Thoughts
Writing on the Book of Changes
Notes on the method, on particular situations, and on what the oracle is actually doing when it answers. Each piece names the hexagrams it draws on, so it can be read alongside the text.
12 August 2026The Inner Law of Your Being — The I Ching on PerseverancePerseverance is the most repeated counsel in the Book and the most misread. Wilhelm's word means correct and firm: not teeth gritted against resistance, but holding fast to your own grain until it emerges.0112 August 2026Like Water Before a Wall — The I Ching on Overcoming ObstaclesThe Book's image for an obstruction is water meeting rock. It does not batter the rock; it pools, it rises, and only then flows on. Being stopped is the work of gathering weight.39
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