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Hello humblesoul,Carol Anthony's Latest Book: Question
I really love this new interpretation of the iChing - it's on a very deep level and really 'speaks' to me. However, I have a serious question for those who have read it (please, if you haven't read it you probably won't understand the context in which this question is being asked).
Personally - and where else would I start from? I have a problem with two terms that the book uses: Sage and The Helpers. The reason I have a problem - I should say ego-problem with these terms is that I find it practically impossible not to think of the Sage in anthropomorphic terms and The Helpers, likewise like Gods. I know - I do know they are not meant to be seen this way, that the Sage is the teacher of the cosmos - or the teaching aspect and the Helpers are the underlying attributes of the various ideas we make. I also understand the need to call them Helpers is for us to be modest - i.e. to recognise that Love etc does not come from our small egos or the other but from the Cosmos. However, these terms bug me because the very sound of the word 'helper' makes me feel help-less (which is an egoistical idea) and the sound of the 'sage' as in 'the wise person' makes me feel inadequate and I simply cannot shake off these associations.
Any help on this or any other suggestions as to what they/It is called? I have to add that for many years I couldnt' stand the word 'God' either for the reason that it just made me cringe as upholding the Judeo-Christian concept but I am neutral to that idea now. I have no religious upbringing or dogma - I hasten to add but the collective ego and the terms - as described in Anthony's book are very difficult for me to comprehend.
Thank you
It seems that we tend to give it whatever image that most helps us identify with it. For these reasons I refer to the Sage in this book variously as the Cosmos, the oracle voice of the Cosmos, and the Cosmic Consciousness, seeing that these names best describe what Lao Tzu meant by saying: "The Tao that can be named is not the Tao." (Tao Teh Ching)
First, do you realize your responding to a post that's 8 years old? And second, if you don't like the word 'sage' why don't you just use another term, or find another translation of the Yi to work with, one that doesn't contain all this malarkey?I had the same issue with the word "Sage" and had very similar problems
I don't think that's a bad approach. It's just that I usually like to 'phone it in' to the central Yi switchboard, and I trust that they'll know which department to send it to!I like to direct my questions to a variety of entities, depending on what I'm wanting to know.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).