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I think you want to cast a single hexagram and follow the further hexagram evolutions into other hexagramsNothing is permanent, so no hexagram can stay "frozen" for too long, there's always a sequence path...
Some people do read the message from the sequence. Usually they only refer to the one before or after.
Usually we see divination through the I Ching as a short-timed effect, one week or two, maximum three months. Things will change.
Hello everyone,
I would like to share an idea and, at the same time, ask if anyone knows some method to achieve this idea...
I Ching talks about the continuous flow and changes of Qi, let's say "energy" in "western terms". In this sense, more os less, I Ching is like a complex and even so simple math equation. This process helps us to identify changes in relation to some question in the sense that, by consulting I Ching, we merge yang side of analytical thought and yin side related to mystery.
Based on this, we cast an hexagram that represents an energy flow related to the question and present situation. That hexagram can give birth to a second hexagram depending on it's moving lines.
So, help me if I'm wrong but the 63rd (chi chi) hexagram represents the last hexagram of a cicle, the conclusion and perfect balance... After this one, the 64th hexagram, everything starts again, at least that's what several daoist masters say.
Here comes the question (finally!), if I cast the 63rd hexagram, in theory, that would mean that the sequence of events related to the question ended and probably a new cicle would start...
And for example, if I cast hexagram 43? What would be the sequence of hexagrams till the end of the question related cicle? Shao Yong/Fu Xi? Jing Fang? Mawangdui? What?
I hope this makes sense to you... But if we talk about a energy flow, in theory, it does not end in a single hexagram cast! It would continue as a cicle till the end of that cicle!
Can you help me with this?
Thank you very much!
João
I think with some of the answers here we are talking apples and oranges, but I think that might be inevitable because I think your question needs a little more definition. I have an idea what you are asking but not totally sure.
I would say this, there are definitely sequences in the I Ching and all the way throughout in fact. In a minor way, the W/B version indicates this in the third section. But it is just a cursory examination. The I Ching not only incorporates the idea of yin and yang, but also incorporates the idea of a sine wave. We advance, we retreat. We go up, we go down. We expand, we contract.
The last two hexagrams teach us something about thermodynamics which as a general rule, our scientists only understand half of. The western view is that "left to itself, all systems tend to break down." This argument has been used often by creationists to disprove evolution. But there is another aspect to it. When things break down, they reorganize into a new and different form of energy. So everything is at one time, disintegrating and reorganizing at the same time. Reorganization is yang, disintegration is yin. As a rule the sequence of hexagrams hint at a sequence of rise and fall, advance and retreat, organization and disorganization. Life and the universe follow this sequence inevitably, as does Chi, Qi, or energy. What western science does not understand is that energy is alive and intelligent. And it follows universal laws. Therefore hexagram 20 and many other hexagrams speak of understanding these laws. The first two hexagrams describe yin and yang, the last two order and disorder, and all in between hexagrams define various combinations of these states. And they do it while at the same time describing a sequence. This goes beyond what any human being or any group of human beings could discover, therefore the I Ching of necessity comes from a higher source. The possibilities within are infinite, yet they are based on two simple concepts, yin and yang.
There also other kinds of sequences, for example one kind would be the sequence of chi rising up the spine to the crown chakra and then back down again into the lower abdomin. Therefore the rising sequence would be, hexagram 24, 19, 11, 34, 43, and finally 1. The descending would be hexagram 44, 33, 12, 20, 23, and 2. You can see I'm sure a numerical correspondence in the two sequences. This goes into higher levels though that are beyond my understanding. In essence, there are no end to sequences in the I Ching.
Hi Gene, thanks for your answer!
I guess you are talking about a system like this:
http://http://fourpillars.net/pdf/kingwen.pdf
http://fourpillars.net/pdf/ic_landscape.pdf
The thing is... and I'll try to explain it again. I ching should represent all manifestations of a situation, and it does. So, i ching should also be able to identify the present "energy tendence" and tell us the direction and the sequence of hexagrams until the end of the question asked. Because we change course of action i ching change as well the course of energy tendency. And what if we follow exactly what i ching recommends? we should be a sequence of hexagrams (as events) until we get i ching's last hexagram. Like in nature, the sun rises and makes a path, a circular one until evening. The sun does not rise and stops and things follow an irrational course. Is it better this way?
Thanks again
João
Well, what I am talking about is a sine wave alright. I didn't know anybody but me had ever talked about that. Makes me curious. Did someone follow up on my work? Or did someone come to this independently? Actually, I don't think it is such a secret that it is a sine wave, I'm sure many people have picked up on that. All of nature seems to follow that. The moon circles the earth and the earth circles the sun, but compare the moon to the sun, it moves in a sign wave. And as the sun no doubt circles a star, the earth in relation to the star forms a sine wave. In the same way all communications systems travelling through wires or space form a sine wave. It is the nature of the universe. So the I Ching has to be the same way.
That's exactly my point, at least for the last 14 years! so... a lot of people seems to have more or less the same idea as you ahaha. But the thing is... What should be the pattern? Is it like the documents I showed?
I ching should represent all manifestations of a situation, and it does. So, i ching should also be able to identify the present "energy tendence" and tell us the direction and the sequence of hexagrams until the end of the question asked. Because we change course of action i ching change as well the course of energy tendency. And what if we follow exactly what i ching recommends? we should be a sequence of hexagrams (as events) until we get i ching's last hexagram. Like in nature, the sun rises and makes a path, a circular one until evening. The sun does not rise and stops and things follow an irrational course. Is it better this way?
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