Asking the Yi about illnesses

Those who have read and study the Yi for years may on occasion wonder whether the Yi will indicate the types or causes of illnesses of their loved ones, self or friends. From one’s limited experience, the Yi will indicate the type and/or cause of each illness in detail. The Yi may also indicate a cure for the illness. As a comparison, doctors or specialists will be able to come up with a cause and prescribed a cure after they diagnosed the symptoms.

One’s experience is limited because one had only asked the Yi about illnesses on a few rare occasions over a span of two decades. After the Yi has given the answer, it will then depend on one’s interpretation skills. More information can be obtained by better interpretation skills gained from experience.

The first question back in the mid 1980s was for a family acquaintance asked on the insistence of my mother who felt compassionate enough to check whether this acquaintance’s chronic trouble of the throat can be cured at all. He had told my mum that his doctors and throat specialists had indicated they know of no cure for such illness. When I asked, the Yi indicated that the illness can be cured through a change of diet. However this acquaintance was not convinced and went his way. Nothing was heard from him since, therefore I cannot say anymore on it.

A few years later, quite a number of family members were down with flu and sore throats. All of us at the time were living with our parents in the big house. On the request of my mother, I asked the Yi and was told that the cause was water related. Therefore the water filters were changed and drinking water boiled. With that, no further family members fell ill.

In 1996 when my young son seemed ill, I asked the Yi for the reason and was given the answer (that according to Buddha, relates to his past life). Yi’s answer and what transpired after that were recorded in detail in the April 23 entry on ‘Light and dark forces’.

Probably the last question on illnesses relate to the impending demise of my late father. The question was raised because a well known Daoist deity had indicated that my father cannot live beyond a certain date. In the answer, among other things, the Yi had indicated the cause and the types of illnesses (which confirmed the doctors’ diagnoses) that will lead to his eventual death. This is a long story and may cover several aspects of Yi studies. An aspect on extending his life beyond the deadline given by the famous deity, although only for a short period of time, has been discussed in the I Ching Forum in 2002 or 03. However since the event is personal, one may not further discuss it in another entry.

With the above examples, readers can probably resolve some of their doubts as to whether the Yi will answer questions on illnesses and what can be indicated. Cures can be indicated as well but please do not place too much hope if the illnesses are deemed terminal or prove very difficult to cure. Where you want to go from here is entirely up to you.