Je weniger man über das I-Ging nachdenkt, desto ruhiger kann man schlafen.
Die Wissenschaft des I-Ging beruht nämlich nicht auf dem Kausalprinzip, sondern auf einem bisher nicht benannten – weil bei uns nicht vorkommenden – Prinzip, das ich versuchsweise als synchronistisches Prinzip bezeichnet habe. Carl Gustav Jung [BW 540] (1875-1961) Schweizer Psychiater, Psychoanalytiker, Tiefenpsychologe

Wer dem Tao folgt, weiß, wie er sich von Begierde zu befreien, persönliche Mängel zu akzeptieren und geduldig daran zu arbeiten hat, um den Hunger des Geistes nach äußerer Befriedigung zu beseitigen. Deng-Ming Dao (*1954) chinesischer-US-amerikanischer Autor, Künstler taoistischer Philosoph, Lehrer, Kampfkünstler

Ein taoistischer Wissenschaftler tut das, was sein westlicher Kollege vorhat zu tun. Er beobachtet und lenkt die inneren und äußeren Kräfte, die sich auf das Glück und das Wohlergehen der Menschen auswirken. Der Unterschied besteht darin, dass ersterer Achtung hat vor der gesamten Schöpfung und die Notwendigkeit einer maßvollen Vorgehensweise erkennt, während letzterer in seiner Überheblichkeit glaubt, grobes Ungleichgewicht lasse sich durch rohe Gewalt ausgleichen. Michael Page, Tao der Kraft. Östliche Weisheit für das westliche Leben, S. 128, Heyne Verlag, München, 1998

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Zitate (engl.) allgemein

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Tao

Surrender to God

Instead of resisting life, we go with life and surrender it to God. This is the wisdom of the Tao, which teaches that the willow tree bends with the wind, but the oak tree, which resists it, breaks. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Healing and Recovery, S. 309-310, 2009

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Zitate (engl.) von Katya Walter

Binary chunks ∞ analog flow

The ancient Chinese I Ching [expressing binary numbers counting from 0 through 63] provides an astoundingly complete model […] in a clever shorthand that uses binary/digital sequencing plus analog flow. Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar, A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation, presented at Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, July 1995

Chaos theory developed an odd vocabulary where fractals, the Julia and Mandelbrot sets, the butterfly effect and the strange attractor suddenly opened up a new "nonlinear" reality. This fractal development can be found in the DNA structure which Watson and Crick discovered in the 1950s. Amazingly, this phenomenal use of number also exists in the I Ching, developed according to apocryphal Chinese history, in 3322 BCE. Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar, A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation, presented at Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, July 1995

[E]ach system – genetic code or I Ching – gives a microcosmic rendition of a larger principle of cochaos theory. Fortunately, these two models, ancient and modern, provide a means to observe a mathematical paradigm that is perhaps inherent in the fabric of the universe itself. Numbers create the patterns of the universe. Analogs form the networks of qualitative resonance in the timing and spacing of matter and energy, while linears develop the discrete sums that quantify units of whatever is being spaced or timed. Together – as an alinear number – they give a flowing, connective quality to the universe's discrete quantities. To merge the analog with the linear in cochaos patterning provides a truly universal computation method. Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar, A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation, presented at Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, July 1995

Chaos patterning can predict an overall pattern, but it cannot specify any exact detail of its next manifestation. A mathematician can determine its general form but not the exact contents. Patterned chaos has its own special signature:
- Order in the midst of apparent disorder
- Cycling that repeats with continual slight variation
- Scaling that fits one level into another like nesting boxes
- Universal applicability.

Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar, A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation, presented at Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, July 1995

To balance and harmonize the analog and linear functions of number is the special gift of analinear computation. It is evident in the ancient I Ching and in modern DNA. By combining unitized counting with flowing proportions, this paradigm creates nonlinear equations, or more appropriately, analinear equations. Katya Walter, Ph.D., US American multi-disciplinary scientist, physicist, I Ching scholar, Jungian scholar, A New (and very Old) Model for Nonlinear Computation, presented at Sixth International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Tokyo, July 1995

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Zitate von Laotse aus dem Daodejing – Tao te king

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Zitate (engl.) von Laotse / Lao Tzu in the Tao Te Ching

In dwelling, be close to the land.
In meditation, go deep in the heart.
In dealing with others, be gentle and kind.
In speech, be true.
In ruling, be just.
In business, be competent.
In action, watch the timing.

Tao Te Ching, translation by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English

In the pursuit of knowledge, everyday something is added.
In the practice of Tao, everyday something is dropped.
Less and less do you need to force things until you finally arrive at non-action.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
Mastery of the world is achieved by letting things take their natural course.

Tao Te Ching, verse 48, paragraph 1-2

If you want to govern the people you must place yourself below them.
If you want to lead the people you must learn how to follow them.

Tao Te Ching, verse 66, paragraph 2

The Tao pours everything into life. It is a cornucopia that never runs dry.
It is the deep source of everything. It is nothing, and yet in everything.

The Tao gave birth to One.
The One gave birth to Two.
The Two gave birth to Three.
The Three gave birth to all of creation.

Lao Tzu [LoC 610] (604-531 BCE) Chinese taoist philosopher, founder of Taoism, Tao Te Ching, 42, translated by Stephen Mitchell

Nothing in the world
is as soft and yielding as water.
Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,
nothing can surpass it.
The soft overcomes the hard;
the gentle overcomes the rigid.
Everyone knows this is true,
but few can put it into practice.
Therefore the Master remains
serene in the midst of sorrow.
Evil cannot enter his heart.
Because he has given up helping,
he is people's greatest help.
When a country obtains great power,
it becomes like the sea:
all streams run downward into it.
The more powerful it grows,
the greater the need for humility.
Humility means trusting the Tao,
thus never needing to be defensive.

A great nation is like a great man:
When he makes a mistake, he realizes it.
Having realized it, he admits it.
Having admitted it, he corrects it.
He considers those who point out his faults
as his most benevolent teachers.
He thinks of his enemy as the shadow that he himself casts.

If a nation is centered in the Tao,
if it nourishes its own people
and doesn't meddle in the affairs of others,
it will be a light to all nations in the world.

Lao Tzu [LoC 610] (604-531 BCE) Chinese taoist philosopher, founder of Taoism, Tao Te Ching, 61, translated by Stephen Mitchell

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Englische Texte – English section on Tao

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Tao Te Ching

The the most influential Chinese book of all times Tao Te Ching [The Book of the Way] [LoC 610] originated in China about 2,500 years ago. Contemporaries were Buddha [LoC 1000] (563-483 BC) in India and Pythagoras of Samos [LoC 190] (570-495 BE) taught in Greece. The Tao Te Ching contains 81 chapters. It is the most translated Chinese document into the English language.
The philosophical school of Chinese Taoism is derived from the Tao Te Ching provides the basis for , which is an important pillar of thought. Taoism teaches an undivided truth at the root of all things.

Tao – way
Te – strength/virtue
Ching – scripture

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Table – Yin and Yang

Yin and Yang qualities – juxtaposed
Item	Yin expression	Yang expression
1.	Earth below	Heaven above
2.	Quiet, female, receiving, intuitive	Strong, male, giving, creative
3.	Source of life, sustaining	In motion, triggering change
4.	Night, Dark	Day time, Light
5.	Rain, Water, Cold	Sunshine, Fire, Heat
6.	Winter, Autumn	Summer, Spring
7.	Odd Numbers	Even Numbers
8.	Moon	Sun
9.	North, West	South, East
10.	Right, Down	Left, Up
11.	Intuition	Intellect
12.	Passive, Static	Active, Dynamic
13.	Contraction, Decreasing	Expansion, Increasing
14.	Conservative^[*], Traditional	Innovative, Reformative^[*]
15.	Valley	Mountain
16.	River	Desert
17.	Curve	Straight Line
18.	Soft	Hard
19.	Solidifying	Dissolving
20.	Psychological (Astral) World	Physical (Observable) World
21.	Tiger	Dragon
22.	Kidneys, Heart, Liver, Lungs	Bladder, Intestines, Skin
23.
24.

Eternal cycle: When Yin reaches its climax, it recedes in favour of Yang, then after Yang reaches its climax it recedes in favour of Yin. Yin cannot exist without Yang and vice versa.

Source: Yin and Yang, presented by thebigview.com

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Politizisation of God

^[*] When you are seeking enlightenment you have to forgo the luxury of constantly commenting on life, [...] the wronging and righting of the mind, trying to decide whether God is a liberal or a conservative. […]
We asked, "Is God a liberal?" We calibrated, "No, He is not."
The Buddha said, "Wisdom is the Middle Way."
David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. (*1927) US American physician, psychiatrist, consciousness researcher, teacher of the path of enlightenment, author, Sedona Seminar Enlightenment, DVD 1 of 3, minute 8:52 and 15:52, August 2003

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Table – The Luciferic and the Ahrimanic

Luciferic and Ahrimanic traits and attributes – juxtaposed
Item	Luciferic expression	Ahrimanic expression
1.	Frenzy, hyperactivity [FIRE]	Tedium, boredom [FREEZING WATER]
2.	Unification, generalization	Diversity, particularization
3.	One language	Many languages
4.	Gnosis, speaking and thinking	Statistics, proof, literal Gospel reading
5.	Qualitative	Quantitative
6.	Fantasy, illusion, superstition	Concrete sensory-based, materialism
7.	Spirit-permeated cosmology Astrology	Mathematical astronomy
8.	Unspirited eating and drinking	Un-read knowledge stored in libraries
9.	Unified vision [United Nations]	Individual vision [Chauvinism]
10.	Flexibility, airy [AIR]	Solidification, granite-like [EARTH]
11.	High flight of Icarus	Humility of Francis Bacon
12.	Pagan wisdom	Technological advances

For Rudolf Steiner' the devil expresses itself as Lucifer and Ahriman. Neither attributes are bad as such, each furthers humanity's evolution.
According to Steiner: Lucifer has incarnated in a human body during the third millennium before Christ.
Ahriman will incarnate in the third millennium after Christ. [2000s].
Solution: Spirit-filled synthesis, walking a conscious middle way between the temptation of both forces, balancing both gifts (manic frenzy ⇔ depressed tedium) with Christ energy.

But woe betide if this Copernicanism is not confronted by the knowledge that the cosmos is permeated by soul and spirit. It is this knowledge that Ahriman wants to withhold. He would like to keep people so obtuse that they can grasp only the mathematical aspect of astronomy. Rudolf Steiner [LoC 475] (1861-1925) Croation-born Austrian cultural philosopher, literary critic, social reformer, architect, mystic esotericist, founder of anthroposophy, D. S. Osmond, The Influences of Lucifer and Ahriman, pg. 18, SteinerBooks, 1. Oktober 1993

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