise not so interesting discussion. It's from Frandoch and I thought I would give some impressions of my own to it.
In one of my trekking tours in Nepal in the early nineties I ran out of coins and was too much in a hurry to get stalks prepared (although there were a lot of greens around growing), so I measured the number of people going over a suspension bridge. If they were turning left after the bridge, it was a yin, if right, a yang, if it was a donkey then yin changing, if it was a dog, then yang changing.
As you can imagine, this reading was perfect, saving me from getting caught in a snowstorm on a high pass I intended to walk later on.
Years later I met a shaman of sorts of the local population in a high valley and with the help of my porter I conversated with him about the Yijing and this experience. He was totally overwhelmed by the fact that we western shamans only use yarrow stalks and coins normally and meant that he prefers to read the flight of the eagles (because they are high-flying creatures, seeing so much more of the world). He even knew the Yijing, saying it is something the tibetan shamans use.
Just my two rupees worth... ;-)
Namaste
Soshin