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McKenna:"The I Ching says: 'Never confront the evil directly. And never name it directly because it finds weapons to defend itself'."
I think that this is his overall interpretation of what the Book of Changes is about in its core. Or am I wrong and there's the same sentence in the IC as above said by TM?
Please give references if you know some.
Thank you.
McKenna:"The I Ching says: 'Never confront the evil directly. And never name it directly because it finds weapons to defend itself'."
Yes when I heard him say that I thought of hexagram 43.3 specifically.
Nine in the third place means;
To be powerful in the cheekbones
Brings misfortune.
The superior man is firmly resolved.
He walks alone and is caught in the rain.
He is bespattered,
And people murmur against him.
No blame.
Here we have a man in an ambiguous situation. While all others are engaged in a resolute fight against al that is inferior he alone has a certain relationship with an inferior man. If he were to show strength outwardly and turn against this man before the time is ripe, he would only endanger the entire situation, because the inferior man would too quickly have recourse to countermeasures. The task of the superior man becomes extremely difficult here. He must be firmly resolved within himself and, while maintaining association with the inferior man, avoid any participation in his vileness. He will of course be misjudged. It will be thought that he belongs to the party of the inferior man. He will be lonely because no one will understand him. His relations with the inferior man will sully him in the eyes of the multitude, and they will turn against him, grumbling. But he can endure this lack of association and makes no mistake, because he remains true to himself.
But also hexagram 43 as a whole.
I forgot that about hexagram 63 though. Interesting idea I agree with it. But most people are too weak to deal with the infinitum of details.
I was going to post something about evil in another topic.
But It's interesting the contradiction in hexagram 43 about dealing with evil. On one hand its says it must be opposed openly. But on the other hand (line 3) it says that to speak against it is disastrous. I think the difference here is what situation you are in. In line 3 you are sort of cornered by the evil, any against it there move will only make it stronger. But one must still turn against it.
I suppose if there are no changing lines it's a situation where one must speak against it to bring it to light and allow that awareness to be the first step to correcting the situation.
It is interesting how it says not to resort to arms. In this case the 2nd amendment of the US constitution is useless. No army or martial force will help curb evil directly. Any arms are apparently useless against evil. That does seem the overall core of the Yijing - and also Christ's teachings.
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