I’ve been looking lately at something so simple I almost missed it: how the ideas in the Yijing’s texts develop, from one phrase to the next. It’s easy to look at something like, ‘Dispersing, creating success.With the king’s presence, there is a temple.Fruitful to cross the great river,Constancy bears fruit.’… Read more »One step at a time
Well, I nearly passed first time. If it hadn’t been for the car that materialised on my left at the roundabout… in the space I was steering into… so that the examiner had to grab the wheel, I would have done… After some reflection, I came around to the idea… Read more »More lessons driving
I’ve been learning to drive! Better very-late-indeed than never, perhaps…? And since the Yi – along with a wise driving instructor and generous husband – has been instrumental in making this possible, I thought I’d write about it here. Why so late? Well… I started lessons at 17 like everyone… Read more »Driving, lessons
Robbers show up a few times in the Yijing. In 4.6 you’re advised to ward off robbers, not act like one; in 5.3 and 40.3 you’re in danger of inviting them; in 53.3, once again, it’s useful to ward them off. There are also three lines (3.2, 22.4, 38.6) where… Read more »Robbers?
Episode 33 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast features a listener’s reading about moving to a new country. How best to make a positive transition to this new place, wherever it may be? The Oracle answered with Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm, changing at line 2 to Hexagram 40, Release: changing… Read more »An enthusiastic transition
A reading of my own for this episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast: what are the characteristics of a good question? Yi answered with Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm, changing at line 2 to 40, Release: changing to I’ve written about 16.2 a couple of times before – about its… Read more »A good question
In which you will encounter hesitation, second-guessing, repetitious readings, decision, ‘contradictory’ moving lines (what do you do with those?), a good dose of common sense and a particularly persistent troll. Also these readings… Hexagram 18, Corruption, changing at line 3 to 4, Not Knowing: changing to Hexagram 49, Radical Change,… Read more »Troll Story
