Somewhat to my surprise, I found one of my favourite ‘personal growth’ writers, Charles Burke, blogging about a day he spent doing palm reading, of all things. Here’s his article, with pictures. I get the impression that he doesn’t take the ‘fortune telling’ aspect especially seriously, but is moved by the opportunity to connect with… Continue Reading
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Yearly Archives: 2006
Mountain, keeping still
Have you noticed how the same ideas cluster together in different cultures? Here’s the name of Hexagram 52, Keeping Still (mountain): – a human figure, standing. And here is the mountain pose. Continue Reading
Future hexagrams
Another question from Nancy: “What have you discovered about the validity of the I Ching’s ‘future’ hexagram anwers? I have read that it gives you a potential answers to the future and is not meant to predict the future. In most cases, I have not found the ‘future’ hexagrams to come true.” Nancy, you’re not… Continue Reading
Where do the answers come from?
Nancy wrote back to me after the last newsletter (thanks, Nancy!) and asked: “I have a question for you–where do the answers to the questions come from: Is it G-D, something in the spiritual realm, etc. and how does this work? Is it the energy that is transmitted from the person asking the question or… Continue Reading
Layers of purpose
I listened to Steve Pavlina’s podcast about finding one’s specific purpose, and it got me thinking (as his work often does). He distinguishes ‘specific’ from ‘universal purpose’: universal purpose may be true throughout your life, and is quite open and general; specific purpose is the way you are realising the universal purpose here and now,… Continue Reading
Perseverance furthers
A reader emailed me to ask for some comments on ‘perseverance furthers’ and what it meant in the context of the Yijing. So I thought the best response might be to provide an excerpt from the Yijing course, where I talk about yuan heng li zhen. Li is ‘furthers’, in the Wilhelm/Baynes translation, and zhen… Continue Reading
Spot the hexagram
What comes to mind when you read this story from Erin Pavlina? To me, it reads like a recipe for creating hexagram 38 – opposition, polarity, alienation. Start with two mutually incomprehensible ‘cultures’; include different languages, different expectations, different values and desires. Leave each culture to brew for 30 minutes (it only takes 30 minutes??),… Continue Reading
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