Looking Through The Eyes Of Nature; A T'ai Chi Player's Guide To The Way Things Are [Paperback]

Max Wright (Author), 1stWorld Publishing (Creator), 1stWorld Library (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 14, 2007

Full color with a foreword by Wudang Master Tseng Yun-Xiang. Max Wright shows how the well-known t'ai chi (yin-yang fishes) diagram portrays the entire process of creation in exquisite detail. The essentially Taoist foundation of the t'ai chi symbol is laid down by the ancient sage Lao Tzu in the "Tao Te Ching". Westerners often find it difficult to fathom the metaphorical language of the Chinese classics, but here, layered in for the first time, is the combination of the bagua or trigrams of the "I-Ching" plus the essence of the Vedic teachings of ancient India - to deepen our understanding and illuminate the symbolism within the diagram, building a truly complete system for understanding our reality. Practical principles are explained using the popular martial art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan. By describing the processes as they work in our busy daily lives, including the modern business arena, the text takes something very subtle, very precious, and makes it plain to see on the surface of life. With a new perspective, we can see how the innocent result of an individual practice - working consciously from the deepest level of Nature's functioning - can result in a happy and peaceful world community, the ultimate aspiration of the martial arts and enlightened people, from every tradition, all over the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: 1st World Publishing (May 14, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1421899647
• ISBN-13: 978-1421899640
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,155,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The thinking person's guide to T'ai Chi, December 26, 2007

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R. C. WALDRON "wildlife filmmaker" (Henley on Klip, South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Looking Through The Eyes Of Nature; A T'ai Chi Player's Guide To The Way Things Are (Paperback)

Max Wright reveals another art to living and finding balance in life
through the classic Yin and Yang of T'ai Chi.
Like any journey through an ancient discipline, the concepts are are first tough to get one's head around, but the destination beoomes worth
it.
Gently, intensely, and with humour, Mr. Wright unravels some of the wisdoms of his decades with the discipline.
A mark of respect for Wright's understanding is the foreword by Master Tseng Yun-Xiang.
If anything, I could have done with more associations with the harmonies of nature, and some more real-world applications of striving for fundamental unity and harmony.
This seems to be a preparatory work for yet larger ideas to come.
I look forward.

Robert Waldron

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction to Aspects of Eastern Philosophies, July 1, 2007

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S. T. Stiles (Johannesburg, South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Looking Through The Eyes Of Nature; A T'ai Chi Player's Guide To The Way Things Are (Paperback)

As a Westerner & total novice to the "mysteries" of the Eastern philosophies I found this book to be a geat primer & introduction covering as it does aspects from both China and India. It was interesting to consider these principles being applied across our somewhat troubled world. There is little doubt that we would all be the better for it!