Eight Lectures

It has been explained to me that to understand the ken-po goku-i one must also study the I Ching in parallel with learning about Bushi Tatsuo Sensei the person, the teacher, the sumuchi, and the customs and beliefs of the Okinawan peoples.

As I continue my studies I have come to understand the truth when Wilhelm says, "By unwritten law, only those advanced in years regard themselves as ready to learn from it." I now understand that my reading of the book many years ago meant little simply because I was not matured enough for it.

In my studies I have tried to find as many views as possible that would possibly provide space to see past the many doors it holds for each of us. In that search I have finally found a source that helps enlighten, "Change: Eight Lectures on the I Ching," by Hellmut Wilhelm.

In these lectures he elucidates on the I Ching in a way that helps the student to understand the generality of it and how it works for each of us.

If we seek divination it behooves us to seek out a diviner of the I Ching yet it serves at least one other purpose. It also serves as a medium for meditate; meditation of the images of the cosmos for its own sake and seek to understand it.

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ISBN: 0691097143

Bibliography:
Wilhelm, Hellmut. "Change: Eight Lectures on the I Ching." Routledge & Kegan Paul publishers, London. 1961 and 1970.