In that state of completion and confusion I had another psychic experience (and more than one as the discussions developed) in a Lucid Dream. This is where I became aware of Wang Pi, a great Chinese philosopher (226 - 249 A.D.), who had some influence on The I Ching.
“Get to know all the ideas, comprehend the essence,
then you will approach an understanding of fate”.
Fully aware, I was able to ask the many questions I had on The I Ching. The answers
pointed me towards the fact that it was not information, or even prediction, that
The I Ching provided, but an insight into energy. This may seem obvious, but it
was not something I really understood, or had easy access to. This energy had movement,
autonomy, and ‘form and structure’. In other words, it had a life of its’ own,
and could be seen symbolically in three dimensions.
I was shown, and later invented, The ELEMENTS © as a means of instant selection and easy access to the hexagrams. The use of The ELEMENTS © had the immediate effect of reducing the awkwardness of The I Ching, and introducing, to my great surprise, another dynamic - a free flowing energy that was everywhere, and could be ‘captured’, seen, and changed. That insight produced “TAO I CHING The Mystic Gateway”.
The TAO I CHING suggests that the hexagrams extend beyond the book into your heart, and into the world. The hexagrams reveal a practical everyday use of energy beyond single Readings out of a book. This not only has profound implications for our awareness and human condition, but also provides a spiritual direction, and a peculiar ‘detached’ freedom. The TAO I CHING will tell you what the energy is, how to see it, and use it.
I have been consulting The TAO I CHING professionally for over ten years now, and recently spent nearly two years on a live National psychic telephone line answering every possible question, and providing Readings. No doubt this takes some psychic ability, but I only ever consulted The TAO I CHING with an open mind, to whatever the answer might be. That ‘automatic’ quality, perhaps with a confidence or detachment, seems to be the right level to approach The I Ching, and it certainly supports the implications of energy use put forward in The TAO I CHING. The system and energy is ‘automatic’, and you only have to approach it with some calm intent and curiosity.
Only after completing The TAO I CHING did I return to my original intention of producing a definitive version of The I Ching.
After my first attempt, crammed with details and diagrams, this edition looked very different. This book too, had some surprises.
THE I CHING
The Book of
Chance and Change
Simplicity and brevity came first, as it did in the original I Ching, followed by practical application, explanation, and transformation. Through the long course of Chinese history, a ‘simple’ and basic idea was elevated into a way of life, a spiritual and practical guide, and one of the best divination systems in the world.
When I first came across ‘The I Ching’ many years ago, I wanted to know what it was all about - the spiritual aspects, the symbolism, Yin and Yang, the reason for the formation of the hexagrams, synchronicity, and the prediction possibilities. I wondered how I could use it in a practical everyday way, both materially and spiritually.
After studying every available English translation of The I Ching, and a lot of background research, I produced a book of my own. This book included every single diagram from ancient Chinese sources that I could find, a combination of all the best Readings on the hexagrams, the history, theory, and a practical guide to the construction and use of the hexagrams. It was to be the definitive version, and it was the size of a breeze block. I approached all the publishers, and came close to publishing, but it was finally deemed, rightly, ‘too heavy to publish’.
Tom Leworthy
