What does Yijing add to the unconscious understanding?

[noxlux]

Hello,

I have a question which has been circulating in my mind for a period of time. I believe Jung talks about the Yijing as some sort of rorschach spot whereupon the unconscious can projekt the answer searched for.

Now if one has access to more direct methods of communicating with the unconscious that would of course render the Yijing absolutely superfluous. My personal experience however is that there are such methods, and yet the yijing adds generously to ones understanding of a situation.

Thoughts, comments?

Noxlux

[dobro]

Yup. If you already know what's going on, you don't have to consult an oracle to get that information. My understanding is that in order to 'already know what's going on', you have to understand your higher, deeper self. This means both self-knowledge (knowing the particular configuration of your personal self with all its complexes and issues) and self-awareness (attention focussed inwardly on consciousness itself and its source). If you're firmly established in this state of self-knowledge and self-awareness, you have no need at all for an oracle, because you *become* the oracle yourself, you become your own source of important knowledge. Getting to this state takes a lot of training and guidance and discipline however, so in the meantime sometimes it's useful to use the Yi to get insight into the non-evident contours of a situation. The Yi is for ordinary people who want extraordinary information; the Yi is unnecessary for truly extraordinary people.