One of those frequently asked Yijing questions – what does ‘seeing the great person’ mean?
Often it means finding someone who’s already achieved the goal or the standard you’re aiming for, and seeking their advice. You might be able to do that directly by talking with them; you might find yourself reading what they wrote, or their biography, to use them as a model.
But it’s also important to ask how you know that someone else is a ‘great person’. The simple answer is that you recognise them – and you do so by comparing them with some inner, personal knowledge of what a great person would be like. Ultimately, you are looking for a way to see your best self.
Steve Pavlina, who seems intuitively to understand a whole lot of what I’ve been trying to learn from Yi, has a practical method for you to ‘see the great person’, which he describes as his Favourite Meditation.