Theo Cade

Theo Cade, Ph.D., is a mystic, an author, a student of peace, and FrisbeeŽ guy. Together as beloveds, Theo and Jude create and write for their own evolution and to inspire others. See more at TheoCade.com.

A psychologist who has studied the I Ching over 30 years, Cade offers an interpretation of the I Ching integrating optimism and positive psychology.

As we evolve to our true nature as planetary citizens living in ever increasing harmony, we need practices to support a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world. We need a language and views to support this harmony. In Theo Cade’s interpretation, the challenge becomes the process of transcending and including. The warrior transforms into the healer. The alone and alienated individual becomes part of the whole, shifting experience from alone to all one. We expand, learning self-validation and inner peace becoming people who integrate earth and heaven toward the shift, All Win – total permanent world peace and prosperity.

The I Ching needs to be examined in light of the era from which it came. King Wen was imprisoned by a tyrant. While in prison he wrote the Decisions for the 64 hexagrams to plan his revolution to free the people from an oppressive rule. His son, Duke of Zhou, wrote the Change Lines to describe the difficulties uniting an empire of nearly a hundred kingdoms and over 500 feudal land holders.

Today, many find oppression from within. To evolve our inner states, it is imperative we shift from an adversarial to a compassionate stance. I Ching Version for Optimism supports this journey and creates a positive self-fulfilling prophesy by taking into account the inherent value in the ancient texts and transcending the adversarial to reflect a more evolved personal and social stance prevalent for many today.

Optimism means dealing with the tough issues, not from denial, rather from the energy of the solution. In this way, our evolutionary leaps become integrated with the wisdom traditions.