《周易》古法卜筮

　　Yet, is there any link between Relativity and the significance of divination? Since the beginning of the Earth, there was everything that couldn’t do without contrariety. In other words, everything must live with differences. This is exactly the rationale for the birth of divination culture, though people were not aware of Relativity. The significance of divination is to provide “foresight”, which helps people to be aware of their ways-should-be. But only can they manage the Relativity theory, the contrariety character between things can be understood whereby decisions could be made so as to avoid divination abuse.

　　In this sophisticated world, wise men tend to make use of the significance of divination as a synergy to expand their thinking capacity. That is to say, one would treat the judgment of divination as a distinct reference. This extremely informative “proposal” usually has never been thought of, and that’s why it is considered to be precious. Yet, somebody says the significance of divination is not gauged by the accuracy, but by the enlightenment of the messages extracted from the judgments.. Obviously, this is illogical. If the divination result is inaccurate, the judgments then derived are irrelevant at all. Applying the irrelevant “information” to one’s problem is naturally irrational. If that’s the case, divination becomes meaningless, and one may obtain inspiration from just looking up I Ching at random instead.

　　Of course, divination practicing requires going through a serious course of learning, and judgment interpretation is also extremely difficult to perform. Some entrepreneurs though do not believe in divination at 100%, they are quite willing to pay for some peculiar ideas that the oracles might have hinted them. However, judgment analyst's knowledge and expertise are crucial to all. By merging the analysis of the judgment with the realistic demand so as to give advices is not the so-called “soothsayers” who can perform.

　　【In the olden days, the judgment analysts were usually advisors to the emperors. All the important matters like naming successor, warfare, farming, hunting, marriage, and worship etc. were divined for revelations, which were subsequently interpreted with the actual situations, so as to determine for the direction to move on. These proposals were submitted to the emperors for final determination and execution. Their status as strategists was incomparably paramount.】

　　Below is a Q & A quoted from a forum on “I Ching & Management”. The writer explained the significance of divination as to extend to the meaning of Relativity. A young regional marketing manager raised this question.

　　Q: As a manager, I often feel difficult to make a choice, for example, when A & B look as if their goods and bads are accounted for equal weights that can’t tell the difference. What can I do?

　　A: When warlords in the olden days were indecisive on tactics, as something might be beyond their intelligence, they went for divination. I am not saying I am going to teach you divination, but wish to give you some hints on the subject. The purpose of divination is surely for clearing doubts, but equally important is the revelation that the “line judgment” brings. In other words, having chosen A, there might be messages for you to fulfill some requirements. When these “requirements” appear, you can see the differences between A and B, which you have never seen before. For the same reason, when encountering difficult situation for choice, though A and B superficially look the same, there exists relative difference between them. Yet, before these differences have fully developed, they will not surface. Therefore, you don’t notice. Hence, what can we do at this moment? At this moment, we need to think of a bit deeper to consider those matters like self-attitude, tight/loose sense of linking, effect of centripetal force, perseverance, the position in the cycle, etc. Overall, at the moment of making decision, the more inconspicuous the things are, the more indicative and the more important they might be, because they could sow the seeds of either the good, the bad or the ugly. For most of the issues, we can definitely use our intelligence or logic to exercise decision-making. Nevertheless, divination is the last resort, which has only to be used in a cautious manner when really needed.