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Friday, January 30, 2015

I Ching Workshop, 2nd Session in the Series Feb. 7, 2015 5-7PM

Well, we got one month down and 11 more to go......

How are those New Year resolutions coming along?

Have you been able to stick to them? Or have you had to make adjustments?

Did you get a reading on what would be the most beneficial resolution to make for 2015.

If you missed the first Session of our I Ching Workshop Series, No worries, you now have an opportunity to attend the 2nd one. We will cover much of what was in the first one, but we will move forward into getting ourselves on track.

TOPICS

How should we ask the I Ching Questions?

Should we ask yes or no questions?

What exactly is a first question?

I don't understand why they gave me that answer. and many other topics will be discussed.

ALL ARE WELCOMED

This workshop will be the second in a series of 6. It is an introductory workshop but students on all levels may attend.

BRING A PENCIL AND NOTEBOOK
FREE
DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED

Contact: Nana Baakan 770-580-3322, email: nanabaakan@gmail.com
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St_D_9zoTRk
http://understanding-the-i-ching.blogspot.com/2014/12/launch-of-i-ching-workshops-atiya-olas.html

Individual Reading Available Upon Request.

Contact Nana Baakan to Schedule an appointment

Saturday, December 13, 2014

Launch of I Ching Workshops @ Atiya Ola's Cafe 12-21-2014

"ANNOUNCING"

Introductory I Ching Workshops

6 Week Seminar

Just In Time for the Winter Solstice.

First Session: Dec. 21, 2014

Time: 5-7 PM

Location: 4505 Baltimore Ave, Phila. PA 19142

Contact: Nana Baakan 770-580-3322

nanabaakan@gmail.com

Free & Open to the Public, Donations Accepted

Please bring paper and pen!

Seminar Description: This seminar will get you started using the 5000+ year old I Ching Oracle system for Divination.

You will learn

What is an Oracle

What is Divination Intuition, Predictions, The Tao (Way)

Brief history of the I Ching

Main principle governing the I Ching

How the I Ching Works

How to prepare to use the I Ching

How to construct the Hexagrams

What are changing lines

What the Hexagrams mean (one liners for quick reference)

What it means when only one Hexagram is drawn

What it means when one Hexagram changes to another

How to question the Oracle to get clear understanding of what the reading means

Key questions to ask for deeper understanding

How to apply each Hexagram to every day situations

Most Important Question: What is My Incarnation Objective (Life Path).

A complete book list for reference

Everyone to check out the Nana Baakan Discusses Understanding the I Ching Videos on YouTube.

And Much More!

THE WINTER SOLSTICE TIME IS THE BEST TIME TO MAKE YOUR RESOLUTIONS, VISUALIZATION, LISTS OF WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN IN THE COMING YEAR.

When we do things in the alignment with natural cycles we tend to be more successful. The resolutions made on New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, are going to be more difficult to keep due to the fact they are being made during a mis-alignment. Not to mention, they are made with the big distractions of a just past Christmas and a coming New Year's Eve Party!!! Resolutions will shortly be barely remembered if at all with all that going on.

When a farmer is aware of the best times for planting seeds, that is when the seeds are planted. Because of the general wintry climate and the shortness of day light, it portents a time for introspection, quietude, meditation, fasting and contemplation. Take a look at what the past year has brought and make changes in these quiet moments, moments that will hold your resolutions in longevity. It may also help to get assistance, i.e., through a psychic reading, focused meditation, visualizations, soul searching, etc.; to help determine what resolutions are most apt to move to successful achievement considering the energies of the coming cycle. Everything is energy.

Nana's Consultant Services

Below is a booklist of some of the books I've studied and found quite helpful. I use a variety of references so that I can get the best understanding out of the reading. Over time, I became less and less dependent on the books, and more on my intuition but initially, the books are great references. What I like about them is that they each have their own perspective on the Hexagrams... You can use them for various reasons in various circumstances.

BOOKLIST FOR STUDYING THE I CHING

Connecting Lines: by Robert R. Leichtman, Carl Japiskse

A New Interpretation of the I Ching for Understanding Personal Relationships
Ruling Lines :A New Interpretation of the I Ching for Decision Making
Healing lines: A new interpretation of the I ching for healing inquiries

The I Ching Workbook by R.L. Wing

The 5,000-year-old Chinese book of wisdom, presented in a unique workbook format designed to help truth seekers find new meaning and enlightenment in its ancient lore.

The I Ching: Or Book of Changes by Richard Wilhelm, Cary Baynes

The I Ching, or Book of Changes, a common source for both Confucianist and Taoist philosophy, is one of the first efforts of the human mind to place itself within the universe. It has exerted a living influence in China for 3,000 years, and interest in it has been rapidly spreading in the West.

I Ching: A New Interpretation for Modern Times by Sam Reifler

Explains what the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching reveal about an individual's personality and future. I Ching is a practical and remarkably effective pathway to enlightenment.

The I ching on love: a reinterpretation of the I ching for …by Guy Damian-Knight
Explains how to interpret the hexigrams of the I Ching in relationship to questions of patience, leadership, sincerity, modesty, aesthetics, innocence, depression, friendship, and truth.

The Kwan Yin Book of Changes by Diane Stein
"Kwan Yin", the Chinese Goddess of Mercy & Knowledge, is evoked in this adaptation of the ancient divinatory system. This book returns the I Ching to Women's use and is a simple-to-use tool of great power.

A guide to the I ching by Carol K. Anthony

The philosophy of the I ching by Carol K. Anthony
Very good resource for determining why certain hexagrams are presented in a reading.

The Book of Changes and the Unchanging Truth by Hua-Ching Ni
This masterful translation by Hua-Ching Ni is popular throughout the world.

The Toa of the I Ching Way to Divination by Tsung Hwa Jou
"It's my intention that this book will encourage students to pursue a course of sel-development and to study life, and nature, as it was the pursuit of these things that led to the creation of the I Ching in the first place."

I-Ching: the hexagrams revealed by Gary G. Melyan, Wen-Kuang Chu
Introduces the non-specialist to the workings of the I-Ching giving twenty categories of each hexagram and describes how with six tosses of a coin you can answer any question.

The Astrology of the I Ching by Wen-Kuang Chu
Discusses the teachings of the ancient Chinese book, the I Ching, and explains how to use the I Ching to make predictions

And here's a fun one!

The Tao of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff

Stay Tuned for more on the I Ching

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

On the I Ching

All Praises to the Most High that Dwells within all of us!

Studying the I Ching, really helps to put a perspective on the yin-yang principle. 3d reality on all 3d planets are challenged with finding that middle ground between duality. Once we can meet and maintain that middle ground.. we can ascend to the 4th and then on to the 5th dimension.

The I Ching says, take not gain or loss to heart. It tells us to express the same emotion/feelings when things are good and when things are not so good. It stresses the middle of the road mentality, knowing we are very emotional as human beings.

It teaches us that after every fall is a climb and after every climb there is a fall. It cautions us against extremes and tells us that we experience these ups and downs because we have tipped our own scale towards one extreme or the other. It is a very, very useful tool, I must say:)

Believe it or not, I have more I Ching students/clients than I ever had Akan godchildren. Each day, I understand more and more why because it was really getting to me at one point.

I realize that it is more important to teach people about balance and the need to remain centered than it is to go on and on about this protocol or that protocol, this ritual or that ritual. Too often we get caught up in the display and lose sight of the meaning, the I Ching talks about that too.

It takes a lot of studying over years to grasp just what the I Ching is talking about. I been at it for 30+ years and I still have a ways to go. It peaks your intuition and that's a really good thing, you know.

BTW, if you wish to get an I Ching reading, feel free to contact me. I prefer doing them in person, but we can work out the distance issue if you cannot get to me. No worries:)

The I Ching on Wikipedia
The I Ching has been used for more than 5000 years
Free I Ching Readings at Tarot.com

Spiritual Counseling/Psychic Readings/I Ching Seminars

Here Is How I Do It.

A. Psychic Readings.

Readings can be done via, Skype, Oovo, Google Hangout, Yahoo video chat, etc. That way where we are located won’t interfere with getting the reading. After we determine which chat process we want to use, then we need to make sure we are in each other’s friends list so everything can go smoothly when we finally meet.
I ask folks to get me two questions before the reading. Then, I will do the consulting with the Oracle ahead of time, so as to say on the actual reading time. Typically, one question requires a series of inquiries that may take another 10 0r 15 minutes to complete. Sometimes, I may have to contact you again to help restructure the question so we can get the best answer. With the I Ching, the way you ask the question makes all the difference in the answer you receive.
I ask for a love offering of $50 for a reading that lasts about 1.5 hours. I ask folks to pay via PayPal (nanabaakan@voicesofafrica.net) in advance of our reading. If you don't have PayPal I can send you an invoice which can be paid with a credit card. Or if you wish you can mail it to me.
Then we set up an appointment for the reading to take place.
After the reading is over, I will send you a copy of your reading via a download link for your reference in the future.

B. I Ching Workshops

The I Ching (Yi Jing) is an amazing oracular system developed in Ancient China more than 5,000 years ago. It continues to have relevance up until this day. Its philosophy is its name; that is “The Book of Changes.” This oracle is the “pocket psychologist.” It is designed to teach anyone how to move with the rhythm of life as it ebbs and flows. It was first developed by an intensely Spiritual Man by the name of Fu Shi who's ethnicity harkens back to according to some Africa in some reports... In fact, there is a strong correlation between the I Ching and the Ifa system of Nigeria, West Africa.

Fu Shi, having spent some time studying the markings on a tortoise shell was inspired to develop a system that would help humanity understand the every day changes as well as the celestial changes in the Universe. He started with just two lines, then three, called trigrams and develop these trigrams in reflections of the elements around him. wood, Earth, metal, water, fire. From there came the repeating cycles productive, destructive, controlling and dissolving. Of course as with all Ancient Texts, changes, editions and subtractions have been made, especially in translating it from the Ancient Mandarin.

All in all it comes to us, and, from much experience it has given me, it shows to be one of the best systems around.

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

Facilitator: Nana Baakan will facilitate these I Ching Workshops. I have been using this system without fail for over 30 years. It has guided me through some trying and joyful times. It has given me a stronger ability to intuit and helped me to relinquish my dependence upon it. Over time, one becomes so in tune, that they can "forecast" the hexagrams that may come up in a reading, providing confirmation for each life situation that it is consulted on.
Participants: All are welcomed. We need at least 6 commitments before we can start a workshop.
Coordinator: Will be ask to volunteer in return for their sessions being free.

Duties of Coordinator: Keep contact information for of all attendees.
Be the contact person between attendees and Nana Baakan
Keep attendance records.
Send out reminders for each workshop 3 days in advance.
Feel free to contact Nana directly with any of the questions you need to.

Description: This workshop will give you firsthand knowledge about the use of this oracle for your personal and spiritual development. It will be a beginners course, of 6 sessions, for starters. If folks wish to continue on after the first 6 sessions that will be great too.
Cyber Workshop: Everyone should have Gmail account! That way we can all get on Google hang-out. The can also get the Google Hang-out app on their phone. I am not too sure if Apple phones have the app for Google hang-out though. We need to look into that. Either way we will have folks on the phone or on the internet. Skype or Ovoo is another option, since they do have group chat. I prefer Google Hangout cause you can record it.
Web Camera: Everyone needs to have a web camera on their phone or on their computer. We really need video, so folks can see what I am writing on the board. You can try eBay or amazon.com for a web cam, if not, then you can always go to someone’s house for the video chat if they have a video camera on their computer.
Everyone to check out the Nana Baakan Discusses Understanding the I Ching Videos on YouTube.
Durations: I would like to do 6 sessions, each for 1.5 hours once a week or whenever we schedule them.

Hour one would be for instructions
30 minutes for questions and answers.

Love Offering: I will ask for a small love offering from each one in attendance. $120 for 6 sessions, or $100 if a person pays for all 6 sessions in advance.

Everyone must pay for at least two sessions in advance or $40 before the first session begins.
Love Offering can be sent via Paypal,(nanabaakan@voicesofafrica.net) If you do not have Paypal, and invoice can be sent that can be paid with a credit card.

Read as many books as you can find on Amazon.com on the I Ching and use this oracle as your pocket guide to a more fruitful, spiritual and effective life. Namaste