The I Ching suggests that to gain Insight, you should seek to go beyond objectivity into pure observation and acceptance. Imagine you are viewing yourself as a character in a movie, or someone has hired you as a consultant to solve their problem. By observing your situation as if it is happening to someone else, you can begin to remove your emotional attachment to the circumstance, the process, or the outcome. Allow your mind to learn from what you’ve observed and experienced. Then stop and pull back into your Self, bringing a deep and powerful understanding based upon your new experience. Doing this type of empathic voyage will not make you lose your perspective or jeopardize your principles. Instead, you will gain valuable Insight into something that may be unknowingly restricting your growth and success.

With Insight comes clarity. Insight allows you to effectively lead others because it gives you the ability to know the right words to say, the correct actions to take, and the proper attitude to adopt to shape events.
Or perhaps your newfound Insight tells you that it is time to step out of the limelight and to live a quiet and peaceful life, thanks to your richness of experience. Either way, your decisions will be based on the wisdom that comes from knowledge and experience.

By developing Insight, you will ultimately become self-actualized, which will improve your dealings with all aspects of your world. However, you may need a little help in the form of a coach or a mentor. The I Ching suggests that now is an excellent time to turn your attention to a person with experience and objectivity to gain Insight into their wisdom. Insight comes through experiential learning, but the lessons do not have to be your own. However, you must be careful not to allow your external relationships to determine your mood or to define your confidence. Your power comes from within, and your outcomes are always a result of your actions.

The great German writer, scientist, and statesman Johan Wolfgang von Goethe said, “There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight.” My challenge to you is to look at every experience, the good and the bad, as an opportunity to learn and grow, for that it is our higher calling.

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