Thursday, September 20, 2007

Bitching The Flyingstar And Eightmansions Fengshui


It is quite common for sophomore seekers of Fengshui to be confused with these 2 systems. They are independent systems within the same family where the basis of transformation is dependable on the GUA. Again, it is YI Jing (Classic of Change) grounded. Kindly note that, while writing this piece of article, there are individual out there that joke around with confused seekers like that (source: from another Blog), and this is definitely not the way to deal with the YI related knowledge. Confusion is the beginning of wisdom and the fundamental seed of Change, YI.

Flyingstar as it is commonly known is a popularized term, expounded by Grand Master Shen Ju Ren via his journal, the Shen Classic. The basis of his writing is derived from other known classics such as part of the Purple White Script. This is indeed his hypothesis, based on certain assumptions that needs further justifications. The fly of these stars are governed by the sitting and facing of the entire building. Yes the entire building, not the entire apartment unit. The location of the door is immaterial, for the charting of the star. Since it is invented by people, it has its weaknesses. I wouldn't be bother much with this method in view of its fallacy. Better of if there are much reliable techniques made available. Just use the monthly flying star chart, if everything fails. On another note, this technique is purposeful only in divination, not remedy. The bells and figurines can't cure the QI. Remember, QI cure QI, image cure image and object cure object. The numbers in the chart represents, number, QI and GUA imagery. Multi-representation is the essence of YI GUA. What it represents depend on the context the question is seek. This is Flying the Star.

8 Mansions, some considered as a fake, is another system that take years to materialize. Based on the wandering GUA transformation, it assigns 2 characters, namely East and West, to the house GUA and Life Gua of people. Needless to say one can assign GUA to everything including your dog, the reservoir, the car or even the internet. The thing is the GUA must be read in context of its location. This form the basis that the location of the door is of paramount important and the location of the sitting of the Building justify the House GUA. As long as the house is concerned, the house GUA takes precedent. The 4 auspicious and the 4 inauspicious are just terminologies that has yet to be assigned with the context. When is it going to be auspicious, when it is not, is the question. English written books only tell half the truth. Where is the other half?

Reading Eight Mansions Bright Mirror is a challenge. It contradict itself most of the time. Common sense tell that how could one define the gross of human existence into 2 category of East and West? Yet we have only Male and Female. That is great. East people must live in the East House, West in the west house, is pure ridiculous. It is a huge fallacy, that even the East people cannot marry a West people, otherwise they could not stay in the same house, room and bed!

When these two methods applied hand in hand, it becomes a salad bowl. Yet, the truth is yet to be revealed. With proper understanding, the true nature will surfaced and on such time, it is indeed a different faces of the same coin....

Ar. David Yek Tak Wai





4 comments:

Robert said...

Hi David,

I just re-read ur past post on the yifengshui blog about Ba Zhai and becomes confused.

Master Vin and you share the same idea regarding the BaZhai comes from San Yuan system because it is based on the greater wandering gua transformation to assign theese 9 stars into the 8 gua, to get the qi map for the 8 gua.

Take for example, a Sheng Qi star governed by the Tan Lang star.
According to what I have been taught and the common believes, ShengQi is a wood star the same as Tan Lang.

The question is why ShengQi is regarded as a wood star? Is it because it is governed by the Tan Lang?
But Tan Lang must be a water star in a San Yuan system? Why we do not regard ShengQi as a water star?

Thats what i found inconsistent. If Ba Zhai is part of San Yuan it must follow the 9 stars elemental system of San Yuan...Not San He...Isnt Tan Lang is a wood star in San He system?

Could you please drop some hints on this, please?

Thank you.

DAVID YEK TAK WAI (email:yektakwai@hotmail.com) said...

Robert,

This is a 2 years old article I wrote about 8 mansions and flying stars on the pretext that a lot of student is confused when these systems tend to contradict each others, which actually, they don't.

These were both SanYuan on the basis that they are time sensitive, yet when one investigate further, 8 mansions which is also the 8 major wandering gua transformation is a macro view of DaGua. Therefore, it is SanYuan and not SanHe.

The question as to why ShengQi is wood and not water elements, that I reserved to explain in this platform.

... Only when you understand what is meant by Shu, Qi and Xiang then you will have the answer to your question.

Robert said...

Dear David,

Actually, i really like to re-read again and again all of your post. Almost get addicted...Hahaha...Every time i read, i always get something new...
Dear David,

Actually, i really like to re-read again and again all of your post. Almost get addicted...Hahaha...Every time i read, i always get something new...

What is Shu, Qi, and Xiang? Is it about Number, Qi, and Image? Then it is a matter of when we see Tan Lang as one of those 3 aspects...

What comes into my mind: Attaching element to a star is related to the elemental relationship between those star and the palace it resides. In this case we will see Tan Lang as a body of wood element Qi...

It also means, A momment when we see Tan Lang as number and image (i guess image here related to the land form?), it can change it's element characteristic into water?

Is my guess true enough or totally wrong? Hahaha...

Thank you.
What is Shu, Qi, and Xiang? Is it about Number, Qi, and Image? Then it is a matter of when we see Tan Lang as one of those 3 aspects...

What comes into my mind: Attaching element to a star is related to the elemental relationship between those star and the palace it resides. In this case we will see Tan Lang as a body of wood element Qi...

It also means, A momment when we see Tan Lang as number and image (i guess image here related to the land form?), it can change it's element characteristic into water?

Is my guess true enough or totally wrong? Hahaha...

Thank you.

DAVID YEK TAK WAI (email:yektakwai@hotmail.com) said...

Robert,

Theoretically yes...
Application no...

When you ask the question, ShengQi = TangLang = Wood (BaZhai) or Water (XuanKong), there should not be a guess... as to when it is wood and when it is water...

The question is why it is wood and why it is water?... How to use TangLang?...

Remember Shu, Qi and Xiang, are only as good as a theory, if the applications are missing... When one understand how to use Shu, Qi and Xiang, then when and why TangLang takes wood and not water or vice versa becomes reasonable...

And reasonable rest on the fact as what do you know about palace and star as you mentioned?...

What use of the palace and the star if one do not understand which is the host and which is the guest?...

What is the use of the host and the guest, when one do not understand what comes as early heaven and what comes as later heaven?...

What is the use of the early heaven and later heaven when one do not understand what is the principle and what is the application...

After all, Shu, Qi and Xiang boils down to ONE thing....

And the one thing is.........



APPLICATION...
APPLICATION...


AND


APPLICATION...

DO YOU STILL DON'T SEE MY POINT?...

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