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While reading the lines I hope for a crack in time - I have no better description of it. As you know one part of the sign for gua is a crack - as in the cracks of burned bones, but the crack I am speaking of is sort of where two times interconnect in the mind. (I am not speaking of synchronicity here, but I suppose for those who believe in synchronicity a part of this crack may well be percieved as one)
While reading the lines I hope for a crack in time - I have no better description of it. As you know one part of the sign for gua is a crack - as in the cracks of burned bones, but the crack I am speaking of is sort of where two times interconnect in the mind. (I am not speaking of synchronicity here, but I suppose for those who believe in synchronicity a part of this crack may well be percieved as one)
It is interesting you refer to a reading indicating "bad fortune." I think Bradford and some others just posted a stickie to the effect that no line is inherently good or bad, it all depends on the situation. I'm not at all sure I agree with this. In fact, I have a source that assigns a scale of good/bad luck to every line, and I think it works. Personally, I think determining one's luck is a major part of many readings.
Lindsay
Everybody always assumes the Zhouyi is a descendant or at least near relative of the Shang oracle bone inscriptions (OBI). I always wondered about that assumption, because from what I read, the Shang OBI weren't at all like Yi divinations. It's true the Yi refers to tortoise-shell divination in a couple of places, but the connection to Yi divination isn't obvious. But now, seeing the sign for "crack" inside a technical Yi term like "gua", I see a definite connection.
But a "crack in time"? This is what Nolux is proposing. What happens when time cracks? Can we be two places at the same time if we slip through the crack? Is it possible to have a flaw in time? Time is very difficult to think about in the abstract, even when it isn't cracked.
Now I prefer more staid reading - like the I Ching. Not exactly an existentialist classic. And yet, what could be more existentialist than divination?
But a "crack in time"? This is what Nolux is proposing. What happens when time cracks? Can we be two places at the same time if we slip through the crack? Is it possible to have a flaw in time? Time is very difficult to think about in the abstract, even when it isn't cracked.
The whole enchilada is presented for our pickin's.
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