Saturday, my daughter, Sasha Wittmann, LMP, wanted help making a decision about leaving her current work, which has depleted her energies and her joy, stressed her to the limit, and doesn't pay well enough.Should she take a job she likes with the university with the possibility of either ending in two months because of funding or continuing for years? While in the new part-time position, she would continue taking steps towards a fully supporting massage practice.She felt fear. If this new job ended in two or three months, how would she pay the mortgage, etc.? She wanted security. Which to choose - stay in hell or take the worrisome risk?Do you ever wish you could get a clear answer to a tough decision? Of course you do. Your life as a human requires you to make tough decisions always with insufficient information it seems. Wouldn't it be great if you could just ask the core wisdom of the cosmos what to do?Can you imagine the comfort of knowing what to do? Further, can you imagine trusting that your decision aligned with the best interests of the entire cosmos?Carol Anthony and Hanna Moog address this core wisdom as the Sage in their wonderful new version of the I Ching -- I Ching, The Oracle of the Cosmic Way.I love this ancient oracle, the I Ching. Over three decades ago, my beloved Suzanne introduced me to the Wilhelm version with the famous introduction by none other than Carl Jung. The Wilhelm version introduced me to Jung as well. Now, I hobnob with Jungians therapists. Who would have guessed?Small suggestions lead to large life changes, yes.You want to know what the I Ching is and what it can do for you, right?The oldest written version of the I Ching dates to about 1000 BCE making it the most ancient written oracle you can have.The subtitle of this new book declares the books deeper truth - this is the oracle of the Cosmic Way.Other versions have translated the I Ching as the book of changes. Anthony and Moog make a distinction between change, which tends to be temporary, outer, and ego based vs. transformation, which is permanent, inner, and soul based.This distinction alone would be enough for me to recommend the book. But as they say on late night infomercials, "Wait! There's more!"Over the centuries, the I Ching has suffered from writers placing their own spin on the cosmic oracle. The worst offenders have been the Confucians. They see the world as a moral struggle against the evil animal nature of man. So the I Ching gets translated and interpreted from their moralistic viewpoint.The Taoists, on the other hand, view the world as good and that man's animal nature is innocent. The problem you have arises when the ego - the grasping competitive mind -- attempts to subjugate the innocent nature.Jimmy Carter's excellent but troubling book, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis, points to the same thing. Fundamentalism as practiced by the Christian right, the Islamic right, and others, suppresses women and fresh ideas. It concentrates power into the hands of a very few men - feudalism in a word.The ladies have weeded out the feudal Confucian claptrap that interpenetrates every other version I have perused. They leave you with clarity and freedom. You can now have a very personal conversation between you, the authors, and the Sage. This is good. Yippee.This is a reference book - you want to own this one, you can buy it here.Oh, and what about Sasha? She made her own decision with out the assistance of me or the Sage. She's taking the risk.