Author Archives: William

The Art of Channeling

Posted on April 30, 2011 by William

~ The Well of Wisdom and the Well of Art spring from the same Source ~ I did not know that when I was being trained as a diviner, I was being trained as a writer. My teacher at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Mysticism | Tagged act of creation, art, channeling, divination, emptying, One Mind, oracle, ordinary consciousness, the unknown, wisdom | 6 Comments

The Tao of Enlightenment

Posted on April 5, 2011 by William

Within the mind there is yet another mind. ~Nei-yeh, trans. Harold D. Roth The concept of the Tao (the Way) has profoundly impacted world culture, most notably through the many translations of the Tao Te Ching and the Chuang Tzu. … Continue reading →

Posted in Mysticism | Tagged Awakened, Chan, conditioned self, Dogen, Enlightenment, Harold D. Roth, Huineng, Mysticism, Nature Mysticism, Nei-yeh, original nature, Original Tao, Tao, Taoism, Zen | 5 Comments

The Yin and Yang of the Culture War

Posted on March 3, 2011 by William

Those who want war are instruments of ill omen. —Tao Te Ching, trans. Thomas Cleary I went to the Cirque du Soleil’s “Love” performance of The Beatles’ music last week and was struck by the sheer fun of it all. … Continue reading →

Posted in Inner Activism | Tagged Culture War, natural balance, reconciliation, right and left, yin and yang | 3 Comments

2012: The Beginning Times

Posted on December 21, 2010 by William

Across the imaginary distance of culture and borders, I honor your contribution to the Beginning Times. ~ A dying oak tree, its trunk split and branches breaking, does not in any way resemble an acorn. The new beginning—despite growing directly … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012, The Toltec I Ching | Tagged 2012, divination, end of the world, ethical strategy, global community, Golden Age of Humanity, hexagram, I Ching, Mayan calendar, metamorphosis, new world, oracle, shamanism, social transformation, spirit warrior, Toltec, training, trigram, world view | 6 Comments

Constructing Nuclear Hexagrams

Posted on December 17, 2010 by William

I was unable to find a simple chart of how to construct nuclear hexagrams, so here’s the unadorned mechanics— Of a given hexagram, take its 2nd, 3rd, and 4th lines to make the lower trigram of its nuclear hexagram. Then … Continue reading →

Posted in The Toltec I Ching | Tagged construct nuclear hexagram, how to make nuclear hexagrams, nuclear hexagrams | 2 Comments

Near Death Experience: Journey of Two Souls

Posted on December 6, 2010 by William

I was fully awake when my heart stopped beating and my last breath passed my lips. In the Spring of 2003, a genetic time bomb went off and my body’s time came to an end. The moment of death was … Continue reading →

Posted in Revenants | Tagged aware light, bardo, communion, death experience, higher soul, life after death, lower soul, NDE, near death experience, rebirth, soul | 16 Comments

A 2012 Training Manual

Posted on October 3, 2010 by William

The Beginning Times There are two overarching lessons of the I Ching. The first is this: Every Ending Begets A New Beginning. Change is not conceived as an endless string of cause-and-effect events but, rather, as a cycle of repeating … Continue reading →

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2012: The Storm Before The Calm

Posted on September 30, 2010 by William

The Autumnal Equinox arrives, accompanied by fog and mist and rain and clouds of every shade of gray. The world’s qi shifts from boundless movement toward boundless stillness. We leave behind the excessive yang of summer and move into the … Continue reading →

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Reading the Map of Fate

Posted on September 16, 2010 by William

What my teachers have taught me has been born out by my 40-some years of study: the I Ching is a system of 64 living symbols that perennially outgrows whatever interpretation as been affixed to it. Why would the snake … Continue reading →

Posted in A New I Ching, The Toltec I Ching | Tagged animism, benefit, Book of Changes, Change, Creation, Creative Forces, divination, global community, Golden Age of Humanity, hexagram, hexagram sequence, I Ching, King Wen Sequence, Need, new world, non-duality, oracle, rulers, shamanism, statecraft, trigram, Yi Jing, yin and yang | 1 Comment

The Oracle and the War Against Fate

Posted on August 23, 2010 by William

Overview The Unity of all things dwells in an undifferentiated state of living potential. Neither awake nor asleep nor dreaming, it is the shining awareness everywhere present, the fount of time and eternity. It is still and silent, utterly at … Continue reading →

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