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Psychic Internet often feature images drawn from the
I Ching Oracle. To offer supplementary
information about these images for our clients,
and for the public, we have provided this archive
of brief articles.
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the I Ching Oracle, click here.
The
abstract images of the I Ching Oracle (usually
called "hexagrams") symbolize all of
the related and interacting aspects of reality.
In the following excerpts from actual Psychic Readings, the images of the I Ching
are discussed.
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of the images.
The Joyous
All in
all, this is obviously nothing less that the
philosophical approach to misfortune. Our Reading
does not focus on sadness and remorse. On the
contrary, the image of Return changes in this
Reading into the image of The Joyous, which
describes openhearted optimism and good nature.
These are the qualities that make even the oldest
among us "young at heart." The Norse
Goddess, Freia, was an image of The Joyous. And
the apples from her orchard kept the other gods
forever young. She was the patroness of the young
at heart.
The
Judgment verse associated with the image of The
Joyous says, “Success. Perseverance is
favorable.” It is evidently quite in the
nature of joy to be successful. Joyousness is
infectious, but instead of making people sick, it
makes them healthy. Joy takes the dark
seriousness out of life, which is good when one
considers that we needn't be serious when being
sincere will do just as well. I always think of
the wit who asked, “How do angels fly?”
and then replied, “They take themselves
lightly.” In other words, they are joyous.
However,
Richard Wilhelm in his great commentary on this
image notes an important distinction when he
characterizes the image of the Joyous as
describing something other than mere mirth. He
says, “Truth and strength must dwell in the
heart, while gentleness reveals itself in social
intercourse. In this way one assumes the right
attitude toward God and man and achieves
something. Under certain conditions, intimidation
without gentleness may achieve something
momentarily, but not for all time. When, on the
other hand, the hearts of men are won by
friendliness, they are led to take all hardships
upon themselves willingly, and if need be will
not shun death itself, so great is the power of
joy over men.”
I think
this means that where there is life there should
be joy. Every day is new, and no disappointment
can weaken the perseverance of the superior man.
Look for the joy that is ever present within you
in the form of the instinct for survival. That
instinct is based on what the French call
“joie de vivre.” One never says just,
“The king is dead.” One always says,
“The king is dead. Long live the king.”
Life is ever and always joyous when “there
is the right attitude toward God and man and
[one] achieves something.” Don’t let
any disappointment get you down. Move on without
looking back.
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