The I Ching is a Proven Guide for Success
What Time Is It For Me?
Answering this simple question places you in an opening of Tao Consciousness.
Casting the quetion is the first action. Living the answer over the next six days is the second action.
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Introduction
In Hexagram 63, Line 2 the wisdom 'Do not pursue, you will get it in seven
days. ' A hexagram spans six days. By following the path, experiencing your
life and contemplating the question, a realization or manifestation will
come to you.
Preparing an inquiry
The opportunity of applying the I Ching to an inquiry is done in
a question. Preparing the question is done in a two step procedure. The
clearer the question and the deeper your perception of the matters at stake,
the more profound the answer will be.
Establishing the Field
The first step is to consider the matter. Search out the feelings, images
and experiences involved. Articulate what you feel and think what you know
and what you do not know. Look for relevant memories and experiences, hopes
and fears, dreams and desires. Look to see what is there, no matter how
contradictory. This will establish a field of associations that can focus
the symbols and relate them to your concerns.
Formulating the Question
The second step is to formulate the question as clearly as possible. Base
it on what you want to do. As you contemplate the question find the place
where desire melts into uncertainty. As your inquiry deepens search out
the level of specifity you need. It doe not matter what you are asking about
as long as it is personally important and your motives in asking are sincere.
The most basic question is 'What time is it for me?'
Yes and no questions are not usually effective. An effective formulation of a specific question might be: what about doing X? or What should my position about X be? If you are confused about the whole situation, you can ask the most basic question of the I Ching oracle: What time is it for me? Please give me an image of my overall situation. You can also ask for a strategy or guide: What is the most effective stance to take towards Y? How can I best achieve X? or How can I help A? If you are truly up against a dilemma, you can ask for an image of each alternative, formulating two questions: What about doing X? What about doing Y?
In formulating the questions, or asking about another person, you should be sure your motives are clear, straight and compassionate. Tradition says that the I Ching oracle will respond clearly to a real need but will not allow itself to be used for greedy or manipulative ends.
Position the Inquirer
Another thing to consider in posing a question is the position of the Inquirer.
How is the person asking the question related to the matter at hand? In
what way are they involved in the situation and what power do they have
over the situation? Define who the Inquirer is by asking on behalf of: him
or herself, as head of a family, as a therapist or healer, as manager or
spokesperson for the group. The answers the oracle offers will be directly
related to this position.
Active Dialogue
Applying the active dialogue form the basic question can be reformulated
into an action inquiry. This process applies what the depth psychologist
C.G. Jung called active imagination. It can lead to further questions as
you explore the matter you are considering in depth. Give the oracle’s
first response careful consideration. Where further questions arise, do
not hesitate to ask again. The I Ching oracle invites this sort
of dialogue.
The basic question you ask can be focused and make better sense by asking
a guide. As you contemplate the guide can lead you to connect to the situation,
what you can do now. You can then ask a From Now question.
Conducting the Inquiry
Cleanse the coins through a saging method then, with a clear mind, hold
the inquiry in your mind and cast the coins six times, counting each throw.
This is the begetting of the inquiry.
It is best to have someone to talk to who knows the interpretive qualities of the I Ching to assist you in getting to the depth of the wisdom.
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Dale Bruder is a life student of the Tao through the I Ching. Since 1976 he has been applying the I Ching to his self the way psychoanalysts and Zen teachers apply psychoanalysis or Zen to themselves before presenting to others.
His studies of Taoist, Buddhist and Confucian I Ching texts towards mastery of the 'hall of mirrors at the end of a giant kaleidoscope' continues today. His intellectual journey is to match the complexity of ordinary real life with total coherence of the three views of Chinese thought.
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