The Yijing in Chinese Medicine Clinical Practice – Part 2

Part 2 – The First Two Hurdles to Successful Divination in the Clinic Welcome to the second installment of this article series on Divination in Clinical Practice. If you’re interested in reading the first part – all you have to do is click this link. Today we’ve got a little double-header. Last time we introduced the idea that divination, and in particular the Yijing, might be useful in the clinic. Not just useful, in fact, but potent and transformative, as the oracle itself suggested when we asked the Yi about its own clinical potential (Hexagrams 31 and 49). However, there are some hurdles standing between most of us and clinical divination. The first one is sheer disbelief. We addressed it, briefly, last time. Because c’mon—or as we like to say in NYC, geddouttaheah! What’s a bunch of coin flips have to do with my health? etc. From a certain perspective—which happens to be the dominant one in our reductionist-materialist society—the whole idea of clinical divination sounds preposterous. Indeed, it can be tough to convince the skeptical mind that a random process can yield meaningful information. Even as halfway-down-the-rabbit hole CM folk, our inner skeptics are apt to speak up. No problem—as long as that skeptical perspective doesn’t cause you to close your mind to the possibility that something really interesting is happening. I suggest bargaining with your inner skeptic, telling him you’re just going to try entertaining these ideas...
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