I Ching

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The I Ching is one of the oldest and most spiritual books in the world and, coupled with the Tao Te Ching, it makes up the fundamental sacred teachings that command a special place in all Taoist’s hearts. For many Chinese thinkers and philosophers the I Ching is as important as the Bible is to Western society and philosophy, although it’s read and consulted in a totally different way.Wilhelm, Richard (1924, 1950). The I Ching or Book of Changes. Cary Baynes, trans. Bollingen Series 19. Introduction by Carl G. Jung. New York: Pantheon Books. 3rd edition (1967), Princeton: Princeton University Press; reprinted numerous times. A straight line ‘_______’ represents Yang energy or young Yang, and a broken line ‘____ ____’ represents Yin energy or young Yin. There is also another energetic quality which reflects the fact that the Yin or Yang energy of any situation is dynamic and thus may be at the point of transformation, either from Yin to Yang or vice versa. These lines are called ‘moving’ or ‘changing’ lines and a can be Yin moving/changing (old Yin) or Yang moving/changing (old Yang). Shaughnessy, Edward (1999). "Western Zhou History". In Loewe, Michael; Shaughnessy, Edward (eds.). The Cambridge History of Ancient China: From the Origins of Civilization to 221 B.C.. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 292–351. ISBN 0-521-47030-7.

The I Ching is made up of 64 chapters, each relating to a corresponding ‘hexagram’ which presents a particular message. Full details of the method of consultation are given in most I Ching books and I so will provide only a brief resume here. Yin and yang are represented by broken and solid lines: yin is broken ( ⚋) and yang is solid ( ⚊). Different constructions of three yin and yang lines lead to eight trigrams (八卦) namely, Qian (乾, ☰), Dui (兌, ☱), Li (離, ☲), Zhen (震, ☳), Xun (巽, ☴), Kan (坎, ☵), Gen (艮, ☶), and Kun (坤, ☷). The sinologist Michael Nylan describes the I Ching as the best-known Chinese book in the world. [56] Eliot Weinberger writes that it is the most "recognized" Chinese book. [57] In East Asia, it is a foundational text for the Confucian and Daoist philosophical traditions, while in the West, it attracted the attention of Enlightenment intellectuals and prominent literary and cultural figures. Remember: the ancestor of your current situation is a thought, and the same principle applies to your future. I Ching reading service – Individual help through Yijing readings: a month of calls for in-depth exploration and insight. I open for readings three or four times per year; you can sign up here to be notified when readings are next available.

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The manner in which the I Ching tends to look upon realityseems to disfavor our causalistic procedures. The moment underactual observation appears to the ancient Chinese view more ofa chance hit than a clearly defined result of concurring causalchain processes. The matter of interest seems to be the configurationformed by chance events in the moment of observation, and notat all the hypothetical reasons that seemingly account for thecoincidence. While the Western mind carefully sifts, weighs, selects,classifies, isolates, the Chinese picture of the moment encompasseseverything down to the minutest nonsensical detail, because allof the ingredients make up the observed moment. Yijing Foundations Course – All the essentials to interpret your own I Ching readings with confidence. Hon, Tze-ki 韓子奇 (2005). The Yijing and Chinese Politics: Classical Commentary and Literati Activism in the Northern Song Period, 960–1127. Albany: State Univ. of New York Press. ISBN 0-7914-6311-7.

Francophone author Ezechiel Saad and his book Yi King, mythe et histoire delves into the shamanic roots of oracular Chinese thought, and examines the real or legendary bestiary, searching for meaning from psychoanalysis and Western culture. [19] German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz [11] was keenly interested in the I Ching, and translated I-Ching binary system into modern binary system. [3] In a 1965 interview, Bob Dylan stated that the book is "the only thing that is amazingly true, period...besides being a great book to believe in, it's also very fantastic poetry" and in a mid-1970s rendition of his song Idiot Wind he sang "I threw the I-Ching yesterday, it said there might be some thunder at the well." [15] These concepts also relate to what Jung called ‘synchronicity‘ – a way of looking at things which connect one to another in unexpected ways. For example, you might be thinking of someone and then, apparently out of the blue, they arrive on your doorstep or they call you on the telephone. Or you may be worrying about a problem or situation and, seemingly by chance, you find an answer in a newspaper or magazine article you’re reading, or it seems to appear from nowhere.Main article: I Ching divination Fifty yarrow ( Achillea millefolium) stalks, used for I Ching divination.

Nielsen, Bent (2003). A Companion to Yi Jing Numerology and Cosmology: Chinese Studies of Images and Numbers from Han (202 BCE–220 CE) to Song (960–1279 CE). London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-7007-1608-4.

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the Changes was the Images and Numbers ( Xiangshu象數) School. Focusing on the hexagram images and the If this all sounds a little familiar, it is – this ancient Taoist concept is exactly what advocates of the ‘Law of Attraction’ are talking about right now! Consulting the I Ching