Over at the I Ching Community, Demitra has shared some readings about vegetarianism and meat-eating: not just which is right for her, but what each means for humanity as a whole. Have a look at those readings here (they’re very interesting, and not what anyone from either side of the… Read more »Is this the Wrong Question?
I think that finding your question for the Yijing is the most important part of any reading. It sets the conditions for the whole conversation with the oracle: while it may or may not constrain what Yi can say, it certainly constrains what we can hear. The question is where… Read more »I Ching questions of ‘doing’ or ‘being’
It’s something of a truism that the cosmos works in this sequence: be – do – have. Who you are leads to what you do which leads (by a more or less direct path! 😉 ) to what you get. Also well-known is that universal human tendency to get… Read more »Being, doing, having – and questions for the I Ching
Nelson commented on the ‘Kinder I Ching’ page: “Aren’t you all confusing various ‘interpretations’ with a ‘translation’?”
Well – yes, we are. But then they are already inextricably confused.
Yes, occasionally there are good reasons for asking Yi the same question again.
But here is what usually happens with repeated questions:
An email from Quinn in New Zealand, about I Ching translations:
“I have been throwing the I-ching for years, My father taught me how, and I have to say I nearly drove myself crazy.
It’s almost unintelligible, sometimes I get the sense that by the time you understood it in… Read more »A kinder I Ching?
An email that arrived the other day…
“Hi
I was recently introduced to the IChing by some good friends and I am very pleased with its content and outlook on life.
Bearing in mind that the IChing constantly mentions the ‘collective ego’ as the main obstacle to the true self… Read more »I Ching and business
