Where you find the noble one We mostly come across the junzi, the ‘noble one’, in the Image Wing of the Yi. But he also features in many oracles and lines of the original text. Here’s the whole list: 1.3, 2.0, 3.3, 9.6, 12.0, 13.0, 15.0, 15.1, 15.3, 20.1, 20.5,… Read more »The noble one’s story
I asked Yi, ‘Why do we dream?’ I had a few reasons for asking: huge curiosity about the answer, of course, and wondering what Yi might say out of all the possible answers I could think of. (‘Processing’ stuff from the day? Receiving messages? Random noise? Ongoing inner work?) Also… Read more »Dreams: rain dance of the soul?
… is so much more interesting than just watching the tennis. Today was the men’s final at the Wimbledon championships. Roger Federer had won for the past four years on the trot and was huge favourite to make it five in a row. And so he did, beating Rafael Nadal… Read more »Watching the tennis with Yi
I’m writing this perched awkwardly on the end of my bed, with the computer balanced on a lap tray. How come? Let me explain. My younger brother David has Down’s Syndrome, and since Mum died last summer I’m his surviving family. Most of the time he lives in a small… Read more »In Retreat
And look – here’s a new, dedicated I Ching political blog, no less: Mme. Zaratamara consults the I Ching (I really must stop browsing and playing with my new toy, and get some proper work done!) Mme Zaratamara – who is left-leaning – asked the oracle how the US could… Read more »Yi on withdrawal from Iraq
