An I-Ching Reading

[MissGreenDay7]

Cool! I just finished reading a book by Wu Wei but not the same one on the video. I just love how mathematical and spiritual it is at the same time.

[hotlava777]

spot on reading..you need patience and focus to use that method...and patience cultivates a calm mind, which yields the best results

[Afroxec]

ur a dumb faggot

[rastan1977]

will the i-ching answer the same question 2?For example i received my 1st reading which i cast coins for.Could i ask the same question using sticks or another method?

[iMaKeUsHoOk]

awesome video....thank you for posting

Would you be able to tell me the title and author of the book please? I want to buy it

[Aasinp]

Where did you buy those stalks?

[androshi]

hi,i had just done a reading from the i ching and i just dont understand it. i had asked the question :will i ever date in the future romantically? and i got number 36 "wounded light " and then the hexagram 54 "marriage". i cant seem to piece the 2 together and make an understanding out of it.can you help me out as to how to interpretate it?

[PhrozenCorn]

@lonepantherkmt (9=Will and 3=Love) And even tho you hate on me without knowing me you have a great life and may all that you wish come to you and yours.

[PhrozenCorn]

@lonepantherkmt Can can assure you they are wide open here. Blessed be and 93 ;)

[PhrozenCorn]

@lonepantherkmt I thought it was a nice video myself. And what does his color got to do with it? whites spoiled by consumerism? Lol that's a funny one there.

[TheyDontSee]

Thanks for sharing! I am trying to get into using I Ching. Recently took up tarot.. and for the nay sayers... let me just tell you: this is a LOT of work. This isn't just fun and games. It takes years of serious study to do these methods of divination.

Great video.

[DecisionHelp]

Use the I Ching for valuable advice and insight. Try "The Pocket Oracle"

[nandanajah]

BEAUTIFUL!!! THANK YOU!

[nandanajah]

I loved it! THANK YOU!!!

[mettalove]

As a professional Intuitive, I I agree this video is great on so many levels. It shows the long and meditative process of using yarrow sticks, and the two kua answers were of course right on target. I also use Wu Wei's book in addition to the Wilhelm Baynes classic. I read that using yarrow sticks in also seeking out wisdom through the plant world, an older world than humans.

[fredtarafder]

does i ching work everytime?

[TheManWithTheCam02]

This video is great for so many reasons. 80s music? check.  Nascar hat? Check. Mustache? Check. The only guy at the Indy 500 who could read you're I Ching.

[gswarner]

ha!

[fordoftheflies]

@TheManWithTheCam02 The music is actually from Spyro the Dragon, late 90's I think.

[555VanGogh]

Wow, thanks again gswarner. I just saw your other video & asked about making another one for part 2 of the process, and here it is. It's a lot clearer to me now! I had to pause each time to make notes as well. I think I'm gonna buy Wu Wei's book as well. Many many thanks really-- great video-- the wonders of You Tube!

[unclepat01]

how do you do the coin way?

[ZIRO11590]

I have only learned how to use coins. How can I learn to use the more traditional methods.

[ZIRO11590]

I have only learned how to use coins. How can I learn to use the more traditional methods.

[ZIRO11590]

I have only learned how to use coins. How can I learn to use the more traditional methods.

[zyxquark]

Hey,

I learned yarrow sticks from the same guy (wu wei). I do sticks just like you do. For commentary I like huang and karcher better (less confucian). There is a way to do 3-coin method and make it more mathematically accurate. I learned it from mondo secter. Throw two coins, if one's a head leave it, pick up the other. Then throw the remaining two coins. You would then have three lying there just as in the old fashioned method. Count them just as you would the old coin method.

[andym516]

I love the i-ching but I use the coins method

[gswarner]

i was always taught that the coin method has a much higher probability of inaccurate readings and too many moving lines. however i know that a lot of people feel the coins give them an accurate reading. i'm planning on making a video about the statistical odds of stalks vs. coins. thanks for watching

[JessicaBurde]

@andym516 I find the stalk method helps me focus and be more aware of the question and the moment - it's like the ritual of it creates the meditation necessary for a clear reading and understanding. The coin method is to fast and abrupt for me to center myself properly.

[reginafenner]

i would like a i ching reading for free thank you

[gswarner]

certainly! just the buy the book in this video, get yourself some stalks, and go for it

[GonG108]

i use chicken bones

[steve0281]

I enjoyed your production. The only issue that I have is that your method is different from both that of Huang and the Eranos Foundation's. Also the reading for the kua is different in those books as well.

[gswarner]

give the book in this video a try.

[Lovnpce]

Awesome reading !!

[Lovnpce]

Good Question !

[MSgtDeadMeat]

Why count them out like this? Seems like the long road to take. I found sticks. Broke some in half kept some long ones. Then focused on my question while playing with them. They fell into place and my hex came together. The answers were spot on.

[AClarke2007]

Scientists would repeat the ceremony several times for the same question.

How often would they get the same answer?

[gswarner]

repeatedly asking the same question will not produce the same answer. the oracle might respond with additional info relative to the question but continuing only questions the wisdom. The ancients percieved that the wisdom came from what they called "universal mind" (supraconsciousness) This consciousness responds to our cues

If we ask over and over again, we are basically saying "I ching doesnt work " The universal mind in turn says, "ok, for you it doesnt". you cant run a test on divinity

[gswarner]

also, when you start to question the wisdom by asking over and over, the oracle may very well respond by directing its own observations back at you. "Here's whats going on with you that you have to keep asking" or "This here other element in your life has a lot to do with your apparent lack of belief."

Having said all that, the person who finds himself "in a rut" and unable to move past it might frequently get similar answers. qustions asked in faith and with respect always get answered.

[AClarke2007]

Now we have YouTube - as an Oracle!

Scientifically however, used as Artificial Intelligence via high speed computing of the questions, random tosses & resulting answers would provide a machine with philosophy!

Others have to be in a "Rut" to provide it!

[gswarner]

hmm not sure a computer can replicate the communion/communication with the Divine that is inherent in every reading. (shrug) By the way there are downloadable I Ching programs already. Seems to me that trying to reduce the I Ching to a parlor game (which is what that kind of attempt really is) demonstrates that one just doesnt get it.

[AClarke2007]

Just downloaded one and asked it a few questions; still, not as good as talking to real people.

It keeps telling me I`m some sort of superior being or something!

It lasts a month and then dies unless you donate $15.

[gswarner]

id spend that 15 on the book in this video and find 50 stalks a comfortable size. you may find that as good or better than talking to real people.

[Kostly]

Terrence McKenna actually plugged I Ching into a computer model time line and called it Timewave Zero. The method produces a graph over 4000 years when the I Ching was written and accurately predicts many important change events throughout human history and will supposedly end in winter solstice 2012. The I Ching is one of the greatest philosophical texts known to man. Right behind it is Tao Te Ching.

[crispian2005]

the 3 coin method is easier...but well done ...peace.

[elfinmouse]

Cool. This looks like a very involved and meditatve kind of divination. It takes time, and the repetative motions would make you focus on your question and take time to really concider it. I bet it works very well. Definately interesting and worth a try.

Thanks for posting this! :D

[gswarner]

youre welcome, and youre right, manipulating the stalks is an excellent meditation. thanks for watching!

[hoaikieng]

look! using chopstick is better than picking up food with hands. using fork is also not a bad idea too.

[tytetee]

Thanks, Peace!

[xitlaly03]

i really belife in i ching

[entwisenva]

so true...

[JohnMacDonald1]

it just looks like a guy playing with twigs

[tuichinges]

Amazing, I asked what I Ching thought about me giving advice and interpretation, and I got hexagram 1, Heaven, mutating to 26, the same one on the video, which I understood was aproving my precautions by explaning the limitations of my job and the limitations of I Ching´s power, when I was thinking about those who claims against it as plain superstition

[Pentaclesandmiracles]

This looks great but it seems to take a very long time to do. Mind you it seems to be worth it, that was extremely good advice about how to deal with people. It seems to be very accurate too.

[smudge6699]

You can get the hexagrams from three coins if you wish.

[PureInnocencez]

Hey Thanks a lot!!! You're very generous to share this info with us :D thanks for showing how to convert the numbers into lines too! XD

[therobertsmith]

Cool, this technique is described in the book "Man in the High Castle" by Philip K Dick, I was wondering how it worked.

[gswarner]

thank you for this response! i wasn't aware josephinestone posted her comment, or i would have responded. but thanks :)

[titodelibero]

So.. I-Ching is an ancient form of divination developed in China many thousands of years ago using stalk manipulation to form 6-line hexagrams that contain meaning. Thanks a lot for the information, GS. ^ ^

[joystar7772]

Could you do more on this? Possible to make another video but with some audio slowly explaining it. This video is so fast, I don't get it. I've been using coins but have just bought yarrow's but can't figure out how to use them! thanks... Joy

[gswarner]

i am planning to do a step-by-step vid for this. finding time these days can be difficult. stay tuned :)

[truevoiceofsanity]

I love this, thanks.

[josephinestone]

Is this more effective than throwing the 6 coins? It looks really confusing, but then I only got my I Ching book today, so dont really understand it all too well yet.

[53rdspirit]

EXCELLENT! I have been reading how to use I-Ching with sticks but, until now, have not seen it actually worked live. Thank you. Very helpful.

[gswarner]

youre welcome, thanks for watching!

[d1063n35]

Thanks for the demonstration. I have read about it, but see it performed really clarifies the process for me. I have just started using the I Ching and I have found it remarkable in its focus on the issue at hand. I use tarot as well except it is for more reliant on individual interpretation. I don't know that one is better than the other but the I Ching certainly seems more precise.

Thank you again, this video is very helpful.

[gswarner]

youre right, tarot depends on interpretation, the i-ching spells it right out for you. Tarot can, however provide you with information the i-ching doesn't, depending on how well you can interpret

[dan020350]

thanks for your education , its time for me to also nourish the people as well , perhaps later. peace

[mrmups]

Im well confused, i keep getting 6 stalks in my left hand??!!!  HELP!! really confused

[gswarner]

are you laying the first stalk down? are you drawing only four at a time?

[AOEGuy]

Spyro the dragon for the win! :D

[JINHO1983]

great video!!!!

[raceching]

have written an I Ching book that is centred around horse racing and betting. It's called Raceching and it took me over twenty five years to get it in print. You can view the book at Trafford publishing website and Amazon.

If your genuinely interested, i will send a copy to you free of charge. However, i stress, only if this appeals to you. There is nothing - and i mean nothing - remotely like it in print. It's ground-breaking.

[mujhome]

Wow :) Good Hard Work Congratulatins

[gswarner]

ty very much! :)

[3lank]

very informative and demonstrative

thanks a lot

providing sustenance?

seems like it

[gswarner]

sustenance in a very big way

thanks for watching :)

[gswarner]

some new age stores sell packages of yarrow stalks, or there are online sources you can order from. i'm using elephant grass i bought at the craft store and cut down. i use a leather boot lace as the cord to bundle them. works just fine :)

[Calabrese9876]

nice video....just out of curiosity...where did u get your sticks from?? i dont even know where to go about gettin them so ive been using skewers

[CeramicVideo]

Doctor Mary malone Used these in the amber spyglass and that has fascinated me, So I was looking for the method she used in the book with the yarrow sticks, And Your video is the best thankyou. I has heard of the coin method and other and didnt understand it but this seems like A well grounded to ask the I ching.

[gswarner]

thank you for your comments and for watching :)

[mettalove]

I would love to learn how to use the yarrow sticks for divination. I can't tell what you are doing in this video. Woul you post a step by step explanation please?

ps...a good place to buy yarrow sticks?

[gswarner]

Basically, start with 50 stalks, set 1 aside as an observer. Divide the remaining 49and pull 1 from the "tabled" pile, then pull 4at at a time from the "held" stalks. Hard to explain fully here. Check out your local craft store for material to make the stalks, most any thing will work if you can't find yarrow. Elephant grass works well also. You can even use fireplace matches. The medium used is not really as important as your sincerity and respect toward the oracle. Get this book, very helpful

[mettalove]

ok, I see you have 50 stalks. You put one down. You divide the stalks into two piles. Then you put one between your pinky and 4th finger, and count of 4's. What ever is left over you hold in your hand? I've tried to read instructions, but need to see with the explanation. Appreciate the assistance, as I'm a seasoned reader and feel the calling to use this tool.

;)

[JIANYI800]

that is very good

[floridaimmigrant]

Great job! 5 stars!

[gswarner]

ty :)

[Oudler]

Should the I Ching be considered a form of numerology? In a way, it is a precursor of the binary number system. They can be read as numbers. I've long been fascinated by binary numbers. It's so elegant. It's as if God meant for numbers to be written that way instead of the usual decimal system

[gswarner]

it is important to remember that the I-Ching was being developed in China well before they had any form of alphabet or written communication.

As far as numbers, yes, God built in a whole bunch of cool concepts that work with numbers. He's awesome like that.

[Oudler]

I recall that the I Ching even appeared in a Scientific America article a number of years ago. "The Mathematics of the I Ching" I think it was called

[princessjean28]

I have been still learning the iching for about a yr...and i fee that its a good method.

I was going to buy the yarrow stalks and but watching you count, i might not bother.

I have been using the coin method and feel that its reliable.

I recently bought the I ching Life bk by wu wei. And really the way he talks about i ching.

[gswarner]

In that case I would highly recommend the book in this video. It offers a very convincing case for using only yarrow stalks.

My own teaching has been that if an issue is pressing enough to need to consult the oracle, then shortcuts are inappropriate. That is essentially what the coin method is, a shortcut. Would then one also look for shorcuts in implementing the solution? Does the coin preference indicate a measure of impatience or laxity in the seeker?

Just something to think about...

[floridaimmigrant]

Thank you for that. It was nice to see the yarrow stalk method demonstrated :^)

[gswarner]

You're welcome. I don't even know how to do the coin method. I have always been taught that it is not a reliable method.