readings diary

[jaspercool]

hi all,

I've been using pages of paper to record my readings and I've considered using some sort of diary system. How do you record your readings?

does anyone one know of a software program for recording I Ching readings?

I've now done hundreds of reading over the past couple of years and I've noticed a couple of hexagrams have never come up for me.

regards,

Jasper

 

[Trojina]

This bugs me because i can't really find a good way to so this for some reason. I tried dividing an empty book with the hexagrams running through in order so I could record an answer under the hexagram heading when i got it but this just didn't hang together in a useful way - too disconnected.

The way that seems best for me is just recording them alongside all my other journal type writing so there are hexagrams amongst all other sorts of stuff, dreams, thoughts, dentists appointments etc That way seems more meaningful to me since the answer I'm recording is embedded in the actual context of my life, but the drawback is its very messy. Sometimes I want to check back what i received for a certain question and it takes ages to find it.

I do find however when I do record for a while each answer i receive under the hexagram heading in a special book for the purpose, that some hexagrams never appear to come up at all in certain time periods. It isn't so easy to see patterns if you include answers in an ordinary journal, along with everything else.

 

[Sparhawk]

Hmmm, what's the complication about keeping a record of your questions and answers? IMO, I don't think it has to be "pretty" (specially not if you count my handwriting...) I've kept journals for about 30 years. Plain or ruled notebooks (I love Moleskin notebooks); write day's date, write well thought question, draw hexagrams, write your "moment's" interpretation (that's the key, IMO you must write what comes to your mind right there and then; believe me, I can guarantee you that you'll change your mind the next time you read that answer...)

Luis

 

[rosada]

I was keeping track of my readings by writing them individually on 3x5 cards. Then I filed them by hexagram. It was a good system. I got tired of doing it though.