Secrets of the I Ching : Get What You Want in Every Situation Using the Classic Book of Changes

by Murphy, Joseph; Irving, Kenneth

• ISBN13: 9780735201255
• ISBN10: 0735201250
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Press

Summary

Secrets of the I Ching reveals the interaction and working of the conscious and subconscious mind. This 5,000-year-old tradition provides clarity and guidance in times of confusion and crisis. Answer your day-to-day questions through the medium of the I Ching. All you have to do is throw the coins -- ordinary pennies will do.

Author Biography

Joseph Murphy, D.D., D.R.S., Ph.D., L.L.D. was a Doctor of Religious Science of the Bible, University of Andhra, India, and a Fellow of the Andhra Research University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
What This Book Can Do for You	vii
The Book of Changes and What it Can Teach You	1	(6)
64 Keys to Your Inner Mind	1	(1)
How the I Ching Works	2	(1)
Change, Harmony, and Your Personal Center	2	(1)
Act When the Time Is Right	2	(1)
Tune in to the Infinite	3	(1)
Your Next Move: A Rescue from Danger?	3	(1)
How to Ask the I Ching for Guidance	4	(1)
Why This Book?	4	(2)
Points to Remember	6	(1)
The Eight Basic Symbols Behind the I Ching	7	(10)
Everyday Psychological Meaning of the Eight Trigrams	7	(2)
Light and Dark Trigrams	9	(1)
The Deeper Meaning of the Hexagram	10	(1)
Spirit and Matter	10	(1)
The Hexagram and the Trinity	10	(1)
The Six Lines and the Three-fold Man	10	(1)
Hexagrams as the Key to Creation	11	(1)
The Mystic Creative Force Within You	11	(1)
You Can Find Heaven on Earth	12	(1)
The Psychological Meaning of Numbers	12	(3)
Numbers and the I Ching	15	(1)
Points to Remember	15	(2)
Synchronicity: Your Future Is in Your Mind Right Now	17	(9)
As Within, So Without	17	(1)
The I Ching and Synchronicity	17	(1)
His Psychic State Averts a Tragedy	18	(1)
I Ching Synchronicity Saved His Life	18	(1)
Listen to Your Intuition	19	(1)
He Heard the Mystic Number 44	19	(1)
Why Do Psychic Predictions Come to Pass?	20	(1)
The Future Is in Your Mind	20	(1)
I Ching Sees the Future in the Present	21	(1)
The I Ching and Nostradamus	21	(1)
The I Ching and Negative Predictions	22	(1)
How to Bring Positive Outcomes from Negative Predictions	22	(1)
How She Reversed the Prediction	23	(1)
Facing the Facts	24	(1)
Points to Remember	24	(2)
How the Ageless Wisdom of the I Ching Offers You Guidance	26	(9)
The Opposites in Life	26	(1)
Reconciling the Opposites	27	(1)
Yes to Healing, No to Fear	28	(1)
Change and Its Meaning	28	(1)
The Places Occupied by Lines and Their Significance to You	28	(2)
The Importance of the Lines	30	(1)
How the Lines Relate to Your Question	30	(1)
The I Ching and the Tarot Cards	30	(1)
A Lifesaving Premonition Speaks Through the Hexagrams	31	(1)
I Ching Reveals the Secret Powers of Your Subconscious	32	(1)
Points to Remember	33	(2)
A Guide to Terms Used Frequently in the I Ching	35	(6)
The Symbolism and Language of I Ching	35	(3)
Her Hexagram and a Return to Love	38	(1)
Points to Remember	39	(2)
How to Consult the I Ching	41	(10)
Formulating the Question	41	(1)
The Right Way to Ask ``Either/Or'' Questions	42	(1)
Symbolic Answers in Everyday Language	43	(1)
Tossing the Coins	43	(3)
Key for Identifying Your Hexagram	46	(1)
Moving Lines Transform the Hexagram	46	(1)
Interpreting Your Hexagram	47	(1)
When Lines Contradict the Judgment and Image	47	(1)
Other Methods: Yarrow Stalks and the Higher Mind	48	(1)
Other Methods: Colored Beads Tune Intuition	48	(1)
Points to Remember	49	(2)
How to Interpret the Mystic Hexagrams of the I Ching	51	(6)
Your Interpretation	51	(1)
I Ching Is Fourth-Dimensional	51	(1)
The Fourth Dimension Speaks from Above	52	(1)
Seeing and Changing the Future with the I Ching	53	(1)
The Answer Shows the Way	53	(1)
Which Voice Are You Hearing?	54	(1)
Banish Negative Thoughts for Positive Results	54	(1)
The I Ching and True Guidance	55	(1)
Points to Remember	55	(2)
The Hexagrams and You: Stories of the I Ching	57	(7)
I Ching: Do Not Take Me Lightly!	58	(1)
The I Ching Wins Him a Promotion	58	(2)
The I Ching Saved Her Marriage	60	(1)
The I Ching Saved His Job	61	(1)
The Different Voices of the I Ching	62	(1)
Points to Remember	62	(2)
Your I Ching Hexagrams and Their Meanings	64	(133)
Ch'ien/The Creative	64	(3)
K'un/The Receptive	67	(2)
Chun/Difficulty at the Beginning	69	(1)
Meng/Youthful Folly	70	(2)
Hsu/Waiting (Nourishment)	72	(2)
Sung/Conflict	74	(2)
Shih/The Army	76	(2)
Pi/Holding Together (Union)	78	(1)
Hsiao Ch'u/The Taming Power of the Small	79	(2)
Lu/Treading (Conduct)	81	(1)
T'ai/Peace	82	(3)
P'i/Standstill (Stagnation)	85	(2)
T'ung Jen/Fellowship with Men	87	(2)
Ta Yu/Possession in Great Measure	89	(2)
Ch'ien/Modesty	91	(2)
Yu/Enthusiasm	93	(2)
Sui/Following	95	(2)
Ku/Work on What Has Been Spoiled (Decay)	97	(2)
Lin/Approach	99	(1)
Kuan/Contemplation (View)	100	(2)
Shih Ho/Biting Through	102	(2)
Pi/Grace	104	(1)
Po/Splitting Apart	105	(2)
Fu/Return (The Turning Point)	107	(2)
Wu Wang/Innocence (The Unexpected)	109	(2)
Ta Ch'u/The Taming Power of the Great	111	(2)
I/The Corners of the Mouth (Providing Nourishment)	113	(2)
Ta Kuo/Preponderance of the Great	115	(2)
K'an/The Abysmal (Water)	117	(1)
Li/The Clinging, Fire	118	(2)
Hsien/Influence (Wooing)	120	(2)
Heng/Duration	122	(2)
Tun/Retreat	124	(2)
Ta Chuang/The Power of the Great	126	(2)
Chin/Progress	128	(2)
Ming I/Darkening of the Light	130	(2)
Chia Jen/The Family (The Clan)	132	(2)
K'uei/Opposition	134	(2)
Chien/Obstruction	136	(2)
Hsieh/Deliverance	138	(2)
Sun/Decrease	140	(2)
I/Increase	142	(2)
Kuai/Breakthrough (Resoluteness)	144	(3)
Kou/Coming to Meet	147	(1)
Ts'ui/Gathering Together (Massing)	148	(2)
Sheng/Pushing Upward	150	(2)
K'un/Oppression (Exhaustion)	152	(2)
Ching/The Well	154	(2)
Ko/Revolution (Molting)	156	(2)
Ting/The Caldron	158	(2)
Chen/The Arousing (Shock, Thunder)	160	(2)
Ken/Keeping Still, Mountain	162	(2)
Chien/Development (Gradual Progress)	164	(2)
Kuei Mei/The Marrying Maiden	166	(2)
Feng/Abundance (The Fullness)	168	(3)
Lu/The Wanderer	171	(2)
Sun/The Gentle (The Penetrating, Wind)	173	(2)
Tui/The Joyous, Lake	175	(3)
Huan/Dispersion (Dissolution)	178	(2)
Chieh/Limitation	180	(2)
Chung Fu/Inner Truth	182	(3)
Hsiao Kuo/Preponderance of the Small	185	(2)
Chi Chi/After Completion	187	(3)
Wei Chi/Before Completion	190	(7)
APPENDIX A	197	(1)
A Handy I Ching Form	197	(1)
APPENDIX B	198	(5)
Resources for Further Studies in the I Ching	198	(5)
Index	203