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What is the current state of the U.S. "drug wars"?
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What economic system/philosophy would be better than both Communism and Capitalism?
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I do wish some other people would give a little feedback as to any experiences with asking things on a worldly/societal level. Right now I am trying to disprove my initial thought that the Yi will reflect things back that are within (even subconsiously).
What do you think about asking Yi worldly questions?
For example:
Please help me gain a better understanding to why there is so much autism showing up in children.
Do you have success with readings like this, where you understand what Yi is saying?
I was just thinking some more and we could have people all over the earth asking the yi the same question but we are different surfaces and different grapes. Some people are bumpy surfaces, really shiny etc and they turn out merlot or sirah, just depends.
A certain amount of openness and leniency when receiving the answer.I was going to say 'how to ' questions are okay as long as you realise that if the thing isn't feasible or isn't going to happen Yi tends to describe that scenario in a rather predictive way rather than tell you 'how to' . That is if how to isn't possible Yi will show it so you have to be aware of that possibility also, allow for it....
Very cool answer yiasking about a session, got 46.3....empty cityhmm I thought how is that advise on 'how to do todays session' when I arrived the classroom was closed...empty...I forget the details but what I'm saying is Yi leapfrogged my 'how to' as it knew my 'how to' wasn't relevant.
But back to the topic in hand....as I said I neither ask questions about world affairs or take any notice of other peoples answers about world affairs as to me all and every answer is personal.
I think 'worldly' questions do face a problem of interpretation . . it's very difficult for example to figure out the pov they need to be understood in.
Don't you think though that the way you want to 'use' the answer plays a big part in this? Your own 'drive' to pose it in the first place? I'd say if you know that beforehand you can make sense more easily of such answers . . Otherwise, the notion of a 'general' answer reminds me of a quote by Ionesco which I came across some days ago who said 'I've always been suspicious of collective truths' ..
People ask questions about tennis matches...I've seen that here
beats me why they do but they do....theres been whole threads on tennis matches
...like isn't the fun of watching it to see who wins.....
In general, how can we every perceive anything outside of ourselves without the aid of our own perception. We cannot take ourselves fully out of the equation. The sun hits us all but we each get different drops of rays that hit us. We also project our own light like no one else.
Like I said before I hold back on questions, but when I do, I have soooo many times found that it brings up my reason for asking in the first place. A reflection of my reason for asking. And not in a set in stone kind of way, but I would think that this reflection is always there and I just haven't been open to seeing it.
Yi as an existential tool to shed light on how we connect with the outside world.
....so all those people who asked about the war in Iraq in the experiment here years ago got answers that addressed their reasons for asking the question......perhaps ?
Oh, sorry@answeredquestions
That was the question I wrote almost a page about earlier......
Also, the way I see the I Ching is that its a book you can have a conversation with. It won't tell you all the truths about a major thing, but it'll have a conversation with you about it. It's not a deity, it's a friend.
Do you have success with readings like this, where you understand what Yi is saying?
I think I remember you saying you don't use the Yi for asking questions.
You are in a sense taking it to a whole different level I think, by trying to pick out what the personal part is for someone else. Do you know what I mean?
Mryou1's presentation connotes technology. This is an objective fact, the spirit of the presentation. It is xuan (玄) and is difficult to see, but it is absolutely there, and anyone who takes the trouble to see it will see it.
Once I had the general context, the interpretation of the casting followed, and in afterthought I realized why it should be correct. I have attempted to convey my method through instruction, but so far none of my students have grasped it.
I am the one who typically deals with general, philosophical questions, and I am satisfied with results.
I don't quite [know] how creating a connection between the idea I'm trying to express, and the words I'm using to do so, results in a topic I'm not even talking about.
And unless you're so self-assured as to think you can view through words to see a person's soul, what you're really doing is just ignoring the subject matter that I'm writing about, and throwing out another idea based on your own idea of the subject, and your judgement of the person conveying the idea.
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