Striking Lottery, Not Again?

There is very little discussion about the Purple White Script, ZiBai Jue (ZBJ), in the English medium FengShui blogs. In fact, there are many versions to the Purple White, let alone many interpretations of ZBJ. One school charges about USD 3,000.00 for the price of this piece of knowledge that obviously makes one above the Grandmaster of Flying Star, Shen JuReng, who was claimed to have been modifying this script to fit his own understanding of the leaning star. Obviously the Flying Star proponents will object to such an exclamation. Not surprising and obviously, agreeing in principle, that some researchers would even say, Flying Star is New Age FengShui, a by-products of the misinterpretation of Master Zhang ZongShan’s YinYang ErZhai LuYan and the used Purple White Scripts, lower scroll for validating the case studies of Zhang’s writing as he could not make up what is prescribed in the upper scroll.Here, since a case study was formerly make available through the net, one may reinvestigate the salvaged butchered theories with a real event, liked another case study of ZBJ, which I personally do not subscribed to it based solely on one school’s interpretation.

THE CONTEXT

3 Rooms apartment, 6th Level with the 1st being a void deck, considering the unit as the 1st unit from the main lobby. Based on the door as the point of reference, the facing of the door is South sector 2, Wu mountain and sitting of the door is North sector 2, Zi mountain. This manner of establishing sitting and facing is different from the normal Flying Star where the facing/sitting is based on the facing/sitting of the property instead. Move in year is 2003, a period 7 house.

Only 2 ladies, one daughter, miss Xun and one mother, miss Kun live in the property. Miss Xun stay in room 7-7 while miss Kun stay in room 8-6. Both won lottery in 2007 DingHai year, separate months.

THE PRETEXT

To marry Shen’s method to ZBJ, first plot the house natal chart based on P7, Sit N2, Face S2. Second, force the natal chart into the house plan. There you get the 8-6, 7-7 rooms and so on. Label such room accordingly. Next, from a small TaiQi of the room, establish the spot at the centre of the room and measure the location of the door in relation to the centre of the room. The star that is arriving through the door shall be the combination as in accordance to its corresponding location of the natal chart. Label such door accordingly. Measure the head bed and stove separately by sticking the LuoPan to these subject and they forms a different natal chart altogether. Label such spots accordingly.

THE ANALYSIS

Miss Xun strike in late May 2003 and Miss Kun strike in late October.

Annual 2, Monthly 8. Plot the Heaven Qi Chart, by putting the 2 and 8 in the centre of the LoShu and fly forward (time moves forward). Same to be apply to monthly 3.

Here, the real application of JBZ comes into play by the introduction of replacement star. May being Si month, located at SE of the LoShu. Base on the 2 annual Heaven Qi chart replace 7 in the middle and fly forward. This is called replacing the year with the month.

Next, she lives in the 5th floor, being the 1st as the void deck, count the 5th palace of the annual 2 LoShu chart, starting at Qian palace, one will arrive at Li palace as the 5th. Replace the star of the 5th palace to the centre and fly forward.

Next, door replace compartment. The main door is located at compartment labelled 1-4, so it is the Dui sector of the annual 2 LoShu chart. Replace 4 and fly forward.

Next, door replace compartment. Miss Xun stay in room 7-7. So it is the Kan sector of the annual 2 LoShu chart. Replace 7 and fly forward.

Conclusion miss Xun strike lottery because after all the replacing here and there, the door in compartment 1-4 and 7-7 has been activated and 6-8 door is the magic number of 1-6-8 white stars combination that brings wealth.

OH MY GOD! Very convincing…

THE AFTER THOUGHT

In the first instance, ZBJ does not require the establishment of the sitting and facing. Secondly, it does not require a force fitted LoShu onto the floor plans. Thirdly, the entire concepts of replacement stars are inconsistent. The best of all, it is not meant to be apply as above stated. Whoever did strike lottery using the above prescribed method, please drop me a note. You owe me, big time…

Between The Well And The Slippery Three Legged Toad

I remember a friend once said, the aquarium owner would have been filthy rich because he has most locations stacked with water features thus activating all the prosperous stars. Then, how I wish I could have been, what the Cantonese says, “Kum Yue Lo” or Gold Fish Uncle, with heavily clad gold chain, Rolex watch and a mole the size of a fifty cent Malaysian coin.

So how true was a water feature required? In the olden days, we do not have domestic water supply. All that is available was well water supply. So, the location of the well, usually in the kitchen becomes important and thus, it is reflected in some documented classics as water locations in response to the fire locations of the stove. We also being dished by the saying that fire and water clashed when we have stove opposite the kitchen sink. In the olden days, the stove is usually fuelled by wood often then not this will result in having lots of smoke. What happened when there is a well opposite the stove in a smoke filled kitchen? Occupational hazard for the home makers. So, this becomes FengShui commandment 101.

Beside the practical locations of this well at the kitchen, the next the location of this well for considerations are at the court yard. Some how, when a necessity for a location of a well is call for, within a household, the locations become important, just liked the location of the main door, the stove and the bed. Saying thus we tend to forget, it is not the location of these wells that is due for FengShui consideration but the activities that comes into the utilising of these wells. Yes, the keyword is MOVEMENT.

Now, that the well is obsolete, the closer we see as similar to the well would be the aqua plant, hydro therapy air purifier, water dispenser and of course, the famous aquarium. Could the rule be applied to these modern utensils? I personally feel that it can be applied, but not a necessity. There are even better and faster ways to move Qi around then the 100 tiers fountain or the 100ft aquarium. Unless the client has a big aquarium that he doesn’t know what to do about it, one may suggest locating it to a location that needs movement that is all about it.

One aspect of FengShui School that is famous of tapping into the water locations are XuanKong Flying Star. Remember the saying as activating the water star (wealth star) by locating a water feature of 8 tiers representing the facing star 8, most vibrant in the period 8 and just for the kick of it, place the 3 legged gold plated toad at the bottom of the tier, so each time the water hits its head, it will spur wealth from his mouth. We just cannot deny that there are tons of materials such as these filling up bookstores around the country and many more aspired famous FengShui master to come, would liked to add up to such a collections. Here, the genuine practitioners are trying to undo such public misconceptions, will have just a hell of the time to explain…

Personal experience state that I had encounter lots of good results from applying the principle of the PurpleWhite. No doubt someone did joke around by saying, you are just another 9 palace kids acting liked a toad at the bottom of the well, intended to be a pun, that XuanKong practitioners are a bunch of lazy arm chaired bound people that rely heavily on the 9 LoShu Grid that they loose sight of the vast environment and fundamental. Who cares, as scholarly pursuit, wealth and health can be achieved by a short period of time, a quicky? However, the key is not at the water feature but movements of Qi, Gua Image and numbers and how to mix them up in the salad bowl.

I always remember the saying, one cannot create a mountain but one can alter the water. So water locations are still sensible options although not the only options. However, the notion of “water” will need to be understood, unless one is willing to be another three legged toad sitting at the bottom of the well with 8 tiers cascading water. The options are wide open.

The Tale Of The Piercing Heart

My friend invited me to his about to complete mansion to "look see, look see", not so much as an audit but an architectural site visit. He wanted to renovate his house to make it bigger. Since I was there, I migth as well do some "auditing". The first thing comes to mind was the location of the staircase tug right in the middle of the property. I was telling him, what luck he is undergoing to have choosen such a property? As I knew, he is a bludy good luck fellow to deserve such a screwed up heavenly heart property? I say, no way, brudder you are going to stay here! His replied was astonishing, that is why you are here to help me out! He needs to, well almost, tear down the house and rebuilt a new one. I think he must be crazy, although I know he has the dough to spend. Anyway, the next possible choice is to shift footprint of the house by overly expanding on one side so that the reference point is shifted.

That was the initial plan, but I wasn't that happy with the location. I told him to drive me up the hill to "look see, look see". Alas, it was a better place. Naturally for me to ask him to swap for a better one, again, he must have the luck to get it. So, as you can see he does have a good luck after all. He wants a penny but was given a pound. Next he just need some extra luck to carry the pound around and I am still waiting for his good news. I simply cannot imagine if he really moves into the new house with a drilled heart!

Angel And Demon of FengShui

The recent saga of FengShui trial of the century in HongKong, refer to http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090702/tap-lifestyle-hongkong-justice-fengshui-900e8df.html has revealed more that has been expected with the apparent of washing dirty linen in the public for the purpose of money. Apparently the question of accountabilty in this field is very much sought after. I wonder how long would we allow these FengShui monsters to lurk around before any victim fell prey into their long engineered scheme of conmanship? I believed for every good practitioner we produce, there will be a rotten apple that comes along with it liked a byproduct. Just liked when we see the sun rising, we notice the shadow in the infinite dance of Yin and Yang. What a pity...

PostScript: The latest development has called for accountability in this field of metaphysics that placed much more emphasis on the notions of lineage rather then books as I shared the same sentiments of another FengShui Architect as he accounts "...the damage is already done. Indeed, who then qualifies to be a Feng Shui expert? I admired Joseph's intention but the judge also has a point, how can one become an expert just by reading books? Not only the judge is confused, we in the profession are also confused, so how can we expect the public to know any better?

To me, the absurdity is not in the legal system but in the Feng Shui profession, and if B is correct, then it is too late already. I had better go back to being an architect!, Howard Choy". For more info refer to FOUR PILLARS & FENGSHUI NETWORK.

Note: Picture Credit of AFP.

A New Chapter For A New Reason

I take this opportunity to introduce to all the following blogs: -

http://www.yibazi.blogspot.com

http://www.designaffinity.blogspot.com

When I started blogging in 2007 via YiFengshui, it was just a response to another blog which instigates a lot of negativity in the art of metaphysics. Surprisingly, this blog has met its natural death with its blog owner and his team of crappy personalities being carted away for some strings of litigation matters and injunctions. With such silence, aggressive respondents and commentators to my blog have reduced significantly and I can only make a simple conclusion as to such a phenomenon. So the reason for YiFengshui to exist is no longer valid.

However, along these years of blogging, new reasons for its existence such as a platform to communicate with experts and seekers of this field have grown, friendships have developed, lessons had learnt and bitter experiences of knowing the heart of the complex human beings are priceless. I owed much of these to two men, first, who is a master in Chinese Metaphysics of his own rights and a seeker of truth in Buddhism similarly second, to my teacher whom is a master in Design Theories and a seeker of truth in Islam, whom I had trusted. Same as with the numbers of people, especially the trinity who led me to a path less travelled in the wake of science and modernity, if misunderstood it is called hocus plus pocus. I must admit it is a good source to find out the hidden agendas in the many layers of human beings through the ethereal. So are the many psychics whom I had the opportunity to be associated with. I take this opportunity to thanks the many for a good lesson learnt and seek forgiveness from whom I had involuntarily offended by my writings and my thoughts. Saying thus, I had voluntarily removed permanently the columns called gossips from the internet, so much so that I believed, people deserved a second chance.

To err is humane, to forgive is divine. As a new chapter, to reinvent the objectives of this blog, I shall only continue to dedicate trivial matters about KanYu that I find interesting for sharing. I heed note that only through sharing will we grow in the art of Chinese Metaphysics and to avoid unnecessary troublemakers, the important notes and serious case study will only be made available through invitation only. So, to the serious researcher kindly drop me a personal mail should you wish to be included in this circle of fellowship, with just some simple non-monetary conditions to apply.

As my limited skills in blogging have improved, I had dedicated another blog for the art of BaZi, realizing that not many practitioners are interested in KanYu. At the same time, I am exploring other blog to be called design affinity, which is dedicated to consolidates all my thoughts which are in fragments into a collective whole just liked a tapestry of ideas blending metaphysics, travels, architecture and experiment in visual arts in a collective whole. This may not be a grand design of the Almighty but is significantly called a small TaiQi within a larger one.

Feel free to explore…

Absolute Yin

Perhaps it is true that when we entered GengWu, the most Yang, it passes on and Yin is born. It is also this very pure Yin that we begin to see things in another way. In this very way that I perceived the notion of the very first principle - uncertainty.

There has always a certain element of uncertainty being what called a professional, likewise, I recalled, Professional lives almost by faith. When called upon he can do the job without fear or favour. He possesses a specialized skill and lives by a code of ethics cloaked in honour and integrity. He is expected to speak his mind and give his views. When faced with absolute wrong, he can resolutely disagree and walk away. Now, I see it in the first principle; fear not in results but by faith.

By faith, one shall not look at other lives or commentaries as game plans, but by honour and integrity, reflected and expected of him, as a professional to speak his mind and gives his views even if it is absolute rubbish by other standards, for who is among us, to judge a professional owing to his code of ethics? This, I could easily see in the first principle.

Abiding to this code of ethics, the professionals shall not compete. It is the so called potentially abusive healthy competitions that will intoxicate the code of ethics that he lives by in honour and integrity. I hope not to see as the first principle, as there is a paradoxical uncertainty between business and professionalism that is fatal.

In all, I seek not to play God for it has a price to be paid as I am the master of my own karma, so is everyone. Great thanks to the mirror of my own ego and if it is not from the others virtual universe and my teacher, who else would reveal my own dumb folded ignorance? Thanks again, to this first principle as I realised the unfounded principles I stand upon is deluded and so as in my applications.

I can see now that the first principle is being a genuine professional, who not only profess the skills but also profess the righteousness to bring all who heeds or wayward in their previous preoccupations back to the path of good Karma. My heartfelt congratulations to these first principles being the light at the other end of the tunnel. Liked the sayings, it all begins with the three.

May you be well and happy in the path of Dao.

Moosti Spot For Sale, Going Once Going Twice, SOLD!

In the course of FengShui, site selections come first. This is the very first line of defence. Any amount of FengShui cure would be watered down if the site selection is not up to the mark. Along the cause of my work as an Architectural consultant, very often then not, I will be required to advise on site selection in a technically feasible way. Now, couple with the years of FengShui knowledge, these had added to the advantage among others, having an eye to spot the so called Dragon Spot. Read http://vinleo.com/vl-articles-fs09.php for the explanation of the dragon spot, some called dragon cave, Long Mai and moosti-spot as I liked to call it and the most important thing is about storing Qi. The funny things are, these spots are not easy to come by. Yet in the course of my work, I had the opportunities to recognise many of these spots, of which some has been included in my blog (refer to http://yifengshui.blogspot.com/2009/05/another-moosti-spot.html , http://yifengshui.blogspot.com/2008/11/moolah-from-moosti-spot.html ). PostScript: One more thing, I forget to mention, this is many times superior then the one you see in Semenyih and I was wondering how to walk the dragons with both eyes closed?

More often then not, these spots are actually available for sale in any new housing estate, as many developers would just pass it on as just another plot of land for sale, not otherwise they would marked up the offer price at a premium. In my view, it was a pity that these developers do not engage a FengShui Architect from the start of their development process. I would not mention which are still available in the market for fear of unnecessary rush for the dragon spots. Just a note to the uninitiated, many of these spots owners are now, billionaires instead of merely millionaires. So, there is no need to rush down to Singapore, many are available in Malaysia. I was even told that even Singapore and Taiwanese masters are here in Malaysia to look for spots!

Coincidentally, a friend of mine is writing about green dragon crossing bright hall without any picture attached via her blog http://candicelai.blogspot.com/2009/06/green-dragon-crossing-ming-tang.html , so I might as well highlight here what it meant by such from my picture annotation. Often then not one must be able to recognise one before even reaching the spot and the question is how? Upon reaching it, these elements must be present. By far, I must admit this moosti spot is indeed hard to come by. Only a few more lots around the spot vicinity are available and deals are closing fast. Drop me a mail if you are keen to own one (only better picture will be available via email). Who knows you may be the next billionaire in line?