Бесплатный фрагмент - Book of Changes («I Ching») with octanalytic commentary

Henry Vitton

Man is the mind, heart, soul and freedom of choice,

what to put in the hierarchy in first place:

mind, heart or soul.

Book of Changes (“I Ching”) with octanalytic commentary

1. Introduction

The I Ching or Zhou Yi is the earliest Chinese philosophical text. The earliest layer, traditionally dated to c. 700 BC and intended for divination, consists of 64 hexagrams. “The Book of Changes” is the name attached to the “I Ching” in the West.

The book consists of 64 characters — hexagrams, each of which expresses a particular life situation in time from the point of view of its gradual development. Symbols are made up of six lines; the lines indicate successive stages in the development of a given situation. Lines are of two kinds: either solid (they are also called nines), or interrupted in the middle (sixes). The former symbolizes the active state, light, tension (yang), and the latter symbolizes the passive state, darkness, compliance (yin). It is generally accepted that the lines are read from the bottom up; their sequence describes the development of the situation.

Each hexagram can also be represented as a combination of two trigrams. Each hexagram, as well as each line in the hexagram, is accompanied by a set of aphorisms, which should give advice to the fortuneteller.

The modern method of analysis of the psyche “Octanalysis” [1—15] makes it possible, on the basis of scientific data on the human psyche, to write an octanalytic commentary for the Book of Changes.

Octanalysis distinguishes eight instances in a living system (mental states, components of the psyche, vectors, layers of the psyche, vibrational levels, resonant levels, fundamental principles of being) 0-Source, 7-Imagination, 6-Subconscious, 5-Soul, 4-Heart, 3-Irratio, 2-Ratio, 1-Mind. Using the methods of octanalysis, their harmonious, natural, impeccable hierarchy, top to bottom, 0, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (in binary 000, 111, 110, 101, 100, 011, 010, 001) was discovered. At any given time, one of these eight instances dominates the living system.

2. The designation of 8 trigrams of Fu Xi

The legendary first emperor of China (Celestial Empire) Fu Xi (2852—2737 BC) created the first eight trigrams (Kun, Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen), fundamental principles of life.

The trigram consists of three horizontal lines, located one above the other. Each of the lines can be a whole horizontal line” — » (strong line, “nine”, “son”) or a horizontal line interrupted in the middle "- -" (weak line, “six”, “daughter”).

Let’s introduce the digital designation of trigrams, which is convenient for converting numbers from binary to decimal. Let us designate in the trigram the whole horizontal line” — » (“nine”) as “1” (“phallus”), and the horizontal line interrupted in the middle “- -” (“six”) as “0” (“vagina”). In the numerical designation of the trigram, for example “011”, the digit on the left “011” indicates the lower line of the trigram, and the digit on the right “011” indicates the upper line. Then the designation of eight trigrams will look like:

000 (Kun, mother);

111 (Qian, father);

110 (Dui, third daughter);

101 (Li, second daughter);

100 (Zhen, first son);

011 (Xun, first daughter);

010 (Kan, second son);

001 (Gen, third son).

Names of trigrams are given in parentheses.

The eight instances of the psyche, studied in octanalysis, uniquely correspond to the eight trigrams of Fu Xi:

0-Source / Kun, mother;

7-Imagination/Qian, father;

6-Subconscious/Dui, third daughter;

5-Soul/Li, second daughter;

4-Heart/Zhen, first son;

3-Irratio/Xun, first daughter;

2-Ratio/Kan, second son;

1-Mind/Gen, third son.

3. The dominance cycles of Fu Xi Trigrams

In the harmonious, impeccable, natural, top to bottom, 07654321-hierarchy of the eight instances of the psyche, the instance (trigram) 0-Source / Kun (mother) is in the first place, and the instance (trigram) 7-Imagination / Qian (father) is in the second place, which reflects the deep meaning of arrangement of Universe. Introversion, turning attention inward, is characteristic of mother. Extraversion, turning attention outward, is characteristic of father.

In the human race, the biological mechanism of immortality (childbirth) is carried out by the mother’s womb. The Universe’s mechanism of human immortality is carried out by the instance of the psyche 0-Source (Unified Consciousness) — the trigram Kun (mother). Instance 0-Source/Kun (mother) is a cornucopia from which emanations come and what we call the Universe is created.

In the process of human activity, the instances of his psyche (Fu Xi trigrams) dominate in turn. For example, a full cycle of instances dominance with observance of an harmonious, impeccable hierarchy of instances is the 076543210-cycle. Instance 1-Mind/Gen shows a sense of superiority and is able to deviate from the principle of impeccability and establish any other hierarchy of instances in the psyche.

Octanalysis notes that the personality of a person has a five-component structure, which includes

• three instances of consciousness 5-Soul/Li, 4-Heart/Zhen, 1-Mind/Gen;

• two instances of the unconscious 3-Irratio/Xun, 2-Ratio/Kan.

A complete cycle of dominance of personality instances with observance of an impeccable hierarchy of instances is the 543215-cycle.

A person with psychological problems, acting within Karpman’s dramatic triangle (instances 3-Irratio/Xun, 2-Ratio/Kan, 1-Mind/Gen), performs the 1321-cycle. The terrorist criminal operates in the 131-cycle.

4. Congenital dominance of Fu Xi Trigrams

The octanalysis method revealed the effect of congenital dominance of personality instances (Fu Xi trigrams) [4], which depends on the date of birth of a person and manifests itself to the same extent throughout a person’s life.

An analysis of people’s behavior shows that the congenital dominants of the personality (congenital dominant trigrams) most often dominate in the human psyche in the process of his activity.

Octanalysis notes that a person’s personality has a five-component structure. Depending on the date of birth, two to five instances of the personality may show congenital dominance. A person perceives the congenital dominants of his personality as virtues perceives as a talent and applies them to achieve success in his activities.

People in whom only two instances of the five instances of personality show congenital dominance, have a narrow range of professions choice, and they may also have specific problems of adaptation, both social and labor. Such people need psychological support.

Octanalysis has developed an octanalytic personality formula [4], which shows which instances of the personality show congenital dominance, and also characterizes the degree of their congenital dominant activity.

The Appendix describes in detail the procedure for compiling an octanalytic personality formula by date of birth.

For example, the octanalytic personality formula for a person born on 07/2/1954,

3 lunar day / 31-Leo / 4% + / / 42-Cancer / 4-31-Horse

shows that he was born on the 3rd lunar day, the lunar zodiac sign is Leo, the percentage of illumination of the Moon in the phase “Growing Moon” is 4%, the solar zodiac sign is Cancer, the year of the Horse according to the eastern calendar.

The digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 in the personality formula indicate congenital dominants, respectively, instances 1-Mind/Gen, 2-Ratio/Kan, 3-Irratio/Xun, 4-Heart/Zhen, 5-Soul/Li.

The location of the digit in the personality formula (“first dominant”, “second dominant”, “background dominant”) and the repetition of this digit (for example, “four”, instance 4-Heart/Zhen, twice as the first dominant, as the second dominant and as background dominant) show the degree of congenital dominant activity of the instance.

Note that the congenital dominants of the lunar zodiac sign have a greater influence on human behavior than the congenital dominants of the solar zodiac sign.

The personality formula written above indicates the following congenital dominants of the personality and characterizes the degree of their activity:

• instance 4-Heart/Zhen (“four” as the first dominant and as background dominant);

• instance 3-Irratio/Xun (“three” twice as the first dominant);

• instance 2-Ratio/Kan (“two” as the second dominant);

• instance 1-Mind/Gen (“one” twice as the second dominant).

The octanalytic personality formula is used to analyze interpersonal communication. When studying and evaluating the psychological state of two persons who interact with each other, the octanalytic personality formulas of these persons are compared.

5. Society and power

Octanalysis notes that in his activity a person uses a three-component consciousness: instances 5-Soul, 4-Heart, 1-Mind.

Harmonious hierarchy of consciousness instances is 541-hierarchy: instance 5-Soul — in the first place, instance 4-Heart — in second place, instance 1-Mind — in third place.

Instance 1-Mind has a unique property — it is able to show a sense of superiority and establish in consciousness any other hierarchy of consciousness instances: 514-, 415-, 451-, 154-, 145-hierarchy.

Age-related pentapsychology [1], the section of octanalysis, notes that age-related activation of consciousness instances is carried out in the sequence 1-Mind → 4-Heart → 5-Soul.

At the age of 1.5—2 years to 6 years, only the extroverted instance 1-Mind dominates in consciousness of a child. At the age of 6 to 18 years, in consciousness of a child, a teenager, in turn the introverted instance 4-Heart and the extroverted instance 1-Mind dominate. Over the age of 18 years, in consciousness of an adult in turn the extroverted instance 5-Soul, the introverted instance 4-Heart and the extroverted instance 1-Mind dominate.

In the development process of society, the same regularity is observed. The age-related activation of public consciousness instances is carried out in the sequence 1-Mind → 4-Heart →5-Soul.

How do the instances of public consciousness 1-Mind, 4-Heart, 5-Soul manifest themselves?

When the extrovert instance 1-Mind dominates in public consciousness, people build relationships, first of all, according to the scheme “I am higher, you are lower”, on the basis of selfishness, a sense of superiority, lies, lack of principle. This means that the distribution of public good among people on the basis of selfishness, lies, criminal actions is a fair approach from the point of view of the extroverted instance of public consciousness 1-Mind (the “capitalism” approach).

When the introverted instance 4-Heart dominates in public consciousness, people build relationships, first of all, according to the scheme “I and you are on the same level”, they build friendly, cordial relationships. This means that the even distribution of public good among people is a fair approach from the point of view of the introverted instance of public consciousness 4-Heart (the “socialism” approach).

When the extroverted instance 5-Soul dominates in public consciousness, people build relationships according to the scheme “You are higher, I am lower”, they show altruism, devotional service and sacrifice. This means that charity and devotional service to people is a fair approach from the point of view of the extraverted instance of public consciousness 5-Soul (the “communism” approach).

Octanalysis clearly shows where the ideas of building capitalism, socialism and communism came from. These ideas reflect the fundamental properties of three components of human consciousness — the extroverted instance 1-Mind, the introverted instance 4-Heart and the extroverted instance 5-Soul.

In addition to these three approaches (capitalism, socialism, communism) of influencing public consciousness, there is also an approach of hypnotic influence on public consciousness (the “hypnotism” approach). When using the “hypnotism” approach, the state of consciousness of a person changes. In this state, a person acts unconsciously.

The human psyche is arranged in such a way that in the eight-component structure of the psyche the introverted instance 6-Subconscious in the hierarchy is higher than the instances of consciousness 5-Soul, 4-Heart, 1-Mind. This makes it possible, with the help of suggestion, with the help of hypnosis, to control a person’s behavior from the outside. When the introverted instance 6-Subconscious dominates in the psyche, the state of consciousness changes, the three-component consciousness is turned off and the person acts unconsciously according to the programs of the subconscious.

If a hypnotist or a system of hypnotic influence, with the help of an extroverted instance 1-Mind introduces his program into public subconscious, then people unconsciously act according to this program (the “hypnotism” approach).

Thus, in the development process of society, the public consciousness can be influenced by four approaches:

— capitalism (with dominance of the extraverted instance of public consciousness 1-Mind);

— socialism (with dominance of the introverted instance of public consciousness 4-Heart);

— communism (with dominance of the extraverted instance of public consciousness 5-Soul);

— hypnotism (with dominance of the introverted instance of public subconscious 6-Subconscious).

At the society development stage “capitalism” in public consciousness primarily the extroverted instance 1-Mind dominates. In the power structures of the state, first of all, people come, in whom the extroverted instance 1-Mind shows a pronounced congenital dominance.

At the society development stage “socialism” in public consciousness primarily the introverted instance 4-Heart dominates. In the power structures of the state, first of all, people come, in whom the introverted instance 4-Heart and the extroverted instance 1-Mind show congenital dominance.

At the society development stage “communism” in public consciousness primarily the extraverted instance 5-Soul dominates. In the power structures of the state, first of all, people come who show congenital dominance of extraverted instances of consciousness 5-Soul and 1-Mind, as well as those people who show congenital dominance of all five instances of personality (three instances of consciousness 5-Soul, 4-Heart, 1-Mind and two instances of the unconscious 3-Irratio, 2-Ratio).

It is very easy to identify people in whom the extroverted instance 5-Soul shows congenital dominance. Octanalysis states that such people are born in a year that ends in digit 2 or 3, such as 2002, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2023. The beginning of the year must be determined according to the eastern calendar: second new moon after winter solstice (after December 22). In Gregorian calendar, this usually corresponds to one of the days between January 20 and February 20.

At the development stage of society “hypnotism” public consciousness is subject to the dominant influence of the introverted instance 6-Subconscious. Since the introverted instance 6-Subconscious does not have freedom of choice, then when the introverted instance 6-Subconscious dominates in the psyche, a person acts unconsciously according to programs that are laid down from the outside in the subconscious of a person in order to manipulate his behavior.

Caritology [3], the section of octanalysis, notes that the universe’ phenomenon “Love” manifests itself in human behavior through eight types of love (universe’, imaginary, suggestible, sacrificial, friendly, sexual, parental, egoistic love), which uniquely correspond to eight instances of human psyche (0-Source, 7-Imagination, 6-Subconscious, 5-Soul, 4-Heart, 3-Irratio, 2-Ratio, 1-Mind).

By the type of love shown in a person’s behavior at given moment of time, it is easy to determine which instance of the psyche is dominating at that moment. For example, the manifestation of selfish (friendly, sacrificial, suggestible) love clearly indicates at this moment dominance of the instance 1-Mind (4-Heart, 5-Soul, 6-Subconscious).

6. Inner development of a person

In the interaction of a person and the situation, a person manifests himself as a leading principle, and the situation — as a driven principle.

The advancement of a person from one situation to another is the advancement of a person along the Path of Life, the advancement along the Path of Returning Home to the Unified Consciousness.

The Universe takes care of the inner development of person.

According to the law “Psychically similar is mutually attracted”, or in other words, “Like attracts like”, a person encounters situations that contribute to his inner development and advancement along the Road to Home.

When a person stops or degrades in his inner development, he attracts situations that hinder his activity, stop his activity or destroy his activity.

And when a person develops himself internally, he attracts situations that contribute to his further inner development.

A person in his inner development goes through the following states:

— a stupid person who often ignores the use of consciousness;

— an intelligent person who uses the 1-Mind/Gen instance of consciousness, builds relationships according to the scheme “I am higher, you are lower”;

— a friendly person who uses the 4-Heart/Zhen instance of consciousness, builds relationships according to the scheme “I and you are on the same level”;

— a wise person who uses the 5-Soul/Li instance of consciousness, builds relationships according to the scheme “You are higher, I am lower”;

— an Universe’s person who uses the instance of superconsciousness 0-Source/Kun, an intuitive choice, builds relationships according to the scheme “I am the Unified Consciousness”.

7. Designations of 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (“I Ching”)

The ancient Chinese Book of Changes (“I Ching”) offers eight trigrams to describe the states of living systems. Let’s list them in order according to the harmonious, impeccable hierarchy, from top to bottom, Kun, Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen.

In the interaction of two living systems (a person and the situation), 64 combinations of the dominant instance (trigram) of a person and the dominant instance (trigram) of the situation are possible. These person-situation combinations are characterized in the Book of Changes with the help of 64 hexagrams.

According to the theory of the “Book of Changes”, the entire world process is an alternation of situations resulting from the interaction and struggle of the forces of light and darkness, tension and compliance, and each of these situations is symbolically expressed by one of the 64 hexagrams.

To describe 64 combinations of a person-situation (64 hexagrams), we use a two-digit designation. The left digit is the digit of the person’s dominant instance, the right digit is of the situation. Dominant instances 1-Mind, 2-Ratio, 3-Irratio, 4-Heart, 5-Soul, 6-Subconscious, 7-Imagination, 0-Source are designated by the digits 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 0. Then the designation, for example, 34-combination, shows the combination of the 3-Irratio/Xun dominant instance (trigram) of a person and the 4-Heart/Zhen dominant instance (trigram) of the situation.

8. Octanalytic formula of the day

When analyzing the interaction of a person and the situation, it is necessary to take into account that the octanalytic formula of personality is unchanged throughout a person’s life, and the octanalytic formula of the day (situation) changes every day.

For example, for 04/10/2022, the day of person-situation interaction, the octanalytic formula of the day is

10 lunar day / 31-Leo / 60% + / / 32-Aries / 5-32-Tiger.

This octanalytic formula of the day indicates the congenital dominants of the day 04/10/2022:

• instance 5-Soul/Li (“five” as a background dominant);

• instance 3-Irratio/Xun (“three” thrice as the first dominant);

• instance 2-Ratio/Kan (“two” twice as the second dominant);

• instance 1-Mind/Gen (“one” as the second dominant).

One of these congenital dominants (5-Soul/Li, 3-Irratio/Xun, 2-Ratio/Kan, 1-Mind/Gen) of the day is most likely to participate that day as the situation dominant in the person-situation interaction.

By compiling the octanalytic formulas of the day for all days of the month, one can foresee which congenital dominant states of the situation will most likely manifest themselves on specific days of this month.

9. Brief description of instances properties of the psyche (Fu Xi trigrams)

• 000-Kun, mother — introverted instance 0-Source/Kun (Unified Consciousness) functions in the “horn of plenty” mode based on the principle of impeccability; universe’ love [3];

• 111-Qian, father — extroverted instance 7-Imagination/Qian generates new images, fantasies, dreams; imaginary love [3];

• 110-Dui, third daughter — introverted instance 6-Subconscious/Dui does not have freedom of choice, with the aim of the embodiment of images, the embodiment of a dream, creates or perceives from the outside and stores in itself programs of action; suggestible love [3];

• 101-Li, second daughter — extroverted instance 5-Soul/Li builds relationships according to the scheme “You are higher, I am lower”, shows submission, service, devotion, altruism; sacrificial love [3];

• 100-Zhen, first son — introverted instance 4-Heart / Zhen shows managerial abilities, builds relationships according to the scheme “I and you are on the same level”, equality, building friendly, cordial relations; friendly love [3];

• 011-Xun, first daughter — extroverted instance 3-Irratio/Xun shows creativity, performs spontaneous, unpredictable, irrational actions, shows a childish state, sincerity, carelessness; sexual love [3];

• 010-Kan, second son — introverted instance 2-Ratio/Kan performs rational actions, puts everything in order, puts it in a certain framework, shows care, parental love [3];

• 001-Gen, third son — extroverted instance 1-Mind/Gen builds relationships according to the scheme “I am higher, you are lower”, shows a sense of superiority, selfishness, profit, unscrupulousness, lies, desire for pleasure, reasoning, analytic abilities; egoistic love [3].

10. Determining the number of the hexagram in the Table 1

The Table 1 shows the numbers of 64 hexagrams according to octanalysis (in brackets — according to King Wen). The following are octanalytic interpretations of 64 hexagrams in the sequence of octanalysis.

The sequence of hexagrams according to octanalysis, which we will also call “harmonious sequence of hexagrams”, is formed as follows.

Eight hexagrams #1 — #8 successively describe combinations of a person-situation: 00-, 70-, 60-, 50-, 40-, 30-, 20-, 10-combination. This sequence of hexagrams #1 — #8 corresponds to the harmonious 07654321-hierarchy of instances of the human psyche in combination with instance 0-Source/Kun of the situation. Similarly, the sequence of the next eight hexagrams #9 — #16 is formed in combination with instance 7-Imagination / Qian of the situation, etc.

When moving from one group of eight hexagrams to the next group of eight hexagrams, the instance of the situation changes in accordance with the harmonious 07654321-hierarchy of instances of the psyche.

Thus, the sequence of 64 hexagrams according to octanalysis corresponds to the harmonious 07654321-hierarchy of instances of both a person and the situation. Therefore, the sequence of hexagrams according to octanalysis is called “harmonious sequence of hexagrams”.

This means that any transition from the previous to the next hexagram according to octanalysis is harmonious for a person. For example, a person is in a state that corresponds to hexagram #14 according to octanalysis. Then octanalysis recommends that a person make efforts to move to a state that corresponds to hexagram #15 according to octanalysis. Such a transition is harmonious for a person.

To use the Table 1, first compare the observed properties of the states of the person and the situation with a brief description of the properties of the instances of the psyche (Fu Xi trigrams) and determine which combination of the states of the person and the situation is manifested in the person-situation interaction.

For example, for a combination of a 0-state of a person and a 2-state of the situation in the Table 1, we find the 02-combination: “#49 (8). 02-bi. Holding Together”, which means the hexagram #8 “bi. Holding Together” according to King Wen. Then we study the octanalytic commentary of hexagram #49 (8) and make a decision based on this information.

Table 1. Correspondence of the dominant instances of the psyche according to octanalysis, the Fu Xi trigrams and the 64 hexagrams of the ancient Chinese “Jow Book of Changes”