What’s the connection between divination and gambling? Seems completely clear yet still obtuse to me. Something about harmonizing oneself with patterns of change and being rewarded immediately for doing so.
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http://www.ichingonline.net/
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Steve pavlina wrote an article recently about gambling with the help of spirits. Chchcheckiddout
Dear Spirit of the Internet, I wish direct links worked automatically. Make it so.
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2008/...n-at-gambling-a-las-vegas-field-test/
When gambling, you know all possible outcomes when laying down your cash: what number will i put my money on?
Maybe divining is about finding the right question to ask.
Losing focus, getting lost, taking random turns with assosiations and interpretation- - then allowing a solid true path to present itself in the chaotic mix, whether it’s tea leaves or search feeds…
Divining shows the diviner thier true questions
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Gambling knows the answers in advance.
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i can’t quite get these ideas a clear as i’d like, but there ye go.
rms
As someone who spent too much time at the racetrack as a kid I can tell you form experience that you’re on the right track. Gambling is about the only secular routine where you’re encouraged to be totally open to intuition. (It feels really good but food and the internet serve all of my addiction needs.)
Basically you have to focus and unfocus at the same time. The horses, cards, etc. symbols for something that’s inside of you. In order to succeed you have to fail, give up and ride the wave. You know your a loser for being there. The house always wins. You’ve agreed to give up and give yourself up to a group experience of ecstasy.
I think the racetrack is the best place to see the group aspect. The track is also the most overtly sexual. Each race has winners and losers and you can feel the crowd’s emotions change minute by minute. During the race it gets faster and faster then, pow, it’s over and you can do it again. I think that’s why they put casinos in hotels.
Looks like the government may have had an idea along these lines, using patterns of market change to potentially track terrorists…
http://hanson.gmu.edu/realterf.pdf
A bit to heavy a read for me at the present time, but I thought the idea behind it might be worth some thought, at least.
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