Is there an ideal personification of a perfect Chinese Metaphysics Teacher? BaziDiary reminded me of saying someone draped in white robe with white beards all over and I recalled he may have a point as I only see these ideal teachers only in dreams. However, in real life, I believed, the white robes would have been trade in with branded jackets and ties sometimes with fancy watches that matched the car he is driving. Unless liked what we had witnessed as the turning point of the JiaZi when bogus monk in robes live like a millionaire with ponies and Beemers. As I always believed, this is only a tip of the iceberg and perhaps the FengShui of Singapore is so good with its water so clean that even monks in robes are living with the 5 Cs, that a commoner of the other shore would only hope for. So, water do matter in FengShui afterall.
So, FengShui could have been EVIL, coming from a notable Buddhist Monk perspective, as I read somewhere. Similarly, religion is the opium of the people, coming from Chairman Mao, himself. We have a Demon, next we ought to look for an Angel.
This Angel does not hide himself in the BaZi chart, neither can it be found in the FACE. I knew of a young master who changes his nose so that it looks fleshy and sexy just liked the Beemer he drives. So, look can also be deceiving but his action can’t. One may have forgotten his action but his action may not have forgotten him.
In the economy when success is measurable by material gains where do one draws a line between the value of money against the value of knowledge, the value of family, the value of health and the value of friends? Do we not bind ourselves in circle contemplating the same stale issue again and again?
Perhaps, we ought to allow this milking teacher to be what he does best so that more who has been milked will jump ships and cross over to the messiah of Chinese Metaphysics, who practices the ONE true way with ONE true voice. That is a true blessing. No ads, no public lectures required, no televised programs, no publication, no fancy instruments and gadgets, no accolades, no blogs, no websites and the best, no charges. I was damned surprise that the crossovers often take a 360 degree change from idolizing to cursing the milking teacher and I have not a clue to ask why?
Books, these days are obsoletes. They are no longer the beacon of knowledge but the prospectus of baits. A can of worms to the willing fishes of the general public to be fished. My elementary teacher once said, if I give you a fish, you will be fed for a day. If I teach you to fish you will be fed for your life time. Again, I must admit that teachers are very rare. Fishermen are everywhere. Do you want to fish or be fished?
Teachings are no longer inscribed in books. That we knew from our forefather, even before Harry Potter place it in the latest installation of the half blood prince. There is a key to unlock the book. These keys are subject handed down as verbal teaching. Yet, it is also a commodity. It is this commodity that is subject to be abused and transacted materially.
The term master practitioners or grand master practitioners are accolades that are good for marketing especially when one is from a perceived reputable pedigree, similarly when one is weak, team works become important before idol worshipping. There is nothing wrong with titles just liked Knighthood and there is also nothing wrong with team works liked the direct marketing scheme. With all these in the system of commodities, it is just meant to be abused somehow. The keyword is the system or the scheme of things dictates when the title becomes obsolete, a new one will resurface. Is Metaphysics within the system or the scheme of such deliverables?
When the answer is yes, it will subject itself to endless backstabbing, betrayal and frustrations, which is the core of all EVILs. If the answer is no, where is the seamless flow of knowledge not measurable by a price tag and confined to a privileged few? That is the HOLY core and if not treated well it will become another HOLY cow.
It is just strange, when a practitioner walks up to me and said, you know what is the meaning of practice? It is liked drawing a circle 10,000 times to perfection, than you are a practitioner. So, hypothetically speaking, if one learned the art from a Sinful one, practices the sins for 10,000 times, then one make a sinful practitioner who again teaches his student for the same sins to be repeated a myriad times. For a practitioner does not think out of the box, a researcher do. So, do we learn from a practitioner or a researcher, the choice is yours? However, who are we to judge thy sins?
Fundamental knowledge or the first principle is always the 5 elements and the state of its duality. So simple and yet so profound and expansive and I do not know why? Perhaps it is a complexity and contradictions by itself. Just liked when one wishes to evangelized FengShui and yet be cautious of not sounding too potentially imposing, where do one stand?
A closing remark is a true teacher is not easy to come by. When they do come by, cherish the moment, as one will lost him along the way. If the teacher walks the path of Dao, he will tolerate ones stupidity and does not practice double standards. Similarly, he will not do what he does not wish others to do on him. He will call you personally and not through his sponsors. He will give you the benefits of the doubts instead of doubting you. He will not teach until he has an affinity with you, example he will make sure your well being is taken care of before he even want to teach you and not the other way round. Next time if a master draped in white robe visited you and offer you a course, asked him will I live comfortable tomorrow; will I be given a fish now before you teach me to fish? If he makes your wishes come true, then he is your potential teacher. He does not receive any payment for his lesson; in return, he hands out payment to you of accepting you as his student together with a bowl and a pair of chopstick for posterity. Fat hopes, if this is practices in the West. Otherwise, it is just another merry go round.
Note: Image from http://www.angelsanddemonsmovie.org/
So, FengShui could have been EVIL, coming from a notable Buddhist Monk perspective, as I read somewhere. Similarly, religion is the opium of the people, coming from Chairman Mao, himself. We have a Demon, next we ought to look for an Angel.
This Angel does not hide himself in the BaZi chart, neither can it be found in the FACE. I knew of a young master who changes his nose so that it looks fleshy and sexy just liked the Beemer he drives. So, look can also be deceiving but his action can’t. One may have forgotten his action but his action may not have forgotten him.
In the economy when success is measurable by material gains where do one draws a line between the value of money against the value of knowledge, the value of family, the value of health and the value of friends? Do we not bind ourselves in circle contemplating the same stale issue again and again?
Perhaps, we ought to allow this milking teacher to be what he does best so that more who has been milked will jump ships and cross over to the messiah of Chinese Metaphysics, who practices the ONE true way with ONE true voice. That is a true blessing. No ads, no public lectures required, no televised programs, no publication, no fancy instruments and gadgets, no accolades, no blogs, no websites and the best, no charges. I was damned surprise that the crossovers often take a 360 degree change from idolizing to cursing the milking teacher and I have not a clue to ask why?
Books, these days are obsoletes. They are no longer the beacon of knowledge but the prospectus of baits. A can of worms to the willing fishes of the general public to be fished. My elementary teacher once said, if I give you a fish, you will be fed for a day. If I teach you to fish you will be fed for your life time. Again, I must admit that teachers are very rare. Fishermen are everywhere. Do you want to fish or be fished?
Teachings are no longer inscribed in books. That we knew from our forefather, even before Harry Potter place it in the latest installation of the half blood prince. There is a key to unlock the book. These keys are subject handed down as verbal teaching. Yet, it is also a commodity. It is this commodity that is subject to be abused and transacted materially.
The term master practitioners or grand master practitioners are accolades that are good for marketing especially when one is from a perceived reputable pedigree, similarly when one is weak, team works become important before idol worshipping. There is nothing wrong with titles just liked Knighthood and there is also nothing wrong with team works liked the direct marketing scheme. With all these in the system of commodities, it is just meant to be abused somehow. The keyword is the system or the scheme of things dictates when the title becomes obsolete, a new one will resurface. Is Metaphysics within the system or the scheme of such deliverables?
When the answer is yes, it will subject itself to endless backstabbing, betrayal and frustrations, which is the core of all EVILs. If the answer is no, where is the seamless flow of knowledge not measurable by a price tag and confined to a privileged few? That is the HOLY core and if not treated well it will become another HOLY cow.
It is just strange, when a practitioner walks up to me and said, you know what is the meaning of practice? It is liked drawing a circle 10,000 times to perfection, than you are a practitioner. So, hypothetically speaking, if one learned the art from a Sinful one, practices the sins for 10,000 times, then one make a sinful practitioner who again teaches his student for the same sins to be repeated a myriad times. For a practitioner does not think out of the box, a researcher do. So, do we learn from a practitioner or a researcher, the choice is yours? However, who are we to judge thy sins?
Fundamental knowledge or the first principle is always the 5 elements and the state of its duality. So simple and yet so profound and expansive and I do not know why? Perhaps it is a complexity and contradictions by itself. Just liked when one wishes to evangelized FengShui and yet be cautious of not sounding too potentially imposing, where do one stand?
A closing remark is a true teacher is not easy to come by. When they do come by, cherish the moment, as one will lost him along the way. If the teacher walks the path of Dao, he will tolerate ones stupidity and does not practice double standards. Similarly, he will not do what he does not wish others to do on him. He will call you personally and not through his sponsors. He will give you the benefits of the doubts instead of doubting you. He will not teach until he has an affinity with you, example he will make sure your well being is taken care of before he even want to teach you and not the other way round. Next time if a master draped in white robe visited you and offer you a course, asked him will I live comfortable tomorrow; will I be given a fish now before you teach me to fish? If he makes your wishes come true, then he is your potential teacher. He does not receive any payment for his lesson; in return, he hands out payment to you of accepting you as his student together with a bowl and a pair of chopstick for posterity. Fat hopes, if this is practices in the West. Otherwise, it is just another merry go round.
Note: Image from http://www.angelsanddemonsmovie.org/
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