I Ching, the Oracle of the Cosmic Way Quotes

“An oracle must cross the moat of logic and reach the inner poet that resides, perhaps repressed but nonetheless alive, within all of us. The I Ching helps us tune into our feeling consciousness through imagery and metaphor, and this, we find, is the path of clarity, of both strength and tolerance, of gentle humor, and of love.”
― Carol K. Anthony, I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way

“To steal a person’s life energy, the collective ego makes the individual believe that he lacks the ability to cope with life, and that the institutions of the collective ego are the source of all his needs. It also makes him believe that he needs to cultivate a kind heart toward others who are in need. The economic cycle of the collective ego, as one might call it, relies on three kinds of demonic elements that form a complete system: they have been mentioned above as imps, demons, and dragons.”
― Carol K. Anthony, I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way

“Receiving this hexagram can be a signal for a person to reflect on where he is looking for guidance. Is he looking outward to the “ancient wisdom” promoted by the collective ego? Or, is he turning his attention within by asking the Sage that speaks through the I Ching to provide him with the insight he needs to find the correct way for himself? This hexagram wants to make him aware of the danger that comes from looking without, and of the benefit that comes from looking within. What he gets from looking without, or to others for guidance, is only the appearance of reality and other people’s ideas about the nature of the Cosmos. This knowledge is not the same as what he learns by communicating with the invisible Sage, and thereby experiencing for himself the nature of the Cosmos.”
― Carol K. Anthony, I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way

“Men are born soft and supple; Dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; Dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible Is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding Is a disciple of life.1”
― Carol K. Anthony, I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way

“Change is movement confined to the outer plane of experience, while transformation is movement on the inner plane, to which the outer plane responds spontaneously.”
― Carol K. Anthony, I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way