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
Hexagram 23 is the Pair of 24, Returning, which Nelson asked about. Unlike Stripping Away, the Judgement of Returning concludes that there is harvest in having a direction to go.
This could get particularly confusing, as the Daxiang (the Image) says that this is time to stay home and most… Read more »‘Favourable to have somewhere to go’ in hexagram 24
From Nelson:
“Under #24 it says, favorable to have somewhere to go. What does this mean?”
I Ching Community Discussion Forum: Cradles
Now at last I understand what Hexagram 19, Nearing, can have to do with mourning. This is from LiSe’s post to this thread:
Two pieces of excellent news for ‘Yi people’:
Steve Marshall is updating his blog again at http://www.biroco.com/journal.htm. On April 2nd (scroll down!) he wrote about hexagram 25, line 2 – something I’ve been wondering and speculating on for years.
‘A cup, a drink, and a plate,
Using earthenware,
Letting them in on ropes from the window.
In the end, no mistake.’
Someone is confined in the Pit – someone reaches them in simple ways. I’ve seen this often enough as advice on how to keep a relationship alive through… Read more »A novel view of hexagram 29, line 4
