At first it may seem like a lot, keep with it and you will get it.
#I ching coins how to
I am including steps on how to perform a reading and resources on how to interpret it. You can also use 3 coins or an app on a smartphone (I like the Iphone app I Ching by Brian Browne Walker). Really anything you use and put your energy power into will serve you.
Traditionally it is done with a container of hand-shaved bamboo sticks in varying lengths – the PhD students in our school created their own, they are quite nice and charged with their energy. There are various ways to perform a reading. The I Ching is not meant to answer questions of ‘what is going to happen,’ but rather ‘do I have your blessing?’ Other questions include: ‘what is my path?’, ‘where am I going’, ‘how can I get there’, ‘how can I deal with these obstacles’ and, ‘is this the right way?’ Think of Alice in Wonderland – she was practicing wu wei while sitting on the tree stump and she found her path with the help of her own sages. I remember the moment I got that lesson with absolute clearly! Now the wu-wei skill is in my tool belt and I love it! That was very hard for me to learn (coming from a make-it-work sense of life in NYC) and it literally took me 1.5 years of living in Hawaii to learn it. It means to be so in touch with our environment and the people in it that our actions flow naturally from the situation – go with the flow. Wu Wei – the art of ‘doing without action’ or doing nothing yet accomplishing everything. The Daoist ideal is to have crystal-clear perception that enables you to move naturally at the right time. It is meant to assist you on your path so you can be in tune with your own nature. I find it a wonderful help in guiding me through some of life’s questions. It is likely written in 2000-3000 BC and is one of the bases for Daoism. Not quite Hansel and Gretel but almost… The I Ching is also known as the Book of Changes.