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… Read more »A cheerful lightness
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… Read more »The nature of Radical Change
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… Read more »News: I Ching Class begins October 5th
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… Read more »Using praise
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… Read more »Change Circle annual membership
When I cast a reading for the week, sometimes I find the reading tells me about the week; sometimes I find the week tells me about the reading. And usually it’s some mix of the two. This last week Yi suggested I look out simply for Hexagram 10 – no… Read more »Hexagram 10 and the experience of divination
The Judgement of Hexagram 62 reads: ‘Small overstepping, creating success. Harvest in constancy. Allows small works, does not allow great works. Flying bird calls as it leaves: The above is not right, below is right. Great good fortune.’ The flying bird brings a message; this is something that birds do,… Read more »What is the bird’s message?
