hi it's Mike Chen divination is the
reading of signs or symbols with the
intention of receiving guidance and
wisdom about current situations and
future events from ancient and medieval
worlds up to our modern era many
different methods of divination have
been used in are still being used today
which includes what are not limited to
the observation of animal behavior the
movement of the stars and the planets
the casting of lots and utterance from
supposed Oracle's in the past these
methods were understood to be some of
the ways of communicating with the
spiritual world war unleashing unseen
powers but from a modern psychological
standpoint definition now represents one
of human subtle means of accessing the
wisdom of the unconscious mind one
ancient system of divination which
originated in China and has endured
until now even though thousands of years
have already passed it's steeped in this
in legend and possesses undeniable
spiritual philosophical and historical
values this is known as the I Ching war
the Book of Changes and it is
unquestionably one of the oldest and the
most important books in the world's
literature the I Ching is an ancient
Chinese divination text and is also the
oldest of the Chinese classics the text
possesses a history of more than two and
a half millennia of commentary and
interpretation making it an influential
text throughout the world for the
inspiration it serves in religion arts
literature
psychoanalysis and even business
originally the I Ching was a divination
manual in the Western Joel period around
1,000 to 750 BC sometimes between 500
and 200 BC which was over the course of
the warring States Period it was
transformed into a cosmological text
that came with a series of philosophical
commentaries known as the ten links
after it became a part of the five
classics in the second century BC the I
Ching established itself as not only the
basis of divination practice for
centuries across the Far East but also
the subject of scholarly commentary and
influential tool in the Western
understanding of Eastern thought the
interpretation of the readings found in
the Book of Changes has sparked intense
for centuries nevertheless many have
used a book symbolically to providing
guidance for moral decision-making which
is why it is not surprising that both of
the two branches of Chinese philosophy
Confucianism and Taoism share common
roots through this ancient text even
many Western figures like psychologist
Carl Gustav Jung physicist Wolfgang
Pauli in writer Hermann Hesse have
recognised The Book of Changes as an
intelligent profound and sophisticated
system of divination which is most
likely why it has been in continuous use
up to now in different parts of the
world now let's talk a little bit about
the philosophy of the i-ching
change is the central idea behind the I
team much like the way that night
gradually and without division follows
after the day in one season evolved into
another nothing lies in the universe
it's fixed forever unchanging everything
is not split into the timeframes
of the past the present or the future
all things in the universe are
interlinked and constantly moving and
changing we are all in a state of flux
and transition in the past to
understanding and embracing change
involves acknowledging and comprehending
the relationship between the energetic
polarities of young and young young and
young while seemingly opposing energies
are in fact complementary being
corresponds to receptive mutable and
contracting form while young corresponds
to active creative and expensive force
the balance between these two energies
is ever changing and transforming which
is why it is signified by a wavy Center
lying in the well-known game young
symbol also know as the Tai Chi with a
great ultimate in Dallas thinking the
concept of energetic balance between yin
and yang and flow have a PPM meaningful
relationship in people's lives in that
of the universe as a whole and because
everything in the universe is generated
from the yin-yang polarity and the flow
between the two opposing yet
complementary energies the philosophy of
the I Ching welcomes change movements
transformation momentum and a
regeneration di Chi is all about change
exploring and defining that changes you
experience even if they may be beyond
your current understanding and revealing
all the possibilities for future change
action as well as in action in the Book
of Changes ye and yell are represented
by unbroken and broken lines and
utilizing the I T
the tool for divination these lines are
used to create EXO Gramps figures which
are made up of six lines each inquiry to
the Oracle will require a hexagram
reading and possibly additional line
readings as well a hexagram is made up
of two trigrams and each diagram is made
up of three lines each line is either
broken or solid corresponding to the
negative 14 and a positive force young
there are eight possible trigrams cosmos
Thunder water mountain earth one or wood
fire and lake these eight trigrams were
conceived as symbols of all that happens
in both heaven and on earth at the same
time they were all held to be in a state
of continual transition with one trigram
changing into another just as
transitions from one phenomenon to
another are continuously occurring in
the physical world there are 64
different histograms and each hexagram
has six changing lines in his presence
of sector histograms meaning these
changing lines in the primary histogram
also point to the creation of a second
transform the hexagram which is also
included in the readings and
interpretation when responding to a
person's consults over a situation we're
answering a question all in all there
are 4096 possible core readings with the
inclusion of symbols nuclear trigrams as
well as other factors the interpretation
possibilities provided by the Book of
Changes are pushed into the tens of
million the eye chain is made up of 64
chapters and each of them relate to a
corresponding histogram which presents a
particular message in consulting the I
Ching the first step to do is to
formulate a question followed by the
creation of the hexagram this is
typically done through the process of
throwing coins but several other ways
have also been utilized in consulting
the ancient texts one traditional method
uses grains of rice while another uses a
yarrow sticks but for our purpose of
explaining the process of consulting di
Chien we will be using the example of
throwing coins now before casting the
coins down those who seek to consult the
Book of Changes for divine guidance must
first meditate on the question they want
to ask which are usually related to the
issue or situation they're currently
facing with the question in mind three
coins are shaken in a cupped hand before
they're thrown down and then throwing
the coins the intention is to create a
hexagram
as previously mentioned each hexagram is
built up from a series of six lines and
these lines are either broken or
unbroken reflecting the energetic
qualities of the situation at hand now a
straight line represents a young energy
at war Yong Yong
while a broken line represents young
energy work Yong Yong there is also
another energetic quality which reflects
the dynamism of the yin where young
energy of any situation these lines are
called moving or changing lines and they
can either be in moving we're changing
also referred to as OD'ing we're young
moving or changing which is also known
as old and young I know this is really
confusing right but the unique
combination of these four energetic
qualities and the possibilities over the
six lines of a hexagram represent the
energy of the entire situation in
individual is consulting The Book of
Changes about so in the coin method each
time three coins are thrown at the same
time translates to an energetic line and
so throwing the coins six times create
the six lines that become the whole
hexagram the two distinguishable sides
of the coins are assigned numerical
value heads is given the value of three
wild tales have the value of two by
throwing three coins at the same time
their combined value will fall between
six and nine these values can then be
translated to their energetic lines this
corresponds to the odeon 7 to the
young-young 8 to the Jungian and nine to
the old young the value and a type of
energetic line of the first coin throw
corresponds to the first or the bottom
line of the hexagram while the result of
the second throw corresponds to the
second line from the bottom line of the
hexagram and it's so on repeating the
coin throw six times helps formulate the
values of the line of the hexagram from
the bottom up once the trigrams has been
written down the grid table of the Book
of Changes is consulted to identify the
name and the number of the hexagram that
was formulated based on the result of
the coin throw so it's definitely much
easier to you know get your palm read
werster into a crystal ball but the AI
Chi represents an entire ancient
philosophy that should be treated with
great respect in admiration
it symbolizes the cyclical
interconnectedness of the universe and
it serves as a moral guide to a personal
path of balance and harmony the wisdom
of this book contains has the
to stimulate your sensitivity creativity
and resourcefulness even when you are
experiencing the most challenging and
demanding periods of your life most
importantly the eye chain does not give
you some cific and straight-to-the-point
answers you might be expecting instead
it empowers you and encourages you to
look inside for the answers that you
seek the book also offers a wealth of
beautiful poetry and Chinese philosophy
that stretches back 5,000 years into the
origins of ancient Chinese customs and
values and perhaps this is the more
widely embraced reason why the I Ching
should be considered a global treasure
and guys I personally try to read the
etching before and yeah I got the page
like you know point five well one thing
I love to do in my life is to meditate
and I feel like that has actually got me
through so many tough times in my life
so if you guys want more information
about the I Ching or about meditation
about seagoing practices I'll put some
links in my description box at all so
take a look if you're interested thank
you all so much for watching this video
I'll see you later