The I Ching is an ancient Chinese set of hexagrams,
http://www.ichingonline.net/instruction.php these representing six lines each, which are obtained by concentrating on a question and using some chance method such as the castings of yarrow stocks or even a randomized cmputer program, to obtain the yin or yang of each line. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching The set of these castings or the memory bytes of 0s and 1s of the computer program then represent the six physical bodies and the six lines of the corresponding I ching hexagram are their mental representations, these being six monads. As a whole, these represent a composite monad. According to Plato-Leibniz, the hexagram will be predetermined in accordance with Leibniz's pre-established harmony (PEH). And in my opinion, the patterns of yin and yang should be random, although the randomness can be either due to effective causation or final causation. A similar process was used in ancient times to establish interpretations of the trigrams and their combinations. At the same time, the intention of the individual's mind using the Yi shlould play a role. But in the end, whether obtained by mind or Mind, these is no doubt that the PEH (Mind) is what will decide what is obtained, just as it decides all things. -Roger Clough There is an entirely new way of looking at reality, through what I call Plato-Leibniz, the 21st century philosophy to replace that of 20th century science, in which that is only a subset. See my website on Plato-Leibniz, www.independent.academia.edu/RogerClough Start with the read me first page.For personal contacts, use rclough@verizon.net
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