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Breaking the 18 Formations — A Concise Guide

In the universe there are 36 trigram formations, and in life there are countless traps. Only by escaping these traps can life attain true freedom.

— New Era Human 800 Concepts

The Breaking the 18 Formations — A Concise Guide is a systematic summary of the escape methods for the first eighteen of the Thirty-Six Trigram Formations revealed by Guide Xuefeng. These eighteen formations — spanning emotion, desire, social roles, belonging, mind, intellect, time, thinking, space, structure, fate, gravity, nature, laziness, fixed programs, instinct, wisdom, and life-death — each contain a hidden exit. Those who break through ascend to higher realms of LIFE.

Version Best for Focus
Friendly version First-time readers Life analogies, all 18 at a glance
Academic version Researchers Systematic analysis, structural framework
Internal reference Deep study Full original passages, formation by formation

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Thirty-Six Trigram Formations · Complete Independent Consciousness · The Four Followings · LIFE Reincarnation · Becoming Celestial · Releasing Worldly Bonds · Debt Repayment · Tour Guide Route Map · Human Consciousness vs. Celestial Consciousness · Heaven-Nature, Endowed-Nature, Habitual-Nature

Note: Concept numbers cited on this page refer to the Fourth Edition of the New Era Human 800 Concepts. The Fifth Edition has been re-arranged, and its numbering no longer matches the Fourth Edition one to one.