Re: MD The I Ching in day-to-day practise!

2001-06-23 Thread Thracian Bard
Dear Rasheed, My apologies for not elaborating on the use of yarrow stalks and cyclical reading. Yarrow stalks are the stalks of the herb, yarrow which the traditional Taoist masters would grow as part of their apothecary. The stalks are cut and rubbed smooth at lengths of between 8 and 14

Re: MD The I Ching in day-to-day practise!

2001-06-23 Thread HisSheedness
Thracian, Thanks a lot for the clarification. I read probably my favorite verse in there last nite, from 'Thunder': One moment of goodness in people's minds, and the mind of Tao appears; this is heaven. One moment of evil in the mind, and the human mentality acts; this is hell. Hell and

Re: MD The I Ching in day-to-day practise!

2001-06-22 Thread Thracian Bard
Dear Rasheed, I am excited to find some of my fellow colleagues in the study of the MOQ, also drawn to the I Ching. As library material the I Ching can seem quite vague and not particularly viable. The reason seems to be that the I Ching is a dynamic and living text which lies dormant like the

Re: MD The I Ching in day-to-day practise!

2001-06-22 Thread HisSheedness
Thracian, Thanks for the post. Im actually reading the Thomas Cleary translation as of now but i might check out the one you mentioned soon. ANd what in the world is a yarrow stalk anyway? Im not sure there is anything in my intro about manipulating the stalks, but maybe i overlooked it.