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I've never made a conscious effort really to go anywhere with Yi that I'm not living in readings but surely there aren't that many Yi classes and the certainly the only one I'd recommend is here in CC, the Foundations Course which you can work through at your own pace and post in the academy if stuck and also Hilary runs actual Foundations Classes sometimes. But there's loads of learning resources in Change Circle, a gathering every 2 weeks where people can bring readings or just talk about hexagrams etc - there's a huge amount including wikiwing of course.Already I have the names and energies of the hexagrams memorized, but am looking for suggestions on how to go deeper with the Yi, or where to start on that journey, since there are so many books and resources and classes, etc.
In the book The Portable Dragon, somewhere in the last few pages, I seem to remember it is advocated that a healthy step back from Yi will do nothing but good. I followed this advice some years back and used the time away to study many other esoteric avenues and divination systems. Coming back to Yi after 3/4 years break allowed me to bring other perspectives that now form the basis of my communication and methods of interacting with Yi. Intuition has to be considered a key element to develop and increasingly bring into all your internal conversations either with or without Yi consultations.However the Yi gave me a series of readings basically advising to stop consulting for a minute and rely on my own intution, choices.
Now that I've followed that advice, changes have come to my life, hard ones but for the better.
Yes. You have to internalize your readings.If you want to go deeper with the Yi, go deeper with yourself.
Liselle replied: Yes. You have to internalize your readings.If you want to go deeper with the Yi, go deeper with yourself.
Okay, I edited it as well as I could. (The Clarity quote engine doesn't nest quotes.)I see what you're saying. Not flattering at all , but true. (Maybe Yi can help people become deeper?)
This is picky, but would you mind re-quoting my sentence so it displays right? Otherwise it looks like you're saying two opposite things back-to-back, which confuses the point you're making.
(The Clarity quote engine doesn't nest quotes.)
If you want to go deeper with the Yi, go deeper with yourself.
Yes. You have to internalize your readings.
If you want to go deeper with the Yi, go deeper with yourself.
Yes. You have to internalize your readings.
Well I have been listening to a lot of disco lately! Maybe the Yi will groove with that...I haven’t read the above conversation but I was intrigued by the question. Perhaps we all have tips for improving our connection. Mine, for today anyway, is to not be concerned if you feel you are or are not making progress with your understanding, just keep exposing yourself to it like you would with a foreign language. Also, when you are totally connected to the I Ching/Group Mind you feel happy! So practice feeling happy and you’ll “get it”! Listen to the Y.M.C.A. (It’s fun to stay at the YMCA1) and then consult the IC about something. Clarity!
Joining Change Circle is probably the answer I was looking for.I've never made a conscious effort really to go anywhere with Yi that I'm not living in readings but surely there aren't that many Yi classes and the certainly the only one I'd recommend is here in CC, the Foundations Course which you can work through at your own pace and post in the academy if stuck and also Hilary runs actual Foundations Classes sometimes. But there's loads of learning resources in Change Circle, a gathering every 2 weeks where people can bring readings or just talk about hexagrams etc - there's a huge amount including wikiwing of course.
But you know about all that already surely? About all the resources in CC I mean. I can't think there is a better place to go if you want to learn more about Yi.
3 I'm currently falling in love with Balkin's I Ching. I've been working primarily with Alfred Huang's version (backed up with Wilhelm and Karcher), but Balkin is so very good - I think he's becoming my go-to. He understands that it's a book of wisdom as well as an oracle, and his own commentaries are some of the best I've seen. Look at this short excerpt from 48 (which I drew today):
"The theme of the Jing is the need to replenish yourself and others... To replenish other people you must support them and give them room to flourish. Accept people for what they are: do not try to force them into preconceived molds. Consider how you can be of help to others rather than how you can get everyone else to do your bidding. If you create conditions of trust and reciprocity in the world around you, your relationships with others will be like an inexhaustible well that you and everyone else can draw on."
off to check out Balkin's translation then.see how different people interpret the images. I think it's useful, for example, to contrast Hillary's version with more cut-and-dried interpretations like Balkin and then with really wild, almost primal, ones like Karcher (I know some people warn against this sort of thing because it can kind of turn into "pick your own answer" but this practice has been invaluable to me because it helps me sometimes see things in different ways than I am predisposed to).
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).