Wandering in Metaphysics

1001 reasons that people with the same birth chart may have different destiny

kenlai — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:45:25 +0000

People with the same 4P or birth chart may have different destiny because they have:

different parents, including different socio-economic characteristics
different DNA
different conception time
different conception locations: one may be conceived inside a car whereas the other one in a bedroom (different Feng Shui influences)
different geographic areas: person who lives in a cold region will do better if his chart is too hot
different birth minutes: one may be born at the beginning of the hour whereas the other one at the end of the hour
different birth environments: one may be born on a ship whereas the other in a hospital
different birth order: one may be the first born while the other the 4th kid in the family
different names: one may be named “stupid” whereas the other one “smartie”
different Feng Shui environments when growing up
different regional earth luck
different karma credit balance spilled over from previous life times
different social networks: interactions or exchange of energies with different social groups will give rise to different life experience and opportunities and hence different destinies.
free will to make their own choices leading to different outcomes

“Ken, how about identical twins born and raise in the same environment yet experience very different life events?”

Good question! There is a critical reason for that– get it in my class or 4P-bootcamp discussion list.

Ken Lai

“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG)w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia” w/ 10 hr. video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui and Blessing” v.2 w/ 24 hr video
“Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth” w/ 3 hr. video
“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp” with 12 hr. video
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com/

Minimal Feng Shui guide for 2010 Year of Tiger

kenlai — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:14:12 +0000

The annual chart for 2010 is: (top is south, bottom is north)

7 3 5

6 8 1

2 4 9

Annual chart is based on Purple White Method which holds that 1,6, and 9 star locations are auspicious. When you match it with the palace stars (post-heaven locations), SW location for 2010 will have the 2-5 stars (sickness and death) combination. So be very careful with that location– avoid construction and movement and put the metal/coin-solution fix there.

OTHER PRECAUTIONS:

Grand Duke is at yin mountain or NE3– avoid construction or digging.

Sui Po or year-breaker is at shen mountain or SW3– avoid construction or digging.

San Sha or 3-killings are at hai, zi and chou mountains or NW3, N2, NE1– avoid construction or digging.

5-yellow at Kun palace (SW)- avoid construction or digging. and movements.

5-tiger sha at zi, chou and jia mountains or N2, NE1, E1– avoid construction or digging, movements.

Yang nobleman sign for this year is chou (ox). Yin nobleman is wei (ram).

You need to do a good date-selection if you need to do construction in any of the above location (mountains/ palace) or better do it before end of the current year.

People with monkey or tiger zodiac sign should avoid seeing putting corpse in coffin or burial for this year.

Merry X’mas!

Ken Lai

“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG)w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-men-Dun-Jia” w/ 10 hr. video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui & Blessing” w/ 12 hr video
“Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth” w/ 3 hr. video
“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp” with 12 hr. video

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com/

Escape from cell phone hell

kenlai — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:37:17 +0000

Have you ever wondered why people will not talk much to each other when they are face to face but can’t stop talking when they talk on their cell phones?

Nowadays when you go to any public spaces like supermarkets, bookstores, libraries or anywhere, you are likely running into people who keep talking trivialities on their cell phones loudly, pissing off everyone nearby them.

At least, in big public spaces, one can walk away from the talkers to get some tranquility. But in a closed area like in a flight cabin, bus, or subway, you have nowhere to hide but become captive audience of their boring to death monologues (very often, they do all the talking).

Last year while in Hong Kong, I was in an express bus with a guy talking loudly on his cell phone continuously non-stop. He talked about his workplace rivals and how he will avenge…. simple things that could have done talking in 2 minutes, but he kept repeating the same craps again and again. This was extreme torturing to me and other passengers. So I had invoked my guardian angel, Immortal Wong Tai Sin to help. Within 2 minutes, his line suddenly dropped dead and peace at last for everyone in the bus.

“Ken, do you do this often?”

No, not that often. Your guardian angel is not your butler. That was the only time I have invoked him for help. Also it may be a violation of Federal Communication Law…

Ken Lai

“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video

“Practical Imperial Qi-men-Dun-Jia” w/ 10 hr. video

“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui & Blessing” v.2 w/ 24 hr video

“Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth” w/ 3 hr. video

“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp” with 12 hr. video

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

Making money from the horse-back

kenlai — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:49:06 +0000

Have you ever seen a brass horse figurine with a monkey or a fly on its back when you are in a Chinese Feng Shui store? What is it “good for”?

This “auspicious symbol” is based on the pronunciation of “on the horse” in Chinese– “mǎ shàng 馬上”. It sounds like “immediately” in Chinese sound.

Monkey is hóu, same pronunciation as 候 hòu, as in “high officials or nobility”. So “Monkey on horse” will literally sounds like “Becoming a high offical/ nobility immediately” or speedy advance in career.

Fly is cāng-ying 蒼蠅. Cāng also sounds like cāng 倉 as in warehouse. Ying also sounds like ying 盈 as in surplus. So “fly on a horse” will sound like “Immediate surplus in the warehouse”.

Based on the association with the pronunciation of auspicious word, “monkey-on-a-horse” or “fly-on-a-horse” becomes auspicious symbol to promote career or business success. Many Chinese auspicious symbols are based on this principle. For example, bat sounds like “blessing” and so bats are considered auspicious by the Chinese.

This “on-the-horse” or “immediately …..” gig provides pretty good business for brass figurine manufacturers and Feng Shui marketers.

Make sure you don’t put a fan on a horse-back and give it to your Chinese pal as a gift– it becomes “wind-on-the-horse”– meaning getting a stroke while having sex.

Ken Lai

“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-men-Dun-Jia” w/ 10 hr. video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui & Blessing” v.2 w/ 24 hr video
“Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth” w/ 3 hr. video
“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp” with 12 hr. video

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

http://kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com

Field imageries: Qi-Men-Dun-Jia vs. Plum Flower Divination

kenlai — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:52:04 +0000

In Qi-Men-Dun-Jia, there are many “indicators” or imageries seen in the field for almost every aspect of 9-stars, 9-stems, 8-gods and the like. These indicators are material objects, animals, scenes, colors, different walks of life and etc. Many teachers do not place too much attention for these indicators, largely because many of these indicators or imageries are no longer found in modern life and environment.

These indicators are supposedly showing that your QMDJ application is working or in the process of working. Here I choose the two of the Ba-Men (gates) for you to get a feel of it. I have tried my best to “modernize” these indicators to fit current situations. For examples:

XIU-MEN (Living Gate, very auspicious)
When you go through xiu-men, you will see a noble person (high status) at 30 li (about 21 miles) OR see snake, rat or water creatures at 50 li (about 35 miles)

SI-MEN (Death Gate, very inauspicious)
When you go through si-men, you will see a funeral or dead people OR see crying, mourning, patient or prisoner at 20 li (about 14 miles)

For QMDJ, these indicators are “signs” for the particular QMDJ application– i.e. the user will look for these signs if the anticipated results are coming.

On the other hand, Plum Flower Divination (PF) also uses field imageries extensively. Unlike QMDJ, the imageries or signs are not prescribed. The implied meaning of an imagery can override the hexagram predictions generated by Plum Flower Divination. For example, if your client asks about the sickness of his father and you see or hear a funeral hearse passing by (even if you see the hearse on TV at that instant), a PF prediction, regardless of the hexagram generated, will be death for the patient.

For PF, field imageries that are positive will be positive for the prediction most of the time, the opposite is true for negative imageries. “Omen” can dictate the results of PF. So make sure you do not take a negative thinker along to your PF divination session!

For QMDJ, there is almost no value-judgment on the imageries other than as indicators that the QMDJ process is working or not.

Depending on your school and teacher– some insist on the signs must show up or your QMDJ applications will not work. Others do not attach much importance to it.

While QMDJ can also do divination, but it is not easy to master because there are too many formula and techniques to remember. Most people can pick up PF pretty quick and do good divinations in much shorter time and cost less money.

I have shown QMDJ can also do birth chart reading like 4P in my “Imperial QMDJ” seminar and video. But I think 4P does a better job in that aspect.

QMDJ is better and more flexible in date-selection– “everyday is a good day as long as you choose the right direction.” QMDJ date-selection is much easier to learn than traditional date-selection methods. People with knowledge of stem and branches can learn it within an hour with my “Practical Imperial QMDJ” video correspondence course.

Ken Lai

“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG)w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-men-Dun-Jia” w/ 10 hr. video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui & Blessing” v.2 w/ 24 hr video
“Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth” w/ 3 hr. video
“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp” with 12 hr. video
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com/

Nobel Prize’s Twilight Zone

kenlai — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:47:24 +0000

Imagine one day you watch TV and hear the anchorman announce that you have won the Nobel Prize and you do not know what is a Nobel Prize and ask your wife about it– is it possible?

This incident has happened to Charles K. Kao, a.k.a. “Father of Fiber Optics“– 2009 Nobel Laureate for Physics. His discoveries make modern communications and internet possible.

Mr. Kao has Alzheimer’s disease and has pretty much forgotten all his work. His wife Gwen said “the husband that I used to know is no longer there“. Charles will deliver his Nobel Lecture today through his wife (Dec. 8, 2009) in Sweden.
http://nobelprize.org/award_ceremonies/lectures_2009.html

Kao’s collegues said if the Prize has arrived a year or two earlier before his mental condition deteriorates , Kao would have been able to understand and enjoy it.

Better late than never?

Ken Lai

Tomb-storage or tomb AND storage?

kenlai — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:05:59 +0000

In general 4-pillars texts, chen, xu, chou and wei are called “tomb-storages”. They are derived from the San-He formula (the 12 life-stages):

1. hai-mao-wei: wei is the tomb for wood
2. yin-wu-xu: xu is the tomb for fire
3. shen-zi-chen: chen is the tomb for water
4. si-you-chou: chou is the tomb for metal

This only explains the “tomb” part of the tomb-storage term. Where does the “storage” come from?

Chen-xu-chou- wei are also called “4 storages“. We use it to check if a person can hold on to his wealth or as the capacity to learn metaphysics.

If you check the formula for 3-meeting (San Hui) formula:
1. yin-mao-chen is wood-3-meeting: Here chen functions as the storage of wood
2. si-wu-wei is fire-3-meeting: wei functions as the storage of fire
3 hai-zi-chou is water-3-meeting: chou functions as the storage of water
4 shen-you-xu is metal-3-meeting: xu functions as storage of metal

Merging the two above, you can see:
1. Chen is the storage of wood and tomb for water
2. Wei is the storage of fire and tomb for wood
3. Xu is the storage for metal and tomb for fire
4. Chou is the storage for water and tomb for metal

Chen and wei are both the storage of wood. But chen’s energy is based on 3-meeting which is much greater than wei’s wood-3-unity.

In 4P texts, there are vague statements about the clashing of chen-xu-chou-wei as “auspicious” or “good for wealth”. But there are also statements of “doom” when the 4-storages are clashed.

So when is good to clash or when is bad to clash the tomb/storage? It all comes back to ….. (check 4P Bootcamp discussion list).

It can easily take 4 hours to a whole day to discuss chen-xu-chou-wei.

Ken Lai

“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG)w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-men-Dun-Jia” w/ 10 hr. video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui & Blessing” v.2 w/ 24 hr video
“Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth” w/ 3 hr. video
“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp” with 12 hr. video

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

Hell does not take American Express, but it takes ….

kenlai — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:07:25 +0000

When Chinese make offerings to their deceased relatives or hungry ghosts, they burn “joss paper money” for the ghosts to spend in the underworld.

Traditionally, this joss paper money carries the portrait of Emperor Yin Niu or “King of Hell” with a minimum denomination of 10 thousand dollars.

Recently I discover that in Taiwan, they have new “hell currencies”. These are:
1. $500 US dollars with Ben Franklin’s portrait
2. $100 RMB (Chinese Yuan) with Chairman Mao’s picture
3. NT$1000 (New Taiwan dollar)

Apparently now Hell will take US dollars and RMB. Given the huge differential in amount per note, I wonder if the ghosts prefer the original joss paper money or the “new” US dollars or RMB.

Maybe Hell also has a mortgage crisis rendering its joss paper money value down to the toilet.

Maybe Hell people want to start their FOREX trading with RMB and US dollars.

You can do a “5-ghosts delivering wealth” ritual offering different currency and see which one brings better results.

Ken Lai

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com/

“My current luck sucks, ………..”

kenlai — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:30:29 +0000

“My current luck sucks, ………..”

The last thing people will say is: ”because I’m an ass or I did something bad.”

For Chinese in Taiwan, they are likely to say, “It must be something wrong with my fortune or Feng Shui. Let me consult a lao-shi.” Lao-shi means “teacher” or “master” in Chinese. People in Hong Kong will pretty much say the same thing, except they call lao-shi as shi-fu.

They luckier ones may have their own steady fortune-teller who is more than likely, also a Feng Shui master.

The master will check the client’s 4-pillar or ZWDS chart and see if the client is in a bad annual or 10-year luck period. If there is nothing wrong with luck period, the master will suggest checking the Feng Shui of client’s residence. If there is nothing wrong with client’s house Feng Shui, the master will suggest checking the tomb Feng Shui of client’s deceased close-relatives.

For those who do not have a trusted master, they are likely running into not-so capable “master” who will mess up their Feng Shui even more — due to their current bad luck!

I have taught some seminars in Mexico in the last few years. For Mexicans, at least for those that I run into, when faced with ”My current luck sucks, ………..” situation, their likely response will be:

“Someone has voodooed me!”

This seems to be a “standard” response from South Americans as even their leaders like Venezuela’s Chavez have their own voodoo guys.

According to them, the “sign” that someone has done witchcraft on you is that your home suddenly has flies flying around. They will need to find a more powerful voodoo guy to expell the spell on them.

No wonder my “Daoist talismans for Feng Shui and Blessing” course is the most popular course there. It has a section on protection from voodoo.

Ken Lai

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com/

PhD and migrant worker

kenlai — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:38:41 +0000

I have read an interesting story from a Chinese website. A factory in a major Chinese city has imported a bar soap packaging production line. The line has rampant problems of not putting the soap into the box. The factory owner had found a PhD in automation to solve this empty-box problem.

The PhD in turn had recruited another 10+ people to reseach the problem. They finally have integrated micro-electronics, X-ray and mechanical technology to design a system to tackle the empty-box problem. This costs the factory over half-million dollars.

When packaged soap box without the bar inside passing through the sensors of this system, a mechanical hand will push the box out of the moving belt.

Another factory located in a small town in southern China has imported the same bar soap packaging line. This factory is staffed mostly by migrant workers from the countryside.

The factory owner was very agitated when discovering the empty-box problem. He grabbed a migrant worker out of the production line and yelled, “Solve this f___ing problem for me or your ass is on the line!”

This migrant worker had found a solution quickly– he put up an electric fan, set it to highest blowing speed at the end of production. Empty boxes will be blown away when coming. The fan costs less than $200.

“Hi Ken, does this soap packaging story has anything to do with Feng Shui or Chinese metaphysics?”

Almost every trade can learn something from this story. Here are some of the lessons:

1. There are many solutions to the same problem
2. Not the “latest and greatest” answer or technology are the best solution or cost-effective.
3. Simple solution that does the same thing is better than complicated solution
4. PhDs are not necessarily smarter than you, but for sure they cost you more

In Feng Shui, “the latest and greatest” are likely be the ones that did not work too well in distant past and got recycled as the latest secret recently “released”.

Some Feng Shui problems can be solved by simple 5-element adjustments, forms (Feng Shui) or even using bagua theory. Instead, some people hire “famous” or expensive Feng Shui masters who likely will turn your house upside down with major remodeling or tilt your doors.

Ken Lai

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com/