Psychic Readings from The
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.
For general information on
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.
Click here for links to all
of the images.
The Marrying Maiden
Now, the
I Ching Oracle contributes something to my sense
of this aspect of your situation through the
image of The Marrying Maiden. This is a very
interesting image. It describes a very particular
kind of relationship, which is in essence
positive by nature, even though the Judgment
associated with it is rather severe. I think it
is easy to get the wrong impression about this
image from the Judgment verse. In any case, it
says, “The Marrying Maiden. Undertakings
bring misfortune. Nothing that would
further.”
You see,
the person that is described in this image is
someone who plays an essentially subordinate
role. The commentaries on this image have tended
to associate this idea with the Chinese
institution of concubinage, as hinted in the name
of the image. The concubine is, of course, a
woman who plays a subordinate role in the
traditional Chinese household. She does NOT set
the agenda. Hence, her “undertakings bring
misfortune.” A very high degree of modesty
and adaptability is required of the successful
concubine.
I see a
mirror of this kind of relationship in the
interaction between you and your clients. It is
understandable that you would want to take charge
of their response to addiction, and, if you think
of your hypnotic suggestions as reprogramming
their subconscious patterns of thought and
feeling, well then perhaps taking charge is
really what is meant to happen when you work with
a client. I of course don’t know the finer
points of the theory that your therapy is based
on. But my point is that you are certainly
committed to the idea that, after one of your
sessions, the client will never smoke again.
While this is understandable, if this is your
mindset, yet the I Ching warns you about taking
it too seriously. Your position with regard to
other people’s addictions, even at best, is
limited. After all, something has to come from
the client as well. Otherwise we should all be
automatons.
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