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every day?
Each day, we read the original text of a hexagram or Changing Line, and discuss
its meaning in today's world.
Example:
"From Hexagram 1, The
Creative. Changing Line 1:
"Hidden dragon. Do not act."
In China, the dragon has a very different symbolic meaning from that given
to it in the West.
For the Chinese, the dragon is the
symbol of the height of creativity --- the energized, dynamic, powerful, potent ability to creat new things and to get things
done.
Receiving this line means that this creative force is available to you, but the
time is not yet right to use it. Don't be impatient and exhaust yourself. The Creative will make itself known
when the time is ripe."
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susanlee@bookofchanges.org
FAQ: What exactly
is the Daily Yi? Does it pertain to my situation? Or is it just general information?
Answer:
The
Daily Yi is the hexagram I receive when I ask the Yi, "What message do you want to send?" and then throw the
coins. In that sense, it is general information, and a chance to look at how we can interpret, today, the often
obscure words and phrases of the ancient Chinese.
It is also, I believe the "current" of which Wilhelm spoke when he said, ""The way in which the Book of
Changes works can best be compared to an electrical circuit reaching into all situations. The circuit only affords the potentiality of lighting; it does not give light. But when
contact with a definite siutation is established, the current is activated, and the given siutation is illumined."
In other words, it is telling us the pattern of the way things are going in the Universe. It is up to us to "plug
in" our own, specific situations and let the light shine on them.
When you throw the coins with a specific question in mind, the hexagram you receive is specific
advice about that situation. It is personal to you and is directed at that specific question.
Susan Lee
