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 Taming
Power of the Small
The
superior man is not motivated by a will ‘o
the wisp, you see. He’s dealing in something
deeper than momentary whims and desires. For this
reason, he is able to take the long view of
things. He is satisfied with doing small things
when big things cannot be done. And in this way,
we come again to the image of The Taming Power of
the Small. Remember the “dense clouds”
that I referred to with regard to this image. The
image is also connected in the Chinese
imagination with a period of time immediately
prior to the establishment of the Chou dynasty,
when one of its founders, King Wen, found himself
trapped as it were in the court of the last of
the Chin tyrants. This was not a good time for
bold measures. He had simply to bide his time and
wait for the proper moment for action. In fact,
it required that he attend primarily to his own
private affairs, and in the central verse
associate with the image of The Taming Power of
the Small, the oracle says, “Thus the
superior man refines the outward aspect of his
nature.” You can easily see how this advice
pertains your options in your particular
situation.
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