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never ever ask "What does X think of me?" The reason is that soon or later asking such questions will break your relationship with X.
This "rule" is arbitrary and not written anywhere in the ancient texts.
The "reason" for this is also arbitrary and subjective.
I have asked such questions many times and I received great insights and results.
Laozi said:Those who do not trust sufficiently, others have no trust in them
but you've never been told what the other was thinking of you
Now if you tell me that you are asking the Yi "What does X think of me" every morning since 10 years and X is still amongst your friends then I would be surprised.
The only "rule" I know of for consulting the I Ching is the one given in hexagram 4, which says in effect, "throughly understand the first answer before asking a second question."
Give references to the student who asks oneself questions, but delay before answering to the foolish questions. That way the student will trust their judgment.
I think I have been addicted to the YChing. For a while a really stressful and frustrated situation have been part of my life, and I have abused of the Yching for understanding.
Jeez Tom, you say that like it's a bad thing...
Yes, I've been through this too. There are a few things to know when you consult the I Ching.
First, it is that the I Ching is considered to be sacred by many. There are people who burn incense before consulting. You are not asked to perform such rituals but the least you can do is to show some respect and pay attention to the answers given to you. The Yi is not a toy and if you play with the Yi then the Yi will play with you.
Second is never ever ask "What does X think of me?" The reason is that soon or later asking such questions will break your relationship with X.
Every so often an expert passes through this forum, extolling its rules like the Ten Commandments of God.
every so often an expert passes through this forum, extolling its rules like the ten commandments of god. The only rule i've adopted over the decades regarding the yi is to never say never.
laozi said:higher people hear of the tao
they diligently practice it
average people hear of the tao
they sometimes keep it and sometimes lose it
lower people hear of the tao
they laugh loudly at it
if they do not laugh, it would not be the tao
What is bad is what lessens human life -- an anthropocentric position for which I may be criticized. Addictive casting is such an evil, as Larouge correctly identifies it. It lead to shallow, mechanical interpretation. Hey! You got 41? You are going to lose money. You got 42? You are in the money. The late Mary Halpin's interpretations were no more sophisticated in spite of her law degree and her extensive experience of life. Compulsive and obsessive casting is excused at Clarity as "conversation with the Yi." When I hear "conversation with the Yi", I reach for my intellectual revolver. Surely you know how people have had their lives lessened or have been destroyed by compulsive and obsessive casting? I'd much prefer that my fellow human being did well but know for sure that many will not. "Man is born to suffering as the sparks fly upward. (Job 5:7)"
But what did he know better of God than Job himself, whom God called his servant? In the end Eliphaz was commanded by God to apologize and give offerings to Job, the one he had condemned.
ttc 41
You needn't apologize and give offerings to me, Sooo. Hard as it may be it appear, I want you to do well and think that on many points, you are my superior.
Tom, if you're going to throw biblical scripture around to support your personal opinions, at least include the correct context, or else your intellectual revolver is pointed directly at you.
What is bad is what lessens human life -- an anthropocentric position for which I may be criticized. Addictive casting is such an evil, as Larouge correctly identifies it. It lead to shallow, mechanical interpretation. Hey! You got 41? You are going to lose money. You got 42? You are in the money. The late Mary Halpin's interpretations were no more sophisticated in spite of her law degree and her extensive experience of life. Compulsive and obsessive casting is excused at Clarity as "conversation with the Yi." When I hear "conversation with the Yi", I reach for my intellectual revolver. Surely you know how people have had their lives lessened or have been destroyed by compulsive and obsessive casting? I'd much prefer that my fellow human being did well but know for sure that many will not. "Man is born to suffering as the sparks fly upward. (Job 5:7)"
Nature has equipt us with the curcuits for mind reading. Some called it ToM, others use different terms.
Its at least funny to talk about mind reading, using Yi or our own capacities, at this place , where we give interpretations, where we try to understand the person's dispodition, feelings, thoughts so we can give a fitting response.
i have similar experience with diamanta and i know for sure that others have asked about me and were given eery accurate readings.
I have read that didactic opinions about that specific issue so many times and only way i understand them is a personal need of the beholder that in order to be satisfied sees intentions and rules.
i bet that if we ask yi if its a spiritual teacher, again in that didactic way the answer will be no.
I've cast over 500 hexagrams per day, sometimes over 1k.
You may deserve a place in Guinness World Records for the most I Ching castings in a day. At one casting per minute, a thousand would take 16 hours and 40 minutes.
56 - Search
One restores order to find.
4 - Defending oneself from others, one is not doing well.
6 - It is imprudent to accept without discussion.
In the making
15 - Decency
One shall not provoke with initiatives.
Here is another combination for you, 56.4.6:
56 - Search
One restores order to find.
4 - Defending oneself from others, one is not doing well.
6 - It is imprudent to accept without discussion.
In the making
15 - Decency
One shall not provoke with initiatives.
Do not accept criticism without discussion.
I suggest a second Guinness World Record, for 'Wildest Text Distortion Beyond Recognition of Original'.
56 - Search
One restores order to find.
5 - One prepares alternatives if necessary.
6 - It is imprudent to accept without discussion.
In the making
31 - Impulse
When one helps others, they come.
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