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July 2019
Like other challenging endeavours in life, my studies of the Yi have gone through many ups and downs over the years . More often than not, I have had to place the Book of Change back on the shelf, realistically admitting that there was no meaningful change in my study progress . One time, long ago, in moments of frustration I have posed this inevitable question to the Yi itself:
Below are the responses I received, after casting my trusted I Ching coins :
The hint given by the Yi was "Inner Truthfulness" , hexagram 61 with two moving lines giving rise to hexagram 6 . By changing just one moving line at a time, it can be seen that there is a progression from hexagram 61 to hexagram 59 first, then onto hexagram 6 :
The nuclear hexagram which underlines hexagram 61 is hexagram 27 , "Taking Nourishment" :
The clues offered by these hexagrams include "sincerity, perseverance and proper nurturing of aspiration …" . The way I read it, in order to tune in and really understand the Yi , one needs to maintain an attitude of truthfulness within, somehow withhold or at least suppress all personal prejudices and limiting pre-conception which are in this context nothing but powerful blinkers and filters obstructing clear vision. It is of course not easy to remain steadfast and clear-headed against the incessant whirlwinds of life, and there is a strong tendency to falter and deviate from one's true purposes. When that happens the effort to understand the Yi becomes scattered and ineffective, and the end result could well turn out to be undesirable disputes or even messy litigation, as hexagram 6 indicates. True knowledge of the Yi seems to be a pretty rare fruit, which undoubtedly requires careful nurturing and selective cultivation . This is probably what hexagram 27 wants to show.
Overall there is a good degree of synchronicity here between my needling question and the spontaneous answer offered by the Yi . At least that's how it occurs to me .
Looking at hexagram 61, I had a clear impression of an opening on a stone wall, a window , an aperture through which light can shine . To me it also appears to represent a frame, a mold into which one can pour ideas, thoughts to form definite shapes, concepts, theories ... Without such a framework perhaps all our thinking would be in vain, quickly scattered and dispersed into thin air, like fleeting clouds in the sky ....
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July 2019
Like other challenging endeavours in life, my studies of the Yi have gone through many ups and downs over the years . More often than not, I have had to place the Book of Change back on the shelf, realistically admitting that there was no meaningful change in my study progress . One time, long ago, in moments of frustration I have posed this inevitable question to the Yi itself:
" How to understand the Book of Change ? "
Below are the responses I received, after casting my trusted I Ching coins :
The hint given by the Yi was "Inner Truthfulness" , hexagram 61 with two moving lines giving rise to hexagram 6 . By changing just one moving line at a time, it can be seen that there is a progression from hexagram 61 to hexagram 59 first, then onto hexagram 6 :
The nuclear hexagram which underlines hexagram 61 is hexagram 27 , "Taking Nourishment" :
The clues offered by these hexagrams include "sincerity, perseverance and proper nurturing of aspiration …" . The way I read it, in order to tune in and really understand the Yi , one needs to maintain an attitude of truthfulness within, somehow withhold or at least suppress all personal prejudices and limiting pre-conception which are in this context nothing but powerful blinkers and filters obstructing clear vision. It is of course not easy to remain steadfast and clear-headed against the incessant whirlwinds of life, and there is a strong tendency to falter and deviate from one's true purposes. When that happens the effort to understand the Yi becomes scattered and ineffective, and the end result could well turn out to be undesirable disputes or even messy litigation, as hexagram 6 indicates. True knowledge of the Yi seems to be a pretty rare fruit, which undoubtedly requires careful nurturing and selective cultivation . This is probably what hexagram 27 wants to show.
Overall there is a good degree of synchronicity here between my needling question and the spontaneous answer offered by the Yi . At least that's how it occurs to me .
Looking at hexagram 61, I had a clear impression of an opening on a stone wall, a window , an aperture through which light can shine . To me it also appears to represent a frame, a mold into which one can pour ideas, thoughts to form definite shapes, concepts, theories ... Without such a framework perhaps all our thinking would be in vain, quickly scattered and dispersed into thin air, like fleeting clouds in the sky ....
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