CompleteMartialArts.com - The Taoist Inner View of the Universe
|
List Price: $16.95
Our Price: $16.95
Availability: In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served.
Manufacturer: Sevenstar Communications
|
Average Customer Rating:  
|
|
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 181
EAN: 9780937064023
ISBN: 0937064025
Label: Sevenstar Communications
Manufacturer: Sevenstar Communications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
Publisher: Sevenstar Communications
Studio: Sevenstar Communications
|
|
|
|
|
|
Editorial Reviews:
|
|
In The Taoist Inner View of the Universe, readers can learn the way to obtain mental and spiritual clarity. This book not only provides spiritual protection to the sincere student through the many incantations, but may also enlighten the way for every serious person to probe the very possibility of immortality.
|
|
|
Spotlight customer reviews:
|
Customer Rating:
Summary: As masterful a master as we are likely to meet
Comment: I take issue with the other reviewer who rated all NiHuaChing's books (and Master Ni) negatively. Let this person share his wondrous credentials. The person obviously has a personal grudge and I would be very careful and read at least one of NiHuaChing's books in order to properly JUDGE FOR YOURSELF. I met NiHuaChing several times in the late 70's, knew some of his students, and found Master Ni to be sincere in his desire to share knowledge which has been passed down from antiquity. His students learn everything from tai chi tailored to the seasons to herbology and Chinese medicine. In my opinion, Master Ni's books can be helful by themselves, or as supplements to your own studies and classes. He speaks plainly and never condescends. I have read several of his books and have found them to be quite steady and on the mark.
Customer Rating:
Summary: from a reknown Master
Comment: Having practiced with taoist Masters, who after surviving the Cultural Revolution, are now actually serving on government health boards in China, and here in the US (NIH), I can attest to his writings being referred to by my teachers as excellent sources. But with the caveat that no written source can really substitute for the experience of meditation and cultivation by time-tested methods (whether that be tai ji, calligraphy, chanting, etc.)
I find his writings helpful, and often to mirror what my teachers have said, and never seem to contradict them. The fact that his lineage runs through his family is nothing but the traditional way in which this information has been passed for 100s generations. Most recently, due to the horrific dangers of the cultural revolution, keeping it within the family was even that much more important for survival.
Taoist Masters now tend to share their information more freely, this being a different age. I have also never heard of any reputable practitioner refer to him or his family as cultish, unlike some other prolific writers.
He was also a frequent contributor (and his family still is) to "the Empty Vessel" magazine. And respected among those Qi Gong and tai Ji instructors listed in the NQA.
As a taoist, I invite readers to peruse his many writings themselves, and to see for themselves if they find any truth or resonance with what is in these pages. By all means be skeptical, and questioning as befits a true taoist. But it seems highly un-taoist-like to be so dogmatic and to spread hurtful rumours about another person. Consider the source.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Taoist Inner View of the Universe and the Immirtal Realm
Comment: In this book, the world's most prolific Taoist writer (more than 40 titles in English) describes the complex and profound spiritual realm in a refreshingly straight forward manner. Master Ni explains that the ancient Taoist turned their focus inward to explore the "inner" universe of spirituality. This very metaphysical book details what the author and pervious generations of Taoist Masters have discovered about the "Immortal Realm" from their own expirences. Those interested in the authors backround (spiritual linage) and/or perfer less metaphysical and more scientific aspects of Toaism, should read the authors excellent " Tao - The Subtle Universal Law and the Integral Way of Life."
Customer Rating:
Summary: Those who speak do not know...
Comment: While I am insulted by the above review, I am neither gullible, nor a "new ager", and, in fact, have studied Taoism for the past seven years. I am familiar with "The Way" in both theory and practice.Far from being a "new age" book, Master Ni unfolds with great clarity and simplicity a philosophical foundation for understanding internal Taoist work. Despite the numerous slanders against Ni Hua Ching in this review section, his books offer a degree of clarity to many who would otherwise find only confusion in the teachings of the Way. Furthermore, the negative reviewers do not substantiate their claims against Ni Hua Ching in any concrete or straightforward manner and seem intent only on slandering the author annonymously while massaging the reviewers own ego. Disgusting.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Starter
Comment: Being new to the Way of Life, this book is an excellent first read to get an overview of the meaing of being a Taoist. And who better to learn from, then a Master. Well written.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
