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I then considered that 33 > 63 might be saying don't probe a done deal? This camera was able to meet my needs and so a balanced issue (ie all in the correct place) and so retreat from upsetting the balance by probing? And then 29 > 60 I felt could be saying limit my questioning on this, as I already know what to do? Also hex 60 could be relating to the Yi's limited ability to advise on technological purchases
For me, the yi is just a tool for access to a wider realm of knowledge than my conscious thinking mind, my own intellect. For me it is also important to use it with a light touch...if i try to analyze the answers too rigorously, it loses its LIGHT. If you read the cover of a book called Conversations With God, I think it says something like
"Messages are everywhere...in the next song you hear, the next snippet of conversation you hear, the next book you read...." and I tend to think that is very true. If you stop and try to analyze all of those for their deep significance, the flow gets lost and our intellect overrides the gentle messages of the moment. BUt if we just flow along with the current, guidance comes as we need it. The Yi is like that, it is a flowing thing, speaking in a language our heart comes to understand, not necessarily our intellect.
'The Lord said unto my Lord, sit thou at my right hand, till I make thine adversaries thy footstool?' Mat 22.44
Isn't that, more or less, what the Yi does, teach us to make our inner adversaries our servants?
That's how I see it.
As in - to make our negativity, insecurity - work for us? The Yi helps us reign them in? Or allow them to breathe but not act on them, and to remember that everything is transitory? One of the best things is that the I Ching reminds you to be mindful of change..
Yes, reign them in, play them out, in rhythm. Insecurity can work creatively, within a limit. So can negativity. I'm wary of anyone who has one facial expression, even if it's a smile. Allowing them to breathe is an excellent metaphor; and, yes, everything is transitory, and the Yi is a reminder of that, for sure. Good points, Em.
I liked Carl Jung's theorys that its somewhere in the sub-concious and possibly yes connected to God
We know very little of the mind I think meaning that there is allot more to know
http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Is-The-I-Ching-And-What-Did-Carl-Jung-See-In-It?&id=345946
"...each reading is a little like a computer printout from the soul."
I like that.
The notion that we have more than the wish for "a soul" can be an obstacle to making one, 'as long as it takes' - and we don't know long.
You're certain about this too?A hexagram isn't about "me."
Steve,Yes Panther
I see your point he did only touch the surface and is know way someone you should learn the I Ching from. I was introduced to the I ching through reading Jung 20 odd years ago but I have to admit I used to use other translations from a guy called Stephen Skinner as I was maybe to young to understand the book of changes
I was experimenting with allot of differnt things like tarot , geomancy but the I ching was always so amazed at the answers I got even at the limited knowledge I had back then. It appeared so accurate in that it was telling me about the now and not preditictions . I think the yi can also make predictions but more like the events in Hex 10 more like the reap what you sow type predictions or the footsteps .
When I used the Tarot and other types of techniques I used to feel very drained where with the Yi Ching i feel like I am growing spiritualy so i have stopped using the others.
The Yi is something you could study your entire life and learn something everyday, just like life itself.
The mind I guess the whole human body they are making all soughts of crazy discoverys all the time
I am still very interested in the subconcious I think we have no way even have got anywhere near what this part of our minds are capable of.
The Yi really has been such a guide to me especially the last few months and how its been literally helping me piece together the jumbled puzzles of my life better than any therapy I have ever encountered but thats me .
Cheers
Steve
You're certain about this too?
What percentage of questions, asked of the Yi, would you say are (generally or specifically) about "me"?
Well, ok, that's your view.
I think efforts to diminish "me" only winds up making "me" more important to "me" than just being "me".
Steve,
I can relate to your work with the I Ching and other systems. They all contain some truth - the complete ones. The I Ching resonates best with you it seems and how you are working with it is useful , that is, it supports your search and helps in having verifiable experiences for yourself.
That's true - when I try to think deeply about an emotional problem it's like there's a barrier there - but as mentioned earlier if I mediated on my problem I might break through the barrier, but at these moments I'm often afraid of the truth - so I turn to the I ching.
Meng - what prompted you to talk of extroversion and introversion? Hit a nerve because sometimes I've felt my shyness is more cowardliness - which I'm trying to work on (cowardliness only in the sense of not feeling confident enough in myself, to be myself, and thus being inhibited against my will), but I like what you say about modesty being a strength.
The reason why I've been having doubts recently could be because I've been using it exessively about an issue. I asked the I ching :
Am I getting carried away with my I ching usage at present?
34.3 > 54
Dispelled some doubts! 34 being about excessive power being forced in the wrong direction, and 54 about not being able to control the situation, so having to accept it...
So when I ask numerous Q's (differently phrased but essentially the same) I'm like a goat butting into a hedge and getting more and more entangled, trying to force something out of my control, and so getting more entangled, frustrated, confused, and in a maze... when the effort is futile because I cannot manipulate reality as I want...
:bows:
Meng - what prompted you to talk of extroversion and introversion? Hit a nerve because sometimes I've felt my shyness is more cowardliness - which I'm trying to work on (cowardliness only in the sense of not feeling confident enough in myself, to be myself, and thus being inhibited against my will), but I like what you say about modesty being a strength.
Introversion and extroversion seem part of the ordinary identification with the automatism, which blocks the awareness of one's Buddha baby who says 'Worlds above, worlds below, there's no one in the world like me!' The Buddhist method of separating from the "emotionality" (that is,the ordinary "waking state" of being taken by the reactive thoughts, feeling, sensations of the automatism) is precisely what I described. William Segal, who was a close friend of Suzuki and worked with Zen masters in Japan was very powerful in leading this practice in small groups and large of any background.Further, as I see it, self-conscious introversion is more of an ego trip than someone who is comfortable with their extroversion. Inhibition, which is based in weakness, is not to be confused with modesty, which is based in strength.
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