lifeforce Posted April 22, 2010 Hi everyone Is there any benefit from reading the Book Of Changes as it is, purely for wisdom and insight rather than for personal divinations ? Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted April 22, 2010 Hi everyone Is there any benefit from reading the Book Of Changes as it is, purely for wisdom and insight rather than for personal divinations ? Thanks. Yes - there is a thread on this if you search for it - some on here use the I Ching solely in this way and not for divination. If you study the Great Treatise then you can understand the patterns which underlie the Hexagrams - it is worth doing this just to understand the beauty and elegance of the book. Cheers John Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lifeforce Posted April 22, 2010 Yes - there is a thread on this if you search for it - some on here use the I Ching solely in this way and not for divination. If you study the Great Treatise then you can understand the patterns which underlie the Hexagrams - it is worth doing this just to understand the beauty and elegance of the book. Cheers John Thanks John, I'll have a look for that thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oleg Galkin Posted April 23, 2010 Hi everyone Is there any benefit from reading the Book Of Changes as it is, purely for wisdom and insight rather than for personal divinations ? Thanks. Of course there is a benefit! There you will find many advises which could help you to improve yourself as well as to understand the principle of changes. I noticed reading the commentaries to hexagrams gives me some kind of reflection of my current situation in life. I think, I Ching is a tool of psychological insight in many ways. Also many laws of nature, laws of change, are reflected in this book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pietro Posted April 23, 2010 Hi everyone Is there any benefit from reading the Book Of Changes as it is, purely for wisdom and insight rather than for personal divinations ? Thanks. As mentioned, we had this discussion before. I am of the (minoritarian) school that that is how it should be done. Read it 3 times, from top to bottom. That was Bruce suggestion to me. Once you know all the situation you will automatically associate the situations in your life with one of the 64 cases. Just remember that you are not the most important person in the universe. So what you are experiencing might be one of the 64 hexagram, just focused on someone else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
