Dear Members and Supporters
Qi Journal – Great Treatise Translation
By clicking on the above link and picture – you can enter the Qi Journal’s publication of my English translation of the “Great Treatise” (contained within the Book of Change as Wings 5 & 6). Indeed, virtually all of the Chinese martial tradition finds its philosophical basis in the commentarial material of the Book of Changes. The “hard”, “soft”, “yin” and “yang”, the “internal” and the “external” – as well as the “integrated”. There is the idea of the “Gentlemanly Scholar” (who is enlightened and knows much) and the “Small Person” (who knows little and needs to gain knowledge from the Sages). The “Divine-Sky” is the universe above – whilst the “Broad Earth” is the ground upon which we live, thrive, and exist. This multi-sided polarity guides humanity through the “Good” and the “Bad” – and teaches how one situation can be transformed into its exact opposite. Anyone who trains if the Chinese martial arts must make a sincere study of the “Book of Changes”. These polarities are amorphous and always in a state of flux.
There is nothing outside this flux as “Nothing” and “Something” fits perfectly within it. With the correct training – the “Small Person” can become a “Great person” – but a “Great Person” can lose all their influence, power, and social standing if conditions radically change. This is why I am working my way through the Ten Wings – or the Ten Chapters of Commentarial material gathered over thousands of years – which are used to explain the original 64 Hexagrams of the Zhouyi” (Zhou Dynasty Change). This material will be published throughout numerous (and obscure) academic journals – but I will make every effort to have a version published for “free access” on the internet. The fee I charge is that your return the six senses a) to the empty mind ground, and that b) you allow the empty mind ground to expand to embrace the entire environment. As you can see, this is a much higher price than just an ordinary exchange of money – be it supposedly empowered metal or paper. Here is the problem – I will accept no other payment for my work – but I will not “demand” in a dogmatic manner. Your realisation of “freedom” is entirely a matter of your own affair. Look within properly – or do not – the choice is yours. I will not alter my charge regardless of your decision. I will not stop you reading – as reading is the first-step.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 