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>>18644979
>Is the I Ching "Taoist" rather than "Confucianist"
It predates and greatly influenced both traditions, there are translations and commentary from both, as well as Buddhist.

That particular translation is from Taoist adept Liu I-ming in 1796 of the Clear Serene branch of the Complete Reality school of Taoism
(Complete Reality Taoism was the first Taoist Sect to establish a system that successfully blended and harmonized the "Three Teachings" (Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism))

>The ninth century Taoist giant Lu Tung-pin, an erstwhile Confucian scholar who later became a mystic of high rank in the esoteric Taoist heirarchy, wrote of the I Ching, "Although the words are very clear, yet they are also very vague. The shallow may take the I Ching to be a book of divination, but the profound consider it the secret of the celestial mechanism."

>>17907684
Balancing your masculine and feminine side doesnt make you a homosexual.
You are not a true man if one is so insecure about their manhood that they fear being or appearing gay.

14. Great Gifts. Supreme success. The yielding gains the place of honor at the center, in harmony with above and below. This is called great gifts. One realizes Dao through persisting strength and brilliant clarity. Attaining heaven and flowing with the time, using one's great gifts. One who follows the Way cuts through antagonism to spread renewal, yields to heaven and does not worry over the future.

Line 1: From the start, not associating with what is harmful, not inviting injury. Then difficulties will cause no error or harm.
Line 2: A chariot bearing a heavy load. One has a goal. No error or harm. Piling the load in the center will avoid an upset.
Line 3: A noble one makes the most of success, using it to support the highest ideals of human development. A small person could not give such a gift.
Line 4: Not seeking power and position. No error or harm. One's sharp words are clear and illuminate the darkness.
*Line 5: You are sincere. Joining with others, leaving a mark. Good fortune. With integrity, shooting forth one's will, able to handle sudden changes with ease and without prearrangement.
Line 6: One is protected by heaven. Good fortune. Nothing can go wrong. Great gifts are a blessing from above.

>>15615386
>>15617231
The map is not the territory, but that doesnt mean the map is not useful.

QUANZHEN DAO (COMPLETE REALITY TAOISM)
".. a number of its artifacts, such as the exercise system known as Tai Chi Chuan and certain meditation techniques, have long since passed into the public domain as part of the general lore of body-mind health."

precursor of the Dragon Gate Sect (Longmen Pai)
Complete Reality Taoism was the first Taoist Sect to establish a system that successfully blended and harmonized the "Three Teachings" (Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanzhen_School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Gate_Taoism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COS1yI8ZQZk

The divine mystery consists in the inherent difference which exists between the finite and the infinite, the temporal and the eternal, the time-space creature and the Universal Creator, the material and the spiritual, the imperfection of man and the perfection of Paradise Deity. The God of universal love unfailingly manifests himself to every one of his creatures up to the fullness of that creature's capacity to spiritually grasp the qualities of divine truth, beauty, and goodness.

>>14371663
>>14373544
>I Ching commentaries by Taoist adept Liu I-ming in 1796 of the Clear Serene branch of the Complete Reality school of Taoism

QUANZHEN DAO (COMPLETE REALITY TAOISM)
".. a number f its artifacts, such as the exercise system known as Tai Chi Chuan and certain meditation techniques, have long since passed into the public domain as part of the general lore of body-mind health."

precursor of the Dragon Gate Sect (Longmen Pai)
Complete Reality Taoism was the first Taoist Sect to establish a system that successfully blended and harmonized the "Three Teachings" (Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanzhen_School
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Gate_Taoism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COS1yI8ZQZk