I Ching or Book of Changes

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Ask advice about your health, dietary supplements (whether you need any food supplies), medication, your relation, getting rich, or even how to fix your TV set that is broken! The shock that comes from the manifestation of God within the depths of the earth makes man afraid, but this fear of God is good, for joy and merriment can follow upon it. I have re-purchased this book more than once as I gave a hardback version away years ago (to the seer who introduced me to it) and I then used a paperback version for many years and have now purchased this hardcover version as my paperback was getting worn. One should never (ten years is a complete cycle of time) follow this path, for nothing good can come of it.

This hexagram signifies on the one hand a break–through after a long accumulation of tension, as a swollen river breaks through its dikes, or in the manner of a cloudburst. This is a situation in which a strong, superior, well–poised man tolerates and protects the inferiors in his charge. Thus he must turn from his accustomed path and beg counsel and help from a man who is spiritually his superior but undistinguished outwardly.The inferior thing seems so harmless and inviting that a man delights in it; it looks so small and weak that he imagines he may dally with it and come to no harm. Slipcase in G/G+ condition, showing some wear around edges and corners, title plate in clean, red text bold. The idea of increase is expressed in the fact that the strong lowest line of the upper trigram has sunk down and taken its place under the lower trigram. Yet we must not overlook the fact that apart from this mechanisticnumber mysticism, a living stream of deep human wisdom was constantlyflowing through the channel of this book into everyday life, givingto China's great civilization that ripeness of wisdom, distilledthrough the ages, which we wistfully admire in the remnants ofthis last truly autochthonous culture.

So too the twofold clarity of the dedicated man clings to what is right and thereby can shape the world. Extraordinary times when the great preponderates are like floodtimes when the lake rises over the treetops. In all transactions, no matter how innocent, we must accommodate ourselves to the demands of the time, otherwise unexpected misfortune overtakes us. He must be firmly resolved within himself and, while maintaining association with the inferior man, avoid any participation in his vileness. The six lines construct the image of Ting, THE CALDRON; at the bottom are the legs, over them the belly, then come the ears (handles), and at the top the carrying rings.In ancient China the capital cities were sometimes moved, partly for the sake of more favorable location, partly because of a change in dynasties. A man in a dangerous situation, especially when he is not adequate to it, is inclined to be very free with talk and presumptuous jokes. Before a bull’s horns grow out, a headboard is fastened to its forehead, so that later when the horns appear they cannot do harm. The third UK edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with the original unclipped dust wrapper.

But this a man can do only when he himself is not yet infected by the agitation, although its disastrous effects are already visible in those around him.These two metaphors express the idea that in a highly developed civilization, such as that indicated by this hexagram, every person of good will can in some way or other succeed. If it is allowed to take its course, misfortune is bound to result; the insignificance of that which creeps in should not be a temptation to underrate it. However, it is not the material gifts that count, but sincerity of feeling, and so all goes well in the end. This old meat is spoiled: by taking up the problem the punisher arouses poisonous hatred against himself, and in this way is put in a somewhat humiliating position.

When a man is advancing farther and farther, it is important for him not to become intoxicated by success. However, there are two prerequisites for a satisfactory political or social organization of mankind. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. So likewise in teaching others everything depends on consistency, for it is only through repetition that the pupil makes the material his own.At that time King Wên introduced his illustrious helpers to the god of his native mountain, and they received their places in the halls of the ancestors by the side of the ruler. By neglecting this duty and helping no one, they in turn lose the furthering influence of others and soon find themselves alone.