Monday, December 15, 2008

A Lesson In Political FengShui Dialectics

Interesting enough, ever since I put up this blog, I had been frequented by a number of visitors, ranging from just visitor, keen learner, provocateur, copy cats, abuser and one special guest whom has introduce me to the meanings of Dialectical discourse of FengShui. As such, I must admit he has good way of going round the dialectic just to fish information for his proprietor. This will make a good piece of essay as to what it really means of FengShui Dialectic. Kindly note commentary: -

“… aaaa ......haaaaa..., at last time also come out the wolf, the original who you are.”

This phrase note his assumption of the person he wish to communicate, he called a wolf. How courteous indeed for a person of his age. The he continues;

“... the last correspondence or not , it up to you, just a funny thing that you write : I beg forgiveness for not able to bring you back to the Dao, let alone making you understand the De. this sentence make me laughing so hard up to my tears coming down, also this sentence : You will not get anything from me, this sentence is all the point of of our topic so far, this is really show who you, what kind of master kan yu you are ..what kind of great soul and mankind soul you are ......meaning the behind all that only money and reputation is the manifest.... “

When he wrote that of me seeking forgiveness, even though he calls me a wolf, he laughed in ecstasy leaving only tears in his eye. He senses a bleak in his consciousness. This is De, yet he is refuting it, this is Dao. Then, he raised his doubt of failing to get information from me, making it clear that this is his main objective. From the beginning he has no intention to learn the art. He is only asked, purportedly by someone else, to expose those who speak of the Dao and the un-Dao. Not able to achieve his objective, he begins to character assassinate the person he communicates, again how courteous he is? The good thing about dialectical analysis, as Freud put it, it brings about the subconscious truth of the abuser, in this case, money and reputation. Apparently, some of my writings are eroding the student enrolment in his proprietors’ academy and wishes me to stop. Reverting that of the fundamental assertion as character assassination based on the pretext of money and reputation. Very thoughtful of him. He continues;

“… first time, i contact you , i really quite impressed with the topic you write, that's the reason I send you email , but since the first time your suspicious make me so wander, because this is the first time i send an email and get response like that.... and by accident i joint the forum and found that you environmental speech and talk also like that and i did some sound that you learn from JY, so, no wander, same as JY, never answer a questions or the answers means money. But you said, you already departed long time ago from him because of the personal and teaching system. But what you show is completely JY behave. Thanks God, you not follow him to finish, otherwise - just God knows…”

Out of reasons, he brings the conversation back to the beginning. The first contact, so to speak. First meeting warrants introductions of which he consciously avoided, refusing a better understanding of whom he is. Again, out of reasons he brings in others into the picture, God inclusive. This indicates his ability to manipulate others for his objective, again to fish out information from me, an identical ability in reflection of his master. He purportedly refer to this particular forum, instigates he may be of instrumental to the host of such a forum as they may have been his proprietor.


“…in modern day now, all the people have to check and recheck each others, too much fake master comes up suddenly. sincererity - fairness -openness- appreciation - is one of the most important, I try talked to you even a bit rough not awake you but fail…”

This is a second attempt of fundamental assertion by being rough, as more in context, rude in his communication with me. He fails to seek for the first time, now he tries the second round with rude and barbaric approach, imagine a person of his age acting liked a child, not getting what he wants, throwing tantrum and hope everyone along his path will give in. Understanding this is a reflection of non-De, which is also Dao, I forgive his unpolished nature and seek to bring him back to the Dao.

“…what the point you making a web site, as somebody say in the forums, not giving an answer but always bait, just to make yr name famous and the client come to you or people come to you and asked for design as an architect. and right or not, giving a lesson to people you can fool... but if somebody come to get an aswer or corner you so, the suspios and giving an egg only yr weapon. it is you said the Dao patch???????”

This is his third attempt of fundamental assertion, by evaluating my response in his proprietors’ forum. He seems to be well versed of what I say and what I do in the forum. Unconsciously, I became his subject of dissertation. A very humble experience indeed for me. He missed the point that the approach in the forum or this blog is the same. I never dish out answer, I am providing provocation. He is not getting any nearer to his objective. When he uses the term “to corner” someone, it again, brings to mind a bad connotation as to put someone in shame, in reflections of his poor upbringing again by his master. Very unfortunate being indeed.

“…I am not no where, not from academy as yr suspect, I told you before, but because yr suspious to high, so not easy to believe - it reflected what you did, as I told you I am older wide from you and my concern not in fengshui at all, this my name , this is where i stay, the one wants to be famous must be ready to undrstand the yin yang balance, it will make you more wise …”

Fail in all aspects; he now takes the role of a Teacher. Indeed true I learnt whole lots of Dao from these conversations. At this juncture, the best teaching may be from the worse lots of people that abuses one self. Similarly as what I had written in my other blog, the Buddha is not to be found in the caves, but the very own realm of human existence. Perhaps he is Manjushri in disguise of Yamantaka, I don’t know?

“.. I play around to anypart of the world, not just you.... as you say : I beg forgiveness for not able to bring you back to the Dao, let alone making you understand the De. -- young man , still young mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. take care…”

Liked any of the Chinese classical dialectic, the conclusion is always the answer being the main point. He finally admits who he is as an agent manipulating everyone along his path. Could he be the grandmaster from the North of the YG lineage, or the devil manifestation of the academy or the sly marketer who is all out to bad mouth others? Well, all I can say, is for me to know, you to find out.

As a departing gesture to him, I sincerely hope he would find his path one day in the road all must travel, the undiscriminating Dao.

P/S: This communication has taken place in the readers commentaries in the various blog entry.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi David,

I have read your last adventures on your blog ! lacks two monkeys : the one with ear plugged and the one with eyes blindfolded suppose you will distillate by drops? Being sometimes a provocateur you will drag such people ! like a horse drags fireflies! To those who claim for free pre-digested knowledge : by what right?
what do they expect?

Do they know not, that being born yourself never permitted to anyone to avoid being born himself? Dao is the Path. You forge your path through and the path forges you through like a sword being beaten and molted and beaten again till it is ready for the water.

Who wants to get to heaven without trodding its own path at his own pace is a fool! Do not bother yourself with them dig your path and the ones who are careful will be moved towards by mere resonance.

There was the keeper of a mountain: to the people coming from far away
plains who asked him what was that he was keeping he answered: climb
and you will know as much as i do... but to the ones who said : i want you to explain it to me fully he answered: i can go there to dig chunk of mountain and bring it back here for you : will you then understand the mountain? you will ask me for another piece and at the end you will have a heap of boulders at your feet and still will not understand the mountain and i would have destroyed it!
So climb or pass, you are free.

fare thee well.

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

Hi Anonymous,

It is just a pity that someone just forgotten who he was.

Cheers

Anonymous said...

Dear master Yi,

I'm R from Indonesia. I've been reading your blog lately and have finished it now. I think it is an very interesting blog, in giving me a picture of the real authentic practice of Kan Yu. The more i read the more i get excited to it. Thank you for writing such blog.

Master Yi, i see the link in your blog, to the other blog written by you also about the chinese metaphysic. But i cannot access it. it said i must be invited first to read it. Is there some requirement to get the invitation? Do you mind to invite me? It's ok if you mind haha...
The oher question i wanna ask is about your master? Is he the person that dislike the high profile situation like the orther "real master"? Where is he come from? Malaysia?

Thanks for your reply. Sorry for my bad english. It is very hard to write in english for me.

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

Hi R,

There wasn't much things written in the blog. Just some of the commentaries I responded to some faithful fans I had that they do not wished to be publicized. Some are too technical that it may confused the sophomores.

Oh! he just retired of old age seeking refuge in the triple gems in the Himalaya.

Would appreciate if you could introduce yourself to me as a friend?

Cheers

Anonymous said...

Hi Mr. Yi,

You said "Would appreciate if you could introduce yourself to me as a friend?", i dont really understand this sentence (again, due to my bad english, i'm really sorry...). May be what you mean is:

Name : R
Age : 21+
Job : University Student on My Final Semester ( Technic Faculty Department of Architecture -> dont really know in english, in my bahasa: Fakultas Teknik Jurusan Arsitektur)

Mister Yi, would you mind being my friend? Please...Haha...

Actually, my "first meeting" with FS was in 2007. There is a subject (mata kuliah in my bahasa) on FS in my Faculty. The lecturer is the one who came from the YCH Academy (may be known as YCH School of Feng Shui before) as the first graduate in 1999 if i'm not mistaken. Since then, i came to get excited with FS and took the first module of the YCH academy in the same year.

Before i take the second module, i met some one, (he become my master now) who made me realized that I've been a victim from the commercially academy. I'm very grateful to him and ask him if he could give me some hint to the "real" practice of this chinese art.Then, He agreed to become my master, after we met (actually he also have been a victim too).

He told me, to understand FS, i have to learn chinese language and culture, because FS come from China. BTW, I can't speak, read, or write Chinese (mandarin in my bahasa), though I'm Chinese, due to political condition in Indonesia. I dont really understand why Indonesian people really hate Chinese culture and the people (i mean "warga negara Indonesia keturunan Cina" in my bahasa). The government forbid anything which has something to do with chinese culture, like barongsai dance or the like). It can be seen from the incident in May 1998, so many chinese got killed at that time. My be its my Kamma to be born as an Indonesian Chinese. I would prefer to born in Malay, Singapore, Taiwan, or Hong Kong may be. Haha...

Mister Yi, do you mind to tell me your story about how and when you came to know about Feng Shui?

Thank you.

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

Hi R,

If English is not comfortable, I can communicate in Bahasa Melayu as well, in your case, Bahasa Indonesia. A common Malaysian Chinese has to be tri-lingual. I knew YCH by person. He is a master of his own right. You are also an architecture student. Something in common. Do you do FS as a subject in your fakultas? Would like if you can share your studies with me, especially on architecture & FS.

I cannot tell you much, for the lineage I came. They are very low profile. I can only said that I quite of piss off with FS master tearing apart our architectural ideal that I took up a course in FS with the so called academy in town. I had enough with the advise that I see how, my client falls in their method that ultimately took a toll in my fee as an Architect as well. I mean as in abandon project.

Nice to know you and warm welcome to my blog. Yifengshui.

Warmest Regards

Anonymous said...

Hi Master Yi,

I'm sorry for the very late reply. I've been busy preparing a proposal for my final project at campus. It's ok, I'd rather use English, I think its good for me to level-up my English. hehehe...

Ya, there is a subject on FS in my campus count for 2 SKS (i don't know the English term for this, sistem kredit semester, btw, what do you call it in melayu?). It's just talking about theory and not a practicing factor in it. There's also a study tour to San Diego Hills, one of a memorial park here, in Indonesia.
The theory include the Ba Zhai and Fei Xing, almost similar to Module 1 and 2 courses offered by YCH Academy. Though it is very basic, but i really appreciate my lecturer good will to share what he has been taught at YCH A., almost for free. Hehehe...

Oww, I'm very sorry for this linage matter. I didn't mean to have you tell me from what lineage you come. I'm just want to know, how you did come to know FS for the first time. I think its quite impolite to ask someone about the lineage they come from. My Shifu himself, didn't tell me from what lineage he come, because I'm not an inner disciple of him. And i know one have to swear to be an inner student of a lineage. Perhaps you misinterpret my question on this matter due to my bad English (again...). I'm really sorry...

Master Yi, there is one thing that always bothering my mind lately, and make me keep thinking about it. I want ask you n hopefully, you could give some of your thought for me.

As an architect, i think we want our design to be the best for the client. Some time a client ask us to make an iconic building for him/her. To be iconic, i think an irregular shape will be very common to be included in our design, such as Folding concept like Peter Ensienman did, Organic Arch. like Gehry did, or Fluid Arch. like Zaha Hadid did.
I think Phaeno Science Center, Germany, one of Hadid Master Piece, becoming a sha for the neighboring building because it shape like an triangle being a knife.

What i want to ask you is:
If an Feng Shui-Architect make a design like that, which he/she already know that it is going to be a sha building, will it be a bad Kamma for him/her?

Ok, hope you can share some of your thought on this. Thank you very much.

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

Hi,

Most of the time, lecturer will request for short term research grant to investigate into some matters of interest either for the development of the coursework or lectures itself. This grants enable them to take up a sabbatical course in whatever they desired and approved by the academic departmental senate. I am sure a course as simple as such in YCH academy would be expansive. At least that is the order of the days.

Yes, it has the same meaning with sistem kredit semester. In Malaysia it is just called kredit subjek pengijazahan. They mean the same.

You asked a very challenging question, that I find hard to explain, let alone convince.

The term architecture today, is beyond the art of building building. It goes beyond the notion of putting up a building. I also dedicated such understanding to another blog of mine called yiarchitechtonic.blogspot.com at the link by the side bar. The notion of architectural productions had transpired beyond the model of production. It moves from paper space to cyberspace to relatively virtual space and finally to physical space and model space, print space or even land on top of a plate of delicacies. The boundary had no limit. The only limit is the mind. Such exploration is continuous.

In the process of production, dialogue, do and documents became an inseparable entities. If the conscious of using KanYu as a fundamental point of departure in the dialogue, it must carry through until realization as documented as a built form or unbuilt work or even just as an essays or drawings. Similarly if non-KanYu is employ, the same will materialized. The question is, when you play with banana, the building will look liked a banana. This is a production paradigm.

In this paradigm of production, Karmic will take place where, first, intention second, action. No intention, no karma. No action, no Karma. The entire notion of KanYu is where you established the 8 Gua, using the 9 stars to open up the 8 doors. Even within a mess up forms, this can be established.

If you are an Architect learned in this art of KanYu, it will be natural to put the intention of KanYu as the paradigm of production. Follow by the action of making sense that the principles are applied from schematic to execution. Last, you have a product that is in lined with the initial intentions, that has fulfilled the Karmic conditions of things. Eventually, things may take a bad turn, meaning client interventions to your initial intention out of greed, budgets or some other things, then it is their Karmic retributions that came into play in your overall model of production. The building will reflect on thus.

So, it is not a line to be drawn. It has no existent in the first place. Hope this help.

Cheers

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