Can "monetary losses" neutralize disasters? 破财消灾

After suffering monetary loss for whatever reason, some Chinese would self-comfort themselves by saying "losing money to neutralize disasters (破財消灾) ".  Some may say "Normalcy is restored when money is gone 財散人安樂".

Could losing wealth really fend off disasters or is this simply a "method of spiritual victory" (aka "Spirit of Ah Q" in Chinese language)?  Is there any theory to support this claim? 

Actually, in terms of Bazi's 5-elements Nurturing and Controlling theory using 10-transformation stars ("10-gods"), "losing money to neutralize disasters" is valid under the scenarios listed below.

However, one needs to understand the nurturing and controlling relationship between the 10-transformation stars to grasp the logic discussed below.

The following diagram summarizes this nurturing and controlling relationship:

Examples:  Output star nurtures (blue arrow) wealth star and controls (black arrow)  power star.  Wealth star nurtures power star and controls resource star.

I.  DAYMASTER (DM) USES SHI-SHEN AS PROTECTOR

"Daymaster" is the chart-owner.  Power stars (zheng-guan/ qi-sha) control or attack DM.  Hence power stars are the symbols for disasters and misfortune.  In Bazi, -output star or shi-shen controls power stars.  Ideally, -output star should have power stars under control to avoid disasters.   But if strong wealth stars show up, it will turn the whole chart upside down.  This is because output stars nurtures wealth stars and the latter in turn nurture power stars, making disasters (power stars) even stronger.  The -output protector becomes collaborator of the power star attacker!  Wealth stars become the mediator between -output and power stars and form an alliance to drain and control DM.  This means major disaster!

From the above analysis, disasters are attributed to strong wealth stars. If there are no strong wealth stars, disasters and misfortunes may not exist.  Wealth stars are represented by our cash and money reserves.  Hence, if DM can create "losing money" events (charity donation, buy real estate/ expensive items...)  to weaken his/her strong wealth stars to the point that wealth stars are not able to perform the mediating function, disasters are neutralized or at the least, minimized.

II.  DAYMASTER USES ZHENG-YIN/ PIAN-YIN AS PROTECTOR

Resource stars (zheng-yin/ pian-yin) nurtures DM.  Power star will attack DM if no mediator stands in-between them.  Resource stars protect DM from power stars by draining or as mediator between DM and power stars because power stars nurture resource stars.  Hence, resource stars play the role of mediator by turning power stars into collaborator to boost the strength of DM.

Wealth stars nurture power stars and control resource stars.  Hence when strong wealth stars show up in the system, they control and stop resource stars performing the mediator and protector functions.  Wealth stars further nurture and strengthen power stars to make the potential disasters more aggravating.

From the above analysis, disasters are attributed to strong wealth stars. If there is no strong wealth stars, disasters and misfortunes may be weak or not exist.  Hence, if DM weaken his/her strong wealth stars by "losing money" (buying real estate/ shopping spree, charity donation, and etc.)  to the point that these stars are no longer able to control or prevent resource star from performing the mediator and protector functions, disasters are averted or neutralized. 

III.  DAYMASTER USES BI-JIAN/ JIE-CAI AS PROTECTOR

Peer stars (bi-jian/ jie-cai) strengthen DM.  Power stars controls peer stars.  The act of controlling peer stars drains power star.  If peer stars are as strong as power stars,  the latter will be "tied up" and cannot attack DM.  

Peer stars controls wealth stars.  Wealth stars nurture power stars.  When strong wealth stars show up in the system, peer stars will be drained for attacking wealth stars.  Furthermore, wealth star will nurture power stars.  Consequently, power stars become more powerful whereas peer stars are weaker than before.  Peer stars become too weak to counter these power stars.  DM will lose the protection from peer stars and suffer the control or attack of the power stars.

Similar to the analyses of section I and II, all the problems are attributed to the appearance of wealth star.  The same "losing wealth" remedy should be used to eliminate or weaken wealth stars.

The difference between I and II situation is:  In the -output star scenario, wealth stars turn -output star into mediator to attack DM.  In the resource star scenario, wealth stars stop resource star from being a mediator and protector.  In the peer stars scenario,  wealth stars weaken the peer star protector and enhance the power star aggressor.

The best way of "losing wealth" is through charity donations because one can feel good and perhaps getting some karma credits for future good luck.

If you want to know more about Bazi, please check out the following courses:

“4-Pillars Forecasting Bootcamp+ ″ w/ 18 hr. video 

“Luck Enhancement and Misfortune Mitigation with Bazi and Feng Shui” w/ 45 hrs. HD video

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“Visual Bazi: Wealth Secrets and Maximization” w/ 18 hr. HD video
“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui”  w/23 hr. HD video
“Visual Form Feng Shui” w/13 hr. HD video
“Applied Bazi: Sickness Forecasting and Management” w/33 hr. HD video 
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 1: Forecasting and Decision Support” w/32 hr. HD video
“Luck Enhancement and Misfortune Mitigation with Bazi and Feng Shui” w/ 45 hrs. HD video
“Feng Shui Toolbox: Sha-qi, Health/Wealth and Career” w/ 7 hr. HD video
“Period 9 Feng Shui Bible w/ P8/ 9 Period Upgrade Advisor” w/ 14 hr. HD video
“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 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+ ″ w/ 18 hr. video 

"Tang Ping" Wealth-attracting Cat 躺平招財貓

Do you want to attract wealth without making much effort?  If yes, today is your lucky day!  No purchase necessarily, no soliciting phone call/ email and DON'T email me.

All you need is to print out the "Tang Ping" wealth-attracting cat (躺平招財貓) below and put it where you stay most of the time, like your desk.  Then once or twice a day,  you stare at this photo and visualize money rolling in.

"Tang Ping" (躺平) is a buzzword meaning "lying flat" originated in China recently.  It refers to a new lifestyle trend of some Chinese young people.  They give up materialism or "rat race", vow to not getting married, procreating no baby and buying no real estate.  They make little or no effort for materialistic gains and fame or "lying flat".  They live frugally or in surviving mode.  This could be China's homebrew version of "hippie" or counter-culture.

"Tang Ping" in our case of wealth-attracting cat means getting wealth without making much effort!

The cat in this photo is my resident cat Lily, also known as Feng Shui Master Lily, Buddha's pet and Buddha's White Tiger (right guard).  She demonstrates the secret posture of attracting wealth while lying down in the photo.

When you get your effortless money, Master Lily requests that you send her 10 cans of cat food or USD$10 or donate to your local animal humane society.

"Ken, what should I do if money does not show up after a month or two with this Tang Ping kitty?"

This means you do not have enough merit or good karma points to get this wealth.  Simply go to your local animal humane society and adopt a real cat to pump up your merit.  Do not buy this kitty from a pet shop.

Good Luck!

Ken Lai

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“Visual Bazi: Wealth Secrets and Maximization” w/ 18 hr. HD video
“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui”  w/23 hr. HD video
“Visual Form Feng Shui” w/13 hr. HD video
“Applied Bazi: Sickness Forecasting and Management” w/33 hr. HD video 
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 1: Forecasting and Decision Support” w/32 hr. HD video
“Luck Enhancement and Misfortune Mitigation with Bazi and Feng Shui” w/ 45 hrs. HD video
“Feng Shui Toolbox: Sha-qi, Health/Wealth and Career” w/ 7 hr. HD video
“Period 9 Feng Shui Bible w/ P8/ 9 Period Upgrade Advisor” w/ 14 hr. HD video
“Practical Date-Selection Methods (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 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+ ″ w/ 18 hr. video 

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Luck Enhancement and Misfortune Mitigation

 

45 hours HD video course with manuals.....US $2999

Special Discount:  US$ 1999 if order and pay before January 31, 2023

With traditional Bazi, there is not much you can do when you see “bad luck” coming as forewarned by your Bazi chart.  The “old” way of destiny management was “sitting tight”, avoid taking risks or traveling during a “low luck” period.  This course will change the dynamics of luck and misfortune management.

Main objectives of this course:

• Predict upcoming good luck and misfortune and enhance or mitigate its effects using methods presented in this course.
• If misfortune has already happened, we try to limit or mitigate its effects with the tools and techniques included in this course.

The methods employed in this course are based on Bazi, Feng Shui, Yi-jing and other metaphysical methods.  Remedies and enhancements are inexpensive and readily available in our daily environment.  No religious belief is required though such belief may help. 

The first edition of this course was released in 2009 with the title "Destiny and Luck Management: Basic/ Advanced Bazi Therapy".  The word "therapy" may have spooked some people away thinking it is medical stuff.  We rename this course for easy understanding of what it is about.  13 years of testing in the field gives us insight on what works better and updated this course with 30%+ more materials and case studies.  The manual pages is almost doubled.  New videos with ultimate secrets are added.  A "Fast-track" video edition is included for the advanced Bazi students to "dive in" without delay.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS "LUCK ENHANCEMENT & MISFORTUNE MITIGATION" COURSE

• 
  Many secret and amazing techniques are released for the first time to non-Chinese readers
  
• 45 hours of HD video that will take 10+ days of live seminar to cover--  a tremendous value and “return on investment” for the price charged
• Course videos are completely menu-driven and user-friendly
• This course has been meticulously researched, designed and tested for over 15 years
• This course helps you proactively taking charge of your destiny and not waiting passively for fate to strike
• Provides systematic and structured approach to figure out DM strength and profile
• Innovative "client-based favorable element" testing questionnaire
• Super concise date-selection methods to enhance treatment effects
• Includes 22  detailed basic cases, 15 detailed advanced cases, 12 techniques quick demos and 4 detailed real life cases studies and numerous examples to show hidden secrets. 
• A 4-pages Mega Cheat Sheets that summarizes most of the course materials for quick references
• Provides quick and easy ways to spot Bazi chart problems and HOW to fix them with simple remedies and inexpensive cures
• 
  Remedies and cures can be totally non-religious and energy-based
• Numerous hard to find and rare high level Bazi techniques and materials revealed
• On-going support and updates through online private discussion group
• More lineage-class secrets released only via online private discussion list
• Designed as a “business in a box” for a successful consulting operation with detailed business forms and cheat sheets
• This course is a perfect addition to your Bazi or 4-Pillars toolbox
• 
  Expand your Bazi practice with new service items that the public needs year after year

Course manuals has 400+ pages.  It would have been over 600 pages if standard 12 point-sized fonts were used.  Main manual has over 60 chapters!  There is also a 110+ pages Reference Manual with many useful Bazi and Feng Shui info.  Materials in this course could easily be 5+ courses if taught by other teachers.   

SCOPE OF THIS COURSE

This course covers the following topics and more:

• 
• pillar interactions/ conflicts
• annual luck adjustments
• wealth luck enhancement
• remedial work on missing "transformation stars” (“10 gods”)
• corrective measure on excessive elements
• void branch remedies
• cures for clashes/ combinations/ penalties
• personality adjustment
• opportunity/career creation
• academic enhancements
• romance/ marital adjustments
• remedies based on client request 
• misfortune neutralization methods
• advanced remedies
• legal and career problems adjustment
• weight-loss through Bazi and Feng Shui
• mate and partner selection
• health problems
• Bazi Feng Shui, 8-Mansion and Flying Stars Feng Shui
• Feng Shui remedies and enhancements
• Feng Shui Period changes strategies
• Find the best location of a house based on one's birth month and day
• Fortune-telling using 12 life-stages
• and many more other topics!  

The cures are based on largely Bazi principles and theories for this course.  It  has a special formula and support system to enable anyone with basic Bazi knowledge to handle the prescription and cure of most Bazi charts and common client requests.

NEW!  FAST-TRACK EDITON VIDEO INCLUDED FOR ADVANCED BAZI STUDENTS

An 11 hours Fast-track edition designed for advanced Bazi students is included.  Students can dive directly into the core materials of this course without going through materials that they may have already learned.  This special edition contains additional advanced videos not found in the standard edition. 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

This course assumes you:

-- have taken at least one 4P course
-- know how to construct a 4P chart (manually or using a computer)
-- know how to figure out the strength of a day-master
-- find out favorable/unfavorable elements of a 4P chart.
-- basic knowledge of 8-Mansion or Bazhai Feng Shui and Flying Star Feng Shui (if not, simply follow course instructions)

Anyway, we have included extensive 4P materials in the “Fundamentals” and “Reference” sections to help you “refresh” your memory.  The information included can easily become another Bazi course by itself!  Those materials will help you “troubleshoot” Bazi charts.  There will be detailed training on how to spot out problems in Bazi charts.
NOTE:  Some of the cures and remedies in this course are temporary or "emergency assistance" that may last a few weeks to months only.

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“Visual Bazi: Wealth Secrets and Maximization” w/ 18 hr. HD video
“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui” 2022 w/23 hr. HD video
“Visual Form Feng Shui” w/13 hr. HD video
“Applied Bazi: Sickness Forecasting and Management” w/33 hr. HD video 
“Destiny/Luck Mgmt. 1: Forecasting and Decision Support” w/32 hr. HD video
"Luck Enhancement Misfortune Mitigation with Bazi and Feng Shui" w/ 45 hrs. 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 Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 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+ 2022″ w/ 18 hr. video 

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Secret norms in Feng Shui circle 风水界行业秘密

Below are some norms or practices among traditional Feng Shui practitioners:

1.  "Do not ask, will not tell" 不问不说:  If client has question, s/he should ask the Feng Shui practitioner.  The practitioner or teacher will not tell you the Feng Shui problems without being asked.  One's Feng Shui problems are reflections of one's karma (causes and effects).  If offering solutions without being requested, the practitioner may take over client's negative karma because this becomes uninvited interference to one's destiny.

2.  "Proactively requesting guidance" 主动请法:  Generally speaking, the teacher will only tell you the trend of your fortune and will not offer remedies and enhancements if you do not make the effort to ask for them.  The rationale is similar to #1 due to karma considerations.

3.   "No free guidance"法不空出:  One must have "red packet" (consultation fee) ready after the teacher has provided methods on remedies and enhancements.  This is the universal "give and take" process.  Taking advantage of "free advice" is equivalent to damaging one's spiritual (heart) Feng Shui.  This could create a karma debt/ entanglement to the teacher and bad luck for both parties. 

4.  "Partial reading" 不完全看:  A responsible practitioner may give 60- 70% of the total Feng Shui information to the client.  S/he dares not to give you 100% because s/he does not know if your spiritual Feng Shui or moral cultivation can handle the information or not.  Traditional Feng Shui practitioners believe 50% of one's fortune depends on environmental Feng Shui and the other half on one's spiritual Feng Shui.  People without the appropriate moral cultivation occupy an auspicious Feng Shui location could render the location inauspicious.  

In summary, if you do not ask, the practitioner or teacher is likely will not tell you anything.  Pay the consultation fee if advice is given.  Free advice is bad for both the client and practitioner.  The above is also applicable to other form of Chinese astrological or fortune-telling practitioners. 

Ken Lai

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“Visual Bazi: Wealth Secrets and Maximization” w/ 18 hr. HD video
“Advanced Visual Form Feng Shui” 2020 w/23 hr. HD video
“Visual Form Feng Shui” w/13 hr. HD video
“Applied Bazi: Sickness Forecasting and Management” w/33 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 2020 (incl. XKDG) w/ 12 hr. video
“Practical Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 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+ 2021 edition” with 18 hr. video

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Answer to "Checking wife's death from husband's chart"--  died in Jia-wu 10YL and Bing-zi  year (1996).

How come the richest people are not Feng Shui masters? Part II

(Continue from previous article)

Classic Feng Shui Model

Returning to the original questions:

"What is Feng Shui for?"
Feng Shui is simply the knowledge of site selection and harmonious living and interaction between inhabitants and their natural environment.  Enhancing luck, wealth and etc. are NOT the original objectives of Feng Shui.  Increases in wealth and prosperity are "by-products" of stable living environment that shields its residents from  the elements and provides steady supply of living essentials like water and vegetation.  Feng Shui is similar to the modern "Human Geography"-- " the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas." (Dictionary.com)  

How much "weight" or importance is Feng Shui in one's destiny?

According to Yi-jing, the five most important determinants of an individual's destiny are:

1. Fate (一命, ming)-- what one was born with, hard to change
2. Luck (二运, luck)-- what one was born with with limited degree of flexibility
3. Feng Shui  (三风水)-- one's living and social environment
4. Accumulation of good deeds (四积阴德, yin-de)
5. Formal Study (五读书)-- go to school  

2017 Auspicious Wealth Symbols

From the above list, you can see luck and fate have more influence than Feng Shui.  More often than not, I found people with bad luck also have bad Feng Shui synchronized with it.

This is easy to explain as when one is in good luck, one will have strong energy or qi-field that can block off or reduce the effect of negative energy caused by variables like Feng Shui or Bazi.   One's energy will be weaken during a bad luck period.  Existing negative forces, including spiritual ones, can take advantage of the weaken state of the individual and attack.  This is why sometimes we feel "Blessing does not come in multiples and misfortune does not come alone". 

"Could Feng Shui help us during our bad luck periods?"
It all depends on the nature of your "bad luck"-- whether it is karma-related or simply "system design" (destiny).  Assuming it is not karma-related, then Feng Shui at least keeps you physically healthy or "sane". 

"If our luck periods are good, we don't need Feng Shui.  Isn't this correct?
Yes, this is my little secret with you.  However, people are likely to think their good luck lasts forever and are caught unprepared when bad luck strikes.

"So, if this is the case, then why do we bother with Feng Shui at all?" "If our luck periods are good, we don't need Feng Shui.  Isn't this correct?
You still need Feng Shui because no one has good luck periods forever.  No place has good Feng Shui forever too.

“If a client is in bad wealth luck period and requests wealth enhancement, the practitioner cannot do much with Feng Shui.”  Why?
To understand this statement, you need to know what causes "bad wealth luck" in Bazi.  It is likely either problem of strong peer stars (bi-jie) for strong daymaster or strong wealth stars (cai) for weak daymaster.  Enhancing wealth during a bad wealth luck period may cause more losses. 

How come the richest people are not Feng Shui masters? 

If you want to know more about destiny and luck management, please check:
“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

Ken Lai

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“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 Imperial Qi-Men-Dun-Jia 4G” w/ 12 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
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《易经》云：一命二运三风水，四积阴德五读书，六名七相八敬神，九交贵人十养生。这十大方面基本上涵盖了命理所关注的问题。

为什么有的人能力一般却一帆风顺，飞黄腾达，有的人非常能干却穷困潦倒，落魄一生？为什么有时你不经意就能获得很好的结果，有时你费尽心机却落得一场空？今天三道风水研究院与大家探讨这句话的内涵与真谛。

【一命】

孔子说：〝不知命无以为君子〞，这里的〝命〞指的就是先天之命。

芸芸众生，各司其命，顺乎自己的天命去行动，才能顺水推舟，获得不错的结果。顺命，首选要知命，弄懂八字命盘的原理，知晓天干地支，阴阳五行所随载的资讯。每个人的先天造化不尽相同，时间和空间决定了人的命理，时间转变，空间转换，天体运转，人的生理状况和命理走势就会有潜移默化的改变。

地球上不同的地区，不同时间出生的人们，其性格，命是不尽相同的。更不要说遗传基因，民族特性等细微的差别。即使是相差几分钟出生的双胞胎，其性格命运也不同的，天赋的不同，导致了不同的性格特征，生活方式，价值观念，承受能力。

【二运】

先天的命，后天是运。俗话说〝命好不如运好〞，好是强调〝运〞的重要性。

人的天命已定，惟一能好好把握的便是自己的〝运〞。什么是运？如果比作是车的话，运就是路；如果把命比较是舟的话，运就是水。按照周易命理学的说法，不同的命在后天交运的情况下不相同，所谓〝十年一大运，五年一小运〞。

了解人生运势有助于我们等待机缘。旺运时积极奋进，衰运时退避三舍。时代作为我们生存的大环境，它的不断更新也是天意。同样的命在不同的时代会有着不同的运。我们要根据时空来左右自己的运程。或进或退。归根结底，对于后天之运，〝顺水者昌，逆之者亡〞。

【三风水】

地吉苗旺，宅吉人旺。俗话说〝地灵人杰〞，一方好水土，养育一方好人才。

个人生存的环境，影响其一生的健康与发展。在黄帝建城时，就有〝察其阴阳，观其向背〞的说法。风水学主张〝明堂平旷，万象森罗；众水朝归，诸山聚会，草盛木繁，水深土厚〞。

纵观中国历史，领袖或富豪多生于依山面水，藏风聚气，风景秀丽之地。得以禀赋天地之灵气。近水者多智慧，靠山者多道义。苏南多文才，江北多政要，客观地说，风水对人的影响确实很大。

家居风水的地理位置，房屋的形状结构，通风采光，家居摆设，装饰颜色等因素，都与个人的运势息息相关，古人讲〝三元九运〞，二十年吉凶方位变化一次，六十年风水轮流转，是为一大周期。住宅的好坏，直接影响一个家庭的运势发展，这也是古人的研究风水学的主要原因。

【四积阴德】

中国人都听说过这样一句话：〝善有善报，恶有恶报。不是不报，时辰未到。〞这句话表达的是一种因果循环，报应不爽的善恶法则。

〝因果〞，〝报应〞等概念都是来源于佛教，它和传统士夫所提倡的〝慎独〞品质不谋而合。用功德换取回报是天经地义的，不可违背的事。天与不受，反受其谴。对社会的贡献叫功德；多做贡献，多做好事叫积德；暗中做好事而不图回报叫积阴德。如果你的本职工作正面作用大，功劳大，你做的好事多，相应的回报就越大，命运会因此越来越好。

——转自《三道风水》
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Love Story of the Year-- Geese Lovers

On last Valentines Day (Feb. 14, 2016), someone in China has posted the pictures of two geese "goodbye kissing" with a poem:

Kissing my love goodbye 与君吻离别，
Sending you off to the village exit 相送到村口，
Sunset stretching our shadows 夕阳长身影，
From now on we are separated forever 自此各天涯！

These pictures become viral in the Chinese internet and are re-posted by numerous news agencies in China. Netizens said these are the most touching photos of 2016 Valentines Day.  They lamented that life is similar to the fate of these two geese lovers.  One wrong turn or incident may end a relationship forever.  "We should treasure the nice people around us now and not after we have lost them."

 
Reporters have located the owner of these two geese-- Miss Deng of Guangdong Province.  Her parents had raised these geese for over a year in their ancestral village.

On the second day of Lunar New Year (Feb. 9, 2016), her father had gifted the female goose to his relative.  Mr. Deng had tied up the goose, put her in a paper box and further wrapped the box with a bag.  He then tied the whole box to the back of his motorcycle.  The male goose was agitated and attempted to untie the strings wrapped around the female goose with his beck.  Miss Deng was very surprised by the male goose's behavior.  His action was very affectionate too.  He also honked sadly as if begging the master to release the female goose.

The Deng family members also felt sad to send the goose off.  But their relative had rushed them to bring the goose for dinner.  Eventually the female goose was delivered to the relative and become part of the new year dinner.

What has happened to the male goose?  He was slaughtered later too.  Miss Deng said her parents will leave the village to the city to work, leaving no one to take care of the goose.  They took care of business by putting him into their stomachs.

Miss Deng hopes that netizens could understand that the final destiny of family raised geese-- becoming food.

Many readers have posted poems to memorialize these two geese lovers.  Some even created follow-up stories with their imagination and Photoshop skills.  Below is one of the popular ones.

While these two lover geese cannot "rest in peace", but at least they are now meeting in geese heaven.  We thank them for teaching us a lesson about love and living our lives.  Maybe this is the mission of their current lifetime.  We pray for them to move on to a higher realm of being in their next lives.

Ken Lai

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Karma Credit Windfall of the Year

Hi Pals,

The  message below wakes me up from my extended summer hibernation.  It shows you the best deal for getting huge positive karma credit with minimal effort. 

According to Tibetan Buddhism., whatever good deeds (and bad deeds too) that you do during a lunar or solar eclipse will be multiplied by 700 billion to 100k billion times 

Whether you believe in Tibetan Buddhism or not, this is a "one to billion" deal that is too good to miss. Your "good deed" can be as easy as chanting a simple mantra or as "painful" as donating a few dollars to your favorite charity (and getting the karma credit for 700- 100k billion of dollars, even beating Bill Gate). 

This is the best opportunity to dedicate substantial merits from this good deed to your karma creditors, your ancestors, your aborted children, suffering souls and the likes. 

Karma creditors are the primary source of one's suffering and misfortunes. Appeasing your karma creditors will make your life easier and may be richer.

If you don't believe in this karma credit thing, you at least be a good boy or girl during the time periods specified below. So that you will not be in big trouble if this is the real deal.

Best Wishes!

Ken Lai

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On Monday, 29 September 2014, 16:23, Buddha Dordenma Image Foundation wrote:

Dear Dharma Brothers & Sisters:

I urge you to chant Buddha mantra during total lunar eclipse period on Oct 8, 2014 and partial solar eclipse on Oct 23, 2014. Any deeds, good or bad, committed during a lunar eclipse period can multiply up to seven hundred billion times, while a solar eclipse up to a hundred thousand billion times. Please take advantage of this rarest opportunity to cultivate great virtues and clear obstacles from previous innumerable lifetimes by chanting Buddha mantra of your choice.

For convenience, consider chanting Chenrezig (Guanyin) mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum" for as many times as you can. Chenrezig practice essentials have been concisely compiled for you here. After the chanting session, dedicate your virtues to all sentient beings, which will further augment the total benefits received by all.

Chanting must be performed during the course of eclipse:
Total lunar eclipse on Oct 8, 2014 at 08:17-13:32 (UTC)
Partial solar eclipse on Oct 23, 2014 at 19:38-23:52 (UTC)

Remember to convert the UTC to your own timezone. For example, if you reside in Hong Kong/ Malaysia/ Singapore, then use UTC+8 hours (= Oct 8, 2014 at 16:17-21:32 and Oct 23, 2014 at 03:38-07:52). You can also convert the timings to your timezones at www.timeanddate.com.

May you and sentient beings benefit from the immeasurable virtues that you cultivate.

Buddha bless us all,
His Eminence Trizin Rimpoche
Founder & Chairman __._,_.

Feng Shui Secret of Disability

A young man with disability in my city got a call from Walmart:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/12/man-with-disabilities-walmart_n_5489333.html

Here is a Feng Shui  secret:

Business or family with a disable member will always somehow makes "it" (a living).  It works even with crappy Feng Shui.

Hence if you run a business, hiring a person with disability will be an insurance against going out of business.  Helping people to achieve what they could is good business (and karma).  Good karma attracts positive energies and business. 

Taking care of a family member/relative or friend with disability is as good as taking care of yourself.

In some religious belief systems,  people with disability are sometimes believe to be the emanations of deities from heaven. They often come to earth in the forms of undesirable physical appearances or sickness to test our humanity.


Ken Lai

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