You could turn to the extra exercise for hexagram to get around your writer's
block. No matter what the trouble, more often than not the writing exercises and
games fostered by this adaptation of the I Ching will help you over the hurdle.

Author: Sarah Jane Sloane

Publisher: New World Library

ISBN: 1577319192

Category: Self-Help

Page: 304

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The ancient oracle system of the I Ching has guided wisdom seekers for over 5,000 years. Now those seeking insights and motivation can take advantage of these ancient predictions, recast by writing professor Sarah Jane Sloane into suggestions for contemporary writers. Each of the I Ching’s sixty-four hexagrams, interpreted by Sloane from years of study and comparisons of over fifty translations, offers directions and comments about what the future will hold for the writer. In addition to this oracular system of advice, the book includes inspirational quotations, writing prompts, solutions to common writing problems, and a wonderful exploration of the creative process.

An abridged version of the Emotional I Ching, with a focus upon ease of use without reference to background/theory.

Author: Chris Lofting

Publisher: Lulu.com

ISBN: 9781409284574

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An abridged version of the Emotional I Ching, with a focus upon ease of use without reference to background/theory. The method presented is focused on making emotional assessments of situations and the translation of such into an I Ching hexagram. With that hexagram we can get more information from the emotional assessment than is usually the case.

In writing the remarks, I found that it felt perfectly natural to frame them inthe form
ofdivinationreadings. It didnot seemat allclumsy or forced; it truly felt as if the book
was writing itself. I think that this is because this text is not a calendar, ...

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Publisher: Brazos Media

ISBN: 9780975964002

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The I Ching (Yijing) is an important text in the canon of world literature. It is also a divination tool familiar to millions of modern users. Books on the I Ching tend to approach it exclusively as one or the other: literary text or oracle. This annotated translation is designed to reconcile a century of provocative new scholarship with the function of divination for the modern reader. The most exciting new scholarship illuminates the epic tale of wise King Wen, valorous King Wu, and the rise of the Zhou dynasty. The emergence of this wonderful story explains countless cryptic allusions in the I Ching. It also provides an elegant way to recover the divinatory function for the modern reader, and suggests how it may have functioned for the original diviners. In this view, to make a divination is to read the moment against the dynasty change narrative -- truly to "consult King Wen."

Or do they talk more about writing than actually doing it? Do the members
regularly and promptly show up ... When I sit at my table to write, I never know
what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in inspiration, which sometimes
comes and ...

Author: Jessica Morrell

Publisher: Hachette UK

ISBN: 9780762434114

Category: Self-Help

Page: 224

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The writing life is solitary and challenging, and it takes far more than creativity to become a commercial success. The Writer's I Ching uses the ancient Chinese divination system to provide writers with help mastering the business of writing and choosing the most propitious times to take action. Because writing educators created the book, it also teaches the storyteller and non-fiction craft with lessons suitable for both beginners and seasoned professionals.This unique presentation of the I Ching features a complete deck of 64 cards bound into the book itself. The writer poses a question about how to proceed on a specific fiction or non-fiction project, negotiation, or business matter. He draws an I Ching card and turns to the proper page for the interpretation of that card. Many cases of writer's block have been cured and flashes of insight gained through this simple technique. The I Ching dates back to before Christ and counts among its devotees Confucius, Albert Einstein, and Bob Dylan.

It is essential that you write out your questions. It will also be helpful if you write a
little about the conditions surrounding your question. Here is an example of what
you might write: The house we are renting is for sale. We would like to buy the ...

Author: Wu Wei

Publisher: SCB Distributors

ISBN: 9780943015651

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 200

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This revised and expanded edition of Wu Wei's well-loved version of the I Ching is unparalleled in its clarity, making this the easiest-to-grasp I Ching ever published. The I Ching is a book of answers that miraculously guides us to success in every possible situation. Yet, if we are to rely with absolute certainty on the I Ching for guidance to our most vital questions, we need answers that are clear and straightforward, leaving no room for confusion or misunderstanding. Wu Wei has guided thousands of people in the use of this great book and knows precisely what you need so you can put your trust in its prophetic guidance. Wu Wei's insightful interpretations of the I Ching's sixty-four hexagrams provide perfectly clear, unambiguous direction while remaining completely true to the ancient writings. You will know exactly what action to take to avoid misfortune and achieve success. The I Ching: The Book of Answers contains everything you need to know about the I Ching and how to use it.

Of the Ho map and the Lo writing, I have spoken in the Introduction, pages 14–18
. But if we accept the statement that the Lo writing had anything to do with the
making of the Yi, we must except Fū-hsi from the sages to whom we are indebted
 ...

Author: James Legge

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

ISBN: 9780486832586

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 480

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I Ching was among "the five classics" edited by Confucius, and the philosopher is reputed to have wished for fifty more years of life to study it. The Book of Changes, as it is known in the Western world, dates back to before 1,000 B.C. and ranks among the most important works in the history of Chinese culture. The ancient text has provided inspiration to countless spiritual seekers of many persuasions. One of the few divination manuals to survive into modern times, I Ching is of enormous significance to the history of religions and philosophy. Its profound influence extends to the worlds of business, psychoanalysis, literature, and art. This volume is the standard English translation by the great Sinologist James Legge, prepared for the series Sacred Books of the East. It contains the basic text attributed to King Wan and his son, the Duke of Chou, Appendixes usually ascribed to Confucius, an informative Preface by Legge, and extensive footnotes.

Recasts the oracle's ancient ideas into everyday terms that make it fast and easy to apply its enduring wisdom to contemporary life, featuring a summary, study questions, keywords, and an explanation of how each message relates to ...

Author: Mark McElroy

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

ISBN: 9780738707440

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 292

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Recasts the oracle's ancient ideas into everyday terms that make it fast and easy to apply its enduring wisdom to contemporary life, featuring a summary, study questions, keywords, and an explanation of how each message relates to relationships, love, work, and projects. Original.

It is essential that you write out your questions. It will also be helpful if you write a
little about the conditions surrounding your question. Here is an example of what
you might write: The house we are renting is for sale. We would like to buy the ...

Author: Wu Wei

Publisher: SCB Distributors

ISBN: 9780943015705

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 200

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The I Ching Workbook contains everything you need to know about the I Ching--one of the world's most profound sources of universal wisdom--and how to use it. The I Ching Workbook contains the entire text of Wu Wei's revised and updated edition of The I Ching: The Book of Answers as well as 100 special workbook pages to record your answers, a detailed explanation of how to use yarrow stalks, and a key for identifying the correct hexagram. It describes how you can work with the I Ching, one of the world's most profound sources of wisdom and divination, to receive guidance in every area of your life. This practical and easy-to-use workbook will help you keep an accurate record of every reading you do as well as the results you experience. As the years pass, you will be able to look back over your workbook to gain an invaluable overview of your progress on the path you have chosen for this lifetime.

FuHsi is also credited with developing writing, so I Ching may be one of the first
books written in China or anywhere else. In ancient China each hexagram was
painted on a yarrow stick. While concentrating on a question or problem, the 64 ...

Author: Frank MacHovec

Publisher: Lulu.com

ISBN: 9781435730373

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Page: 56

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Convenient pocket edition of all 64 hexagrams of the I CHING or BOOK OF CHANGES, possibly the world's oldest personal guidance manual. Includes explanations of ancient use and how it can be used today.

The only examples we have of writing that predate Chinese are Sumerian , which
go back approximately 5 , 000 years , but all the languages that issued from
Sumerian disappeared even before the Christian era . The oldest Chinese ...

Author: Kim-Anh Lim

Publisher: Weiser Books

ISBN: 9074597408

Category: Philosophy

Page: 304

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A comprehensive overview of the I Ching's evolution in Chinese history and philosophy. Explains how to cast hexagrams, and includes complete interpretations.

... him to find me and thank me for writing my books on the I Ching, and to let me
know how they had helped him in his final days. ... I told the young man I was
going to write this book, and he gave me permission to include his father's story.

Author: Wu Wei

Publisher: SCB Distributors

ISBN: 9780943015712

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 200

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An indispensable companion to the classic Chinese book of wisdom known as the I Ching. I Ching Readings is the only book ever published that shares the real-life stories of people who have consulted the I Ching-their questions, the answers they received, and the events that followed. Wu Wei's informative stories show how the I Ching unerringly guides people to great success-and how misinterpreted guidance can lead lives off track. In this unique work, you will also learn how to understand and interpret answers you receive from the I Ching and, just as importantly, how to phrase your questions to obtain the best possible answers. "It is a great comfort," says Wu Wei, "to know that no matter how monumental our problem, there is a solution to it that will put us in a better situation than we were before the problem arose."

Of the Ho map and the Lo writing , I have spoken in the Introduction , pages 14-
18 . But if we accept the statement that the Lo writing had anything to do with the
making of the Yî , we must except Fll - hsî from the sages to whom we are
indebted ...

Author: Friedrich Max Müller

Publisher:

ISBN: OSU:32435021186861

Category: English literature

Page:

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I met Mort just as I was looking for the courage to write this book. I had been a
guest speaker in a college class on Chinese history and poetry that he was
coteaching. He gave me a several books of his poetry, and I recognized one of
them, ...

Author: Ming-Dao Deng

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN: 9780062309280

Category: Philosophy

Page: 448

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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.

The complete story of how I believe Fu Hsi formulated his model can be found in
my book A Tale of the I Ching, Power Press. ... When writing came to China, five
thousand years ago, about the year 3000 B.C., the I Ching readings were the first
 ...

Author: Wu Wei

Publisher: SCB Distributors

ISBN: 9780943015675

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 200

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This sequel to the popular I Ching Wisdom Volume One contains more of Wu Wei’s profound sayings drawn from the I Ching’s deepest wisdom. Wu Wei has added his enlightened comments to these sayings to help us apply the practical, timeless wisdom of the I Ching to our lives. The wisdom of the I Ching reveals the universal laws that govern us all, and I Ching Wisdom shows us how to live in harmony with those laws to live a life of peace, love, happiness, prosperity, and success. The I Ching’s invaluable insights, says Wu Wei, help us steer a safer, clearer course through the uncharted journey of our lives, teach us to recognize and avoid the pitfalls that beset the path of the unenlightened, and show us how to “soar to the heights of success and good fortune." Each saying is accompanied by a delightful Chinese ink drawing done in the Zen style by the author.

Writing is a lonely game, even when two people are working together. These
friends were our joy, and possibly the salvation of our rather dubious sanity. Our
first sale: Kate Taylor. Katie bought The I Ching Made Easy while we were still ...

Author: Amy M. Sorrell

Publisher: Harper Collins

ISBN: 9780062038289

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 288

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With fifteen cents and five minutes, you too can use and understand the I Ching With six coins (one dime and five pennies) and this easy-to-use guide, tapping into the synchronicity of the universe is simpler and more rewarding than ever.

2 HISTORY How the Ching Came to Be t is not easy for us to fully understand the
origins of the I Ching . ... The rhyming technique was used skillfully by ancient
people to help preserve literary works before writing became the primary means
of ...

Author: Robert G. Benson

Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.

ISBN: 0757000193

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 352

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This book highlights hundreds of different possibilities readers might face in daily life and how "I Ching" can be used to understand past, present, and future events. Two-color.

writing appeared in China about 3000 bc, the I Ching (yee jing) was already old,
having been handed down orally from generation to generation for perhaps a
thousand years or more. The story of the creation of the I Ching is lost to us. All
that ...

Author: Wu Wei

Publisher: SCB Distributors

ISBN: 9780943015682

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 200

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This magical tale takes us on an enchanted journey back in time to the origins of the I Ching in ancient China. A Tale of the I Ching tells the story of the young village ne'er-do-well, who becomes the first disciple of the great sage emperor Fu Hsi-the creator of the I Ching. As Fu Hsi opens the heart of the I Ching to the young student who sits at his feet, the inner workings of that great book of divination are revealed. Readers the world over say that the marvelous story of A Tale of the I Ching opens the I Ching to them as never before. "Of all the stories you have heard of the great sage ruler, even though they were magnified a hundred times, none can do him the honor he deserves. Of all people, he is the most worthy, the most honorable, the wisest. The wisdom of the world flows through him like a sparkling brook through the forest. When he speaks, time seems to cease." -from A Tale of the I Ching

I know of no one else who commands the history of this text to the extent that he does, whether in China or especially in its global context. His excellent book will find a ready and wide readership.

Author: Richard J. Smith

Publisher: Princeton University Press

ISBN: 9780691145099

Category: Body, Mind & Spirit

Page: 278

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Relates the history of China's ancient divination manual, discussing its structure, worldwide appeal to different cultures, and influence on philosophy, medicine, art, and politics.

For over 30 years I have been studying, using, and introducing the I Ching to
others. In this time, I have encountered various problems and issues. Hence my
aim in writing this book has been to show respect for this ancient oracle while
making ...

Author: Hurn Michael

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

ISBN: 9781612041261

Category: Self-Help

Page: 218

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At last, a version of the I Ching that's not for dummies or scholars, but for the rest of us. Like most modern versions of the I Ching, Michael Hurn's book is used to consult the ancient wisdom of the I Ching. But its use of simple English and a unique new layout make for a version that is more usable in everyday life. Everyone needs guidance, but in today's busy world, the usual sources (family, friends, church, etc.) may not always be on hand to help. This is where the I Ching (the book of change) can be a useful source of comfort and advice that is always available. The I Ching is an ancien.

This method is a quick and simple way of casting the I Ching many times a day
on matters of small importance . Casting the Sticks All three methods of casting
the sticks begin the same . After meditating in a quiet room and writing down one '
s ...

Author: Miki Shima

Publisher: Blue Poppy Enterprises, Inc.

ISBN: 0936185384

Category: Health & Fitness

Page: 244

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The first translation of this timeless classic of philosophy specifically for practitioners of the healing arts. Includes: diagnostic indications & prognosis for all 64 hexagrams & changing lines, discussions of casting methods, & case histories.