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Referendum in Maine: Using the I Ching Oracle to anticipate the meaning of political events
I have often found the I Ching to be a wonderful contemplative and analytical tool, with overtones of oracle and prophesy, to use in reflection and anticipation about political events. In my work at NowPublic media, I have been cove...
Zhen (貞) as 'to true'
Have you ever tried woodworking? I love working with wood, but without all the fancy electrical machinery it can be hard work. Before any piece of wood can be used it needs to be "squared off": carefully planing it so the long surfaces are flat and...
What Goes Around, Comes Around: A Warning from Synchronicity?
This morning I experiend what Jung termed synchronicity in an everyday experience. While waiting in the station restaurant for my morning train, a song came on the radio. It was one of my favorite pop songs: "What Goes Around Comes Around,"...
I Ching and Political Anaysis
One of the major uses I have found for the I Ching is as a contemplative tool for the analysis of political events. Consulting the classic book and pondering its ancient and the quaint phrasings from antiquity, provides a sort of ke...
What Is Love?
What is love?Love is coming home from a long day's work, to see your fiancee working on the computer, with her headphones on, singing seriously out of tune, watching the melody cutely contort her face. And falling in love all over again.THAT'S love....
Do Not Marry? An Exploration of 44.5
My client Diana and her boyfriend had been living together for many years, and she asked the Yi if she should marry him. She got 44.5 > 50. The Wilhelm commentary and many others warn that when we receive hexagram 44, some undesirable yin quality is ...


A great blog which blends Eastern philosophy and spirituality with Western living. Well worth checking it out! It deals compassionately with the world, and we could all do with a little more of that in our lives.
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