Here’s a whole field of study where (as far as I know) we’ve barely scratched the surface. Each hexagram line ‘points towards’ the hexagram created when it changes, its zhi gua. It’s natural enough to go through the I Ching line by line and see how each one reflects the relationship of its two hexagrams… Continue Reading
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Yearly Archives: 2008
What are ‘Twitter updates’?
I just added my Twitter updates to the blog’s sidebar. You can see them over on the right, just below the subscription buttons and above the ‘Recent Comments’. Then it dawned on me I should maybe explain what on earth this is. Twitter is a kind of cross between a radically miniaturised blog and instant… Continue Reading
A cheerful lightness
Learning in groups has never come naturally to me. Back in college, when everyone else was hurrying to attend the tutors’ revision sessions before Finals, I was sitting alone in my room, in the middle of the floor, entirely surrounded by my own densely-scrawled notes full of original ideas. And this worked out nicely for… Continue Reading
The nature of Radical Change
There seem to be two distinct streams of ideas flowing in Hexagram 49, Radical Change. First, it’s arguably the apex, along with Hexagram 50, of the great historical narrative of the Zhou conquest. ‘Radical Change puts away the old; the Vessel grasps renewal.’ The old regime is overthrown here; the new one will be founded… Continue Reading
News: I Ching Class begins October 5th
After the success of my first I Ching Class last Spring, I’ll be running a second class for a further 12 people in October and November. The class will centre on eight weekly teleclasses (phone calls on a conference line) with comprehensive handouts for each call and reference materials. There’ll be a private forum for… Continue Reading
Using praise
Hexagram 18, line 5: ‘Ancestral father’s corruption. Use praise.’ So how is praise in any way helpful in dealing with corruption? Hexagram 18 is one of those whose lines seem to have a reasonably clear progression, starting with taking on responsibility for and ‘ownership of’ the inherited corruption, and moving up towards a point where… Continue Reading
Change Circle annual membership
After the slight embarrassment of having to turn down people who asked to pay for several months’ membership of Change Circle at once (and doesn’t that sound as if I made it up? I didn’t, though), I’ve created the option to pay for a year’s membership in advance. You might find this option more convenient… Continue Reading
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