Advanced Bazi: Permanence of Yong-shen and Ji-shen

Note:  The following article was written for the "Advanced Destiny/ Luck Management with Bazi" discussion list.

The million dollar question in Bazi or 4P is:  Do favorable elements ("Yong-shen" or "useful god") and unfavorable elements ("Ji-shen" or "annoying god") of  4P charts change with luck periods?  In other words: 

1.  Are they "permanent" or static regardless of changing luck periods? 

2.  Are they "changing" or dynamic according to changing luck periods?

For #1 position, it implies the natal 4P chart determines the favorable/unfavorable elements regardless of changing luck periods. And they are permanent.

For #2 position, it means luck period determines the favorable/ unfavorable elements.  And they change.

There are no clear cut answers.  4P classics are ambiguous or have avoided discussion on this topic.

This topic becomes even more murky when adding the chart profile variable, especially the special profile charts.  Because day-master with special chart will more likely to have good luck if favorable/unfavorable elements change with luck periods.  Yet in reality it is not--  when unfavorable elements come into a special chart, we say the chart profile is "broken" or "po" and major disasters strike.

On the other hand, we have seen people died during their favorable element luck period.  There are cases when favorable/unfavorable elements changed with luck periods.

The answer to this "static vs. dynamic" question is not clear-cut or absolute.  I have proposed a simple solution after reviewing some 4P classics and cases (posted in the DLM discussion list).

Ken Lai

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It's a cat's life-- In memoriam of a Feng Shui cat

In the summer of 2008, we had unexpectedly adopted a 3 year old black cat Meow-meow.  I had written a blog about this accidental adoption:

http://kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com/2008/07/cats-and-lottery.html

At the end of last January, Meow-meow also had unexpectedly passed.  This blog is a celebration of her life.

IT IS A CAT'S LIFE

"I'm exhausted after a lap dance"

Meow-meow was a kind and gentle creature.  She was a "no-kill" cat.  She would not kill any living thing.  I had seen her interactions with crickets and ants and wrote about it:

http://kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com/2008/07/big-black-cat-and-baby-cricket.html

I had discovered her Feng Shui talent.  She could figure out which area of the house has the best Feng Shui or energy.  I had certified her as the first cat Feng Shui master in the world-- Master Meow-meow:
http://kenlaifengshui.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-cat-is-feng-shui-master.html

Meow-meow was also a normal cat.  She eats, naps and poohs.  She woke my spouse up in the morning and me up in the afternoon.

"Parallel napping with my sister"

Meow-meow was classy and elegant.  She would poop outside the litter box if the box is not clean enough for her or used by another cat.

We told her not to sit or run on dinner table and kitchen counters.  She obeyed the order, at least in our presence.  Our two other cats do not follow the order at all.

Meow-meow was very friendly and would jump onto the lap of any guest coming into my house.

Besides regular cat food, she likes yogurt and cream cheese.

She also likes to chew on thin electric wires and damaged a few of my gadgets.

From time to time, she would climb up my fish tank for some fish soup by dipping her long tail into the water and then licking her tail.

"Driving with mom"

"Cat yoga"

"Rock-climbing-- cat edition"

"My parakeet buddy"

"Let's be friends"

"Yogurt! Yogurt!  I like yogurt."

 
 

"Peanuts and milk?"

"I've almost finished the whole plate."

"How about some fish soup?"

"Hey kitty, don't steal my place!"

"Playing hide-and-seek"

"I'm the top cat"

"Handsome brother and pretty me"

"Look into my eyes...."

 

"Look at my bigger pupils...."

THE LAST GOODBYE

I had seen Meow-meow taking her last breath and making two loud noises, as if saying "Good-bye" to me.  She then laid down peacefully and motionlessly.  I said to Meow-meow, 

"Have a smooth trip to heaven.  I pray for you to go to heaven or reincarnate as a human being.  Thank you for the joy that you bought to our family."

Meow-meow's resting place

It was still winter with snow here in January.  The ground was frozen.  I had problem digging up some soil to bury Meow-meow.  So I bought 5 bags of potting soil to bury Meow-meow above a slope near my backyard.  I had also buried two parakeets there before.  She would be closed to her friends there.

I had buried Meow-meow with some cat-food, her favorite cream cheese and a Tibetan talisman.  This talisman would enable her to have a smooth trip to Pureland or reincarnate as a  human being.

Pets come to our lives for some reasons.  Some people believe that pets sometimes die suddenly to take the "hit" for its owner.  There are stories of Feng Shui fish jumping out of the water tank to tie up its owner from making a fateful trip.

Meow-meow might have fended off a disaster for my family by sacrificing herself.

Master Meow-meow, RIP

Master Meow-meow, 2004- 2016

Ken Lai

"King Bolra" in the animal shelter

Postscript:  I have visited an animal shelter yesterday and seen a 2-year old male black cat waiting for adoption.  He looks like the reincarnation of Meow-meow.  

Postscript 4/4/2016:  Today I found Meow-meow's tomb was disturbed and cracked open, probably by some wild animals.  Her body was moved a few feet away.  The ground is not frozen now, so I can dig a hole into the ground to rebury her.  Her body was hard like a rock.  In 4/4/16 evening I suddenly had smelled the same staunchly scent when Meow-meow passed inside my house.  The scent lasted only 20 seconds.  Maybe this is her way of telling me her presence.  I had prayed for her liberation from animal realm right the way.

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Lotto-buying Feng Shui Secrets

In Hong Kong, the Mark 6 Lotto is run by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.  It has "convenient" storefront stations around the city for citizens to bet on horse races and buy lotto tickets.  The station that has sold the most grand prizes tickets is located in the Stanley Street in the Central District of Hong Kong island.  It has sold 42 grand prizes tickets in the last 13 years.  This location becomes the "Mecca" of lotto buyers whenever huge jackpot comes up.

Stanley Street Lotto Station-- 42 Grand Prizes tickets sold

The upcoming lotto drawing on March 1, 2016 will have a jackpot of around HK$120 million (US$ 15.4M).  People are lining up around the Stanley Street lotto station for hours to buy their tickets.

According to Hong Kong lottery statistics, the number "10" has shown up the most-- 332 times in the last 13 years, followed by "49" and "9".  Number "19" is the lest popular, has shown up only 298 times, followed by "23" and "46".

March 2, 2016 jackpot is around HK$120M

Long line around the Stanley Street Lotto station

The chance of winning grand prize for Hong Kong Lotto is 1 in 13, 983,816 or around 1 in 14 million.  Cost per ticket is only HK$10 or US$ 1.3.

The chance for winning USA's Powerball grand prize is 292, 201, 338 or 1 in 292 million; for second prize is 11, 688, 053 or 1 in 11.7 million.  Price per ticket is US$2.  That is, winning the second prize in USA is almost as "easy" as winning the grand prize in Hong Kong.  But second prize in USA gives the winner only US$1 million (HK$7.8M) plus deduction from around 40% of taxes.  For Hong Kong winners, there is NO tax and the winning is not an annuity.  So the Hong Kong jackpot is almost 40% more proportionally if comparing to US lotto winning.

Now comes to the Feng Shui secret of lotto buying.  It is pretty simple if you know some basic Feng Shui principles.

Narrow street in front of Stanley Street Lotto Station

A lotto station represents the Lotto establishment.  Therefore it's Feng Shui conditions will affect the well-being of the establishment.  In other words, if you want to maximize your chance of lotto winning, purchase your tickets from a station with bad Feng Shui.  Take the Stanley Street Lotto Station for example, the front area of the station is a very narrow street.  The front area or "ming-tang" shows the wealth potential of a location in Feng Shui.  With a small front area means limited or little wealth potential for the owner (Lotto establishment).  This means a better chance to win for the lotto buyers.

Other signs of bad Feng Shui would be checking the location's front and back door, toilet location, cash register, layout and manager office locations.

Ken Lai

Results of March 1, 2016  Lotto in Hong Kong

Update:  The winning numbers for the 3/1/2016 Hong Kong Mark 6 Lotto are: 11, 16, 19, 21, 30, 33 and the special # (or Powerball in USA) is 31.  There are 5 tickets hitting the jackpot with each getting around HK$27M (US$ 3.5M).   Total ticket sales are HK$446M (US$ 57M) and the government only takes 25% from the total sales.



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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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"Brother Sharp"- Fashion Icon 2016 Updates

Note:  I had written about the 4P of "Brother Sharp" in 2010.  It was one of the most read messages in this blog.  Below are recent updates of Brother Sharp.  I have included the original message here for those who have not read it.

"Brother Sharp" 犀利哥 is the nickname given by netizens in China to a homeless man for his chic fashion taste. A photographer took his picture and posted it on the web. He becomes a fashion icon and web sensation overnight. His fame has spread to Taiwan, Japan and even UK's Independent newspaper has an article on him.

Brother Sharp has mental disorder and can barely communicate with people!

Click here for his "fashion show" on the street:
http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news10678.html

You can do a Google search on "Brother Sharp" if you want to know more about him.

Here is some life events of Brother Sharp:

• He was born in Oct. 10, 1976 in a rural area.
• His family is poor. He has a brother and sister.
• He got married, has two boys.
• He became a migrant worker in 2000. He had lost contacts with his family after 3 years.
• His father and wife had died in a traffic accident in 2009.
• He had been roaming around the street of Ningbao city, Zhejiang Province for years.
• In early March of this year, someone took his picture and posted it on the web. The rest is fashion history.

 Here is his 4P chart. Hour unknown:
Y: bing-chen
M: wu-xu
D: yi-wei
H: (not known)

Current 10- Year Luck
Xin-Chou

Annual Luck
2009 Ji-chou
2010 Geng-yin

What do you see? Xu-chou-wei 3-penalties (3P)! Do you remember that I have written about 3-Penalies previously that it can be negative and positive? 3P also is likely to jinx the daymaster's close relatives.

Brother Sharp's natal chart and 10-year luck period form a 3P. In 2009, another Chou (ox) comes to activate the 3P--- wife and father died of traffic accident. Why wife and father got the jinx? (see the answer in 4PBC list)

Interesting thing is the suddenly fame through NO effort of his own-- also due to 3P! But why this happens in Yin (tiger) year and is "positive"? (answer in 4PBC list)

Brother Sharp before and after "cleaning up"

Because of his sudden fame, he has reunited with his family and received assistance from the government. A famous movie director plans to use his image and develop it into a movie. There are already fashion packages based on his look sold in China.

The sad thing is-- after his hair-cut and clean up with "normal"' cloths, people no longer see him as "Brother Sharp". He has lost his "chic".

Brother Sharp working in a theme park

I have tested his 4P chart using all the possible hours. All except one will give him a real or fake follow wealth chart. But reality shows he is dirt poor with a chart that is full of wealth elements. So it must be a weak chart or he would have been rich. It is a case of "failure to become a special chart" (implies miserable life!). 

BROTHER SHARP UPDATE-- Feb. 2016

Brother Sharp resumes his homeless life.

Brother Sharp was a media darling in 2010

After Brother Sharp became a "fashion icon" and famous in Feb. 2010, he had worked for a theme park as an "attraction" and also as spokesman for some products.  All marketing plans had failed due to his mental problems.

Owing to his "fame", media people got him free therapy from a mental institution 2013.  But his mental problems persists-- dislikes human contacts, does not bath or change clothing and lacking personal hygiene.  He had left the institution in 2014 and gradually lost contact with his own family members.

This iconic smoking posture of Brother Sharp 

An elementary classmate of Brother Sharp had reported seeing him wandering on the streets, picking up cigarette butts and food from garbage cans. He has not been seen for over a year.

The younger brother of Brother Sharp,  Cheng Guo-sheng comments,

" (In 2010) my brother was famous all over the country.  I was given over 100 business cards from media reporters.  But this was just a giant bubble.  My brother's internet celebrity status did not mean anything to him or his life."

Cheng thinks his brother is only lazy and lacking focus in life.

"Like a philosopher or someone who does self-cultivation, he has reached a higher level of consciousness.  But people said he is mentally sick.  Probably he has attained enlightenment and understood the meaning of life.  Maybe he wants to live his life as a vagrant."

Brother knows best about Brother Sharp.

Brother Sharp now lives the "good life" that he cherishes.  He has escaped the media circus and materialism.



Ken Lai

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Easy Wealth Enhancement with a Bank

Don't worry, I don't mean robbing a bank with this wealth enhancement method.  It is perfectly legal.

The second day of the second lunar month (March 10 for 2016, Feb. 27 for 2017,  March 18 for 2018) is the birthday of Earth God.  There is an Earth God residing in every household.  According to Daoism,  this day is also known as "Dragon-head raising day 龍抬頭日".  It is good for enhancing wealth luck.

Here is how to enhance your wealth luck during this day:

Earth-God

1.  Go to a bank or financial institution near your house or business with a bottle or cup.
2.  Collect water from the bank or financial institution (any one of the following sources)
     -- water cooler
     -- water fountain
     -- restroom tap water
3.  Take water back to your home/ business
4.  Put water into a circular-shaped bowl.
5.  Put a Chinese coin or your local metal coin into bowl center.
6.  Place this bowl of water in the "wealth position" (see below) or on the family safe or cash register location.

"Wealth position" can be current year's wealth stars location (1, 6,  or 8 locations/ east, south, southwest for 2016) or the corner diagonal to your main door.

The rationale behind this wealth enhancement is that water stands for wealth in Feng Shui.  Bank collects money from the public and hence its water represents wealth from different sources. Water collected from a bank symbolizes making money from the public.  Put a metal coin in the water will produce more water (i.e., more wealth) because metal nurtures water in Chinese 5-elements theory.

Bonus tip:  Collect water from different banks (not from same company) will further enhance the power of this method.  Donate some money to charity will make this enhancement work continuously.


Ken Lai

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Diamond Sutra Vs. Diamond Drill II: Secret of Pain Control

Last October I had blogged about using Diamond Sutra to overcome dental pain caused by dental-drilling. 
https://kenlai.wordpress.com/2015/10/08/diamond-sutra-vs-diamond-drill/

Yesterday, I have my third dental crown done.  With previous two pain-control experience with Diamond Sutra, I thought this trip should be painless.

Alas!  Life always gives you some surprises (or "sh** happens" in daily language).  Age must be catching up with me after hitting 60,  I forgot the first sentence of the Diamond Sutra while the dentist was drilling my teeth.

While in panic (and pain!), I recite silently the easy-to-remember compassion mantra "Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ".  But it did not reduce the pain.

Diamond Sutra

Out of desperation, I had recited Diamond Sutra without the first sentence while whacking my brain trying to remember the first sentence of the Sutra.

Amazingly, Diamond Sutra still stopped the drilling pain without reciting the first sentence. Eventually, my brain had recollected the first sentence of the Sutra.

A question come to my mind-- why the shorter Sutra "Oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ" does not work?  Is it too short to keep my mind busy enough to divert its attention to dental drilling?  If this is the case, any longer sutra or prayer from other religions should work too.

As an intellectually curious or dummy,  I had sacrificed myself as an experimental subject to test this hypothesis.   I had stopped recited Diamond Sutra and recited the Catholic "Our Father" prayer.

But....the last time that I had recited "Our Father" prayer was in 1974 when I was a senior in a Catholic high school.  I had forgotten most of it!

Was I in big trouble?

No, it actually worked better in stopping pain while my brain frantically search through the brain cells for the "fragments" of this prayer.  In other words,  this "search" had directed or distracted the focus from the dental pain to the prayer.

"Ken,  I am an atheist.  What can I do instead of reciting prayer or sutra?"

You may try to recite some passages, poems, lyrics ... that you had learned during your childhood or anything that you can barely remember as distraction.  It should work just the same.

This is my little pain control without drugs tips to humanity.  But there is no escape for the pain of paying tax and dental bills. You may help reduce my bill-paying pain by reading my ad below and click the link if you could.

Ken Lai

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