The Emotional I Ching

A Language of the Vague

FAQ
Book Introduction (first 50 pages - pdf)



A simple tool to talk to one's unconscious and so combine reason and intuition in the vague assessment of any situation and so set a ground for deeper considerations

In the below questions, the LEFT three questions deal with the INNER - YOUR perspective in the form of how you feel about the questions asked in association with the surrounding context that appears to be 'pushing' your buttons (and so the general 'question' to the I Ching here is "What is making me feel this way?", "What, in this particular context, is pushing my buttons?", "Why do I feel like this?") Thus in this particular form of I Ching usage, YOUR feelings are the focus as they 'resonate' with the surroundings.

The RIGHT three questions cover the OUTER, your assessment of the general surroundings (here labelled as 'text'). As such we are covering the resonance of 'in here' with 'out there' and in doing so identifying the 'out there' that is pushing your buttons.

(NOTE: if you are not sure about the 'outer', just answer the questions in the same way you answered the 'inner' questions - this will give you a general hexagram covering the context that is 'pushing').

Reflect on your feelings in response to the situation that appears to be 'pushing your emotional buttons'. There is no question here other than "what is making me feel like this?" or "what is pushing my buttons?" etc Next click on one of the four possible answers in each of the six 'boxes' presented below. Once satisfied with your answers, scroll down and press the "SUBMIT" button at the bottom of the table ( or the "RESET" button to start again.) Note that to get additional information on the hexagram, click on the hexagram image, it will lead you to another page of information - The BOOK covers details, see the short extract above (pdf file) to 'get the idea'.

**Emotional I Ching Questions Method**
I am feeling that the situation is more about facts (issues of 'is') I an feeling that the situation is more about values (issues of 'ought') I am feeling that the Situation was about facts, but now I am not sure I am feeling that the Situation was about values, but now I am not sure	The surroundings are more about facts The surroundings are more about values The surroundings were about facts, but now I am not sure The surroundings were about values, but now I am not sure
I am feeling that the Situation is, time-wise, about what was/is/will be I am feeling that the Situation is about what could have been/is not/could be I am feeling that the Situation was about what was/is/will be, but now I am not sure I am feeling that the Situation was about what could have been/is not/ could be, but now I am not sure	The surroundings are about what was/is/will be The surroundings are about what could have been/is not/could be The surroundings were about was/is/will be, but now I am not sure The surroundings were about could have been/is not/ could be, but now I am not sure
I am feeling that, in some way, I am being Proactive (instigating) I am feeling that, in some way, I am being Reactive (responding) I am feeling that I was being proactive but now I am not sure I am feeling that I was being reactive but now I am not sure	The surroundings are being Proactive (instigating) The surroundings are being Reactive (responding) The surroundings were being proactive but now I am not sure The surroundings were being reactive but now I am not sure

Pressing submit will present a page of three frames down the page in a particular form of interpretation - the order being:

Help Links describing the hexagram mode of interpretation
Hexagram representing what is CAUSING the Feelings, pushing one's buttons. (the context, stimulus).
(If changing lines) Hexagram that is developing - the context is changing; your feelings are picking this up as well and responding where this response elicits the new hexagram.
A note of warning - since we appear to be communicating with a realm 'beneath' our social regulators, that part of our brain that internalises social rules etc and so suppresses explicit emotional responses to stimulus, the derived hexagram may reflect a taboo or 'inappropriate-at-this-time' perspective. This revelation can be surprising but it does reflect what one's personal emotions are concerned with and so why the 'discomfort' being detected by consciousness where there is an 'anomoly' between what the emotions 'sense' and what reason thinks (or is rationalising). Usually, once the revelation has occured, consciousness immediately 'knows' what is going on. You then need to consider the state and adjust the interactions as best you can to restore balance between reason/emotion - or get reason/consciousness to gather more information to 'ease' the possible irrational angst of the emotions)

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