Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
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Hmmm. An interesting question. Has it changed my life? I think it's a bit like reading literature, it makes life richer. Once or twice ... no, more often than that ... I've consulted about really difficult topics and got some challenging responses. Instead of just focusing on the pain of the situation, I feel myself being interested in the response, trying to work it out. So, I'm curious about it, rather than hurt by it. Or curious as well as being hurt by it. It doesn't really make life better, but it gives me a tool to understand it.How has Yi changed your life?
The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering
Yi is crucial for insights into relationship. For me Yi has encouraged me to develop and mature; to gain a better understanding of myself and, therefore, most importantly have a better relationship with myself. As someone once said in order to reduce the suffering we all experience (to heal, if you like) an important step along the way is to 'Know Thyself'.I think readings have helped most with relationships of all kinds - understanding people better, seeing what they want and need, and getting a great deal calmer about it all.
Maybe it's a bit like meditation practice. People focus a lot on the "reduce the suffering" part and hope to get something out of it. But it's really more about just being aware of what you experience. And somehow that does seem to lead to some kind of change in your life. I can't think of that many times when I think I've really done something differently because of a reading ... but I just have a tool to understand the situation.As someone once said in order to reduce the suffering we all experience (to heal, if you like) an important step along the way is to 'Know Thyself'.
Oh, that's not true! Just a month ago, I was dithering about whether it was worth lining up at the vaccination center when it wasn't certain that I'd be eligible. It pretty much told me to give it a shot, and I went and got it. I find I deliberately don't ask questions about the advisability of doing something that I've already decided to do, but that one I hadn't decided.I can't think of that many times when I think I've really done something differently because of a reading ...
Yes - come to think of it - many important readings for me have included a moment of recognising myself. 'Oh yes, that's me,' often followed by varying degrees of cringe.an important step along the way is to 'Know Thyself'
(She had an untreatable liver condition that would start causing problems eventually.)"Thought of asking for a prognosis. Thought again: in the first place, it's the same as anyone else's. And I know her life expectancy is limited to a few years or so.
Thought of asking for a prognosis for the next weeks and months. Then thought - why do I want that?
Answer: so I can prepare.
So I asked:
How can I best prepare for the coming weeks and months with Mum?
Answer: 45.1 to 17
Gather yourself, focus...
put the king in the temple, make decisions centred and in touch with the divine.
Ready your best and biggest animals to offer.
Moving line tells me a lot.
There is fu
- yes, here I am, feeling the quality of the moment - Seeing, as best I can
- but no completion.
- yes - not knowing how this might end, unable to 'tie it off', and also maybe the fu has its limits.
Hence disarray
- tell me about it! I feel very, very scattered.
Hence gathering
- or rather, hence the need for gathering. I know I need to get myself together. How?
Like calling out, one clasp of the hand brings laughter.
This came on a day when Mum had suddenly taken to holding my hand. That was 'like calling out'.
No cares. Going on, no mistake.
This tells me that my 'preparation' and the basis for all and any 'getting myself together' is just a simple, spontaneous and natural relationship with Mum."
"Today Mum called this morning and asked for me to come over and give her a shower. I did. And compassion and caring flowed naturally, just as Yi promised.
If I just give to her, as much as she needs - how very, very simple that could be."
How has Yi changed your life?
Yes that cringe is a vital part of the process.Yes - come to think of it - many important readings for me have included a moment of recognising myself. 'Oh yes, that's me,' often followed by varying degrees of cringe.
52.5?i also sometimes get lines from I Ching buzzing in my head, without ever throwing a cast, just appearing in my mind, like an earworm would. sometimes it happens when speaking to friends, when they tell me about something they're going through. and again, there's a lesson in keeping my mouth shut, as blatantly quoting Wilhelm to them really isn't the best option
i believe Philip K. Dick said this "If you use the I Ching long enough and continually enough, it will begin to change and shape you as a person. It will make you into a Taoist, whether or not you have ever heard the word, whether or not you want to be."
for me it helped me grow up.Clarity is 21! Which means it's been around for all of 0.7% of the Yi's 3,000-odd years. In all that time, people have never stopped doing readings - probably because Yi has never stopped helping.
So... here's a thread to reflect on that. How has Yi changed your life? Maybe there's a specific reading that comes to mind, or maybe it's something more gradual and harder to pin down. (I dithered about which forum to put this in, but plunked it over here as what we have to share might not be individual readings.) Let's collect and compare our experiences...
I feel that Yi-jiu and I are both better people today than we were before we met each other. Her influence has helped me become stronger and wiser. seeing 444few things that come to mind as to how Yi has changed my life.
someone once told me they could learn from me how to be alone, just with oneself. i realised lately, that it wasn't always as easy for me as it may seem to the outside observer and a lot of it i learned from I Ching. i guess in some ways it taught me i'm never actually alone. since I've started using Yi it's a bit like having a friend who always listens intently and always responds and has incomparable patience...
another thing is getting insights, sometimes even somewhat into the future. example. i don't remember exact reading but once i noticed a colleague i worked with closely started to act differently. i asked Yi about it and immediately got hit with a thought "oh, he's gonna leave his job". about a week later we got official email about his plans to leave. nobody saw it coming, he's been very loyal to the company, where i was pretty new. during friday drinks some girls approached me in shock asking if i knew about it and i automatically said "yes", to which they started inquiring how and so on. i said i had a hunch but it was a lesson to keep my mouth shut... now when i do get a hunch like that i also try not to see it as the only possible scenario and keep in mind the potentiality of any given situation.
then there's also this one reading that really pulled me out of a dark place. i was at a really low point in my life, feeling very emotional, staying in a block of flats on the 11th floor with a window that opens to the roof... for some it would mean a great view, for me it was a scary possibility. i was walking "home", that is back to that place, didn't take public transport even though it was freezing cold as needed to just cool down. while walking i reached for my phone and asked Yi something along the lines "what if i just end it". now i'm not sure anymore if it was 44>24 or 24>44 (though i think the first one, basically all lines changing) which i immediately took as - it's a stupid idea and that i'll have to do this (that is - life, on earth ) all over again to which i thought F no! as soon as i got back to that place i sat down to meditate, didn't have suicidal thoughts since. somehow been also respecting life more in general as well. i even dare to say i kinda enjoy it every now and then.
apologies if this emo-content was triggering for some. overall Yi is a great teacher, one that, with my codependency issues, i might cling to a bit too much at times, but also one that hasn't failed me. i believe Philip K. Dick said this "If you use the I Ching long enough and continually enough, it will begin to change and shape you as a person. It will make you into a Taoist, whether or not you have ever heard the word, whether or not you want to be."
and another thing is that i used to get songs playing in my head, that when i actually listened to their lyrics turned out to speak about whatever i was going through at that time. well, now i also sometimes get lines from I Ching buzzing in my head, without ever throwing a cast, just appearing in my mind, like an earworm would. sometimes it happens when speaking to friends, when they tell me about something they're going through. and again, there's a lesson in keeping my mouth shut, as blatantly quoting Wilhelm to them really isn't the best option
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).