An Unexpected Transformation

About a month ago at work I suddenly realized that I no longer saw myself as an employee of a law firm with a number of high-powered lawyers who were the bosses.  I saw myself as an equal to everyone here.  I had not even noticed this change happening.  I think it's the first time in my life I have not felt subservient at a job.  I just steadily use the I Ching and really try not to watch my progress.  And then these lovely things happen.

I'm equally surprised and delighted by some of the other subtle changes that I see happening to me.  I am more flexible in how I think and what I do, more self- confident, more outgoing, think less, much less of all of the ego emotions, very little bothers me anymore, I never rush, no background anxiety like I always used to have (probably because the "pleasing the authority figure" complex was always so predominant in my life).  Maybe the most striking thing is how my level of feeling has gotten so much more sensitive — as I've begun to trust it more, it's flourished.  Such a more accurate indicator of what's going on then to be operating out of the intellect all of the time.  I often can feel the intentions of people in other cars, for example, if they're going to turn or if they're aware of what's around them.  Little things, but then not really little after all.  I always used to think the ultimate awareness was to have infinite awareness.  After having had that experience many, many times, I do not think it compares to be fully aware and feeling the life around me, moment by moment.

I really like the innocent approach to life.  It's boring to have everything figured out, so nice to watch life unfold.

The deprogramming is very meditative, and sometimes I'll just sit quietly in the evening feeling what's going on with me and throwing the rctm about things of concern.  Once in a while I'll have a striking dream that I write down and look at later.  I think the Sage understands where I'm at and just works with me, since I consult the oracle so often.

By D.C in Denver CO

Cure of Migraine Using the IChing

I went through six weeks of bad migraine headaches for no apparent reason.  One day I felt to do a reading, and the Sage firmly advised me the cause was something within myself. It turned out that I had a very deep harsh judgment of myself for not being a "perfect person."  After deprogramming this, the migraines immediately stopped. 

What seemed important about the deprogramming process was the intervention of the Sage's help. It felt like the deprogramming was done by a spiritual force and that I had almost nothing to do with it other than to go through the steps.

I want to add that although I was free of pain, I did some more follow up deprogramming of things related to the self-judgment.

I am certainly very happy about the whole experience.

Addendum: A.C. used our book I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way, for his reading.

How We Defeat Ourselves

 As I was waiting in a chair at a large computer store while Carol was being helped with her computer, I observed the following scene.

Three computer experts were behind the counter, helping customers with their computers. A young man arrived and patiently stood at the check-in sign. Shortly afterward, another young man arrived, and in a bullish manner went past the other young man to the last computer expert in the row, although he was still helping a customer. The first young man was still waiting patiently at the check-in spot. He had not made any attempt to remind the bullish man of his place in the line. After still another while, in which none of the experts had become available, the young man decided to leave, and walk into the back aisles of the store, perhaps to look for something else he needed. Just a few seconds after he had turned his back, one of the experts became available, and was looking for the next customer to help. I signaled that I did not need help, and was waiting for my friend. I then saw him remaining idle, with nothing to do. For a brief moment, I thought I could tell him that there was this young man who had been waiting for so long, and that he might be called back, as I still saw him walking to the back of the store in his yellow shirt. But then something told me not to interfere. I thought how amazing the whole experience was: He had walked away just a few seconds before his window of opportunity opened.

As I was telling Carol about this experience, she suggested that the young man was probably under a spell. We asked the Sage, and found that this was true. The spell was, “I am a nobody.”

By Hanna Moog

The Floodings

I had an interesting perspective given me on the flooding, about acknowledging the place of humans in nature, and affirming the inter-relationships of all of nature. Still digesting this enlarging view. Much great community work to repair houses among total strangers has emerged, with many people freed from their social masks, their true selves alive and full of energy. How to sustain this? It seems to me that the way we live in the West, smothered in messages of the collective ego and the relentless push to buy-consume-display, is so destructive to free expression of our uniqueness and creative agency.

By S. in Australia 

Every Day Just Gets Better

I was having a hard time lately, hating my job, burn out with single parenting, house broken into and all kinds of negative stuff. So I did a reading and got "fallen into an Abyss." I was shocked how right on it was! I Ching never ceases to amaze me. Read it over and over; then took voluntary lay off; at the same time walking into a equine dental practice! I did the meditation to release fears, etc. listened to the inner No, stayed in the present and every day just gets better. 

Rather brave, as I have a mortgage, need health insurance, have two daughters still in HS, some debt. But was suffering so, that it was affecting my health and mood. I trusted and allowed the helpers of transformation to take over and guide me. The Sage said, it will come, just be PATIENT! and it did.

-Karen E. Amherst, MA