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How do get confident about your interpretation?
Interesting thread !
Does anyone has felt that s/he doesn’t understand the reading but deep inside there is a voice tell you that you have perfectly understand what is this about ? You don’t hear , see the answer neither you can put it into words but “ you know it”
I think words usually follow what is experienced or intuited, though words can also provoke experience and intuition, such as words we may receive from an oracle. But typically we think in pictures and feelings, and words come to explain it rationally, or to express it, not always so rationally lol
As I have been using the Yi more seriously (trying to study it at the same time) in the last few months I've noticed that, even when I am confused, on the whole, through dialogue, I've come to understand or intuit the dynamics of a particular situation better and sort of know what the Yi is going to tell me about that particular situation, how it has evolved or is evolving etc. I sort of anticipate the answer and then the answer comes as a confirmation, maybe adding another dimension and expanding on what I'd already felt to be the case. During those times I know I'm on the rigth track although I have to be on the alert so I don't miss the right track. It is just that in the last couple of weeks I've really come to realize the importance of being composed when asking the Oracle for advice as well as the importance of doing one reading at a time. I mean, I've read about this things in discussions in this site but it is only now that it has finally started to dawn on me what all this is about - beyond a purely intellectual level of understanding.
" The Yi can be soothing; it can sometimes feel like being ill and getting a diagnosis and just getting the diagnosis is reassuring, it is an acknowledgement of what is happening - even though the diagnosis may not be so positive. It's good to know and it's good to get confirmation.
el_2
hindsight is 20/20
(or at least 20/30)
So in my learning process I've come to realize or to wonder about a few things. First, I've noticed that my understanding of the oracle is enhanced when I'm calm and have ample time to try to explore, understand and interpret. This is self-explanatory of course. But the funny thing I've started to realize (or wonder about) is that on the whole I seem to also get more positive answers when I'm calm and not in a hurry to do anything else. Not positive in the sense of "happily ever after" or whatever - but still I get the feeling that the answers are indeed more positive. One reason for this might be that when I'm not in a calm frame of mind the oracle reflects my frame of mind, my agitation etc. Has anyone noticed something similar when using the oracle? I wonder.
..... Maybe one of these days I should put the question to the Oracle: "Who are you, anyway?"
el_2
I don't disagree with you Meng.
Perhaps I didn't put it clearly. I was not suggesting that if you are calm when consulting, you will definitely get more positive answers - after all, you don't own reality and can't manipulate it. I was trying to say that I've found that when you are anxious when consulting, the oracle will tend to reflect your frame of mind and your emotional state, so the answer might indicate danger or oppression or something, and may not address the original question asked at all, and you might misinterpet and then it's downward - until you get to a point that you realize that what you are doing is ridiculous, you leave it for another day and then you get the answer you were supposed to in the first place. In the meantime, you have gotten even more anxious and this is the attitude you carry in the outer world.
Originally Posted by el_2 View Post
..... Maybe one of these days I should put the question to the Oracle: "Who are you, anyway?"
Chuckling here .
Sometimes you can't help it and want to ask that question
Maria
An unexpected thunderstorm breaks over the parched lands of the river empire and its terror is welcome relief.
AND
A deserter from the navy stands suddenly aware of the dawning truth that freedom is never the result of compromise.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).