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new member here and perhaps there's an extensive thread somewhere i couldn't find with search. i'm looking for feed back on some thoughts i had about the I Ching and metaphysics/process philosophy.
the t'ai ji tu (yin/yang diagram) has 4 parts:
i think these parts correspond to the digrams of young/old yin/yang:
young yin swirl -∞
young yang swirl +∞
old yin dot -•
old yang dot +•
i have seen two versions of correlation but prefer the 1st as can be seen later in this post:
00 — yin swirl
11 — yang swirl
01 — yin dot
10 — yang dot
00 — yin swirl
11 — yang swirl
10 — yin dot
01 — yang dot
what i've noticed and how i chose which correlation is that there is a yin/yang of being and a yin/yang of relation. for example, if we were to 'cast' a digit we would get a moment of yin/yang:
0
and adding another to it, say yang, gives us:
0 1
now this seems common enough, but then there is also a relation between the two. it would seem to me that differentiation is yang and unity/continuity is yin— and it certainly is NOT reflected in the monograms — but those could be debated and perhaps it's not relevant here as to which is which. if we do accept this take on it, then the relation of the first moment of yin to the second moment of yang is a difference and therefore the relation is yang.
0 1
.^
.1
a series could look like this:
a b c d e f g h
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
.1 0 1 0 1 1 1 ?
one could also see the above series in this way: if we group the series in pairs, then we can see them according to the digrams. for example,
moment 'a' is 0 and old yin because in moment 'b' it changes to 1 or yang — ending it's yin-ing.
however, in moment 'c' we have another yang so the yang of moment 'b' continues to grow and is thus growing yang. moment 'd' changing to 0 yin 'ends' the growth of the yang series making the yang in moment 'c' old yang. if we continue in this way and apply the digrams according to the fist scheme i listed above, we get:
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h
01 11 10 00 01 10 01 1?
-• +∞ +• -∞ -• +• -• +?
the term moment here implies an unfolding in time such that the current moment of being is relationally potential until the next moment of being forms. that is, the swirls (young/growing) represent potential/wave and the dots (old/dead) represent actual/particle or actual occasions in time•space.
we don't know what the nature of a moment is — young or old — until it has been continued or ended in the next moment. i'm also applying a sense of yin/yang to young/old — a yin/yang of being and a yin/yang of relationship.
the analogy i use is the one of breathing. the length/volume of one's inhalation isn't known until one begins to exhale. as long as one inhales, the breath continues to grow, but once one exhales, then the inhalation 'dies' and becomes actualized in relation to the moment of the exhalation's beginning – who's duration is not known until the next inhalation. in this way the growing yin/yang span many moments whereas old yin/yang are moments without length.
we could also group them like this:
.a....b..c....d..e....f....g....h
(01) (11 10) (00 01) (10) (01) (1?
.-•.....+•......-•......+•...-•+•
where each actualized (particle) is a different length and the last (group) is still a wave of potential who's length is not yet known until it 'dies giving birth' to the next (particle).
we could expand this to hexagrams and make each moment a hexagram and show from hexagram to hexagram actual-potential expressions, but that is a bit more complex.
it seems to me that the I Ching's monograms, digrams, trigrams, and hexagrams are all moments of being and the changing lines are showing if they are growing or are all grown up. no changing line means the hexagram is continuing and one or more changing lines show that it is an old hexagram.
i'm quite new to the I Ching and am more interested is process metaphysics. perhaps some of the more well read members here could point me in the right direction with commentary or other resources to better situate these ideas — which i'm sure are not unique to me, but i have had difficultly in finding good information/discussion on this aspect of I Ching philosophy.
the t'ai ji tu (yin/yang diagram) has 4 parts:
i think these parts correspond to the digrams of young/old yin/yang:
young yin swirl -∞
young yang swirl +∞
old yin dot -•
old yang dot +•
i have seen two versions of correlation but prefer the 1st as can be seen later in this post:
00 — yin swirl
11 — yang swirl
01 — yin dot
10 — yang dot
00 — yin swirl
11 — yang swirl
10 — yin dot
01 — yang dot
what i've noticed and how i chose which correlation is that there is a yin/yang of being and a yin/yang of relation. for example, if we were to 'cast' a digit we would get a moment of yin/yang:
0
and adding another to it, say yang, gives us:
0 1
now this seems common enough, but then there is also a relation between the two. it would seem to me that differentiation is yang and unity/continuity is yin— and it certainly is NOT reflected in the monograms — but those could be debated and perhaps it's not relevant here as to which is which. if we do accept this take on it, then the relation of the first moment of yin to the second moment of yang is a difference and therefore the relation is yang.
0 1
.^
.1
a series could look like this:
a b c d e f g h
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
.^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
.1 0 1 0 1 1 1 ?
one could also see the above series in this way: if we group the series in pairs, then we can see them according to the digrams. for example,
moment 'a' is 0 and old yin because in moment 'b' it changes to 1 or yang — ending it's yin-ing.
however, in moment 'c' we have another yang so the yang of moment 'b' continues to grow and is thus growing yang. moment 'd' changing to 0 yin 'ends' the growth of the yang series making the yang in moment 'c' old yang. if we continue in this way and apply the digrams according to the fist scheme i listed above, we get:
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h
01 11 10 00 01 10 01 1?
-• +∞ +• -∞ -• +• -• +?
the term moment here implies an unfolding in time such that the current moment of being is relationally potential until the next moment of being forms. that is, the swirls (young/growing) represent potential/wave and the dots (old/dead) represent actual/particle or actual occasions in time•space.
we don't know what the nature of a moment is — young or old — until it has been continued or ended in the next moment. i'm also applying a sense of yin/yang to young/old — a yin/yang of being and a yin/yang of relationship.
the analogy i use is the one of breathing. the length/volume of one's inhalation isn't known until one begins to exhale. as long as one inhales, the breath continues to grow, but once one exhales, then the inhalation 'dies' and becomes actualized in relation to the moment of the exhalation's beginning – who's duration is not known until the next inhalation. in this way the growing yin/yang span many moments whereas old yin/yang are moments without length.
we could also group them like this:
.a....b..c....d..e....f....g....h
(01) (11 10) (00 01) (10) (01) (1?
.-•.....+•......-•......+•...-•+•
where each actualized (particle) is a different length and the last (group) is still a wave of potential who's length is not yet known until it 'dies giving birth' to the next (particle).
we could expand this to hexagrams and make each moment a hexagram and show from hexagram to hexagram actual-potential expressions, but that is a bit more complex.
it seems to me that the I Ching's monograms, digrams, trigrams, and hexagrams are all moments of being and the changing lines are showing if they are growing or are all grown up. no changing line means the hexagram is continuing and one or more changing lines show that it is an old hexagram.
i'm quite new to the I Ching and am more interested is process metaphysics. perhaps some of the more well read members here could point me in the right direction with commentary or other resources to better situate these ideas — which i'm sure are not unique to me, but i have had difficultly in finding good information/discussion on this aspect of I Ching philosophy.