Walking the I Ching

Author: Allen Pittman
Publisher: Blue Snake Books
ISBN: 1583942149
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Ba gua is one of the internal styles of the Chinese martial arts, a "circular" walking technique that helps train the mind and body to recognize and accept change. Characterized by its spinning movements and extremely evasive footwork, ba gua is often used as a means to protect others, much like a good mother holding her child’s hand as they cross a busy street. In this combination of philosophical treatise, health manual, and self-defense text, Allen Pittman details the history, philosophy, and techniques of straight-line ba gua zhang, which means “eight trigram palm” in reference to the seminal trigrams of the I Ching. The book contains eight parts corresponding to the eight sections of the I Ching, each representing a different elemental manifestation and martial arts principle. Descriptions of the symbology, cultural, anatomical, and tactical details of each set are taught as well as detailed instructions on the form practice. Illustrated throughout with step-by-step drawings and photographs, the book shows how ba gua zhang, driven by I Ching wisdom, helps students cultivate a sense of centeredness and spontaneity and use this “martial art” in every aspect of their lives.

I Ching

Author: Hilary Barrett
Publisher: Sirius Entertainment
ISBN: 9781398809215
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Written by experienced I-Ching diviner Hilary Barrett, this practical guide sets out the ancient principles of I-Ching, and how it can readers help with any life dilemmas. Instructions set out the method of divination, with clear pictures and questions accompanying each step. Includes: - A key to the hexagrams - Diagrams of stick formations - How to record and act on your readings

The I Ching Workbook

Author: R.L. Wing
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 038512838X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
An important, new interpretation of the I Ching, the 5,000-year-old Chinese book of wisdom, in a unique workbook format designed to help truth-seekers find new meaning and enlightenment in its ancient lore. Designed for those actively exploring this ancient system in order to better understand their lives, The I Ching Workbook serves as a simple guide to the study and interpretation of the I Ching's advice. It provides a format for each of the 64 hexagrams that allows one to record the various responses of the I Ching. Insights regarding health, relationships, business, politics, travel, career, social events, and inner development have been sought of the I Ching, or Book of Change, for thousands of years. With contiinued consultation of the I Ching concerning all apsects of your life, you will begin to preceive patterns to the I Ching's responses—and therefore, certain patterns to the changes in your life. R.L. Wing's new interpretation incorporates cultural and linguistic changes that will greatly enhance your understanding of our world's most ancient book. You can now begin to use this valuable tool to bring new meaning and insight into your life.

The Living I Ching

Author: Ming-Dao Deng
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062309285
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 857

Book Description
From the author of 365 Tao and a leading authority on Taoist practice and philosophy comes a completely innovative translation of the classic text of Eastern wisdom, the I Ching. The I Ching, or Book of Changes, is an ancient manual for divining the future. Its basic text is traditionally attributed to the Chinese King Wen, the Duke of Zhou, and the philosopher Confucius. By tossing coins, rolling dice, using a computer, or, more traditionally, counting yarrow stalks, one can create a seemingly random combination of heads or tails, odd or even, yin or yang, to construct six lines (for example, solid for odd numbers or broken for even numbers). These six lines make up a hexagram that provides advice, predictions, and answers to questions on topics from love and career to family and finance. While known mostly as a tool of divination, the I Ching is also a repository of centuries of wisdom. Most of the existing translations offer either dense, scholarly commentary or little more than fortune-cookie platitudes, but in The Living I Ching Deng Ming-Dao takes a more holistic approach. His new translation recovers the true wisdom and philosophy of this ancient classic, so that the I Ching becomes more than just a book of fortune-telling -- it becomes a manual for living.

Book of Changes - The Original Core of the I Ching

Author: Lars Bo Christensen
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781508848400
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description
The Book of Changes has always been regarded as one of the most important, but also most enigmatic, Chinese classics. Lars Bo Christensen's coherent and meaningful translation of the original core - the divination manual - can be read by anyone and is supported by extensive evidence and a complete glossary.

易经

Author: Neil Powell
Publisher: Chinese Bound
ISBN: 9781782747215
Category : Divination
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The I Ching is an ancient Chinese work of divination that examines the patterns, or hexagrams, traditionally formed by dropping bundles of dried grass stalks. This edition features interpretations of the 64 hexagrams, including the Judgment, written by King Wen in the 12th Century BCE; The Commentary and The Image (both attributed to Confucius); and The Lines, written by King Wen's son, and here enhanced by modern commentary.

Strategy and Change

Author: Tom Bisio
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 9781432750558
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
Strategy and Change is an engaging meditation on the application of strategy to all facets of human interaction. Of equal interest to the business person, military theorist, martial artist or anyone negotiating the uncertainties of the changing world.How do you achieve success and prevail in a chaotic world? Chinese strategists have grappled with this fundamental question for centuries. Chinese thought advocates understanding the natural order of the world in order to harmonize and flow with it. One of the key ideas that permeates both The Art of War and the I Ching and even the martial arts is that success is achieved by blending with and adapting to the constant change manifesting around us. By aligning oneself with the changing circumstances, opportunity and success unfold naturally.Strategy and Change looks at these ideas by examining military strategy and its connection with the I Ching (the Classic of Change) and the internal martial art Ba Gua Zhang (Eight Diagram Palm).Strategy and Change includes discussions of:* The Eight Intentions/Dispositions - a unique, flexible and organic system of strategic thinking used for centuries.* Examples of successful strategies from history's great commanders including Alexander, Napoleon, Shaka Zulu, Hannibal, Belisarius, Sun Tzu and Mao Tze Tung.* I Ching theory and its relevance to Military Strategy and martial arts.* An analysis of The 36 Stratagems, a Chinese primer of strategy.* Advice from the renowned Chinese strategist Zhuge Liang, whose insights into strategy and leadership are widely studied by Asian businessmen today.

Nothing Bad Happens in Life

Author: Kari Hohne
Publisher: Way of Tao Books
ISBN: 0981977928
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
Nothing Bad Happens in Life, Nature's Way of Success presents nature as the ultimate teacher of how to overcome all obstacles. The natural world is relentless in its ability to overcome any barriers to its forward progress and by exploring it's ability to renew itself, you will discover how you are also driven by it's mechanisms of self-determination and rebirth. Life's secret is that it has been committed to your success since the beginning. This illuminating and timely book explores nature's diversities and commitment to growth to reveal its essential goodness. Based on the ancient wisdom of the I Ching and Tao te Ching, this book is a valuable tool for leadership training, or for those in search of a more grounded and natural approach to spirituality and wellness.

The I Ching

Author: Cary F. Baynes
Publisher: [Princeton, N.J.] : Princeton University Press
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 814

Book Description
A classic book of Chinese philosophy.

Yijing, Shamanic Oracle of China

Author: Richard Bertschinger
Publisher: Singing Dragon
ISBN: 0857010662
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
For the Chinese, the destiny of each individual and the cosmos have always been inextricably linked, and for two thousand years the Yijing, or the Book of Change, has exercised the best minds in the Orient. Richard Bertschinger, author of The Secret of Everlasting Life (the first translation of The Can Tong Qi), has worked from the classical commentaries to make a fresh and up-to-date translation for the modern world. Marriage, business ventures, journeys, military ventures, disputes, world affairs, personal problems, health or money issues, all are grist for the mill of the Book of Change. Through pondering the lines, studying their poetry, and devoting ourselves to its meaning, the heart of the ancients is clear. We pick up perhaps in a way we never could have conceived of, how to guide and direct our lives. With an introduction that explains the underlying structure and philosophy of the Book of Change, as well as its history, and a detailed explanation of how to throw the yarrow sticks, or the coins, the novice reader is given everything they need to take their first steps in consulting the ancient oracle, and those already familiar with established translations will find this fresh translation from the original texts clear and illuminating.