Your Experiences with the Yi King
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I am new at using the Yi King, how can I go about using it in my daily life and through the years what has your experience been
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
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@magicthatworks777 said
"I am new at using the Yi King, how can I go about using it in my daily life and through the years what has your experience been"
My experience of I Ching divination is that it is uncannily accurate at depicting the ambiguity of the situation I'm asking about, but without clearly indicating a resolution.
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@gmugmble said
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@magicthatworks777 said
"I am new at using the Yi King, how can I go about using it in my daily life and through the years what has your experience been"My experience of I Ching divination is that it is uncannily accurate at depicting the ambiguity of the situation I'm asking about, but without clearly indicating a resolution."
I almost exclusively use the Wilhelm translation - because, rather than giving fortune-cookie answers, it primarily presents the principles actively operating. I find that, almost invariably, I get an exact, clear answer when looked at from this perspective. (And sometimes the standard commentaries are hiulariously dead-on the exact situation!)
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@Jim Eshelman said
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@gmugmble said
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My experience of I Ching divination is that it is uncannily accurate at depicting the ambiguity of the situation I'm asking about, but without clearly indicating a resolution."I almost exclusively use the Wilhelm translation - because, rather than giving fortune-cookie answers, it primarily presents the principles actively operating. I find that, almost invariably, I get an exact, clear answer when looked at from this perspective. (And sometimes the standard commentaries are hiulariously dead-on the exact situation!)"
me too - and for the same reasons! it helps one to understand the principles that lay behind, and I find this very helpful in making decision based on the answer.
my general approach when consulting I Ching is that I am asking my HGA for guidance and help, and the Book of Changes is a Tool (a specific language) for this comunication