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Nope. It's not.I'm sorry to put it in such blunt terms, but it is true.
I understand where you are coming from, but my remarks will remain the same. It is not a matter of opinion. It is a matter of knowing or not knowing. Beyond this, I have no inclination to continue to debate this matter. It is a waste of time. But thanks for pointing out your point of view anyway. I am not totally adverse to it. Some of this is a matter of perception about what is spiritual and what is not, so that we could be both actually saying the same thing. I am aware of all these things.
Gene
The simplest is explanation is that spirit is, in, every-thing, wherefore spirit may be found within the Iching.
Occam's razor is a wonderful tool
I believe that all we're doing is consciously realizing what we already know unconsciously, with help from, whatever name you feel compelled to give it.
Meng, I think you summarise it quite succinctly. I think the "reading" is the catalyst which sets the process in motion. I've been re-reading one of de Bono's books as well as Buzan's on mind mapping. They both extol the virtues and powers of our minds. I have no qualms in seeing our "bio-computer" as able to do the most astounding things, including making sense of a cryptic I Ching text.
I think my statement, which you agree with, may have a different understanding or meaning for the word, unconscious.
http://www.biroco.com/yijing/survey.htmDespite the trashy title, the overall judgments are quite well written and the old Chinese illustrations charming. The author has some dubious views on how the I Ching 'works', believing that it doesn't matter which hexagram you receive, that any one will do. He claims to have proved the theory by deliberately giving friends the wrong readings. All this is evidence of is improper use.
I do not see why his actions are criticised as "improper use".
Despite the trashy title, the overall judgments are quite well written and the old Chinese illustrations charming. The author has some dubious views on how the I Ching 'works', believing that it doesn't matter which hexagram you receive, that any one will do. He claims to have proved the theory by deliberately giving friends the wrong readings. All this is evidence of is improper use.
In other words that there is only one hexagram that will fit that person, in that situation, at that time?
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