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The I Ching or Book of Changes: A Guide to Life's Turning Points |  | Author: Brian Browne Walker
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Format: Deckle Edge
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Pages: 144
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0312098286
Dewey Decimal Number: 133
EAN: 9780312098285
ASIN: 0312098286
Publication Date: September 15, 1992
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For centuries, The I Ching or Book of Changes has been consulted for sage advice at life's turning points. When its wisdom is sought with sincerity and sensitivity, this Chinese oracle will help to promote success and good fortune and to impart balance and perspective to your life. Its everlasting popularity lies in the lessons that it teaches about how to use your positive qualities in order to attain life's greatest rewards-prosperity, understanding, and peace of mind.
Brian Browne Walker's new, highly accessible translation of the I Ching, because it is clear and direct, allows you to make the wisdom of the ancient Chinese sages your own. Brian Browne Walker has studied the Chinese language for twelve years, and has studied and practiced Taoist philosophy with a number of teachers in the United States and abroad. Among his mentors are a Taoist master in California and Sawat Pracheron in Thailand.
This new translation's easy-to-use format and contemporary language will be a boon to new users. Devotees of the I Ching will find that this version enhances their understanding of the ancient text.
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Master Emotions, Timing, Decisions; Master Timing, Master Decisions, Flow in Synchronicity, Universal Timing February 7, 2010
LAVERN J. DE WILDE (Fort Collins, CO)
Brian Browne Walker's "The I Ching or Book of Changes," assists one to a higher understanding of how to master inner calm and stability for better decision making, during the changing times of one's life, and the inner landscape of one's continually changing inner emotions. The elegant suscinct simplicity can be more difficult for some, such as those who have a propensity toward a "changable nature," or a "mutable nature." Each of us in some area of our lives may need more assistance in discerning the timing of necessary action or nonaction. Further, nonattachment and detachment are important factors in allowing the universal energies to synchronistically work on one's behalf. Therefore, this is a specific tool to keep in one's library for continual study and utilization of the necessary steps presented to master emotions, practical timing and thinking in decision making. With fine-tuning one's methods of calm inner stability, one will continue to gain greater self-mastery, understanding and wisdom for better timing, decision making, and inner peace.
Knowledge, Insight, and deep understanding October 12, 2009
Eclecticus (England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like the way how the I Ching is explained and presented to the reader in this book. I found it very clear and easy to understand, and I like the way how the information found in the book, is presented in a simple but quiet attractive, page layout, and how it was finally edited. To read the I Ching as a philosophical work, like one does when reading the Tao Te Ching is fine, and it could help us to gain more knowledge, and wisdom, or understanding, and deep insight, for it's advice is good and well balanced. But to use it as an Oracle or a fortune teller, would not be a good idea, for it would be breaking one of God's commandments, found in Deuteronomy 18:10-12 "There should not be found in you anyone...who employs divination, a practicer of magic or anyone who looks for omens or a sorcerer, or one who binds others with a spell or anyone who consults a spirit medium or a professional foreteller of events or anyone who inquires of the dead. For everybody doing these things is something detestable to Jehovah, and on account of these detestable things Jehovah your God is driving them away from before you. You should prove yourself faultless with Jehovah your God." If one doubts of God's existence, it still would be better to apply the I Ching as an intellectual source of wisdom and understanding, rather than to use it as an Oracle or fortune teller, because in this way, not only it would save time, but it would be possible to make a question and instead of selecting a single hexagram or point of view, one could select a few hexagrams, or even all the I Ching's hexagrams, or points of view, and reflect on how it's advice could be applied to answer a particular question, or to help solving a personal problem. To select an hexagram this way would be much more personal and probably much more useful, and the possibility of selecting more than one hexagram, would add an extra point of view and an extra angle from which, one could consider his particular question or personal problem, thus, offering a more complete view and a better understanding of what is involved, allowing us to reflect more deeply about how to solve a personal problem or how to answer a particular question, and to find the best answer or solution to it.
- Eclecticus
Living a plentiful life August 13, 2009
P. M. Youn
Recently, I read a Japanese saying: When you stop travelling, you'll have arrived. This saying marked my life.
I always lived in the fast-lane, forcing things to happen the way I wanted to, and although I consider myself a successful person and had all which I desired, I was stressed most of the time. I learned this lifestyle from my parents, both of whom are very successful, but then, one day, looking at them carefully, I saw that my dad has had several knee & hip operations, ending up with a hip prosthesis, and my mother has high blood pressure, risking herself or paralysis if it gets too high. Stress can be fatal.
So I decided to change my definition of success and life a fulfilling life without stress. The I Ching has the profound messages to do that. It talks about the importance of being patient, gentle, accepting, honest, and calm.
At the end, the delightful truth is that I have everything I need right now to be happy and plentiful.
I will add my vote - this is one of the best... August 10, 2009
Indigo (Los Angeles, CA)
Stays true to the classic The I Ching or Book of ChangesRichard Wilhelm version, but puts it in English metaphors, instead of Chinese. Fast read, easy to understand, unfailing wisdom. Well done, thank you.
The I Ching Book of Changes-Brian Browne Walker May 14, 2009
Marty (Fayetteville, Arkansas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the second book that I have from Brian Browne Walker. He does an excellent job translating and the wisdom contained helps in acheiving greater contentment in one's life. His books are attractive and of high quality with a pleasing style. I highly recommend his work.
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