![]() ![]() But if you’ve been following me so far, now clean up the salt and make sure the 3 coins are dry and ready to go. Any 3 coins of the same size from anywhere should suffice. Hey, it’s more for you than it is for me, but you should know what’s best for yourself, so if bright white light just isn’t your thing, no worries. Feel free to skip the bright white light part. Pictured there isn’t just sea salt– there’s also sandalwood ash. Close your eyes, be relaxed and calm, and–this is going to sound nutty, but stay with me here–try to imagine cleansing the coins of any of its residual energies and, once clean, like blank slates, imagine imprinting them with a calming, luminescent bright white light. Cup the coins and salt between your palms. Dry the coins well and in one palm, sprinkle a bit of salt and place the coins on the salt. Yet I have a bunch of Hong Kong currency. quarters… …or 3 of whatever that coin is… 1 Hong Kong dollar, it looks like… …or even this, so long as you know which side is “heads” and which side is going to be “tails.” Was going to take photos of pennies, nickels, and dimes, but weirdly, I couldn’t find 3 pennies, 3 nickels, or 3 dimes at home. Yeah, I’m talking down to you right now, but I promise you at least one person is going to miss the point. So you can’t use 1 penny, 1 dime, and 1 quarter for the 3 coins. You can use 3 pennies, 3 dimes, 3 quarters, 3 half-dollars… it’s up to you. Rinse and clean under water 3 coins of the same size. To get your I Ching divination from me, here’s what you have to do: So that’s what I’ll be using for these divinations–my own work product. I’ve been tackling my own translation and annotations of the I Ching so that I no longer need to work off any of the current English translations. These are not full readings, by the way, and you will be meeting me half-way in terms of work. ![]() And if you’re already following me on Twitter, then it is free. Whatever the question, the answer is out there.For the month of December, 2014, ending right before New Year’s Eve, I am offering I Ching divinations in exchange for following me on Twitter. So here it is, the best possible version of a weird, wonderful and curiously practical ancient text, brought up-to-date, including a simple guide on how to use it: Sometimes an I Ching reading seems to present you with abstract nonsense. They don’t seem to work like the Wilhelm version. ![]() I have been fascinated by my own physical copy of that book for years, but it’s a big awkward brick of a thing, and not something you tend to have around when you want to use it. And it’s this one: the Richard Wilhelm / Cary F. There are many clunky versions hanging around in dusty corners of the Internet, but there is only one really good English translation. In any case, the Book of Changes has been an insightful guide to decision-making for millions of people for thousands of years. Some see the I Ching as a way to focus and reveal what you already know (a psychological text). Some see the I Ching as a way to interpret those changes to see into the future (a mystical text). It’s a 3,000 year old ancient Chinese text based on a true and timeless principle: that everything is connected, and every change flows from those connections. The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an extraordinary way to reveal your answer to any one of your big questions. Sometimes when you face a difficult decision, you know the answer is out there.
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