Ken Lai, 2000- 2016

“Ken, are you in heaven or …. hell now?  The title looks like an obituary.”

Don’t worry, a psychic had told me that I probably will live another 30 years to pay my dues back to the universe.

The posts in this blog are my articles written between year 2000 to 2016 (now).  Articles written before 2008 were posted on various online Chinese metaphysics forums.   I have created this blog and moved all my old articles here in late 2007.

This is the 400th post!

I have not checked the statistics of this blog until this year and found some interesting phenomena.  For example, I found readers in different countries seem to take turns to “flash” my blog, like in the last few days, Russian readers account for over 80% of the daily readership.  A few days later, it may be Malaysian or Indonesian readers to dominate the readership.

Over 60% of readers are from United States.  The next two dominant groups are from Singapore and Malaysia.  Below are the top 10 countries reading this blog in the last 10 years:

United States
Singapore
Malaysia
Australia
Russia
Poland
Indonesia
Philippines
France
Canada

However, there is NO correlation to sales figure to the top 10 countries.  In fact, United State readers account for less than 5% of my sales even they contribute over 60% of the clicks.  Yet Indonesian readers have bought a significant percentage of my courses with much fewer clicks.  Gross national income is a poor predictor of sales for Chinese metaphysics products.

Now I can also predict if a post will “earn” pageviews fast even before posting.   The trick is to put the magic word “SECRET” in the blog title.  It is the same trick I use in live seminars to wake up sleeping students by announcing “lineage secret“.

Below are the top 10 most popular posts in the last 10 years:

The 4P Secrets of “Brother Sharp”- Fashion Icon (a… Mar 28, 2010
Bazi: Tiger-snake-monkey and Dog-ox-ram 3-Penaltie… Mar 5, 2010
QMDJ and other Chinese metaphysics software– FREE… Aug 4, 2007
Dog Story I: Saving Chow Chow Mar 11, 2008
Translations of 4P or Bazi terms Sep 21, 2009
4P/ Bazi Terminology Conventions May 9, 2011
Should you live in a “cul-de-sac commune”? Apr 5, 2009
The “Hardest Chinese” Character Ever Oct 22, 2007
Feng Shui of the rotating circular buildings Jun 18, 2010
Hidden Feng Shui Secrets of Bin Laden’s Hideout Co… May 3, 2011

I am looking forward to hit the 500 posts mark.  I already have 60+ drafts in the blog archive.  There is no shortage of materials here.  The only difficulty is to chop these ideas into byte-size of less than a few hundred words to suit the impatient online generation.

Thank you for reading my posts!  See you again soon.

Ken Lai

© 2016 Ken Lai, all rights reserved.
Video Correspondence Courses:
“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui” w/23 hr. HD video
“Visual Form Feng Shui” w/13 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 1: Forecasting and Decision Support” w/32 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 2: Basic Bazi Therapy w/18 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 3 w/ Advanced Bazi Therapy w/18 hr. HD video
“Feng Shui Toolbox: Sha-qi, Health/Wealth and Career” w/ 7 hr. HD video
“Period 7/8 FS Toolkit w/ Advanced Flying Star techniques” w/ 6 hr. HD video
“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical / Advanced Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 or 16 hr. video
“Professional Imperial QMDJ 4G” w/ 21 hr. video
“EZ QMDJ series: Astrology, Date/Task Selection, Annual Luck/FS”w/ 3 hr. HD
“EZ QMDJ Advanced Feng Shui” with 4 hr. HD video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui/Blessing” 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

 

 

Rain-making with Imperial QMDJ

In early May of this year, a student of the Imperial QMDJ discussion list had emailed me:

“Dear Sifu Ken,

Here in XXXXX we are in dire straits. It has not rain for over two months. Last week in one early morning it did rain but it was short and brief. Our Catholic Church has even issued a prayer for rain.”

This student had discussed using “Dragon-Dun” and “Cloud-Dun” QMDJ profiles to pray for rain. Dragon-Dun and Cloud-Dun are part of the famous “9-Dun” in QMDJ. “Dun” means escape or retreat in Chinese. 9-Dun are among the most auspicious Qi-Men profiles.  It consists of  a group of  “9-apps” (in internet language)– heaven-dun, earth-dun, human-dun, cloud-dun, wind-dun, dragon-dun, spirit-dun and ghost-dun.

Dragon-Dun Characteristics (taken from Imperial QMDJ main manual)

• Utilizing water for battles, crossing bridges and flooding enemies
• Worshiping dragon gods, praying for rain and starting voyages
• Constructing/repairing bridges/ dams, digging wells, fishing and water-management

Sample QMDJ chart with dragon-dun in the North

Cloud-Dun Characteristics:

• Good for hiding, retreating and ambushing; benefits host but not guest
•  Good for both defense and attack; can do guerrilla type attacks
• Suitable for boosting morale and army equipment, battle-planning, building castle and making weapons
•  Good for learning Dao or spiritual pursuit, praying for rain or making artificial rain

Sample QMDJ chart with cloud-dun in the South

This student had followed the Imperial QMDJ procedures (not disclose here) and prayed during a dragon-dun hour and did the same in a cloud-dun hour on May 15, 2016.  He emailed me on May 16 with the following:

“Of the (selected) date and time and direction, (we) first go to the dragon-dun at north (and) then cloud-dun in the west.  And guess what ? Today we prayed in the morning.  Around noon there were trickles and I thought this was it.  But the sun came out this evening.  Around 8:30 pm there was a downpour three consecutive times😇😇😇.   Your apprentice (had) witnessed the rain (and wondered) whether (this was) coincidence or not 😊☺️😉”

Given the drought situation in southeast Asia, this student probably can setup shop for “rain-making” service.

“9-Dun” are some of the most likely to work and powerful techniques in QMDJ.

Ken Lai

“Practical / Advanced Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 or 16 hr. video
“Professional Imperial QMDJ 4G” w/ 21 hr. video
“EZ QMDJ series: Astrology, Date/Task Selection, Annual Luck/FS”w/ 3 hr. HD
“EZ QMDJ Advanced Feng Shui” with 4 hr. HD video

“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui” w/23 hr. HD video
“Visual Form Feng Shui” w/13 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 1: Forecasting and Decision Support” w/32 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 2: Basic Bazi Therapy w/18 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 3 w/ Advanced Bazi Therapy w/18 hr. HD video
“Feng Shui Toolbox: Sha-qi, Health/Wealth and Career” w/ 7 hr. HD video
“Period 7/8 FS Toolkit w/ Advanced Flying Star techniques” w/ 6 hr. HD video
“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui/Blessing” 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

 

 

To the solar system with love

Ever since I have offered 15% off for orders from Russia, I suddenly get people claiming to be overseas Russians.  Now I make it easy for everyone in the solar system, including the Martians, to get 15% off from my video correspondence courses.  Below is a list of available courses.

VIDEO-CORRESPONDENCE COURSES AVAILABLE:

You may check detailed descriptions of the courses listed below at http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

Destiny and Luck Management 1: Forecasting and Decision Support System with 32 hr. HD video…US$1299.  This is probably the most practical Chinese Metaphysics course that you can apply in your daily life.  You may check detailed  It provides guidance and decision- making advice for you, especially when you are at a critical or helpless situation. It helps people make decisions and problem-solving under any conditions– whether it is well-structured, fuzzy or ambiguous and with or without input from the sources. This course is “idiot-proof” — you can use this course within 5 minutes if you can read and flip a book.

Visual Form Feng Shui  with 12 hours HD video… US$699     This course will help anyone to avoid buying the “wrong house” by reading pictures and photos!  A  MUST for real estate agents if they want to cash in the influx of Chinese buyers from People’s Republic of China if they can locate or fix up houses with  popular Chinese Feng Shui requirements.   Course comes with a Feng Shui checklist with over 200 entries for house inspection and purchase. Feng Shui remedies/ fixes are also included.  This course is a subset of the “Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui” with “business Form FS” section and some complicated calculations removed for the average users at more affordable price.   Little or no Feng Shui background required.  

Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui  with 23 hours HD video… US$999.    “A picture is better than a thousand words“.  The 250 pages course manual has: over 500 illustrations and 600+ photos and video clips in video lecture; 100+ case studies; advanced techniques for predicting Feng Shui events without entering the house; rarely disclosed Form Feng Shui remedies; 400+ entries Form Feng Shui checklist for house-inspection and purchase; focus is on modern environment and not ancient tomb Feng Shui; a must-have reference for Feng Shui practitioners, architects, interior designers, home builders/ buyers and sellers.  Little or no Feng Shui background required.

The 4th Generation Imperial QMDJ: updated with 4G engine and Visual Smart QMDJ charts and self-contained Field Operation Manual-– adding numerous improvements and extraordinary techniques and contents.  It is 300% bigger than our first generation of QMDJ from 2005.  Similar contents are sold for over US$10,000 by some masters.

Practical Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G w/12 hours video  ..US$999  

Advanced Practical Imperial QMDJ 4G w/16 hours video….US$1499    

Professional Imperial QMDJ 4G w/ 21 hours video…………..US$1999     

NEW “EZ SERIES” CORRESPONDENCE COURSE RELEASES:  

1. EZ Qi-Men-Dun-Jia:  Date and Task Selection v. 2.0 w/ 80 min. HD video
2. EZ Qi-Men-Dun-Jia:  Astrology  v. 2.0 with 73 minutes HD video
3. EZ Qi-Men-Dun-Jia:  Feng Shui and Annual Luck  v. 2.0 with 2 hr. HD video 

   GET ALL 3 OF THE ABOVE EZ COURSES FOR US$649

   EZ QI-MEN-DUN-JIA ADVANCED FENG SHUI  (w/ basics) w/ 4 hours HD video….US$699 
   

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    “Destiny and Luck Management 2: Basic Bazi Therapy and Enhancement w/ 18 hr. HD video…US$1299 

   “Destiny and Luck Management 3: Advanced Bazi Therapy and Enhancement w/ 18 hr. HD video…US$1299 

   “Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth” with 3 hours of Video…US$699 

   “Period 7 & 8 Feng Shui Audit Tookit w/ Advanced Flying Star Techniques” w/ 6 hr. HD video…US$699 

   “Feng Shui Tookbox: Sha-qi, Health, Wealth & Career” w/ 7 hr. HD video…US$699 

    “Practical Date-Selection Methods” (inc. XKDG) w/13 hours video — US$699 

   “4-Pillars Bootcamp+ with 13 hours of Video…US$899 

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PLEASE EMAIL kenlai88@yahoo.com to place your order.

Thank you for reading this message.

 

Ken Lai

http://www.kenlaifengshui.com

 

To Russia with Love?

I am surprised that Russian readership for this blog has skyrocketed in last few weeks.  Usually over 50% of my readers are from USA.  Last 7 days or so, the number of Russian readers is almost doubled than USA readers.

But Russian students in my school are under-represented.  I need to do something to increase Russian representation.

Here I offer something better than love– 15% off my video correspondence courses ordered from Russia in May  (2016).  Shipping cost is not discounted.

This is the first time 15% discount is offered to any country since the beginning of this school in 2003.

To order, please email to kenlai88@yahoo.com

Ken Lai

“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui” w/23 hr. HD video
“Visual Form Feng Shui” w/13 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 1: Forecasting and Decision Support” w/32 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 2: Basic Bazi Therapy w/18 hr. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 3 w/ Advanced Bazi Therapy w/18 hr. HD video
“Feng Shui Toolbox: Sha-qi, Health/Wealth and Career” w/ 7 hr. HD video
“Period 7/8 FS Toolkit w/ Advanced Flying Star techniques” w/ 6 hr. HD video
“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical / Advanced Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 or 16 hr. video
“Professional Imperial QMDJ 4G” w/ 21 hr. video
“EZ QMDJ series: Astrology, Date/Task Selection, Annual Luck/FS”w/ 3 hr. HD
“EZ QMDJ Advanced Feng Shui” with 4 hr. HD video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui/Blessing” 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

 

 

New Release: Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G

Originally I had planned to use 3 months to upgrade Imperial QMDJ 3G version to 4G.

It takes almost 3 years and 1.5 million keystrokes later— here is Imperial QMDJ 4G.

It takes so long because of my old habit in graduate school– before I start anything I will review all the available literature in that field.  I have checked all possible QMDJ materials under the sun for this upgrade, so that you don’t need to waste time doing it.

It turns out most of the “new” QMDJ materials shown up in the last few years, especially from a certain country, are mostly junk or works of fiction.  I have wasted lots of time on them and ended up sticking with classic QMDJ materials and actual field testing.

This Imperial QMDJ 4G edition is 3 times bigger than the original 5-days QMDJ live seminar manuals taught in 2005.  I have created different versions to make this course more affordable for people who do not need all the bells and whistles.  There are 3 flavors of Imperial QMDJ:

• Practical Imperial QMDJ 4G with 12 hours of video  (US$999)
• Advanced Practical Imperial QMDJ 4G with 16 hours of video  (US$1299)
• Professional Imperial QMDJ 4G with 21 hours of video  (US$1499)
• Please check  http://www.kenlaifengshui.com for special pricing that will expire on May 15, 2013.

Smart Visual QMDJ Chart

A major change in the 4G edition is in the 1080 QMDJ pans or charts section. I have designed the new bilingual “Smart Visual QMDJ Charts” that almost do the thinking for the user.  User gets the following critical info with a quick glance:

• leaders of 9-stems, 9-stars and 8-gates
• Fu-yin info of stems, stars and gates
• Fan-yin info of stems, stars and gates
• auspicious directions (the “red star”)
• symbols to show if an element is auspicious (happy face) or inauspicious (bomb) or semi-auspicious (sad face)
• color-coded and number-coded to show the element nature of each item in the chart

Smart Visual Charts make QMDJ chart interpretation a child’s play by giving a meaningful visual representation of the chart. It also reduces the instructional time needed to explain it.

With a little practice, one can get raw results on a QMDJ reading within 2 to 3 minutes including time needed to convert the hour to binomial (jia-zi) and locating the Smart Visual Chart in the Field Operation Manual.

Another major change is the addition of numerous examples– from 60+ to 130+ examples, depending on the version.

Numerous QMDJ “indicators” or “external signs” are added to the Advanced and Professional version.  It is probably the biggest collection of indicators in English though this is more for bragging rights than practical applications.

One valuable addition is the “Field Experience” section based on actual testing.  Quite a few lineage grade secrets are embedded in these field experience of actual QMDJ applications.  This section alone probably worth 50% or more of the purchasing price.

QMDJ birth chart reading is added to the Professional and Advanced version with a 120 years QMDJ 10K Calendar for checking QMDJ birth charts.

There are numerous new topics added in the 4G edition. The following comparisons (click to enlarge) will show you some details:

The interactive DVD menus of the Professional Imperial QMDJ 4G are shown below. The Advanced and Practical version are subsets of the Professional version.

Click picture to enlarge

Thank you for reading this message.

Ken Lai

“Visual Form Feng Shui” with 13 hours HD video
“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui” with 23 hours HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. w/ Bazi- Basic/ Advanced w/18 hr. HD video each
“Feng Shui Toolbox: Sha-qi, Health/Wealth & Career” w/ 7 hr. HD video
“Period 7/8 Feng Shui Toolkit w/ Advanced Flying Star techniques” w/ 6 hr. HD video
“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 hr. video
“Advanced Practical Imperial QMDJ 4G” w/ 16 hr. video
“Professional Imperial QMDJ 4G” w/ 21 hr. video
“EZ QMDJ series: Astrology, Date/Task Selection, Annual Luck/Feng Shui”w/ 3 hr. HD
“EZ QMDJ Advanced Feng Shui” with 4 hr. HD video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui/Blessing” 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

 

Secrets of Qi-Men-Dun-Jia Indicators

I start teaching QMDJ since 2005.  Throughout the years, the most popular question on my Imperial QMDJ courses is:  does your course cover Qi-Men ke-ying (克應) or indicators?

Qi-Men “indicators” are defined as the effects and environmental clues appearing during the application of QMDJ method.  These indicators are divided into “static indicators” for events that may happen due to QMDJ and “dynamic indicators” for material objects, animals, scenes, colors, people, emotions, activities, weather, walks of life and etc., seen during the QMDJ process.

These indicators are similar for different dimensions of QMDJ though certain patterns can be deduced based on the symbolic contents and elemental nature of individual elements. There are 4 major classes of indicators: 

• 9-stems indicators
• 8-gates indicators
• 9-stars and hour indicators
• San-qi and palace location indicators

There are more combinations of indicators in terms of different dimensions of QMDJ, like in terms of palace, time, day, season, month and etc.  It can really get out of hand if all indicators from every QMDJ dimension are taken into consideration (not to mention if indicators from the interactions between different dimensions are also considered).  You will have a long list of possible indicators to “justify” your QMDJ application is working.  

These indicators, if seen, are supposedly showing that your QMDJ application is working or in the process of working.  The more indicators you see, the more “powerful” is your QMDJ energy in this application.

Contemporary teachers do not place too much attention for these indicators, largely because many QMDJ indicators or imageries were written for ancient agrarian societies, like horse-drawn carriages and farm animals, which are hard to see in modern societies.  However, some people (especially the “travelling salesmen”  or “Jiang-hu” type) like to emphasize or sensationalize the role played by indicators to make QMDJ sound dramatic and mysterious.

When being questioned about the lack of farm animals in modern cities,  some of these teachers will be proud to proclaim that they have “modernized” these ancient indicators by replacing, for examples, cow or any farm animals into “4-legged animals” and horse-drawn carriages into automobiles.

The energy or qi of a cow (chou, earth in nature) is different from a cat (yin, wood in nature) or a pig (hai, water in nature).  Similarly, the energy imprint of a horse-drawn carriage is different from a car running on petrol.

Are indicators original QMDJ components or redundant additions made by people from later periods?

QMDJ was developed for battlefield situations.  You can determine if  the indicators below will show up in a battlefield with two hostile armies there?

• Indicators for Kai-gate:  You will see a noble person (helpful people or mentor) or celebration or banquets.
• Indicators for Ding stem: Pretty woman in colorful dress riding a horse/car in yin day, in red dress in yang day
• Indicator for Si hour: Fisherman, fishes, soft-shelled turtles, bare-chested and bare-feet person carrying something
• Indicators for Kan Palace: Person dressed in black, sound of drum; if seeing person/s with colorful dress, then it stands for major wealth coming. 

Anyone with half a brain can figure out that most of these indicators are likely not showing up in battlefield situations.

The truth is— regardless of modernized “substitutes” , when one has a boatload of “indicators”, a few will show up for sure! This is more a psychological boost designed by some later QMDJ revisionists to increase people’s intention energy in the process.

We have been applying QMDJ with minimal or no reference to indicators for years.

Anyway, the Professional version of “Imperial QMDJ 4G” has the most extensive coverage of QM indicators in the English world.   Other versions will have sufficient coverage on this topic.  It is for the “peace of mind” of some students and not really needed.

Ken Lai

“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui” w/ 23.5 hrs. HD video
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. w/ Bazi- Basic/ Advanced w/18 hr. HD video each
“Feng Shui Toolbox: Sha-qi, Health/Wealth and Career” w/ 7 hr. HD video
“Period 7/8 Feng Shui Toolkit w/ Advanced Flying Star techniques” w/ 6 hr. HD video
“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-men-Dun-Jia” w/ 11 hr. video
“Advanced Practical Imperial QMDJ” w/ 18 hr. video
“EZ QMDJ series: Astrology, Date/Task Selection, Annual Luck/FS”w/ 3 hr. HD
“EZ QMDJ Advanced Feng Shui” with 4 hr. HD video
“Daoist Talismans for Feng Shui/Blessing” 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

 

Chinese Metaphysics Perspective on Polish Plane Crash

I am saddened by the tragic Polish plane crash and have been looking for any metaphysical explanations in the last few days.  I have found some critical info from today’s AP news:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100413/ap_on_re_eu/eu_poland_plane_crash

Here are the critical data:
Crash date and time: April 10, 10:56  (9:56 when adjusted for summer time)
Age of pilots:   Capt. Arkadiusz Protasiuk, 36, and the co-pilot as Maj. Robert Grzywna, 36. Also in the cockpit were Ensign Andrzej Michalak, 36, and Lt. Artur Zietek, 31.
Age of President Kaczynski : 60
Number of attempts to land:  5 (crashed on the 5th attempt)

Destination city’s relative direction to Warsaw: Northeast

A quick glance would show Grand Duke probably is involved in this tragedy.  Grand Duke is the “Ruler” of the year according to Chinese metaphysics.  If your age is a multiple of 12, you are “violating” Grand Duke for the year.  Three out of the 4 people (including the pilots) in the cockpit were 36 years old or “violating Grand Duke“.  President kaczynski was 60 and hence also “violating Grand Duke”.  Besides, the plane is flying towards northeast or against the Grand Duke direction of the Tiger year.

If we factor in the traveling time and 5 attemps to land, it was very likely the plane took off  before 9am. The 4-Pillars chart at take-off time was:

YEAR:  GENG-YIN  (metal-wood)

MONTH: GENG-CHEN (metal-earth)

DAY: GENG-YIN (metal-wood)

HOUR: GENG-CHEN (metal-earth)

Besides day and year pillar fu-yin (identical), of this chart shows “battling of metal and wood“.  Metal seemed to have an upperhand in Chen hour.  But when the clock switched to Si hour (9:00- 11:00), the chart looked like this:

YEAR: GENG-YIN (metal-wood)
MONTH: GENG-CHEN (metal-earth)
DAY: GENG-YIN (metal-wood)
HOUR: XIN-SI (metal-FIRE)

Yin is jia-wood or tree.  Si is fire.  Geng is metal or plane.  The plane hit some trees, crashed and burned.  This chart also has a hidden Yin-Si-Shen 3-penalities.  Geng is the main component of Shen-metal.  Yi-Si-Shen 3-Penalties usually involves traffic accidents or injuries/ deaths by metal.

In terms of Qi-Men-Dun-Jia, the northeast direction for April 10, Geng-Chen hour chart has the following components:

Heaven/earth plates: Xin and Wu (fan-yin or fighting here)
8-Gate:  Jing-men (Surprise Gate, metal in nature)
8-Gods:  She (snake, fire in nature)
9-Stars:  Rui/ Qin (earth in nature, fan-yin or fighting here)
Both the time and directions are non-auspicious with an imagery of fire burning metal. 

Since the flight took longer than 2 hours, I have check the QMDJ day chart.  The results are more stunning.

The day chart is full of problems:
1.  9-Stars fu-yin  (energies not moving)
2.  8-Gates fan-yin (energies fighting each other)
3.  9-Stems fu-yin (energies not moving)  
 
The plane flew towards northeast direction.  Northeast palace has the worst combinations in the whole chart.  It has Si or Death Gate with Geng-metal fu-yin.  The only positive energy left there is the Lead-God Fu which is not powerful enough to neutralize the negative energies.
 
In terms of QMDJ, the “inauspicious” direction can be changed by flying to Ukraine and stopping-over for 2 or more hours.  This will convert the flight direction from northeast to the south, which is more “manageable” or less inauspicious. 
 
Finally, I would like to express my condolence to my Polish friends and students.
 
 
Ken Lai

“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 13 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

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
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Instructions for running "Practical Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia" DVD

MENUS
This DVD is menu-driven. All the videos can be activated using only one menu. But you need to click the “up-arrow or down- arrow” to scroll the menu. In order to return to the menu, always exit the video player or PDF reader after you are done reading or viewing.

PRE-REQUISITES ON THE STUDENT:
– Knowledge of “stems and branches” (read the main manual)
– Know how to find the binomial of a date and specific hour (read the main manual or use the 4P Calculator program enclosed)
– Know how to distinguish the 4 cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) and the sub-cardinal directions (NW, SW, NE, SE) using a simple compass
If you have taken Feng Shui class or Bazi (4-Pillars) class before, then you should have no problem with these pre-requisites. If not, simply read the main manual a few times.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN…
1. You should go to the “SUPPORTING FILES AND PROGRAMS” menu page, click on “Chinese For QMDJ: learn how to read and write” entry and print out a copy of the file. It helps you greatly if you can at least recognize the 100 or so Chinese characters used in QMDJ. We also have provided you with an “instant translation ruler” to help you with this task. If you have Feng Shui or 4P background, you already knew the stems/ branches and 24 mountains characters. The most frequently used characters in Imperial QMDJ are less than 35.
2. You read the manual once quickly to get an idea of what QMDJ is about.
3. Watch the “Overview” video.
4. Before you watch any other video segment, always read the related chapter once first.

LEARNING SCHEDULES
This DVD contains over 9 hours of compressed video. It is equivalent to 9 DVDs or the equivalent of over 3 days of live class. It has more case materials than the 5-days live QMDJ class.

If you have purchased the “Advanced Case Studies” CD, then you have more case materials than a 5-days live class student!

With this DVD, you can learn QMDJ in a day because there will be no time-killers like interruptions, coffee breaks, lunch breaks or unrelated stupid questions or teacher’s jokes.

With the learning schedules below, everyone can learn at his/ her own pace. People who have Chinese metaphysics background do not need to “learn” what are stems/branches for the 10th time and can jump chapters whereas beginners can learn at his/her own pace without dragging down the advanced students!

You can take as many notes as you want or not take any. You don’t need to choose between taking notes or listening to the teacher. You can also play or replay a chapter until you understand it. You will not miss a thing!

If you have questions, you can send it to the private discussion group for this course.

SCHEDULE 1: INSTANT
This schedule is for the super impatient or people who just want to use QMDJ in the shortest possible time. You may take this route first and then try another schedule.
Prerequisites: knowledge of stems and branches, how to calculate the binomials of a date and hour.
* Overview (17:34 min.)
* What are included in this course (11:12 min.)
* Learn QMDJ in 5-minutes? (26:50 min.)
Recommended:
* How to read QMDJ charts (52:07 min.)

SCHEDULE 2: EXPRESS
This schedule is for people who just want to use QMDJ in the shortest possible time but with more background knowledge.
Prerequisites: knowledge of stems and branches, how to calculate the binomials of a date and hour.
* Overview (17:34 min.)
* What are included in this course (11:12 min.)
* Learn QMDJ in 5-minutes? (26:50 min.)
* Ch. 2: Basic & related concepts (20:42 min.)
* Ch. 6: Ba-Men (8-Gates) (15:31 min)
* Putting all dimensions together (32:51 min.)
* How to read QMDJ charts (52:07 min.)
* Restricted Manual: Ch.1 to 3 (30:54 min.)
* Restricted Manual: Ch.4 (17:55 min.)
* FAQ1 (39:18 min.)
* FAQ2 (39:00 min.)

SCHEDULE 3: STANDARD
This schedule is for people who want to learn QMDJ from the very beginning. Simply follow the order listed in the DVD menu for this schedule.
Prerequisites: knowledge of stems and branches, how to calculate the binomials of a date and hour (study main manual before watching video).

Ken Lai

“Practical Imperial QMDJ” with 9 hr. video
“4-Pillars Bootcamp” with 8 hr. video now available
“Daoist Talisman for FS and Blessing” w/ 13 hr video
“Practical Door FS for wealth” w/ 3 hr. video
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Almost FREE "Practical Imperial QMDJ" Video Homestudy Course

It is NOT free, but almost free when you consider the
following expenses (based on a 3-day live seminar):

A. # of days with traveling time: 4
Loss of income for 4 days: US$400- 800
B. Airline ticket: US$300- 500
C. Hotel (3- 4 nights): US$ 300- 500
D. Food: US$150- 300

Total expenses before seminar fee: US$1150 to 2100

3 days seminar tuition fee for “Practical Imperial QMDJ”: $1200

So, expenses involved to take a seminar costs as much as or even more than the seminar itself!

With Ken Lai’s Video Homestudy course, the saving in traveling expenses can be used to buy the course. So it is like getting the course for free.

Practical Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia Homestudy course includes:
1. 9+ hour of video: completely menu-driven
2. extensive color cheat sheets and translator rulers
3. Four manuals (total over 400 pages)
4. over 2500 digital pages in PDF format
5. private online discussion group to ask questions
6. one month supply of “optimized QMDJ” charts in 6 major areas

With Ken’s materials, you may learn to use QMDJ in as little as an hour. Eventually you can locate a QMDJ chart and make interpretation in a minute, almost as fast as a PDA or computer.

The course is user-friendly and designed with both idiots and geniuses in mind.

COURSE PRICE: $999 (will be increased to US$1200)

However, if you order before Oct. 15, 2007, you can get it for US$699.

If you mention Ken’s Cyber Cafe when ordering, I’ll throw in a $100 “ADVANCED CASE STUDIES” CD for FREE (while supply lasts).

To see the DVD menus:
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To see course highlights:
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For more info, check
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or email imperialqmdj@yahoo.com

Thanks for reading this announcement!

Ken Lai

“4P Bootcamp” with 8 hr. video now available
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