Our model for how to behave with others is the Sage: in relating we are obliged to practice kindness, humility, correctness, equanimity, and openness. Proper relationships, whether in love, work, family, or friendship, must be founded on and conducted under proper principles in order to succeed. It generally comes as a sign that some kind of self-correction is in order in this arena. This hexagram addresses the proper basis for relationships with others. It is for this reason that it is so dynamically alive today, thousands of years and thousands of miles from its place of origin. The Book of Changes speaks to us not in abstract platitudes but with direct advice about what to do now, in this situation, to bring about our own success and good fortune.
Those who approach the I Ching sincerely, consult it regularly, and embody in their lives the lessons it teaches inevitably experience the greatest riches that life has to offer: discernment, contentment, peace of mind. It is a living, breathing oracle, a patient and all-seeing teacher, an always-open spiritual school which can be relied upon for flawless counsel at every point in our lives. It is also a very wise book - it is regarded as the foundation text of Chinese wisdom and philosophy, and was instrumental to sages such as Confucius, whose education and teachings were formed by it - but it is just a book.īeneath the surface, however, the Book of Changes is more than just a book. It is a very old book - one that has survived for thousands and thousands of years in many different forms - but it is just a book. On its surface, the I Ching is merely a book. Click here to see the #1-ranked I Ching app in the world
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