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Start / Religion och spiritualitet / I Ching with Clarity podcast – I Ching with Clarity
I Ching with Clarity podcast – I Ching with Clarity
A podcast of real Yijing (I Ching) readings, for anyone intrigued by the Yi, with simple approaches and insights you can use in your own readings.
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Om podden
A podcast of real Yijing (I Ching) readings, for anyone intrigued by the Yi, with simple approaches and insights you can use in your own readings.
The podcast I Ching with Clarity podcast – I Ching with Clarity is created by Hilary Barrett. The podcast and the artwork on this page are embedded on this page using the public podcast feed (RSS).
Avsnitt
Almost crossing the river
13 februari 2025 |
40 min
A lovely conversation with Roslyn, about starting an online class to teach Daoist and complementary practices to women – about trepidation and confidence, pacing and patience, foxes and drunkenness, elephants and armies…
Her reading was Hexagram 64, Not Yet Across, changing at lines 2 and 6 to 16, Enthusiasm:
changing to
Links I mention in the audio:
- to share a reading on the podcast: onlineClarity.co.uk/share.
- to join Change Circle (where membership also includes private readings): onlineClarity.co.uk/circle.
A reading for the year
9 januari 2025 |
37 min
This episode features a reading for the year ahead. Kalimah’s question:
“Please comment on the year ahead. What I can expect? And also, how best to work with the energies within and around me?”
Yi answered with Hexagram 23, Stripping Away, changing at lines 1, 4, 5 and 6 to 17, Following:
changing to
The meanings of the two hexagrams turned out to blend and harmonise in a very clear, satisfying way.
Kalimah’s shared a reading on the podcast once before, a year ago, so we took a moment to review how that reading had worked out. (Here’s the original episode.)
I hope you enjoy this one – don’t forget you can book your own free reading for the podcast here…
A slower reading
12 december 2024 |
43 min
Here’s a gentle exploration of Hexagram 22, Beauty, in which we work our way round to understanding! Kim asked ‘What’s happening?’ – looking for a picture of the greater pattern of her life. I think Yi handed her the paintbrush…
Family constellations
14 november 2024 |
39 min
This month’s podcast features one of those readings where Yi really takes your breath away:
‘How beneficial would it be for me to join the next course on family constellations?’
Yi’s response: Hexagram 18, Corruption, changing at lines 2, 3, 4 and 6 to 16, Enthusiasm.
changing to
Lux (as Lagartija) had originally posted this reading to the I Ching Community, so you can read the background there.
If you’d like to share a reading of your own on the podcast – it’s free – you’re very welcome to book yourself a slot!
https://livingchange.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/episode49.mp3
Beautiful feet
10 oktober 2024 |
47 min
As you might have guessed from the title of this episode, it’s about a reading with Hexagram 22, Beauty, changing at line 1 to 52, Stilling:
changing to
It was all about becoming imperfectly visible – which the reading’s owner has just begun to do on her Youtube channel…
https://livingchange.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/episode48.mp3
Hiding Light
12 september 2024 |
29 min
An annual reading, this time: the first thing Maria does on her birthday is to sit down and ask to be shown a reading for the coming year. Here’s hers for 2023-24: Hexagram 36, Brightness Hiding, with no changing lines.
Since this was an unchanging reading, we had the time and space to explore some of the hexagram’s ‘relations’: its inverse and contrast, 35, Advancing –
and its complement or opposite – the hexagram where every line is different – 6, Arguing:
And not least, its hidden core, the nuclear hexagram, 40:
…which seemed to open everything out for her.
https://livingchange.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/episode47.mp3
The army’s receptivity
8 augusti 2024 |
40 min
In this episode, Katarina and I discuss her reading about moving to a new part of the country – Hexagram 7, the Army, changing at line 2 to 2, Earth:
changing to
As we talk about her plans, you can hear the qualities of the hexagrams – that meeting of organised focus with openness to guidance that’s found in the moving line, where the general must stay on the alert for new orders…
‘Positioned in the centre of the army.
Good fortune, no mistake.
The king issues a mandate three times.’
If you’d like to learn to read the I Ching for other people, the Reading for Others Class starts in September. Booking isn’t open yet, but if you’re interested, please make sure your name and email is on the notifications list so I can let you know! You’ll find the sign-up form and all the details here.
With hindsight
11 juli 2024 |
37 min
A reading where we already knew the outcome – which really gives us a chance to learn from it! The reading’s about a family argument, and pausing to find a new way to respond, and the advice was Hexagram 5, Waiting, changing at lines 2 and 3 to 3, Sprouting:
changing to
I hope you enjoy this one – and to benefit from the I Ching Community’s shared hindsight, do join WikiWing!
Step by step
13 juni 2024 |
min
Episode 44 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast is about an artist getting started with showing her art, one step at a time – Hexagram 46, Pushing Upward, changing to the Repeating Chasms of Hexagram 29, which made their presence felt as an emotional background.
changing to
I hope you enjoy this one! (There’s a last-minute update right at the end.) If you’d like to discuss a reading of your own on the podcast, you can book a slot here.
What to expect in a relationship
9 maj 2024 |
34 min
A new listener’s reading for this podcast episode:
‘What to expect in this relationship?’
And Yi’s answer –
changing to
Hexagram 41, Decreasing, changing to 26, Great Tending (or Taming or Nurturing…), with changing line 3:
‘Three people walking,
Hence decreased by one person.
One person walking,
Hence gains a friend.’Hexagram 41, line 3
Who are the people walking, and what could this be about?
(If you’d like some more listening/reading, here’s an earlier episode that also started with Hexagram 41, and here’s a post about how mountain works as outer trigram.)
Creating peace through music
11 april 2024 |
35 min
Question:
"What advice can be offered for more effectively providing meditative peace and healing through playing Shakuhachi flute music?"
Answer: Great Vigour in Flow.
changing to
A Yeeky thing I mentioned during this reading: the idea of a dabagua, or 'big trigram' hexagram. If you take the trigram dui, lake...
...and double each of its lines individually, in turn - from yang, yang, yin to yang+yang, yang+yang, yin+yin - then you have Hexagram 34:
In each hexagram formed this way - I mentioned this once before when I was writing about Hexagram 33 - it can help to think of it as a 'giant trigram' - and a giant lake seemed especially apt for a musician.
You can find Ron's music at https://www.bracalemusic.com.
A tied-up bag
14 mars 2024 |
40 min
Question:
'What do I need to know as I prepare to finish this book and send it out into the world?'
Answer: Hexagram 2, Earth, changing at lines 4 and 6 to 35, Advancing:
changing to
As Kat and I discussed this one in this latest podcast episode, we mentioned...
The glorious Hyperbole and a Half
35 as relating hexagram
Why dragons fight in Hexagram 2 line 6
...and also the ancient form of a couple of words from the text: shi, 'power', as in the Image of Hexagram 2 -
'Power of the land: Earth.A noble one, with generous character, carries all the beings.'
- has two components: 'strength', and this one, which is purely phonetic, showing a human figure about to plant a seedling:
From Chinese etymology
And then we also talked about yu, 'praise' - you can see early forms of that one here.
Enjoy the episode! (And if you'd like to share a reading of your own on a future episode, you can book a reading here.)
A new source of income
8 februari 2024 |
37 min
This episode of the podcast could also be entitled 'light dawns in the end,' as it took a while for me to join all the dots between the querent's situation and the reading. It's a great example of how Yi talks to the whole person, though, as well as answering the question.
Mukul asked, 'What would be a good next step towards getting a new source of regular income?' and Yi answered with Hexagram 13, People in Harmony, changing at line 5 to Hexagram 30, Clarity:
changing to
Manifesting desires?
11 januari 2024 |
36 min
The listener's reading for this episode has an unusual premise: Beebee was trying to work out why what she was trying to manifest in her life wasn't happening. Where was the block? She asked,
"What actions are needed from me in order to achieve my desires?"
And Yi responded with Hexagram 29, the Repeating Chasms, changing at lines 2, 3 and 6 to 53, Gradual Progress:
changing to
Not an easy one to hear...
Finding fulfillment
14 december 2023 |
29 min
A new podcast reading: how to find more fulfillment in life? Not (in this reading) by doing stuff - more by feeling your way deeply into experience. The answer was Hexagram 57, changing at lines 2 and 3 to 20, Seeing:
changing to
I quoted from LiSe Heyboer's page on Hexagram 57 during this one (because I love it). You can read the whole thing here.
Creating a business?
9 november 2023 |
33 min
Episode 37 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast features a listener's reading. She's wondering whether her desire to create a business is her real path, or whether she could be losing herself. Her reading - Hexagram 48, the Well, changing at line 3 to 29, Repeating Chasms:
changing to
During our chat, I mentioned a previous episode where we discussed Hexagram 29 without changing lines.
If you'd like to share a reading of your own on a future episode, you're very welcome to click here and book your reading. It's free, and you don't have to use your real name.
An unexpected reading
12 oktober 2023 |
26 min
Episode 36 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast - a reading of my own, received in a way that might be new to you. I was asking for guidance in a new situation, and the response was Hexagram 27, Nourishing, changing to 54, the Marrying Maiden. (The completely positive experience I had as 'marrying maiden' was somewhat unexpected, too.)
changing to
Finding spiritual direction
14 september 2023 |
40 min
A podcast reading with two radically contrasting hexagrams: 23, Stripping Away, changing to 42, Increasing:
changing to
Maria's question: 'How should I lead my spiritual life to know the truth?'
In this reading, she and Yi trace a path through what seems like an impossible situation.
Links I mention in this episode:
the Yijing Foundations Class (if you're interested, and not already on the notification list, please put your name down!)
the booking page for podcast chats (remember these are free - and you don't have to give your real name)
‘What kind of person am I becoming?’
10 augusti 2023 |
46 min
Adeola shared a remarkable question and reading for this episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast:
"How is this travelling life shaping my character? (what kind of person am I becoming?)"
Yi's response: Hexagram 14, Great Possession, changing to 53, Gradual Progress:
changing to
I hope you enjoy this one!
Things we mention...
Wild Geese by Mary Oliver
WikiWing, the I Ching Community's collaborative, experience-based I Ching
...and trees, as they help to explain the reading. Here are some I met in May:
An enthusiastic transition
13 juli 2023 |
43 min
Episode 33 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast features a listener's reading about moving to a new country. How best to make a positive transition to this new place, wherever it may be? The Oracle answered with Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm, changing at line 2 to Hexagram 40, Release:
changing to
This is actually the same reading we had in a previous episode last December, when I asked about the characteristics of a good question. I'm hoping it will still be interesting to see how different aspects of the reading are highlighted in response to this different question.
The second reading, which we run through very quickly at the end, is Hexagram 22, Beauty, with lines 1, 2 and 3 changing to 4, Not Knowing -
changing to
During this episode I mentioned the Connecting With Imagery course that's part of the Change Circle Library. You can read more about Change Circle here.
Where to go?
8 juni 2023 |
37 min
'Where to go?' was Lilian's reading for this episode of the podcast; Yi answered with Hexagram 47, Confining, changing at lines 2 and 4 to 8, Seeking Union -
changing to
- which is a lovely example of Yi answering the person even when I couldn't quite see how it could answer the question. I hope you enjoy listening - and if you'd like to share a reading of your own on the podcast, you can book that here.
The Inner Truth of Waiting
11 maj 2023 |
34 min
In this episode, Katie - a psychotherapist in training - asks, "What do I most need to know right now?" Behind this question lies a worry that she ought to be doing more, or achieving faster or maybe starting a side business: she was wondering, she said, whether she ought to be active or passive.
Yi responded with Hexagram 61, Inner Truth, changing at lines 3 and 6 to Hexagram 5, Waiting:
changing to
Yi, I think, took the whole idea of being active and making things happen and turned it neatly on its head for her. How does it sound to you?
In this episode, I also introduce the Reading Navigation class. If you'd like to join Change Circle so you can be part of that, you can sign up here.
An outsider seeking nourishment
13 april 2023 |
18 min
Here's the 30th episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast - a short one, this time, with a reading of my own. I asked for an auspice or advice for joining a new orchestra, and received Hexagram 38, Opposing, changing at lines 2 and 4 to 27, Nourishment:
changing to
Here are some reflections on how this one worked out, and the portrait painted by those two lines.
I have some space on my calendar to discuss a listener's reading, so if you'd like to have a free reading and share it on the podcast, please book yourself a slot here.
A relationship without anxiety?
11 mars 2023 |
44 min
Here's a new episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast for you, with a listener's reading about a relationship problem that a lot of people will be able to relate to.
Danielle's reading was Hexagram 41, Decreasing, changing to 42, Increasing:
changing to
Seven minutes or so into the episode, I pause to talk about change patterns - which in this reading are hexagrams 29 and 30 -
and
You can read a quick introduction to change patterns here, and there's also a full course about them in the Change Circle Library. (If you're not yet a member, you are very welcome to join here.)
I also talk about the Chinese names of Decreasing and Increasing, sun and yi, which both depict vessels in their oldest forms. Here they are - the vessel to pour out, and the one full to overflowing.
sun, decreasing
yi, increasing
And finally, you're very welcome to share a reading of your own on the podcast: here's how.
Memoirs and Inner Truth
9 februari 2023 |
41 min
In this podcast episode, Elisabeth asks Yi,
'What approach or attitude should I adopt to have the best chance of serving other people through my writing?'
Yi answers with Hexagram 61, Inner Truth, changing at lines 1, 4 and 6 to Hexagram 47, Confining - very apt hexagrams, as the writing project she's asking about is her memoir...
changing to
If you'd like to talk through your reading with me on the podcast - it's free, as a thank-you for letting me use the recording - you can book your slot here.
Trust and Hexagram 30
12 januari 2023 |
36 min
In this 27th episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast, Anita shares a reading about trusting her new relationship. She received Hexagram 30, Clarity, with no changing lines - the hexagram made by doubling the trigram li, fire and light:
'Unchangingness' can colour a hexagram's meaning in interesting ways - in our conversation, I mentioned this I Ching Community thread about Hexagram 30 unchanging.
For comparison... back in episode 14, Sasha and I talked about another relationship reading: Hexagram 29, Repeating Chasms, the exact opposite of 30, also with no changing lines.
If you'd like to share your own reading on the podcast, click here to book!
A good question
8 december 2022 |
20 min
A reading of my own for this episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast: what are the characteristics of a good question? Yi answered with Hexagram 16, Enthusiasm, changing at line 2 to 40, Release:
changing to
I've written about 16.2 a couple of times before - about its 'borders and boundaries' and how they don't last a 'whole day'.
I hope you enjoy the reading - and the music! Here's a complete, much better recording.
If you'd like to share your own reading on the podcast - it's free! - you can read more and sign up here.
Dispersing a conflict
10 november 2022 |
54 min
In this episode, Tricia shares her reading about how to leave a conflict behind. Yi answered with Hexagram 59, Dispersing, changing at lines 2, 4 and 5 to 35, Advancing:
changing to
It's a remarkable reading - I really enjoyed exploring it with her, and I hope you will, too.
Handy links...
The poem mentioned is Small Kindnesses by Danusha LamérisThat Buffy the Vampire Slayer moment is hereSign up to share your own reading on the podcast here...or join Change Circle here
Losing a habit of hardship
6 oktober 2022 |
43 min
In this episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast, Rachel asks the Yi how she can 'lose habitual hardship' - shift her experience so not everything is about crisis management! Yi answers with Hexagram 26, Great Taming, changing at lines 1 and 6 to 46, Pushing Upward:
changing to
It's a very lively reading, full of encouragement, warning and the mysterious promise of 26.6:
‘Is this heaven’s highway?Creating success.’Hexagram 26, line 6
I hope you enjoy listening!
And if you'd like to share and explore a reading of your own on the podcast, you can still book that here.
Seeking union and belonging
8 september 2022 |
49 min
A listener's reading for this episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast: Vidia asked, 'How can I move forward and be of service?' Yi answered with Hexagram 8, Seeking Union, with no changing lines - a beautifully simple answer that gave us the opportunity for a deep dive into its imagery and stories.
Mentioned during our conversation…
The name of the hexagram, bi, with its two human figures walking close together:
Bi, name of Hexagram 8
Rilke on living the questions:
…I would like to beg you dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.from Letters to a Young Poet
And the nuclear hexagram of 8, which is 23, Stripping Away:
(Here's a quick introduction to nuclear hexagrams.)
Troll Story
11 augusti 2022 |
25 min
In which you will encounter hesitation, second-guessing, repetitious readings, decision, 'contradictory' moving lines (what do you do with those?), a good dose of common sense and a particularly persistent troll.
Also these readings...
Hexagram 18, Corruption, changing at line 3 to 4, Not Knowing:
changing to
Hexagram 49, Radical Change, changing at lines 2, 3 and 5 to 54, the Marrying Maiden:
changing to
Hexagram 6, Arguing, changing at lines 5 and 6 to 40, Release:
changing to
And finally, Hexagram 45, Gathering, changing at line 2 to Hexagram 47, Confined:
changing to
Listen for the full story - I hope you enjoy it! Obviously with that many readings, this is more of a canter through, not a deep dive into any of them. Is this useful/ interesting, or do you prefer the episodes with just one reading?
(If you'd like to discuss your own reading on the podcast - it's free! - book yourself a slot here.)
Finding meaning
14 juli 2022 |
44 min
Sergio asked a big question for this podcast reading: how to deal with his sense that his life lacked meaning. Yi's response was quite a modest, domestic one: Hexagram 37, People in the Home, changing at the fifth line to 22, Beauty:
changing to
'With the king's presence, there is a home.Do not worry. Good fortune.'Hexagram 37, line 5
Perhaps it's as simple as that...
Creating a home
9 juni 2022 |
22 min
This podcast has a reading of my own, about creating a home. Yi answered with Hexagram 53, Gradual Progress, changing at line 5 to Hexagram 52, Stilling:
changing to
If you'd like to discuss a reading with me for a future episode (it's free, as a 'thank you' for sharing), please book here!
In this one, I spend some time discussing the 'nuclear story' of the moving lines - how you can find four component trigrams in a hexagram, and the hexagrams they create. Here they are (because this is a lot easier to follow when you can see it):
I cast this hexagram -
and by taking groups of consecutive lines, you can find four trigrams inside it:
- lines 1-2-3, 2-3-4, 3-4-5 and 4-5-6. So extract each of those trigrams, with the moving line included...
…and combine them into hexagrams. Each hexagram's made from two overlapping trigrams:
39, Limping
64, Not Yet Crossing
37, People in the Home
And there you have the three nuclear hexagrams I talk about in the episode.
Portrait of a relationship
12 maj 2022 |
49 min
A reading for an I Ching Community member, Honey, aka MeltingPot247, with four moving lines full of darkness and warnings -
What do I need to know about this relationship as it is now?
The answer: Hexagram 32, Lasting, changing at lines 1, 3 4 and 6 to 41, Decrease.
changing to
There's a lot to listen to, here: how Honey's experiencing the tension between the two hexagrams, the realities of Lasting and her need for Decrease; how she recognises each moving line (especially line 6, which was much clearer to her than it was to me!); how the Steps of Change help her to 'find herself' at each stage; how an overall picture comes together.
In the reading, I mention the Chinese characters for the names of the two hexagrams. You can see them both and read more about them at LiSe Heyboer's website: Heng, Lasting and Sun, Decrease.
And if you'd like more information about Change Circle, Clarity's core membership, here you go.
Podcast #18: dream and decision
14 april 2022 |
38 min
In this episode, Raka shares two readings:
'What if I go back to university for postgraduate studies?'
Yi answers with Hexagram 22, Beauty, changing at line 2 to 26, Great Taming:
changing to
and
'What if I just leave this whole university thing?'
...which gave her Hexagram 20, Seeing, changing at lines 1 and 5 to 27, Nourishment:
changing to
I'm sorry about the sound quality, which isn't up to my usual standards - I hope it won't detract from your enjoyment of the episode. And please rate, review and/or share - thank you!
From my readings journal
10 mars 2022 |
19 min
In this episode, I share a couple of readings from my journal:
'What about leaving this volunteering role?' 32.3 to 40'What do I do when I'm there?' 61.4.6 to 58
And I talk about conversation with Yi, the interplay of text and structure, catching up with the reading years later, and the experience of having an oracle slap me round the face with a wet fish.
Sign up here for a free I Ching chat to be shared on the podcast.
Camping on the left
10 februari 2022 |
35 min
In this podcast episode, Lucy asks why she's hesitant to use her gifts - and Yi responds with Hexagram 7, the Army, changing at line 4 to Hexagram 40, Releasing:
changing to
The moving line:
'The army camps on the left,No mistake.'Hexagram 7, line 4
...which certainly casts new light on this idea of 'hesitation'.
I've added an interlude part-way through, where I talk about the relating hexagram and its role in the reading. As ever, I'd welcome your feedback!
What are New Years?
13 januari 2022 |
16 min
For this 15th episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast, I asked the oracle to explain the whole idea of a 'New Year' to me.
'What's a creative way to imagine New Year? What's its deeper significance?'
Yi responds with Hexagram 57, Subtly Penetrating, changing at lines 2 and 5 to 52, Stilling:
changing to
A short episode, this one, with only my voice. (Back to listener readings next month! And you're very welcome to share one of yours - you can book a reading here.) I hope you enjoy it, and I wish you a very happy New Year, where nothing fails to bear fruit.
Repeating Chasms
9 december 2021 |
28 min
In this fourteenth episode of the I Ching with Clarity podcast, Sasha shares a relationship reading: Hexagram 29, the Repeating Chasms, with no changing lines:
If you've ever wondered what to make of an unchanging reading, this one could be helpful: we take our time exploring the hexagram's atmosphere, its context - where it comes from, what it isn't saying - and, most importantly, what Sasha recognises about it.
I also experimented with adding an 'interlude' mid-reading to explain how I was using the patterns of the extended Sequence to tell more of the reading's story. Let me know whether that's useful!
If you'd like to have a reading in a future episode - it's free, of course - please book here.
On the cusp
11 november 2021 |
38 min
Episode 13 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast features an author who's on the cusp of sending her book out into the world, just not quite sure why she doesn't feel ready for this. Is this the time, or should she wait?
Yi gave her Hexagram 42, Increasing, changing at lines 5 and 6 to 24, Returning:
changing to
Line 5 is lovely:
'True and confident, with a benevolent heart,No question: good fortune from the source.Truth, confidence and benevolence are my own strength.'Hexagram 42, line 5
Line 6... isn't:
'Absolutely no increase in this,Maybe someone strikes this one.The heart's foundation is not lasting,Pitfall'Hexagram 42, line 6
What to make of the contrast, and the 'scary' line?
Here's the episode -
About a snake
14 oktober 2021 |
46 min
Pamela contributed a thoroughly unusual reading for episode 12 of the podcast...
She asked,
'What do I need to know about the snake?'
and Yi answered with Hexagram 8, Seeking Union, changing at lines 1, 3 and 5 to 36, Brightness Hiding:
changing to
Here's the snake in question (with thanks to Pamela for the photo):
- listen to the episode for the full story.
And here are three Chinese characters I mentioned during our conversation:
Bi, name of Hexagram 8Yong, ever-flowingYuan, wellspring
(Isn't that an interesting visual 'rhyme' between bi and yong?)
With its three moving lines, this reading's a bit longer than previous episodes. I hope you still enjoy it - let me know!
Yi on authenticity
9 september 2021 |
37 min
This is episode 11 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast, featuring another listener's reading.
Sarah asked,
"How can I better convey my authentic and true self with others?"
and Yi replied with Hexagram 45, Gathering, changing at lines 4,5 and 6 to 23, Stripping Away -
changing to
It's a deep, rich reading, profoundly reassuring.
As we were talking about 45.5 -
'Gathering together has a position.No mistake.No trust at all.From the source, ever-flowing constancy.Regrets vanish.'Hexagram 45, line 5
- I showed Sarah this page of ancient forms of the character yong, 'perpetual, ever-flowing', which shows a human figure flowing with the river currents. The story it reminded me of was this one, from Zhuangzi.
Enjoy the reading! And if you'd like a free podcast reading yourself, you're very welcome to apply here.
Advice for an author
12 augusti 2021 |
29 min
Episode 10 of the I Ching with Clarity podcast features a listener's reading.
Lynn Keller's book, Thanksgiving in America, is just coming out; she asked Yi what her focus should be now with the book, and received Hexagram 33, Retreating, changing at lines 3 and 4 to 20, Seeing.
changing to
In the course of the reading I mention a few Chinese characters:
遯 dun, Retreat. I couldn't find an image of the ancient character online, but LiSe shows us the components.
觀 guan, Seeing - the bird with great eyes and a crest, a heron:
guan, seeing, from hanziyuan.net
and 好 hao, 'loving, good' (from 33.4), showing a mother and child:
hao, good, from hanziyuan.net
As I mentioned on the podcast, the Yijing Foundations Class is coming up in September. Do have a look through the details at https://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/c/yijing-foundations-class/, and if you're interested, sign up for more information.
Readings for restarting the podcast
8 juli 2021 |
14 min
I'm sharing two 'behind the scenes' readings of my own in this one - encouragement from Yi that nudged me along the path towards relaunching the podcast. The questions:
'What about restarting the podcast soon?'and'How about this idea of a podcast solely of readings?'
There's also a lovely example of Yi making connections between readings - it's always worth being on the alert for those!
Next month's episode will have a reading conversation - subscribe to the podcast to make sure you don't miss it. Would you like yours to be featured - a free reading, in return for your permission to publish? Then book your reading here.
Beginners’ I Ching course, part 2
3 juli 2021 |
31 min
If you're new to the I Ching, this episode and the one before it will make the readings in Clarity's podcast much easier to follow. Here’s the audio version of the beginners’ course, part 2.
(You can find the written and illustrated version of the course at https://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/learn/beginners/ .)
Beginners’ I Ching course, part 1
3 juli 2021 |
39 min
If you're new to the I Ching, this episode and the one that follows will make the readings in Clarity's podcast much easier to follow. Here's the audio version of the beginners' course, part 1.
(You can find the written and illustrated version of the course at https://www.onlineclarity.co.uk/learn/beginners/ .)
Coming soon
28 juni 2021 |
2 min
Next month, I'm restarting the Clarity podcast. Formerly 'Living Change', now just the 'I Ching with Clarity podcast', it'll have a new episode each month, and every episode will discuss a real-life reading.
(Actually the next couple of episodes will come sooner than that and won't be readings: I'm going to add the free beginners' course to the podcast, to make it more accessible to newcomers to the I Ching. But after that, it's one reading per month.)
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I Ching Community discussion
Living Change I Ching podcast 5
1 mars 2009 |
min
One more episode - this one about staying connected to a flow of energy.
Any comments?
Any suggestions for future questions?
Living Change I Ching podcast 4
9 januari 2009 |
min
Well, I'm still getting the hang of my new microphone (I hope), and recovering some voice after the seasonal cold, and experimenting with recording without a script... not sure about the merits of that one... but anyway, here's podcast 4.
The question this time was about opening the channel for a reading - how to create space and allow the message to be heard. (Part of the preparation for the 'Opening Space for Change' event.) Yi's response: 59.1.2 changing to 42, which made for a much longer recording. The promised second half will be in the Jewelbox for Change Circle members within the next couple of days.
Comments very, very welcome. (Too long? Too hesitant? Too close to the microphone? ;) )
Living Change I Ching podcast 3
22 november 2008 |
min
Here's the latest Living Change for you to download, with a reading on how to nurture creativity. Please comment! (I'm especially interested in thoughts on practical ways to respond to the reading.)
Change Circle members will find the promised interview in the members area. I'm aware that this business of downloading two files from two different sources isn't ideal; I've an idea of the geeky solution for this, and I'll implement it as soon as I can.
Living Change I Ching Podcast 2
23 oktober 2008 |
min
Here's the second episode - shorter than I'd intended, but it's here. Today's reading is about money, and came out rather more topical than I'd planned. I hope you enjoy; please comment to your heart's content.
Links mentioned in the audio:
The music is from here; Change Circle is here (or if you've already joined, the Reading Circle forum is here); the quotation from LiSe comes from here.
Living Change I Ching podcast
22 september 2008 |
15 min
Here it is... I Ching podcast, episode 1. In future I'd like to add more sections to this - some interviews, feedback, shared experiences, maybe even some music like a real, grown-up podcast. Some of the more in-depth stuff will be for Change Circle members only, but there'll always be a free part, too.
At the moment, after all the planning, divining, thinking and recording and editing and geekery, it seems quite odd that the result is less than 15 minutes long. Still - it makes sense to start small and grow rather than starting huge and dwindling away, doesn't it? Also, Yi was helpful enough to give me an unchanging hexagram for my first 'living change' reading:
Question: Yi, what do we need to know about holding a living connection to source and meaning?Answer...
...well, what single hexagram would you imagine might answer that one? It wasn't in the least what I expected, but the more time I spend with the reading the more it moves me. (You know how that works.) Have a listen; let me know what you think. Thoughts about the reading, suggestions for future questions and content... all welcome.
And here's the link I mention in the audio, to sign up for Saturday's teleseminar.
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