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The I Ching
    #6053430 - 09/12/06 01:06 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

http://www.jamesclairlewis.com/pages/iching/hexagramindex.html

Consulting the I Ching, and the Key Hexagram

http://www.jamesclairlewis.com/pages/iching/key.html

In ancient times people used yarrow sticks to consult the I Ching. It was a complicated process in which changing lines occured less frequently. Gradually people switched over to the coins, which is what everybody uses today. I have three wheatback pennies.

To consult the I Ching you first think of your question, and then you will cast the three coins six times. After each toss of the coins, you mark down what came up, starting at the bottom & working up to the top. These may be yin lines or yang lines, and they may also be changing lines, or not. Changing lines are lines that change from yin to yang or yang to yin. These are the most important, because they show you the critical points in what you are dealing with in the answer to your question.

3 heads are a yin changing line. -x-
2 heads and a tail are a yang line ---
1 head and two tails are a yin line - -
3 tails are a yang changing line. -o-

The way people have been doing this for thousands of years, is that when you have changing lines you end up with two hexagrams. The hexagram you threw is written down first. Then you write down the second one beside it. The lines that were not changing remain the same in both hexagrams, but the changing lines will become the opposite of what they were in the first hexagram.

The first hexagram will tell you what to do, and the second hexagram will tell you what you can accomplish. The changing lines will guide you through the important parts of this process. This is what I like about the I Ching. The Tarot is great for explaining what is going on in a situation, but the I Ching tells you what to do about it.

The KEY hexagram completes the process, because it explains why you should be following the advice given in the first & second hexagrams. In all of my years of research, I've never seen that anyone has ever written about this idea, so I will assume that it is my own innovation. It is really quite a simple concept, but the KEY hexagram has shed light on everything that I use the I Ching for. If you consider that lines that do not change are yin, and that lines that do change are yang, then you can write down a third hexagram. This is what I call the KEY.

The KEY hexagram shows the relationship between the first & second. Now if there is a theme that runs throughout the entire I Ching, it is all about relationships, and the leverage to make things happen. Consequently, understanding the relationship between the two hexagrams you get when you consult the I Ching is essential. It is like a sentence has been constructed : You should do this (1st hexagram), in order to accomplish this (2nd hexagram), BECAUSE of this (the Key hexagram).

Linking up everything together in this way, has made the I Ching much more understandable for me. Before I discovered the KEY hexagram, often I would ask the I Ching a question, and still have doubts about what it was telling me. It doesn't help much to understand what an oracle is telling you, after you need that knowledge, does it? The KEY hexagram cleared that problem up for me, because when you understand the underlying pattern of a situation, the details become very clear.

To use my online translation of the I Ching, open three browser tabs to the Hexagram Index page. Then you can click on the hexagrams you want to study, and switch between the browser tabs for comparison.


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Re: The I Ching *DELETED* [Re: jcldragon]
    #6055348 - 09/12/06 09:46 PM (17 years, 5 months ago)

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Re: The I Ching [Re: lavod]
    #6056107 - 09/13/06 03:10 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

I have a 360 degree calendar system based upon Nuclear Hexagrams. I've noticed that my major foul-ups in life, happened when I wasn't using it...


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Re: The I Ching [Re: jcldragon]
    #6056124 - 09/13/06 03:34 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

the I Ching really really amazes me. i can't believe how relevant and true the answers it gives are.


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Re: The I Ching [Re: nightkrawler]
    #6063566 - 09/15/06 02:50 AM (17 years, 5 months ago)

On one hand the I Ching is a body of common sense wisdom. On the other, it is an explanation of the processes of change. In my translation, I examine the correspondances between the internal changes, and the external changes. Each Hexagram has a unique Circle of Friends. These are Hexagrams that are associated to it by the internal structures of the I Ching. What the Circle of Friends says about a Hexagram is as revealing as what the Hexagram says about itself. Thus you get the relationship between what is percieved, and how you are percieved... which is always a tricky thing to get a handle on.


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Re: The I Ching [Re: jcldragon]
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    #13542182 - 11/25/10 11:47 PM (13 years, 2 months ago)

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    #13542641 - 11/26/10 02:13 AM (13 years, 2 months ago)

The I Ching will do that. Everything likes to be respected, and nothing likes stupid questions

The I Ching doesn't like "Yes or No" questions either

It would prefer, "What will happen, if I do this?", followed by "What will happen, if I do that?"

Then you get two patterns of actions and results, and you can choose between them

Once you've asked the I Ching a question, take the time to figure out what it meant. At first this will take some time, because while the I Ching is a binary system, its point of view is NON-Dualistic. Of course, Non-dualism encompasses Dualism, so a Non-dualistic thinker can employ Dualistic thinking, but that's not where they are coming from


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Re: The I Ching [Re: anothertom]
    #13542909 - 11/26/10 05:11 AM (13 years, 2 months ago)

The website was a bit tricky to understand. Is there a guide that actually shows me how to start using this? I am interested, but a bit confused.


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Re: The I Ching [Re: anothertom]
    #13546797 - 11/27/10 02:50 AM (13 years, 2 months ago)

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thats exactly what i love most about this book. just how.. interactive it can be, once you start to understand it. ill admit that im still learning its quirks, but i already feel like i have a real relationship with it. personally cant say that about any other books.




It does take some time to get what the I Ching is saying. The reason for this is that it is too simple to understand. The point of view is completely basic and Non-Dualistic. Complexity is tossed aside to reveal the simple patterns underneath

The I Ching also has a sense of humor, and that is a very important fact, because humor is embeded in the Fabric of the Universe


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Re: The I Ching [Re: foliocb]
    #13546833 - 11/27/10 03:15 AM (13 years, 2 months ago)

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foliocb said:
The website was a bit tricky to understand. Is there a guide that actually shows me how to start using this? I am interested, but a bit confused.




I think you are looking for this :

http://www.jamesclairlewis.com/pages/iching/aboutiching.html

and this :

http://www.jamesclairlewis.com/pages/iching/key.html

I haven't gotten around to explaining how to use the Calendar yet. I don't have a full plate : I have a complete dinner set of full plates!

Currently, my work on the translation involves updating each of the pages. From the structure I found patterns emerge. Certain groups of Hexagrams have special properties, which I'm noting as Dragons, Bees, and Butterflies. The Dragons rule with Wisdom. The Bees get work done. The Butterflies demonstrate Joy and Spontaneousness

The idea is that the advice will speak to the Objective mind, and the Dragons, Bees, and Butterflies will engage the Subjective mind. It is a multi-layered approach, allowing people who use my translation to understand it with both the conscious and symbolic minds at once


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