The name of Hexagram 14 is Great Possession, and the character for ‘possessing’ also means ‘offering’ – suggesting that the two ideas are not so far apart as they might seem.
Interpreting this one, I’m often reminded of Molière’s play, The Miser. (Or was this in Plautus’s original, The… Read more »Another thought on Hexagram 14
I came across this lovely article – The Abundance Site: Spending as a prayer? – and thought at once of Hexagram 14, Great Possession. The character ‘possess’, which also just means ‘there is’, shows an outstretched hand, holding meat. Owning? Offering? Is there a difference? I think the small ritual… Read more »Spending as a prayer? and Great Possession
I write a lot about trying to recover the original meanings of some of the I Ching’s key phrases. Which may be of academic interest, but why bother with China circa 1000BC when asking about Western life in 2005 AD?
Well, not to get to the One True Authentic Original… Read more »Back to basics
I Ching Community Discussion Forum: 2.6 dueling dragons A great thread on hexagram 2, line 6: ‘Dragons battling in the fields, Their blood indigo and gold.’
You’d think I’d do this automatically by now, and go unerringly to the best possible question to get the clearest and most direct answer. It ain’t necessarily so… 😕 Someone ordered a reading with the question, ‘What would be the difference between taking option a or option b?’ (I can’t… Read more »The benefits of thinking about the question…
Dobro asked, “How can it be advantageous to carry out what one thinks right, and at the same time to abstain from moving things in a conscious direction?” Helpful and thought-provoking answers here.
I Ching Community Discussion Forum: Hexagrams of sleeping and dreaming? Peter asked, “what hexagrams reflect processes of sleeping and dreaming?” Some good – and interestingly different – suggestions are coming up. Do you dream in water, light or thunder?
