2022/08/03

希修 정직과 공정이라는 가치를 등한시하는 기회비용은 개인 차원에서도 사회 차원에서도 결코 작지 않다

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< 정직과 공정이라는 가치를 등한시하는 기회비용은 개인 차원에서도 사회 차원에서도 결코 작지 않다 >
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미국 문화라고 해서 단점이 없는 건 아니지만, 내 개인적인 생각으로 한국 문화의 아쉬운 점은 정직함과 공정함이라는 것의 가치에 대한 appreciation이 많이 부족하다는 것이다.
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사람들은 저마다 다르기에 바로 그래서 서로 간의 다름에 대한 발견이 새로운 인식확장의 계기가 될 수도 있는 것인데, 다름을 확인하는 그 순간의 약간의 불편함을 회피하기 급급하여 눈가리고 아웅하는 것을 '인간미'/'인격'이라고 거짓포장한다. 설사 상대방이 실제로 '잘난 척'을 한들, 그의 얘기가 사실이면 나로서는 고맙게 생각하고 배우면 그만이건만, 남의 인격에 대한 걱정까지 내가 떠맡는 월권을 저지른다. (사실은 상대가 잘난 척을 안 해도 내가 모르는 것을 다른 누군가는 알고 있다는 사실만으로 그냥 아니꼽고 매사를 take personally하는 자격지심이요 속좁음일 뿐.) '불편'은 다름 자체보다는 다름을 핸들하지 못 하는 나의 무능력과 속좁음에 훨씬 더 많이 기인하건만, 표면적인 겸손과 조화만 중시하니 'intellectual honesty'니 'authenticity'니 같은 표현들은 일상에서 아예 사용되지도 않는데, 이런 문화적 분위기가 한국이 OECD 국가들 중 사기범죄 1위라는 사실과 완전히 무관하지는 않을 듯 싶다.
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공정함도 마찬가지다. 한국전쟁과 북한 때문에 공산주의에 대한 공포는 심하지만, 어떤 이유인지 한국인들의 무의식에는 사실 egalitarianism이 뿌리깊어서, 어떤 면에서든 나보다 조금이라도 나은/유리한 사람은 나에게 봉사해야 할 의무가 있는 채무자라도 되는 듯한 행세부터 하고 보는 경향이 있다. 그렇게 해서 혹시 뭐라도 조금이라도 쥐어짜 낼 수 있다면 나로서는 '이득'인 것이고, 그렇지 않다 해도 '밑져야 본전'일 뿐 아니라 마치 내가 채권자라도 된 듯한 '도덕적 우위'를 선점하고 들어갈 수 있으니. 어떤 특정 직업군의 연봉이 내 연봉보다 높은 이유가 사회적 불공정 때문인지 아니면 나의 노력 부족 때문인지 아니면 그 직업의 희소성 때문인지 등과 전혀 무관하게, 무조건 그 직업군은 '특권층이니 나같은 사람에게 봉사해야' 하는 것이다. 이러니 한국에서 1불도 안 가져가고 학비 생활비 모두 100% 미국 대학으로부터 돈을 받아 유학한 사람에게도 초면부터 다짜고짜 "우리 노동자들이 피땀 흘려 번 외화 써 가면서 학위 땄으니 애국으로 보답해야 한다" 같은 훈계의 무례를 '뭔가 엄청 너그럽게 봐 주는 듯한' 태도로 저지르는 것이고.
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그런데.. 처세에서의 당장의 유리함을 위해 자신의 정직성을 희생하는 것이 장기적인 면에서도 '이익'이라고는 나는 생각되지 않는다. 똑같은 말을 해도 어떤 사람의 말은 왠지 좀더 힘있게 들리고 무시하기 어렵고 그런 차이도 결국은, '겉과 속의 동일함을 유지하기 위해 소소한 불리함/오해들을 견뎌 낸 강인함과 초연함'에서 나오는 카리스마라고 나는 생각한다. 또 당장의 표면적인 차이만 보면서 나보다 조금이라도 나은/유리한 사람들은 무조건 채무자 취급하는 이들이 치르는 가장 큰 기회비용은 '감사 무능력'이다. 감사할 줄 모르는 사람에게 무엇이 주어진들 그는 결코 행복할 수 없다. 오직 '갑질' (사회적 강자가 약자를 착취하는 것만 갑질이 아니고 약자가 자신을 도덕적 우위에 놓고서 강자를 도덕적 채무자 취급하는 것 역시 갑질)에서만 행복을 느끼도록, 본인이 스스로를 평생 훈련시켜 왔기 때문이다. 그런 갑질을 하는 사람은 가정에서도 온갖 구실로 가족들을 학대/착취할 확률이 높으리라고 나는 상상하게 되는 것이다.
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나는 내과 의사가 되고 싶지 않았다(펌: 출처 미상)
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난 내과 의사이다. 난 내과 의사가 되고 싶지 않았다. 난 의사가 되고 싶지 않았다. 난 기계가 사람보다 좋다. 적어도 기계는 제대로 설계하고 제대로 기름칠하고 제대로 만져주면 주인을 배신하지는 않는다. 진짜 후회 된다.
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사람들이 무섭다. 지난주 목요일 외래를 보는데 할머니 한명을 데라고 어떤 남자가 들어왔다. 내과 전문의 1년차인 내가 생전 처음 보는 희귀병이 의심되는다는 환자로 내시경 시술을 받으러 왔다고 한다.
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"저는 내과 의사인데 이런병은 경험해보지 못했네요. 내시경 전문 선생님께 진료받으시죠"
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했더니 선택진료를 강요하는 것이냐. 돈 좀 그만 밝혀라. 의사들 돈 밝히는 건 알지만 너무한다.. 고했다. 정말 모르는 병인데 어떻게 하냐고 했더니 그러면 실제 진료는 과장님이 하고 입원은 내이름으로 하면 안되겠냐고 한다. 그리고 요즘 유행하는 새심장이라는 드라마에서 과장이 수술비깎아주듯이 선행해주면 안되냐고 한다...... 기가 막힌다. ...
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이번 환자는 강도가 좀 세서 그렇지 벌써 이런 환자 많이 봤다. 나도 병원밥 먹을 만큼 먹었다. 친절하게 해주면 해줄수록 뭔가 빨아먹으려고만 하는 사람들이다... 이런 사람과는 말을 많이 하면 안된다. 병원비는 일단은 원무과와 상의하시고요. 내시경 전문교수님께 보는게 좋겠다고 만나보라고 내보내버렸다..... 만약.. 그환자가 내시경으로 내게 시술받다가 잘못되었다면 ? 뻔하다. 경력도 없는 사람이 환자 마루타 잡듯이 잡았다고 방송 나오고 그걸로 끝이다. 울먹이는 장면 몇번 나오고 음성변조 장면 나오고 맘대로 편집한 장면 나오면 인생 하나 종치게 하는 것 식은죽 먹기다...
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요즘 방송보면 국민의료보험공단이 참 로비 열심히 했다는 생각이 든다.
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"백혈병 환자가 있다. 이 환자는 자신의 병원비가 많이 나와 부당하게 청구되었다는 생각에 병원에 항의하나 소용이 없다. 의료보험관리공단에 찾아가 민원을 내니 병원비를 돌려주게 조치 취해주더라." 라는게 계속 반복되는 방송내용이다. 그럴까? 국민의료 보험공단이 무슨일 하는지나 아는가? 그들이 던져주는 보도자료만 가지고 보도원고 쓰니까 그렇다.(이건 동모일보 무슨기자와 무슨 방송국 기자가 그래서 미안하다고 이메일로 인정했다.) 기자들 아무것도 모른다고 생각했는데 그게 아니다. 알고 싶지 않은거다. 그냥 그렇게 살아왔다. 팀장의 생각이 움직이면 그런 정보를 모아서 그렇게 방송하고 기사쓰면 된다.... 경찰이 생사람 고문해서 죄인만드는 것이랑 틀릴 것 하나도 없다.
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선택진료: 이거 강제로 하지 못하게 한다고 한다. 선택진료비가 왜 생겼는가? 의료보험 때문이다. 의료는 서비스업이고 지적 산업이다. 당연히 경험이 많은 사람이 잘본다. 수술도 잘하고 시술도 잘하고 약도 잘 짓는다. 그런데 이렇게 경력이 많은 의사와 경력이 적은 나나 내과 전문의로 받는 돈은 똑같다. 그게 말이되나? 그런데 의사는 그래야 한단다. 봉사직이니까 똑같이 받으라는거다... 웃기고 있네 그럼 경찰도 다 똑같이 받고 군인도 똑같이 받고 판사 검사 공무원 다 똑같이 받아라. 기업체도 사회에 공헌해야 하니 똑같이 받아라.. 생각해보니까 말이 안되니까..
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의사를 두 등급으로 나누었다. 환자 아주 많이 본 특진 교수와 일반 교수. 두 등급으로 나눈것도 문제지만 그 다음이 문제다. 한국사람들이 실제로 내는 돈은 별로 차이 안난다. 제일 후진 대학병원 교수 특진비와 제일 좋은 대학병원 교수 특진비와 똑같다. 결국 다들 서울대 삼성 아산 세브란스로 몰린다. 교통수단이 발달되고 국민 평균 소득수준이 올라가니까 왠만하면 다 인 서울이고 웬만하면 서삼아 병원에 몰린다. 그러다보니 지방 국공립 병원은 환자가 없어 적자에 시달린다. 그렇다고 닫는다고 하면 지역주민을 외면하냐고 민원 넣고 국회의원 나서고 적자로 계속 유지해야한다.
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그럼 예산을 제대로 지원하느냐 아니다. 그냥 봉사차원에서 하란다....--; 하나 더 이야기하자. 서 삼 아 병원에선 교수 한명 앞에 정말 많은 환자가 "수술" 하러 입원한다. 그런데 내가 해보니까 하루에 위암 수술 두개 이상 못하고 대장암 수술 대개 두개 이상 못한다.....하루에 두개하면 다음날은 거의 수술못한다..... 그러면 이상하지? 어떻게 그 많은 수술을 하지 다들 슈퍼맨? 당연히 중요한 수술을 유명한 교수가 하고 나머지 피부봉합이나 암에 접근하는것은 다른 사람이 한다... 그러면...이거 가지고 교수가 수술안했다고 소송걸면 이길 수도 있다.....뭐 어쩌라는 건가?
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선택진료 없이 일반진료의사를 배치하라고 보건복지부에서 압력을 넣는다고 한다. 그래 그게 가능할까? 선택진료 아닌 의사라면 쉽게 말해 펠로우다. 내과 외과 소아과 전문의 따고 2년미만 근무한 사람이다. 그럼 이사람들의 숫자를 늘리면 이 사람들의 월급은 누가 주지?
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환자 한명 볼때마다 적자 흑자 선상이 줄타기인데 환자를 많이 볼수록 적자 나는데 거기다가 환자 많이 몰리지도 않는 펠로우 일반 진료의사의 월급은 누가 줄것인가? 보건복지부에서? 웃기고 있네.. 그리고 펠로우 안남는 과는 어떻게 하지? 시민단체 주장대로 선택진료 시간과 일반진료 시간을 1:1로 하려면 펠로우 숫자를 늘리고 외래 진료 시간을 늘려야하는데 그럼 펠로우가 해야 하는 내시경이나 병동 컨설트는 누가보지? 그것도 알아서 해결하나? 펠로우 남으면 교수시켜줄까? 천만에 교수자리 안 난다. 그냥 배우다 나가야 하는데 누가 그렇게 죽도록 외래 보고 잡일 다하나.... 또 봉사정신이 투철치 못한 반동인가? 그래 좋다. 국회의원도 동사무소 직원이랑 똑같이 월급받고 대한민국 모든 직장인의 월급을 통일해라.. 웃기고 있네..
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환자 부담금 문제: 정말 화나는데, 일본과 캐나다 유럽은 보험료로 엄청난 돈을 원천 징수한다.(거의 세금이다.) 그러니까 본인 부담금 항목이 거의 없다. 나라에서 병원에게 지불을 하니까. 우리나라는 병원이나 의사가 그돈을 내라는게 아니다. 약값이 5만원이면 보험에서 3만원 밖에 안준다는데 어떻게 하라는거지? 또 봉사해? 보험재정을 늘려야지 그걸 의사가 먹는것처럼 이야기한다...나참..
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그리고 진짜 화나는거..... 건강보험공단 직원들이 삭감 많이 시키면 보너스받는다는걸 아는가? 그사람들의 주 업무는 병원이 이렇게 진료했으니 돈 주세요. 라고 하면 이건 이래서 안되고 저건 저래서 안된다고 하면서 보험재정을 보전하는게 주임무이다.... 그런데 방송에는 반대로 나오지...나참..
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판토록이란 약이 있다. 나 일년차때 내시경 사진 없으면 보험 안되었다. 아무리 증상이 틀림없는 역류성 식도염이라고 해도 안되었다. 내시경 하고 나서 있으면 보험된다. 그런데 내시경 하는 값까지 합치면 비보험으로 먹는거랑 값이 비슷하다. ...코미디다. 그런데 3년차때부터 증상만으로 보험 지급이 된다... 왜? 대답이 걸작인게.. 판토록에 쓸 보험재정이 확보되었기 때문이다...란게 답이었다. 의학적으로 필요하단 걸 알고 모르고가 문제가 아니다. 어차피 정해진 돈에서 꺼내쓰는거니까 돈이 있으면 보험 해주고 없으면 안해준다.그런데 이런게 항암제같은 거에도 적용된다. 안쓰면 죽는다고 해도 보험공단에서 돈없으면 비급여다...
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그런데... 이 기준이 시시각각 변한다. 의사들에게 일일이 공문이 오는것도 아니다. 무슨 고지라고 홈페이지에 써놓고 끝이다. 이걸 어떻게 알라고. 주가시세변하듯이 변하는 것은 아니지만 몇주 단위로 기준이 바뀐다. 의사가 신인가? 그걸 다알게? (뭐 또 그럴 분들도 있다.모르면 관둬야지..하고..하여간 ....) 매번 얻어맞고 있는 카톨릭 여의도 성모병원의 일은 정말 가슴아프다. 난 개신교인이다. 카톨릭 되게 싫어한다. 그런데 정말 이번만은 너무 그들이 불쌍하다.
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자.. 항암제가있다. 그래 보험기준이 된다고 생각해서 의사가 썼다....그리고 환자는 퇴원했다. 그리고 의료보험공단은 삭감되었다고.... 환자에게 추가로 돈 더받는지 말든지 하여간 항암제값은 보험에서 못준다고 한다... 그러면 그 돈은 어디서 받지? 환자에게 전화걸어서 돈 더 내라고 하면 낼 것 같나? 안낸다.. ... 아니 보험 된다고 의사가 잘못 알아서 그런거잖아여.. 그쪽 잘못이죠.. 이렇게 몇번 당하면 겁난다.(나도 우리병원 219명 의사중에 12위 삭감순위로 올랐다.... 나중에는 원무과에서 사정하다 안되니까.....자꾸그러시면 선생님이 전화해서 돈 추가로 내야한다고 말해야 할지도 모른다고 협박까지 했다..) 별 수 없다 최소한 방어진료하는수밖에... 그래 그게 날 것 같다. 그냥 다들 의료보험공단에 전국민이 민원넣었으면 한다...그러면 의료보험공단의 본색이 들어날 것이다.
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우리 병원 외과 레지던트는 4년차와 3년차밖에 없다.
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일년차 세명 있다가 다 나갔다.
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잠 못잔다. 하루 세시간이다. 그리고 환자 보호자들도 너무한다. 부자들은 부자들대로 온갖 지인 지식 동원해서 압력 넣어보려고 발버둥치고, 가난하고 못배운 사람들은 그들의 방식대로 땡깡을 부린다.
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멱살잡는거? 흔하다... 욕하는거 아무것도 아니다. 의료법에 의사에게 그런 짓을 하면 안된다고 되어있다. 경찰 불러도 소용없다. 인터넷에 올린다고하면 병원 원장들부터 나서서 고객을 왕처럼 모신다고 오히려 이상한 환자편을든다... 이런데 누가 외과 하고 싶을까?
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5년전 보건복지부 장관이 텔레비에 나와서, 흉부외과에 지원 안하니 좀더 봉사하는 정신을 가지도록 의학교육에 도덕교육을 강화하겠다고 했다.
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누가 비도덕적인가 맞춰봐라
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하루종일 심장수술해도 남는 돈이 쌍꺼풀 한건 하는것과 비슷하게 의료제도를 만들어놓은 이들이 비도덕적인지 아닌지
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자신들은 외국 나가서 수술할 돈 있으니까 국내의 서전은 씨를 말려도 된다는 생각을 하는 이들은 비도덕적이라고 생각하지 않는가?
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그래 좋다. 내가 흉부외과를 한다고 하자. 4년 레지던트하고 나가서 흉부외과 개업할수 있을까? 좋다. 동네 아파트상가에 흉부외과 열었다고 치자 당신은 심장수술받으러 아파트 상가 흉부외과에 오겠는가?
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그래 또 사회에 봉사하는 의미에서 그냥 흉부외과 간판 내리고 내과 소아과 본다고 치자.
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"어 선생님 소아과 전문의 아니었어요? 어쩐지 우리 애 감기가 안낫더라."
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그리고 망하면 누가 책임지나? 또 도덕교육 받으면되는 일인가?
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우리병원 외과 과장님 수술 진짜 잘한다. 이 과장님이 한달에 암수술 20건쯤 하는데 보험공단에서 수술비라고 받는 돈이 성형외과 유방미용수술 전문의 일주일 수입의 반도 안된다. 사람 생명 다루는거다보니 끝도 없이 소송에 시달린다... 병동에서도 큰소리 나는건 일도 아니다...... 외과를 살려야한다고 말을 한다. 말은 좋다. 대한민국 조둥아리 민족답다...
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내 아내가 출산했다. 제왕절개 했다. 병원비 150만원 나왔다. 닷새 입원하고 특실에 있었다.
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강남에 비슷한 크기의 방을 갖춘 호텔의 하루 숙박료만 15만원이다. 닷새면 75만원이다. 밥은 한끼에 아무리 싸도 만원이다. 닷새면 15만원이다. 결국 병원에서 수술비는 60만원이 안된다. 나는 싸게 치루어서 좋았지만, 산부인과 친구들이 걱정되었다..... 이거 받아서 유지 할수있나? 수술 집도의, 마취과의사, 스크럽간호사 1, 보조원 1, 마취개스비, 주사비 수술도구 감가상각비......푸학... 이러구서 우리나라의 산부인과 외과가 존재하기 바라는가?
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이렇게 계속해봐라 10년이면 그대들이 좋아하는 쿠바의사나 동남아 의사 아니면 중국의사들에게 수술받고 있을것이다...
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The I Ching or Book of Changes: A Guide to Life's Turning Points, Walker, Brian Browne

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For centuries, The I Ching or Book of Changes has been consulted for sage advice at life's turning points. When its wisdom is sought with sincerity and sensitivity, this Chinese oracle will help to promote success and good fortune and to impart balance and perspective to your life. Its everlasting popularity lies in the lessons that it teaches about how to use your positive qualities in order to attain life's greatest rewards-prosperity, understanding, and peace of mind.

Brian Browne Walker's new, highly accessible translation of the I Ching, because it is clear and direct, allows you to make the wisdom of the ancient Chinese sages your own. Brian Browne Walker has studied the Chinese language for twelve years, and has studied and practiced Taoist philosophy with a number of teachers in the United States and abroad. Among his mentors are a Taoist master in California and Sawat Pracheron in Thailand.

This new translation's easy-to-use format and contemporary language will be a boon to new users. Devotees of the I Ching will find that this version enhances their understanding of the ancient text.


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For centuries, The I Ching or Book of Changes has been consulted for sage advice at life's turning points. When its wisdom is sought with sincerity and sensitivity, this Chinese oracle will help to promote success and good fortune and to impart balance and perspective to your life. Its everlasting popularity lies in the lessons that it teaches about how to use your positive qualities in order to attain life's greatest rewards - prosperity, understanding, and peace of mind. Brian Browne Walker's new, highly accessible translation of the I Ching, because it is clear and direct, allows you to make the wisdom of the ancient Chinese sages your own. Brian Browne Walker has studies the Chinese language for twelve years, and has studied and practiced Taoist philosophy with a number of teachers in the United States and abroad. Among his mentors are a Taoist master in California and Sawat Pracheron in Thailand. This new translation's easy-to-use format and contemporary language will be a boon to new users. Devotees of the I Ching will find that this new version enhances their understanding of the ancient text.
About the Author
Brian Browne Walker has been a student of Chinese and Taoist philosophy for many years now. He has translated the Hua Hu Ching and the I Ching and has written The Crazy Dog Guide to Lifetime Happiness and The Crazy Dog Guide to Happier Work. He lives in Florida
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Griffin; Reprint edition (September 15, 1992)
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Rodney4HK
5.0 out of 5 stars This book saved my mind
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One of the best books I have ever.... end of comment. Lol no but seriously. I had a spiritual awakening where I found that there were negative influences being sent at me through magickal devices, and this book has been profound and helping me navigate these situations in a way that leads me to forgiving others for their envy and foolishness, loving and taking care of my self and it also complements my main spiritual practice which gives me direct divination. So using both I would say the I ching gives you the way to walk, talk and think. I am so grateful I found this book. I use to be such a muggle before and if your thinking about getting this book it's a great price for what it offers. I've been able to let go of so much anger and vexed energy I had towards my enemies and now I pray for them even more to come to the light, with acceptance, love and wisdom. May the Sage be with you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars absolutely the best iChing reference for English speakers
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this translation of the iChing contains a poetry & tone that is missing in other translations.


I use this book as my main reference, and other iChing books to support my understandings. by that I mean, I read a second reference and get a little more confused! haha
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5.0 out of 5 stars For those seeking guidence
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Great book for those who are looking for a way of plumbing person problems . BBW has (I have the Wilhelm version ) interpreted text for the modern citizen . The original with its Confucian interpretations (which are now part of the I Ching offical version, of which their are many translations) seems to be giving specific guidance to Chinese Rulers of ancient times which I think changes the personal to the general and the obvious to the obscure .
His definitions of the 64 hexagrams are more meaningful and yet retain the important spiritual insights which is essential in any wisdom to temper both the good fortune and bad .
So for those who are seeking an insight and directions to personal dilemmas or quandaries as some way of acting or initiating the first steps , this is an excellent manual
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Simple and to the point. Great wisdom here.
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The "I Ching" is a teaching, as much as a divination tool, as so often ascribed to it, and the sense of it teaching you comes through very strongly in B.B. Walker's translation. The strength of this translation is due to B.B. Walker's deep association with Taoist teachings, such that when one reads his "I Ching" translation it touches the intuitive far more than the intellect - a real gift to the reader as far as I am concerned.
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What to say - where to begin... This book is an absolute treasure. Before this manuscript, I read the `Tao Te Ching', by Jane English. It feels like where one book ended, the other began. There are many similar views between the two concerning: how to feel, how to think, and how to apply. The `I Ching' is another book you can read a little every day -OR- read its entirety in 2 hours. I personally read 2-3 chapters a day. I would soak in the material, and then write down essential points at the close of each section.


Firstly, hats off to Brian Browne Walker with this user friendly version of the `I Ching'. Anyone can read it, and if you allow some time, you can then absorb the information and attempt to apply. Each chapter is 2 pages long, but a wealth of knowledge is contained in each and every one. If everyone read this book and applied a fraction of it, we might revert back to when we lived in a better time, rather than the current state of affairs. However, you cannot force anyone to do anything; with that said, read this book for yourself, and be on your way to becoming a better human being.


Everything happens for a reason including the daily struggles in life we encounter. More important, is how we as individuals, deal with these situations. This is what shapes us as individuals. There is such a positive outlook represented in this masterpiece. In my opinion, who wouldn't benefit from reading this volume? It is extremely valuable to read 1-2 chapters per day. This is just enough to remind you of what is truly important in life - not the things we can reach out and touch.....but peace of mind...


There many recurring ideals which are extremely significant. I would like to mention a few:


1). Proper principles - stay loyal to them for they are your most important asset. No matter what, stay correct in your thoughts, in your words and in your actions.
2). Non-action; Do nothing. You cannot force anyone or anything. So what do you do? Allow things to happen of their own accord. This goes for people as well. You cannot force others to do what you want. You cannot push people to do the right thing, so simply allow them to learn at their own pace.
3). Inferior elements - free your body and mind of all inferior thoughts. As soon as you feel yourself going the wrong way, eradicate this thought process and take an alternate route; the right route.
4). Do not judge others - rather be patient with them. More importantly focus your attention inward and how to work on honing your skills. Look at yourself as a `work in progress'. As good of a person as you are, you can always work on some facet to improve. Discover what qualities you need to sharpen, and take the necessary steps
5). Acceptance - accept life and all that it brings to us. Realize that no matter what comes to us whether disaster or fortune; there is a reason why it is happening. Understand - this particular event is occurring because this is exactly what we need to work on a specific aspect of our character. Grasp this opportunity to fix your inner self. Learn from it and embrace all that this chance has to offer.


This book will not be collecting dust in my house. Thank you once again to the author for bringing something wonderful to light!
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Alex Walker
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive guide to self-esteem
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I have used this book as a reference for spiritual growth and maintenance for over ten years and the results of applying the instructions within have brought me unimaginable success in all areas of my life. Without meaning to sound too dramatic, this book was a huge factor in turning my life around from aimless despair to exceptional adventure and achievement. I bought this newer copy as a part wedding gift for an acquaintance who is an aspiring but unctuously preachy spiritual guru and having this simplified and accessible translation of what can be considered one of the greatest spiritual sources that almost anyone can apply with minimal fuss. A 5 minute reading - even once a week - will offer more benefits than any time spent withering on social media. And with him being married to a Chinese woman made this gift the ideal thought for their future success and good fortune together.
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4.0 out of 5 stars If the iChing leaves you confused, start with this book.
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For years I have been interested in the iChing but reading the advices/divinations have always left me confused - see the great man, you may cross the great river etc... This book appears to be very sympathetic to the original meanings (that I've understood!) by stripping them down to plain English. I am aware there is information missing; such as deeper information on the feeling of the Trigrams, which I would like to have seen but as a 'beginner' or plain English book to the iChing I thoroughly recommend it.


There are also typo's. The most significant found thus far is hexagram 8, with changing lines 2 and 3 listed as exactly the same.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A guide to the serene and stress-free life
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The I Ching teaches you the art of letting go and allowing nature to take its course. This has had a profoundly positive effect on my life. I so often find now that best course of action is to observe events objectively and see the rightness in nature's course. The I Ching's advice has stood the test of time for over two-and-a-half thousand years—that alone should be a key to its eternal advice.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless and powerful wisdom for living
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This book is a treasure - combining wise life advice with a divinatory component creating a formidable oracle. Knowing you are on a productive path can be a challenge. The I Ching helps confirm (or not) the path beneath your feet as solid, or what might make it so.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent translation of the I Ching
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An excellent translation of the I Ching, with clear instructions of how to use the system. The author has a very thorough understanding of the Daoist philosophy, which shows throughout this book
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Jun 25, 2019Allan Rathbone rated it it was amazing
At the point of this writing, I have returned to this book off and on, sometimes on a daily basis, for 13 years. I often do daily readings, but I do not believe in fortune telling. I view it more akin to how some people read daily passages in the bible. The underlying philosophy being expressed by Walker resonates very deeply and speaks toward the best part of me. This book helps me to be the person I want to be, and it has made an immeasurable impact on my life.
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Great translation of this Chinese classic. Easy to read and understand, easy to use hexagram chart. Recommended for those interested in the I Ching.
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What I wanted was a translation of the I Ching that is meant to help Westerners understand the original text, which I think this does. It also inserts a lot of talk of deities, which is nonsensical.



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The I Ching (Book of Changes): A Critical Translation by Redmond, Geoffrey.

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The I Ching has influenced thinkers and artists throughout the history of Chinese philosophy. This new, accessible translation of the entire early text brings to life the hidden meanings and importance of China's oldest classical texts.

Complemented throughout by insightful commentaries, the I Ching: A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text simplifies the unique system of hexagrams lying at the centre of the text and introduces the cultural significance of key themes including yin and yang, gender and ethics. As well as depicting all possible ethical situations, this new translation shows how the hexagram figures can represent social relationships and how the order of lines can be seen as a natural metaphor for higher or lower social rank.

Introduced by Hon Tze-Ki, an esteemed scholar of the text, this up-to-date translation uncovers and explains both the philosophical and political interpretations of the text. For a better understanding of the philosophical and cosmological underpinning the history of Chinese philosophy, the I Ching is an invaluable starting point.
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Among the many recent translations of the I Ching/Yijing, this book stands out in that it offers clear and insightful interpretations of the polymorphous philosophical structure and meaning of the complicated classical text. Redmond's highly readable renderings and commentaries provide useful guides to a broad spectrum of readers, helping them to explore the fascinating world of divination defined by the trigrams and hexagrams.

Geoffrey Redmond provides his readers with an excellent point of entry into the fascinating world of the I Ching-a lucid, insightful and extremely valuable translation, undertaken with a full appreciation of the scholarly controversies that have surrounded the cryptic classic for more than two thousand years.

This highly competent translation of one of the Ur-classics of China, the I Ching (or Yijing, the Book of Changes), not only accurately renders archaic words into accessible contemporary English, but also intervenes in the ancient text so that its present-day relevance is thrown into sharp relief. Offering patulous interpretations of the purport and import of the hexagrams, Geoffrey Redmond's capacious readings reach beyond the literal meanings to reveal the latent senses of this often befuddling canonic composition, thereby re-presenting the I Ching as a world classic with plural significances in our global world.

This new translation of the Zhouyi - the original divinatory portion of the Yijing - breaks new ground by incorporating recent scholarly advances in our understanding of its original historical context and making them accessible to users, as well as readers, of the book. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
About the Author
Geoffrey Redmond is an independent scholar. He is the author of The I Ching (Book of Changes): A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text (Bloomsbury, 2017). --This text refers to the hardcover edition.

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Among the many recent translations of the I Ching/Yijing, this book stands out in that it offers clear and insightful interpretations of the polymorphous philosophical structure and meaning of the complicated classical text. Redmond's highly readable renderings and commentaries provide useful guides to a broad spectrum of readers, helping them to explore the fascinating world of divination defined by the trigrams and hexagrams.

Geoffrey Redmond provides his readers with an excellent point of entry into the fascinating world of the I Ching-a lucid, insightful and extremely valuable translation, undertaken with a full appreciation of the scholarly controversies that have surrounded the cryptic classic for more than two thousand years.

This highly competent translation of one of the Ur-classics of China, the I Ching (or Yijing, the Book of Changes), not only accurately renders archaic words into accessible contemporary English, but also intervenes in the ancient text so that its present-day relevance is thrown into sharp relief. Offering patulous interpretations of the purport and import of the hexagrams, Geoffrey Redmond's capacious readings reach beyond the literal meanings to reveal the latent senses of this often befuddling canonic composition, thereby re-presenting the I Ching as a world classic with plural significances in our global world.

This new translation of the Zhouyi - the original divinatory portion of the Yijing - breaks new ground by incorporating recent scholarly advances in our understanding of its original historical context and making them accessible to users, as well as readers, of the book. --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
About the Author
Geoffrey Redmond is an independent scholar. He is the author of The I Ching (Book of Changes): A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text (Bloomsbury, 2017). --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloomsbury Academic; 1st edition (July 13, 2017)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 13, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 464 pages
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5.0 out of 5 stars A VERY USEFUL INTRODUCTION TO THE “BOOK OF CHANGES”
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The Introduction by Ch’u Chai and Winberg Chai explains, “The most important literature of the five Confucian Classics is the ‘I Chin,’ usually called in translation the ‘Book of Changes.’ The original corpus or the I Ching is made up of the famous Pa Kua (Eight Trigrams), consisting of various combinations of straight lines … and arranged in a circle… Tradition asserts that the eight trigrams were invented by the mythological Emperor Fu His, and that the sixty-four hexagrams were formulated by wither Fu His or King Wen, one of the founders of the Chou dynasty (1150-249 B.C.).” (Pg. xxvii-xxviii)

They continue, “The I Ching was first of all a book of divination. To divine is to resolve doubts of the mind or mysteries of the universe. Would a particular day be auspicious for hunting or an expedition? Would rain come to relieve a long drought and the threat of death and famine? And, ever more important, would Heaven or Shang Ti (Supreme Being) be gracious enough to grant deliverance from the menacing calamities of the day such as the eclipse of the sun, the falling of meteors, and the incursion of barbaric tribes? Indeed, could its divine blessings be invoked and relied upon on the even of a great battle against an enemy attack? The proper course of action for such weighty matters was usually sought from the indications on the tortoise shell or the way in which the milfoil stalks grouped themselves.” (Pg. xxix)

They add, “The I Ching is also called the Chou I. ‘It was named Chou from the fact that it was composed by the people of the Chou dynasty, and ‘I’ because its method of divination was an easy one.’ The word ‘I’ means ‘easy’ as well as ‘change.’ … The book was originally a Chou manual on divination… but ‘we find nothing [in it] to justify’ its name as one of the Confucian Classics, until the commentaries and appendices known as the ‘Ten Wings’ were added to it.” (Pg. xxxi)

The authors state, “The I, as we have seen, was originally a book of divination. By manipulating the milfoil stalks, one finds a certain line of a certain hexagram, and then… consults the Tz’u attached to that line which is supposed to provide information as to what attitude should be adopted toward a given matter at a given time and in a given place.” (Pg. lxv)

They explain, “The authors of the I Appendices accepted the Confucianist tradition and emphasized a concern for human affairs. However, they were influenced by the Taoists and so were able to advance in their philosophical thinking and to attain the sublime… The Chinese mind oscillated between Taoism and Confucianism for a long time. Confucianism, since it is generally regarded as the philosophy of social organization, is therefore also the philosophy of daily life. It is concerned chiefly with performing the common task, rather than attaining the sublime. This is why Confucianism appears ‘this-worldly’… Taoism, on the other hand, is the philosophy that is essentially naturalistic and antisocial. This kind of philosophy is generally concerned with the transcendent sphere and sublime life, but it is incompatible with the manner of life in the world of affairs. Because of this, Taoism appears ‘other-worldly’ and reaches up to the sublime. These two streams of Chinese thought are somewhat like the traditions of classicism and romanticism in Western thought. They have been running counter to each other for centuries; and so they remain to this day.” (Pg. lxxxvi)

This edition (due to its excellent Introduction) is an excellent presentation of the I Ching.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I Ching as a living text about the complexity of everyday life
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In clear prose, Redmond's translation makes the I Ching accessible and understandable to general readers. It provides a new framework to understand the sixty-four hexagrams and to see them as mirrors of everyday life. For those who want to read the I Ching as a living text, they must read Redmond's translation.
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[[Riding the Waves of Change | An Introduction to the I Ching

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Riding the Waves of Change
An Introduction to the I Ching

11 AUGUST 2019,
SHANTENA AUGUSTO SABBADINI


I Ching


This is the first of a series of articles on the I Ching, or Yijing, the Book of Changes, an ancient oracle, a divinatory book that played a key role in Chinese culture and became for the Chinese a map of 'heaven and earth', of the totality of existence. Much of this material is contained in the Introduction to the Eranos Yijing1. To that book the reader is referred for a deeper discussion of the concepts here presented.

Having its origin in shamanic practices of the third millennium BCE, it took form as a book around the seventh or eighth century BCE, became a classic (a ching or jing) under the Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE) and was held in the highest regard throughout Chinese history for the next 2000 years. It became known in the West thanks to the German translation of Richard Wilhelm (published in Jena in 1923) and especially to the foreword Carl Gustav Jung wrote for Wilhelm's book. To this day most Western versions of the Yijing are translations of Wilhelm's translation.

As an oracle, the book is supposed to answer questions about the unknown, which makes it a precious ally when we are confronted with life's vagaries, uncertainties and dramas. But can it be so? Can an ancient Chinese book answer questions concerning our present life situation? Obviously relating to the Yijing in such a way implies a radically different notion of space and time. In Riding the Waves of Change we will muse over such questions while describing the oracle's origin and divinatory use.

The Book of Changes

What kind of changes are hinted at in the name of the Book of Changes? Yi refers primarily to all natural cycles, to the alternating of day and night, to the round of the seasons, to the organic process of growth and decay, and to the mirroring of these cycles in human life. In the philosophical thought of ancient China this alternance of complementary opposites is represented by the interplay of two basic principles, yin and yang, night and day, receptive and active, feminine and masculine, moon and sun, etc. (more about that later). Therefore the change the title of the book alludes to is primarily the eternal round of yin and yang transforming into each other. But it refers also to another type of change: unpredictable change, the irruption of the unexpected, disorder, chaos. This other type of change is thus described in the Shujing, the Book of Documents:


When in years, months and days the season has no yi, the hundred cereals ripen, the administration is enlightened, talented men of the people are distinguished, the house is peaceful and at ease. When in days, months and years the season has yi, the hundred cereals do not ripen, the administration is dark and unenlightened, talented men of the people are in petty positions, the house is not at peace2.

We have yi when things are off-track, when chaos irrupts into our life and the usual bearings no longer suffice for orientation. Such times can bring about great learning – and can be painful, disconcerting and full of anxiety. Modern chaos theory pays special attention to these transitions, to the lapse into disorder by which forms transmute into each other. Life itself arises at the boundary between order and chaos: it requires both, it is a daughter of both. On the side of complete order there is dead stability, complete symmetry, the inertia of a perfect crystal: everything is too predictable, it resembles death more than life. But the side of total disorder is not very interesting either: forms appear and disappear too fast, there is a total lack of symmetry, everything is too unpredictable. It is on the edge between order and chaos that the subtle dance of life takes place: here the real complexity arises, here forms bend and loop and transmute and evolve.

The Yijing is the ancient Chinese map of this dance of order and chaos. Its texts, as we will see, have their origin in shamanic pronouncements given in altered states of consciousness. They are wild, imaginal statements with minimal outer coherence. They come from the psychic dimension Henri Corbin called "mundus imaginalis." But in the book this wild dimension is harnessed into the orderly philosophy of the yin and yang principles. Thus the Yijing is a bridge: a bridge between the shamanic and the philosophical mind, a bridge between the subconscious and the conscious psyche, a bridge between chaos and order.

In the Yijing the interplay of yin and yang is encoded in sixty-four hexagrams, figures composed of six broken (corresponding to yin) or whole (corresponding to yang) lines. The sixty-four hexagrams represent all the fundamental combinations of the basic principles, all the fundamental archetypal energy configurations in "heaven and earth". And to each one of them, and to each of the constituent lines, is appended a judgement evoking the nature of that particular energy configuration.

But the book did not originate as a philosophical text, although it has been used that way, and as such it has attracted a huge amount of philosophical commentary. It was born in the first millennium BC as a divination manual, i.e. as a practical tool to help people ride the waves of change, a tool to deal with yi, with critical times. In many ancient cultures these times were seen as intrusions of the divine, of gods and spirits, into human life, and interrogating these higher powers, engaging them in a dialogue, was seen to be the appropriate way to handle the crisis. This dialogue, in many cultures all over the world, took the form of the practices we call divination. The Yijing was born and kept being used throughout its long history as one such method of divination, as an oracle.
Synchronicity

Like many other forms of divination, the oracular practice of the Yijing relies on what in modern scientific terms we call a random procedure. The traditional method of consultation consists in repeatedly randomly dividing a bunch of yarrow stalks (achillea millefolium), and counting the stalks in the resulting two bunches in a specific way. A more modern method (Southern Song dynasty, ca 1200 CE) consists in tossing three coins six times. Other divination practices may involve geomancy, tarot cards, reading tea leaves in the bottom of a cup, etc.

A large majority of scientists dismiss divination altogether as nonsense: in modern scientific jargon anything "random" is by definition meaningless. But of course "random" is a delicate concept: is there anything truly random?

In modern physics we know only two types of "true randomness"3: symmetry breaking in complex systems and quantum indeterminacy. Both of these are essentially unpredictable, they are "truly random," as far as we can tell. But does that mean that they have no meaning or that they do not participate in a cosmic symphony of meaning? Wolfgang Pauli spoke of quantum indeterminacy as "an act of creation." That is definitely a different way of looking upon randomness.

However that may be, for the ancient Chinese nothing was truly random, nothing was entirely devoid of meaning. Their divinatory practices and their whole cosmology were based on a qualitative notion of time, in which all things happening at a given moment in time share some common features, are part of an organic pattern. Nothing therefore is entirely meaningless, and the entry point to understanding the overall pattern can be any detail of the moment, provided we are able to read it. This has been very well described by C.G. Jung in his classic foreword to the Wilhelm's translation of the Yijing . He writes:


The Chinese mind, as I see it at work in the I Ching, seems to be exclusively preoccupied with the chance aspect of events. What we call coincidence seems to be the chief concern of this peculiar mind, and what we worship as causality passes almost unnoticed...
The matter of interest seems to be the configuration formed by chance events in the moment of observation, and not at all the hypothetical reasons that seemingly account for the coincidence. While the Western mind carefully sifts, weighs, selects, classifies, isolates, the Chinese picture of the moment encompasses everything down to the minutest nonsensical detail, because all the ingredients make up the observed moment.

Thus it happens that when one throws the three coins, or counts through the forty-nine yarrow stalks, these chance details enter into the picture of the moment of observation and form a part of it - a part that is insignificant to us, yet most meaningful to the Chinese mind...
In other words, whoever invented the I Ching was convinced that the hexagram worked out in a certain moment coincided with the latter in quality no less than in time. To him the hexagram was the exponent of the moment in which it was cast -even more so than the hours of the clock or the divisions of the calendar could be - inasmuch as the hexagram was understood to be an indicator of the essential situation prevailing in the moment of its origin.
This assumption involves a certain curious principle that I have termed synchronicity, a concept that formulates a point of view diametrically opposed to that of causality... Synchronicity takes the coincidence of events in space and time as meaning something more than mere chance, namely, a peculiar interdependence of objective events among themselves as well as with the subjective (psychic) state of the observer or observers"4.

The way in which the oracular use of the Yijing relates to the configuration of events at any given moment is therefore more akin to the perception of a work of art than to a rational analysis of cause and effect. It is a rich tapestry of meaning, in which all details are subtly connected and somehow necessary – not because of deterministic laws, but because they are part of an organic whole. Of course the Chinese were aware of the existence of causal connections between events; but that aspect was relatively uninteresting to them. On the contrary they were fascinated by subtler, more complex and less exactly definable connections. The Western notion that comes closest to their approach is Jung's idea of archetypes"5, and it is no chance that Jung was deeply interested in the Yijing. He saw the ancient Chinese oracle as a formidable psychological system that endeavors to organize the play of archetypes, the "wondrous operations of nature" into a certain pattern, so that a "reading" becomes possible"6.

The Yijing can therefore be viewed as a catalog of sixty-four basic archetypal configurations, a road map to Jung's collective unconscious and to Corbin's mundus imaginalis"7.
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1 Rudolf Ritsema and Shantena Augusto Sabbadini, The Original I Ching Oracle or the Book of Changes, Watkins, London, 2005, 2018.
2 Bernhard Karlgren, The Book of Documents, Stockholm, 1950, p. 33.
3 By "true randomness" I mean not the apparent randomness that is just lack of sufficient information. E.g., tossing a coin: how the coin will fall is for all practical purposes random. Yet I would be able to predict it exactly if I only knew in all detail the initial conditions of the toss, the friction with the air, the local value of the force of gravity, etc.
4 C. G. Jung, Foreword to The I Ching, or Book of Changes, Richard Wilhelm Translation, Bollingen Series XIX, Princeton University Press, 1950.
5 See, e.g., C.G. Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, CW 9, I, Bollingen Series XX, Princeton University Press, 1959, 1969.
6 C.G. Jung, Mysterium Coniunctionis, CW 14, 401, Bollingen Series XX, Princeton University Press, 1963, 1970.
7 Henry Corbin, "Mundus imaginalis, or the Imaginary and the Imaginal", in Swedenborg and Esoteric Islam, trans. Leonard Fox, Swedenborg Foundation, West Chester, PA, 1995.
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Shantena Augusto Sabbadini worked as a theoretical physicist at the University of Milan and at the University of California. He was scientific consultant of the Eranos Foundation and he is presently director of the Pari Center, an interdisciplinary research center located in the medieval village of Pari, Tuscany.
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Dr. Geoffrey Redmond is leading Western expert on the I Ching (Book of Changes). This talk is based on Dr. Redmond's recently published book, The I Ching (Book of Changes): A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text. The I Ching, a Chinese spiritual classic, has been in continuous use for 3,000 years, not only for fortune-telling, but for self-cultivation as well. It continues to be revered in China and has attracted widespread interest in the West beginning in the sixties.

Dr. Redmond’s lucid new translation dispels much of the obscurity of this often enigmatic text, making it understandable for any interested reader. He will show how recent archeological discoveries and advances in Chinese linguistics shed light on the ancient meanings. 

Those attending this interactive program will learn how the I Ching works, both as ancient literature and as a means of divination.