THE I CHING AND DNA ACTIVATION
Posted by Indra on November 8, 2010 at 6:00pm
THE I CHING IS A ECCENTRIC BOOK TO SAY THE LEAST. MANY KNOW OF THE I CHING AS
A BOOK OF DIVINATION. ONE THROWS COINS OR YARROW STICKS TO CREATE HEXAGRAMS OF
SIX BROKEN AND UNBROKEN LINES REPRESENTING YIN YANG CONFIGURATIONS. IN THIS FORM
THE I CHING WORKS AS A RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR. THROUGH THE INTENTION OF ONE
THROWING THE COINS, RANDOM POSSIBILITIES IN THAT MOMENT SHOW UP AS A HEXAGRAM
WHICH IS INTERPRETED BY THE TEXT. THE I CHING IS A WISE AND RATHER SLY VOICE,
GIVING ADVICE THAT IS PRECISE YET MADDENINGLY VAGUE AT THE SAME TIME.
THE
IDEAS IN THE I CHING ARE THE CORNERSTONE OF CHINESE CULTURE, MYSTICISM AND
MEDICINE. IT WAS DEVELOPED BY FU HSI AND OTHERS AROUND 3000 B.C. IT IS SAID FU
HSI WAS INSPIRED BY A PATTERN ON THE BACK OF A MAGICAL TURTLE. ALTHOUGH THIS
BOOK IS AN EXCELLENT ORACLE, ADVICE ABOUT FUTURE EVENTS IS NOT THE ORIGINAL
INTENTION OF THE I CHING.
MANY INTERPRETATIONS OF THE I CHING EXIST.
THREE BROAD CATEGORIES ARE COVERED. DIVINATION OR FORTUNE TELLING, CONFUCIAN
IDEAS WHICH ARE SOCIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL, AND ALCHEMICAL OR TAOIST
INTERPRETATIONS. MY FAVORITE INTERPRETATION IS FROM A FELLOW NAMED LUI I MING
WHO LIVED IN CHINA AND PUBLISHED HIS WORK IN 1796. HE HAD ONE FOOT IN THE PAST
AND YET WISE ENOUGH TO SEE THE COMING LOGIC OF THE MODERN WORLD. THE BEST
TRANSLATION IS FROM THOMAS CLEARY. A HARVARD SCHOLAR AND A TAOIST
ADEPT.
I CHING MEANS THE BOOK OF CHANGE. IT IS AN ANCIENT BINARY CODE.
SOLID LINES ARE YANG OR 1 AND BROKEN LINES ARE YIN OR 0. THERE ARE ONLY 64
HEXAGRAMS, BUT THE GENIUS IS IN THE ENORMOUS MANDALA OF POSSIBILITY WHEN LINES
CHANGE AND REARRANGE. THE COMPLEX MATHEMATICS ARE TOO COMPLICATED FOR THIS POST.
WE WILL STICK TO THE BASIC IDEAS AND HOW THEY MAY HELP YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH SOME
CHANGES.
HEAVEN AND EARTH ARE THE FIRST TWO HEXAGRAMS. HEAVEN IS ALL YANG
OR SOLID LINES, WHILE EARTH IS YIN AND ALL BROKEN LINES. HEAVEN IS CONSIDERED
FIRMNESS, WHILE EARTH IS FLEXIBLE. THE REMAINING 62 HEXAGRAMS COMMENT ON THE
MYRIAD POSSIBILITIES OF FIRMNESS AND FLEXIBILITY. IF ONE IS TO FIRM OR YANG,
FLEXIBILITY IS NOT POSSIBLE. BEING TO FLEXIBLE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR FIRMNESS.
IDEALLY WE ARE FIRM WITHIN FLEXIBILITY AND FLEXIBLE WITHIN FIRMNESS. WE CAN
THINK OF FIRMNESS AND FLEXIBILITY AS ACTION AND UNDERSTANDING, ETERNITY AND
CHANGE, MIND OF TAO AND HUMAN CONDITIONING, DOING AND NON-DOING. IN OTHER WORDS
THE I CHING IS THE STUDY OF POLARITY OR CHANGE AND THE PROBABLE PATH THE CHANGE
WILL TAKE.
THE PATH OFFERED BY THE I CHING DETAILS THE TRANSFORMATION OF
THE HUMAN MIND AND CONDITIONING, WITH ALL OF ITS CLINGING AND ATTACHMENT. INTO
THE MIND OF TAO AND THE WU WEI OR EFFORTLESS EFFORT. FROM DOING TO BEING OR
NON-DOING. READING A HEXAGRAM DAILY WILL OPEN THE MIND TO NEW POSSIBILITY OF
CHANGE RATHER THAN THE TYPICAL HUMAN RESPONSE. LETS EXAMINE A HEXAGRAM TO
ILLUSTRATE THE FLAVOR OF THE I CHING. I FEEL THIS PARTICULAR HEXAGRAM CLOSELY
MIRRORS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TODAY'S WORLD OF DECLINE AND PARADIGM
CHANGE.
EXHAUSTION...THIS HEXAGRAM REPRESENTS POLISHING AND REFINING THE
BODY AND MIND. PEOPLE WHO TRY TO PRACTICE THE TAO CAN ALL KEEP STEADFAST WHEN
THEY ARE I EASY CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT MANY OF THEM WAVER IN DETERMINATION WHEN THEY
ARE IN A DIFFICULT OR PERILOUS SITUATIONS. THEY MAY CHANGE THEIR DETERMINATION
DUE TO ILLNESS; THEIR SPIRITS MAY FLAG BECAUSE OF OLD AGE OR THEY MAY STOP WORK
BECAUSE OF OBSTRUCTION BY SOME OBSESSION. ALL THESE ARE CASES IN WHICH PEOPLE DO
NOT EXERT THE MIND OF TAO AND ARE HINDERED BY EXHAUSTION, SO THEY ULTIMATELY DO
NOT ATTAIN THE TAO.
IF THE MIND IS NOT EXHAUSTED EVEN THOUGH THE BODY BE
EXHAUSTED, THE PATH IS NOT AT AN IMPASSE EVEN THOUGH THE SITUATION PRESENTS AN
IMPASSE, AND ONE CAN BE JOYFUL EVEN WHEN IN DIFFICULTY, THEN THERE IS A
DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECT WITHIN EXHAUSTION. BUT EVEN THOUGH BEING ABLE TO REJOICE
EVEN IN DIFFICULTY IS SOMETHING PEOPLE CANNOT FULLY ATTAIN, AND THERE WILL
INEVITABLY BE A POINT OF EXHAUSTION, NEVERTHELESS IF THEY BECOME EXHAUSTED WHERE
THEY SHOULD NOT, THEY WILL NOT ATTAIN DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS BECAUSE THE
DEVELOPMENTAL ASPECT OF EXHAUSTION LIES IN BEING CORRECT.
DEALING WITH
EXHAUSTION CORRECTLY, GROWING CORRECTLY, WHILE EXHAUSTED ONE GOES ALONG IN
HARMONY WITH THE TIME. GOING ALONG IN HARMONY WITH THE TIME IS POSSIBLE ONLY FOR
GREAT PEOPLE IMBUED WITH THE QUALITY OF CORRECT BALANCE. GREAT PEOPLE, WHILE
BEING VERY WISE, APPEAR TO BE IGNORANT; WHILE BEING VERY SKILLFUL, THEY APPEAR
INEPT. RANDOM THOUGHTS DO NOT OCCUR TO THEM, AND THEY CANNOT BE INFLUENCED BY
CIRCUMSTANCES. THEIR CONDUCT IS UNAFFECTED, AND THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED WITH
EXTERNALS. NOT ONLY DO THEY FIND GOOD FORTUNE WHEREVER THEY ARE, THEY ALSO
ACCORD WITH THE ORDER OF LIFE AND ARE BLAMELESS.
AS FOR THOSE WHOSE MAIN
CONCERN IS FOOD AND CLOTHING, THEY ARE UNTRUSTWORTHY IN AN IMPASSE, THEY WILL
TAKE TROUBLE IN HOPES OF FORTUNES, BUT AS SOON AS THINGS DONT GO THEIR WAY THEY
SHOW IT IN THEIR WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS, COMPLAINING AGAINST HAVEN AND BLAMING
PEOPLE. SO BLAME GOES ALONG WITH THEM-HOW CAN THIS BRING ABOUT GOOD FORTUNE?
THOSE WHO DEAL WITH EXHAUSTION AND IMPASSE RIGHTLY, WHO ARE ABLE TO BE JOYFUL
EVEN IN DIFFICULTY, ARE GREAT PEOPLE. THOSE WHO ARE UNTRUSTWORTHY IN AN IMPASSE,
WHO TAKE TROUBLE ONLY TO PLEASE THEMSELVES, ARE PETTY PEOPLE. IT MAY BE THE SAME
TROUBLE AND THE SAME JOY, BUT THE DISTINCTION LIES IN HOW GREAT PEOPLE AND PETTY
PEOPLE RELATE TO THE TROUBLE AND THE JOY. SO THOSE WHO PRACTICE THE TAO SHOULD
BY ALL MEANS MAINTAIN RECTITUDE WHEN EXHAUSTED AND AT AN IMPASSE.
LUI I
MING LIKES LONG SENTENCES, LOL. PERHAPS THIS STYLE OF DISCOURSE IS WORDY TO
SOME. BUT THE POINT IS TIMELY. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN RECTITUDE OR STEADFASTNESS TO
THE VIRTUE THAT HAS GOTTEN US THIS FAR, IN THE FACE OF THIS EXHAUSTED WORLD.
THIS IS THE 12TH ROUND OF A HEAVY WEIGHT FIGHT, KEEP YOUR HANDS UP NO MATTER HOW
TIRED YOU FEEL. DO NOT ALLOW THE PETTY PEOPLE BRING YOU DOWN WITH THEIR OLD
PARADIGM OF COMPLAINT AND BLAME. BE THE FOOL WITH A BIG SILLY SMILE ON YOUR FACE
NO MATTER THE DIRE CIRCUMSTANCE. THIS IS BRAVE TALK ON MY PART, THINGS MAY WELL
GET MUCH WORSE. BUT WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO BUT ATTACH YOUR SELF TO THE SELFLESS JOY
OF THE TAO AND SMILE.