I was in Mexico City for a Feng Shui seminar a few weeks ago. An amiga (lady friend) asked me why she has problem keeping money since she was on diet and lost some weight.
"Sure, it is not cheap to replace your expensive designer cloths after losing so much weight." I said.
"No, I've not replaced the clothes yet. Money leaves my pocket quicker than comes in." Replied Paula.
Paula is a yi-wood (yin-wood) day-master. Earth is her wealth or money. Earth also stands for spleen and stomach. Keeping a diet means curtailing the activities of stomach (and hence wealth).
I told Paula to decide whether she wants to look slim or have money in her pocket.
Tough decision?
Ken Lai
"4P Bootcamp" with 12 hr. video now available
"Daoist Talisman for FS and Blessing" w/12 hr video
"Practical Door FS for wealth" w/3 hr. video
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Friday, November 30, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Nut Talking to Nut?
Over the years, there are certain individuals using assumed or fake ID and email addresses on Chinese Metaphysics discussion lists or forums. They use different aliases that may sound like Chinese, Spanish, American or any nationality and ask very specific questions on the lists. Questions that are normally only taught in paid-seminars.
The most prolific person with "multiple personalities" should be this one with the following IP address:
OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
OrgID: RIPE
Address: P.O. Box 10096
City: Amsterdam
StateProv:
PostalCode: 1001EB
Country: NL
ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43
NetRange: 89.0.0.0 - 89.255.255.255
CIDR: 89.0.0.0/8
NetName: 89-RIPE
NetHandle: NET-89-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Allocated to RIPE NCC
NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET
NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
NameServer: NS.LACNIC.NET
I would estimate over 30- 50% of online discussions on Chinese Metaphysics lists are generated by this person under different fake IDs.
It is comical to see people or even Dr. or masters who had arguments with this person will unconsciously talk nicely with the SAME person under a different ID.
Well, most of us had chatted with this person at one time or another. He is still "active" in a few lists as of today.
Everyone needs to be a nut sometimes?
Ken Lai
"4P Bootcamp" with 12 hr. video now available
"Daoist Talisman for FS and Blessing" w/12 hr video
"Practical Door FS for wealth" w/3 hr. video
"Practical Imperial QMDJ" w/9 hr. video
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
The most prolific person with "multiple personalities" should be this one with the following IP address:
OrgName: RIPE Network Coordination Centre
OrgID: RIPE
Address: P.O. Box 10096
City: Amsterdam
StateProv:
PostalCode: 1001EB
Country: NL
ReferralServer: whois://whois.ripe.net:43
NetRange: 89.0.0.0 - 89.255.255.255
CIDR: 89.0.0.0/8
NetName: 89-RIPE
NetHandle: NET-89-0-0-0-1
Parent:
NetType: Allocated to RIPE NCC
NameServer: NS-PRI.RIPE.NET
NameServer: SEC1.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SEC3.APNIC.NET
NameServer: SUNIC.SUNET.SE
NameServer: TINNIE.ARIN.NET
NameServer: NS.LACNIC.NET
I would estimate over 30- 50% of online discussions on Chinese Metaphysics lists are generated by this person under different fake IDs.
It is comical to see people or even Dr. or masters who had arguments with this person will unconsciously talk nicely with the SAME person under a different ID.
Well, most of us had chatted with this person at one time or another. He is still "active" in a few lists as of today.
Everyone needs to be a nut sometimes?
Ken Lai
"4P Bootcamp" with 12 hr. video now available
"Daoist Talisman for FS and Blessing" w/12 hr video
"Practical Door FS for wealth" w/3 hr. video
"Practical Imperial QMDJ" w/9 hr. video
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Precautions for the Year of Mouse (2008)
Wu-zi mouse year is only 2 months away. You may want to
know which directions are not suitable for construction or
'earth-moving' for next year, so you can do it before this
year is over.
Wu-zi year is another not-so-friendly year like bing-xu
year for some people.
Wu-earth combines with gui-water to form fire. Adding more
fire to some 4P charts may mean caner or heart related
problems.
Wu-earth muddies up ren-water. People with Ren-water
day-master may go nuts or make stupid decisions if attacked
by wu-earth.
Zi-water clashes wu-fire. People with wu day-branch may
have traffic accident or surgery or martial problems.
Zi-water and mao-wood form a serious penalty. It can jinx
yourself or your close relative.
Zi-water forms 3-unity or semi-3-unity combination with
shen-metal and/or chen-earth. If your chart likes water,
it will be great, esp. if water is your wealth element. If
otherwise, pray or take my future "destiny management"
course on how to handle this situation.
People with mao, you, and wu in their charts will need to
sweat it out when zi year arrives. Formation of
zi-wu-mao-you clash can mean major disaster. This is
called "4-cardinal clashes". Again, pray, do charity works
and/or take my "destiny management" course.
Here are some major precautions:
1. 5-yellow star will be in the south. Sui-Po or year
breaker will also be in the south or wu-mountain.
--- avoid digging or construction; avoid movements
2. Grand Duke or Tai Sui will be in zi mountain or in the
North.
--- avoid digging or construction; you can sit on GD
location but not facing it.
3. San Sha or 3-killings will be in the South (si, wu, ding
mountains)
--- definitely avoid movement or digging here, Sui-po and
5-yellow are also in this palace!
4. The auspicious 8-star will be in the east and 9-purple
star in the SE. You may want some movements here.
People with horse and mouse animal signs and were born in
the first, fifth and eleventh months of the lunar calendar
should avoid attending funeral for the year.
Ken Lai
"4P Bootcamp" with 12 hr. video now available
"Daoist Talisman for FS and Blessing" w/12 hr video
"Practical Door FS for wealth" w/3 hr. video
"Practical Imperial QMDJ" w/9 hr. video
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
know which directions are not suitable for construction or
'earth-moving' for next year, so you can do it before this
year is over.
Wu-zi year is another not-so-friendly year like bing-xu
year for some people.
Wu-earth combines with gui-water to form fire. Adding more
fire to some 4P charts may mean caner or heart related
problems.
Wu-earth muddies up ren-water. People with Ren-water
day-master may go nuts or make stupid decisions if attacked
by wu-earth.
Zi-water clashes wu-fire. People with wu day-branch may
have traffic accident or surgery or martial problems.
Zi-water and mao-wood form a serious penalty. It can jinx
yourself or your close relative.
Zi-water forms 3-unity or semi-3-unity combination with
shen-metal and/or chen-earth. If your chart likes water,
it will be great, esp. if water is your wealth element. If
otherwise, pray or take my future "destiny management"
course on how to handle this situation.
People with mao, you, and wu in their charts will need to
sweat it out when zi year arrives. Formation of
zi-wu-mao-you clash can mean major disaster. This is
called "4-cardinal clashes". Again, pray, do charity works
and/or take my "destiny management" course.
Here are some major precautions:
1. 5-yellow star will be in the south. Sui-Po or year
breaker will also be in the south or wu-mountain.
--- avoid digging or construction; avoid movements
2. Grand Duke or Tai Sui will be in zi mountain or in the
North.
--- avoid digging or construction; you can sit on GD
location but not facing it.
3. San Sha or 3-killings will be in the South (si, wu, ding
mountains)
--- definitely avoid movement or digging here, Sui-po and
5-yellow are also in this palace!
4. The auspicious 8-star will be in the east and 9-purple
star in the SE. You may want some movements here.
People with horse and mouse animal signs and were born in
the first, fifth and eleventh months of the lunar calendar
should avoid attending funeral for the year.
Ken Lai
"4P Bootcamp" with 12 hr. video now available
"Daoist Talisman for FS and Blessing" w/12 hr video
"Practical Door FS for wealth" w/3 hr. video
"Practical Imperial QMDJ" w/9 hr. video
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
Friday, November 2, 2007
Door Feng Shui
A Feng Shui friend sent me the following email:
My sister wants to build a new house, so it will be a P8 house.
The plot faces N2 so the Flying Star chart can meet the criteria for a "7 Star Robbery", so according to this, she should place a door/window at the South, East and NW.
According to "Castle Gate" the Qi entrance should come from NW2.
According to the San He "12 Life Stages" a NW2 Qi entrance would be either at stage 3 or 4, so it is good, but my question is if the door must be placed at NW2, but facing N2 (same bearing as the plot) or if the door should be slanted facing NW2?
My friend tries to integrate Flying Star, "7-star Robbery", "Castle Gate" and San He's "12 Life Stages" to the house design.
I think he is making things too complicated. Although he can mix as many schools and methods as he wants if he has my "Practical Door Feng Shui" course materials. He can also easily integrate XKDG and Flying Star in 30 seconds.
"Practical Door Feng Shui" also includes the "decoders" for the word-play puzzles like the "Qian mountain Qian water" gig. Someone considers this little word-game as lineage "top-secret" on other lists. It does not worth a penny if you know the answer.
P.S.:
WARNING: DO NOT use the formula listed above. There are many missing details here. Consult your teacher/ master before applying these formula.
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
"Lineage Rocks" vs "Lineage Sucks"-- Part II
I had no intention of writing a Part II. But someone makes a big fuss out of "lineage sucks". So here is Part II...
In Part I, I did not choose a position on whether "lineage rocks" or "lineage sucks".
In real life, most of us belong to both camps at one time or another-- when we learn from more than one teacher, we are on the "lineage sucks" side of the lineage-rocks/ lineage-sucks continuum. When we stick with only one or two teachers, we lean towards the "lineage rocks" side.
I did state that it is hazardous (to your wallet) to "shop" a school based on its lineage claims because it is difficult to prove or disprove the claims.
I have also pointed out the Modius Operandi (M.O., modes of operation) of lineage claims from mainland China.
Like everywhere else, there are real lineages and "not-so-real" lineages in China. However, the "not-so-real" lineage claims from mainland China are easier to detect than the ones from Hong Kong, Taiwan and southeast Asia because of their "unique" approaches in building up a lineage. Here are some red flags or patterns:
-- title-piling: they are likely to pile PhD, PhD advisor, PhD Post-doc, Professor, Yi-Jing Society Chairman... titles on the same line (you may laugh your head off if you know the how these titles are ranked). These titles are often from non-existent foreign universities or paper-mill OR counterfeit certificates of famous Chinese universities. If the "master" is a real PhD, he is better off chasing the IPO gold-rush in China now than working as a Feng Shui master with low social status.
-- elevating an old man as grandmaster of the lineage: If you do some Math, even an 80 years old man was only 22 when the Chinese Communists took over China in 1949! Where did he learn and practice his Feng Shui skills, not to mention that he might be killed during the Cultural Revolution of the '60s?
-- claiming their Feng Shui will work 100% (even God cannot promise that!)
-- using famous old tombs and temples to prove their Feng shui work
-- claiming only selected few will be accepted as their "in-house students" (but with certain amount, like US$5000, you are automatically chosen without interviewing and seeing you in advance).
Someone is unhappy about my pointing out of this M.O.. He thinks I wrote "lineage sucks" to make myself look better.
This someone has no reason to be unhappy IF his/ her lineage does not match the descriptions above.
I have also received private emails thanking me for this info.
I think consumers will make better decision if given more information.
So, is there any compromise between this lineage-rocks/ lineage-sucks continuum?
If you were an extreme "lineage sucks" person, you will have problem learning the innermost secrets of real lineages. Most masters are no idiots. They will not show you the real thing when they know you are a "bar-hopping" student with little or no loyalty.
If you were an extreme "lineage rocks" person, your vision will be limited by one or two perspectives or schools.
One common alternative is "lineage-hopping" for a while to sample different schools. Then stick with one or two teachers that you have affinity to.
Yes, I know. It is getting darn expensive.
A few young masters of the "lineage sucks" camp use the "Tony Robbins template" to promote their schools. Tony Robbins is the motivational king (speaker) in USA.
These young masters simply substitute Tony's motivation or NLP stuff with "Feng Shui" for power, relationship and wealth..... Some even imitate Tony's mannerisms, gestures, vocabularies, website design and even the name of Tony's "Mastery University".
With Tony's template, you don't need to be a genius to act like one.
http://www.tonyrobbins.com/UpwEvents/Default.aspx
Fortunately or unfortunately, these young masters do not copy the fire-walking trick in their syllabus.
When one subscribes to "lineage sucks", one is less likely to extol his teachers or old masters. He may keep all the glory and goodwill to himself. He may tell people that they can also "be all they can be", just like him (the genius) by taking his courses and buying his books.
"Think and act BIG" is the mantra. Tony Robbins' M.O. fits this philosophy perfectly.
Amazingly the "Tony Robbin template" seems to work for some young masters. I hope Tony does not read this message or it may "awaken the Feng Shui giant within" him and push his own version of Feng Shui (he probably will call it "associative environmental conditioning").
Tony has already "invaded" the health and nutrition territories with his motivational talks. Feng Shui may well be the next target.
It does not matter whether lineage rocks or sucks--- as long as it works. It still sucks if the lineage is real but the contents do not work. However, it seems difficult to get the "real thing" without joining a real lineage.
"Real thing", most of the time, refers to the "execution" of a high level FS technique, like where to do your luopan measurement and how to operationalize the "mountains", "dragons", "water".....
Many "lineage-graded" secrets are amazingly simple, but they are the critical links or "buttons" for the whole model or system to work. These "secrets" normally cost big bucks (US$20,000 or more) to buy or nothing (if you have good relationship with your master). One cannot expect to learn these secrets in a US$2- 3000 class.
So, do you need these "secrets"? Not really, unless you want to push the "wealth" envelop to the max. For most practitioners, what you learn from reputable teachers out there should be suffice for common situations.
Now you should be able to decide if "lineage rocks" or "lineage sucks" or simply put, "Is lineage relevant?"
It all boils down to your pocket book-- if you just want to be a "general practitioner", then lineage is not that important. You can learn from a variety of teachers or schools. If you want to be a "specialist", then lineage becomes important (and expensive!).
Joining a "real" lineage is just the beginning of a long journey. There is no guarantee that you will get the "real thing". You may also be susceptible to internal lineage politics and the "in-house discipleship" bait that turns you into a slave of the master. But if you are in good luck or have good karma with the lineage, you may get the "real thing" goodies.
I deliberately avoid the question of age or experience here. I guess you can figure it out yourself.
Like any professions, there are good FS masters and not-so-good FS masters--- you need to find the good one yourself.
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
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
In Part I, I did not choose a position on whether "lineage rocks" or "lineage sucks".
In real life, most of us belong to both camps at one time or another-- when we learn from more than one teacher, we are on the "lineage sucks" side of the lineage-rocks/ lineage-sucks continuum. When we stick with only one or two teachers, we lean towards the "lineage rocks" side.
I did state that it is hazardous (to your wallet) to "shop" a school based on its lineage claims because it is difficult to prove or disprove the claims.
I have also pointed out the Modius Operandi (M.O., modes of operation) of lineage claims from mainland China.
Like everywhere else, there are real lineages and "not-so-real" lineages in China. However, the "not-so-real" lineage claims from mainland China are easier to detect than the ones from Hong Kong, Taiwan and southeast Asia because of their "unique" approaches in building up a lineage. Here are some red flags or patterns:
-- title-piling: they are likely to pile PhD, PhD advisor, PhD Post-doc, Professor, Yi-Jing Society Chairman... titles on the same line (you may laugh your head off if you know the how these titles are ranked). These titles are often from non-existent foreign universities or paper-mill OR counterfeit certificates of famous Chinese universities. If the "master" is a real PhD, he is better off chasing the IPO gold-rush in China now than working as a Feng Shui master with low social status.
-- elevating an old man as grandmaster of the lineage: If you do some Math, even an 80 years old man was only 22 when the Chinese Communists took over China in 1949! Where did he learn and practice his Feng Shui skills, not to mention that he might be killed during the Cultural Revolution of the '60s?
-- claiming their Feng Shui will work 100% (even God cannot promise that!)
-- using famous old tombs and temples to prove their Feng shui work
-- claiming only selected few will be accepted as their "in-house students" (but with certain amount, like US$5000, you are automatically chosen without interviewing and seeing you in advance).
Someone is unhappy about my pointing out of this M.O.. He thinks I wrote "lineage sucks" to make myself look better.
This someone has no reason to be unhappy IF his/ her lineage does not match the descriptions above.
I have also received private emails thanking me for this info.
I think consumers will make better decision if given more information.
So, is there any compromise between this lineage-rocks/ lineage-sucks continuum?
If you were an extreme "lineage sucks" person, you will have problem learning the innermost secrets of real lineages. Most masters are no idiots. They will not show you the real thing when they know you are a "bar-hopping" student with little or no loyalty.
If you were an extreme "lineage rocks" person, your vision will be limited by one or two perspectives or schools.
One common alternative is "lineage-hopping" for a while to sample different schools. Then stick with one or two teachers that you have affinity to.
Yes, I know. It is getting darn expensive.
A few young masters of the "lineage sucks" camp use the "Tony Robbins template" to promote their schools. Tony Robbins is the motivational king (speaker) in USA.
These young masters simply substitute Tony's motivation or NLP stuff with "Feng Shui" for power, relationship and wealth..... Some even imitate Tony's mannerisms, gestures, vocabularies, website design and even the name of Tony's "Mastery University".
With Tony's template, you don't need to be a genius to act like one.
http://www.tonyrobbins.com/UpwEvents/Default.aspx
Fortunately or unfortunately, these young masters do not copy the fire-walking trick in their syllabus.
When one subscribes to "lineage sucks", one is less likely to extol his teachers or old masters. He may keep all the glory and goodwill to himself. He may tell people that they can also "be all they can be", just like him (the genius) by taking his courses and buying his books.
"Think and act BIG" is the mantra. Tony Robbins' M.O. fits this philosophy perfectly.
Amazingly the "Tony Robbin template" seems to work for some young masters. I hope Tony does not read this message or it may "awaken the Feng Shui giant within" him and push his own version of Feng Shui (he probably will call it "associative environmental conditioning").
Tony has already "invaded" the health and nutrition territories with his motivational talks. Feng Shui may well be the next target.
It does not matter whether lineage rocks or sucks--- as long as it works. It still sucks if the lineage is real but the contents do not work. However, it seems difficult to get the "real thing" without joining a real lineage.
"Real thing", most of the time, refers to the "execution" of a high level FS technique, like where to do your luopan measurement and how to operationalize the "mountains", "dragons", "water".....
Many "lineage-graded" secrets are amazingly simple, but they are the critical links or "buttons" for the whole model or system to work. These "secrets" normally cost big bucks (US$20,000 or more) to buy or nothing (if you have good relationship with your master). One cannot expect to learn these secrets in a US$2- 3000 class.
So, do you need these "secrets"? Not really, unless you want to push the "wealth" envelop to the max. For most practitioners, what you learn from reputable teachers out there should be suffice for common situations.
Now you should be able to decide if "lineage rocks" or "lineage sucks" or simply put, "Is lineage relevant?"
It all boils down to your pocket book-- if you just want to be a "general practitioner", then lineage is not that important. You can learn from a variety of teachers or schools. If you want to be a "specialist", then lineage becomes important (and expensive!).
Joining a "real" lineage is just the beginning of a long journey. There is no guarantee that you will get the "real thing". You may also be susceptible to internal lineage politics and the "in-house discipleship" bait that turns you into a slave of the master. But if you are in good luck or have good karma with the lineage, you may get the "real thing" goodies.
I deliberately avoid the question of age or experience here. I guess you can figure it out yourself.
Like any professions, there are good FS masters and not-so-good FS masters--- you need to find the good one yourself.
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
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
Friday, October 26, 2007
Feng Shui War: Tiger vs. Arrows
The following case is a real Feng Shui war happened in Taiwan. This is taken from a newspaper report.
The office building of a government department looks like the mouth of a tiger. It is called "Tiger Snooping" (老虎探頭 ) formation.
Around 1980, the residents lived across the street of this office had a family member died accidentally. They hired a Feng Shui master to find out the cause.
The master said the government office across the street looks like a tiger opening its mouth to bite potential prey. The mouth pointed at this resident's (Mr. Wu) house. So accident happen to them.
This family was advised to put two 30 cm long wooden arrows on the external wall facing the government office. Life become peaceful again for many years.
Five years ago, the government promotes energy-efficient designs and put sun-blocking steel mesh around the office building.
Mr. Wu did not feel comfortable with this steel mesh, so he consulted the Feng Shui master again.
The master said the Feng Shui formation becomes "tiger wears armor". The steel mesh has boosted the power of the tiger mouth.
Mr. Wu replaced the wooden arrows with stainless steel arrows and increase the bow and arrow sets from two to three.
Strange things happened after this Feng Shui battle has started. The wife of the dept. head of this government office and multiple employees were died of accidents or cancer. Low morale and fear rule this government office.
The government office invited Mr. Wu for negotiation and compromise. But so far nothing is done yet.
Ken Lai
© 2007 Ken Lai, all rights reserved.
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The office building of a government department looks like the mouth of a tiger. It is called "Tiger Snooping" (老虎探頭 ) formation.
Around 1980, the residents lived across the street of this office had a family member died accidentally. They hired a Feng Shui master to find out the cause.
The master said the government office across the street looks like a tiger opening its mouth to bite potential prey. The mouth pointed at this resident's (Mr. Wu) house. So accident happen to them.
This family was advised to put two 30 cm long wooden arrows on the external wall facing the government office. Life become peaceful again for many years.
Five years ago, the government promotes energy-efficient designs and put sun-blocking steel mesh around the office building.
Mr. Wu did not feel comfortable with this steel mesh, so he consulted the Feng Shui master again.
The master said the Feng Shui formation becomes "tiger wears armor". The steel mesh has boosted the power of the tiger mouth.
Mr. Wu replaced the wooden arrows with stainless steel arrows and increase the bow and arrow sets from two to three.
Strange things happened after this Feng Shui battle has started. The wife of the dept. head of this government office and multiple employees were died of accidents or cancer. Low morale and fear rule this government office.
The government office invited Mr. Wu for negotiation and compromise. But so far nothing is done yet.
Ken Lai
© 2007 Ken Lai, all rights reserved.
Video Correspondence Courses: (click for details)
“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
“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
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“Practical Door Feng Shui for Wealth” w/ 3 hr. video
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Cover letter for "Practical Imperial QMDJ" Video Course
御定奇門遁甲
Dear Friend,
Thank you very much for purchasing this video-correspondence course.
The original course plan was much smaller in scale than the current size. You can see the current retail price (US$699 and then $999 in a few months) reflects the amount of work involved and comparable market price of similar products.
There are still quite a few rough edges in the video. It will take forever to ship if I try to correct it all. If the same video is done by professional video company, it will cost US$100- 150k. The street price of each copy will be over US$3000.
The course is not perfect. But I found video is probably better than live-class instruction in that the process is a lot smoother. Same amount of information can be shown in about 1/3 of the time used in live class. So you can learn more efficiently and at your own leisure or pace. Slow learners can also learn easier with video. Combining an online discussion group with a video course may outshine live class instructions.
However, it takes 3- 4 times more time to prepare for video than live class. The danger of piracy and lost revenue are also much higher than live class. The video was made in a 2- 3 month period and you can see I have “aged” through the process.
If after taking the course, you feel that the price tag is too high for something this simple, then I have done my job.
In 2005 when I first taught Imperial QMDJ, a Chinese teacher also announced that he will have a QMDJ class, but it will be six months later. Another Chinese teacher also made a similar announcement, but the course will be available two years later (he will teach it in early 2008).
So you know it takes a master-level Chinese teacher 6 months to 2 years to learn or prepare for QMDJ. Now my course can show you how to use QMDJ in as little as an hour. It takes me a long time to develop this course to make it simple and easy to learn.
This is a “practical” course in that I minimize theory and items that will confuse you rather than helping you to use QMDJ. Specifically, the process of calculating ju numbers, seasons and chart construction is briefly covered. This part still takes 3-months to learn in Taiwan.
You may ask, does this omission hurt your QMDJ applications?
Even assume you have gone through learning all these “nuts and bolts” process (and spent 2- 3 days and US$800- 1200), you STILL need to check the Qi-Men 10k Calendar. If you check the calendar, why not just flip a few more pages to look for the QMDJ chart at the same time?
Yes, you may manually construct the QMDJ chart—it takes 15- 30 minutes and it is very error-prone with over 50 data points!
The worse thing is, after you have paid and learned these theories, you are likely to forget it in less than a month, especially if you don’t use it often enough.
You don’t need to be a mechanic to drive a car. Same logic applies to QMDJ.
Now with course manuals Mini-Qi-Men 10K calendar and 1080 Tables, you can locate a QMDJ chart and make interpretation in one to five minutes. The theory people cannot even figure out the ju # in 5 minutes!
In my 5-days class that covers both theory and usages, I found most students are likely to get frustrated in the theory and calculations parts that killed most of the class time, leaving very little time for practical examples and demonstrations.
This practical video class covers more grounds (except theory) than my 5-days class. It has more graphics and examples. You will be more confident in applying QMDJ after this class.
Even assuming you have learned nothing from this course, you can still use the “Optimized QMDJ charts” as long as you can read 1-2-3!
Finally, thanks again for your patience and feel free to ask questions in the online discussion group. I cannot possibly put everything into the manual and video. If you like the course, please refer it to your friends or write some comments (can be anonymous) for me or in public lists. If you don’t like it, you can use the DVD with my picture as target practice (Sorry, Chinese does not have a refund custom).
Best Wishes!
Sincerely,
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
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
Dear Friend,
Thank you very much for purchasing this video-correspondence course.
The original course plan was much smaller in scale than the current size. You can see the current retail price (US$699 and then $999 in a few months) reflects the amount of work involved and comparable market price of similar products.
There are still quite a few rough edges in the video. It will take forever to ship if I try to correct it all. If the same video is done by professional video company, it will cost US$100- 150k. The street price of each copy will be over US$3000.
The course is not perfect. But I found video is probably better than live-class instruction in that the process is a lot smoother. Same amount of information can be shown in about 1/3 of the time used in live class. So you can learn more efficiently and at your own leisure or pace. Slow learners can also learn easier with video. Combining an online discussion group with a video course may outshine live class instructions.
However, it takes 3- 4 times more time to prepare for video than live class. The danger of piracy and lost revenue are also much higher than live class. The video was made in a 2- 3 month period and you can see I have “aged” through the process.
If after taking the course, you feel that the price tag is too high for something this simple, then I have done my job.
In 2005 when I first taught Imperial QMDJ, a Chinese teacher also announced that he will have a QMDJ class, but it will be six months later. Another Chinese teacher also made a similar announcement, but the course will be available two years later (he will teach it in early 2008).
So you know it takes a master-level Chinese teacher 6 months to 2 years to learn or prepare for QMDJ. Now my course can show you how to use QMDJ in as little as an hour. It takes me a long time to develop this course to make it simple and easy to learn.
This is a “practical” course in that I minimize theory and items that will confuse you rather than helping you to use QMDJ. Specifically, the process of calculating ju numbers, seasons and chart construction is briefly covered. This part still takes 3-months to learn in Taiwan.
You may ask, does this omission hurt your QMDJ applications?
Even assume you have gone through learning all these “nuts and bolts” process (and spent 2- 3 days and US$800- 1200), you STILL need to check the Qi-Men 10k Calendar. If you check the calendar, why not just flip a few more pages to look for the QMDJ chart at the same time?
Yes, you may manually construct the QMDJ chart—it takes 15- 30 minutes and it is very error-prone with over 50 data points!
The worse thing is, after you have paid and learned these theories, you are likely to forget it in less than a month, especially if you don’t use it often enough.
You don’t need to be a mechanic to drive a car. Same logic applies to QMDJ.
Now with course manuals Mini-Qi-Men 10K calendar and 1080 Tables, you can locate a QMDJ chart and make interpretation in one to five minutes. The theory people cannot even figure out the ju # in 5 minutes!
In my 5-days class that covers both theory and usages, I found most students are likely to get frustrated in the theory and calculations parts that killed most of the class time, leaving very little time for practical examples and demonstrations.
This practical video class covers more grounds (except theory) than my 5-days class. It has more graphics and examples. You will be more confident in applying QMDJ after this class.
Even assuming you have learned nothing from this course, you can still use the “Optimized QMDJ charts” as long as you can read 1-2-3!
Finally, thanks again for your patience and feel free to ask questions in the online discussion group. I cannot possibly put everything into the manual and video. If you like the course, please refer it to your friends or write some comments (can be anonymous) for me or in public lists. If you don’t like it, you can use the DVD with my picture as target practice (Sorry, Chinese does not have a refund custom).
Best Wishes!
Sincerely,
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
http://www.kenlaifengshui.com
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