Bazi or 4-Pillars of Weight loss

The basic principle of Bazi or 4-Pillars is balance-- if the day-master of a person is strong, we try to weaken it and strengthen it if it is weak.  So the question of weight loss is also based on the strength of the day-master.

In other words, people with day-master that is on the strong side are suitable to do weight loss.  It will improve their luck and get better weight control results. 

People who have balanced day-master, regardless of body weight, are not suitable to do any weight loss.

People whose day-master are on the weak side should not do weight loss or their luck will slide.  They are also likely to regain the lost weight and wasting their weight-control expenses.

Here is a summary:

DAY-MASTER STRENGTH/   WEIGHT LOSS
Strong                             suitable to do
Weak                               not suitable
Balanced                          not suitable
Extreme strong                 not suitable
Extreme weak                   suitable
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 In terms of 4P charts, women with "Shi-shen" (-output or "eating god" ) profile chart (shi-shen in month branch) are likely to have a "full" figure, especially those without resource (zheng-yin/pian-yin) elements to control the shi-shen or "eating god". 

Zheng-cai stands for wealth and wife for man in Bazi.  If a man's wife is doing weight loss, she can possibly hurt his wealth luck!  Some of you here should thank me for giving you a great reason to keep on eating.
 
If you do not understand these Bazi terms, you may take my "4-Pillars Bootcamp" video course. If your cannot afford the course,  you may use the below to determine if you have a strong or weak day-master:

You are likely to have a strong day-master if you
--  like to work by yourself and not in teams
--  are decisive
--  are opinionated
-- have people like to borrow your money but not repaying you

You are likely to have a weak day-master if you
--  like to work with others
--  are indecisive or hesitate a lot
--  like to procrastinate
--  easily follow/agree with others


 Ken Lai
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Meeting Sakyamuni Buddha in Hong Kong

Sakyamuni Buddha

In 1011, during the Song Dynasty of China, a monk from India, Master Danapala, had offered the sacred relic of the skull of Sakyamuni Buddha to Emperor Zhen.  This relic was housed in the underground palace of the Sacred Relic Pagoda inside Changgan Temple.

The Sacred Relic Pagoda was destroyed later due to war and the relic was disappeared for over 1000 years.

In 2008, during an archeological excavation of the Great Baoen Temple, the original underground palace housing the relic was discovered.  The sacred relic of the skull of Sakyamuni Buddha has "reappeared".

Relics of Sakyamuni Buddha are not rare because there were over 80,000 pieces of Buddha's relics collected when he was cremated.  But a large chunk of his skull like the rediscovered one is very rare and considered "national treasure" and the ultimate holy relic of the Buddhist world.

From April 25 to 30th (2012), this sacred relic is transported to Hong Kong to celebrate the birthday of Buddha and the 15th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to China.  The public is invited to see and pay homage to the relic in a coliseum.  Over 300,000 people have attended this event.

The skull or usnisa of Sakyamuni Buddha

Worshipers walking past the golden pagoda housing the relic

The weather was strange during the relic exhibition. The city here had unusually big rain and thunderstorms during mid-nights and sunshine or hazy sky during the days.  The rainfall had cleansed and purified the qi or energy of the city.  Some Buddhists said that beings other than human also wanted to pay their homage to the Buddha relic-- hence bringing the big thunderstorms at night.

I was fortunate to be in Hong Kong doing research when the exhibition was on. This is probably my affinity with Buddha.

Majority of the relic worshipers are from the older generations-- most are over 50 years old.  Older folks are probably thinking more about what will happen after death. I saw many old, sick, infirm and people on wheelchairs coming to "meet" Buddha-- similar to people in the western world flocking to holy sites with relics for inspirations and faith-healing.

I had seen other Buddhist relics, including Sakyamuni Buddha's crystallized relics in small bead form in 2005 when there was a relic exhibition in Minnesota.  I remember the indescribable pleasant and calm energies near the relics even the exhibition room was crowded with sweating people.

I felt the same jubilant and peaceful energies in the coliseum. Some people were in states of euphoria. 

I like the feeling of this holy energy and seized the opportunities to stick around the coliseum.  I ended up attended Dharma Services three times and absorbed a few hours of Buddha energies.

"The opportunity to see the sacred relic is as good as meeting Buddha" (得見舍利，如見佛陀). Now I can die a happy man.


Ken Lai

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Luopan Feud

I have visited a retail outlet of a prolific Feng Shui writer and master in Hong Kong.  This outlet showcases his luopans and Feng Shui remedies like Kilun, bagua, ethnic cures and the likes.

When I entered this Feng Shui center, the salesmen there had a heated argument with two customers who looked and sounded like from out of town. Both side repeated the same arguments again and again and emotion was getting high.

The customers had complained the luopan that they bought from this center is inaccurate and off by 2 degrees when benchmarking it with their friend's luopan.

The salesman said that he has already exchanged a better model for him.

The customers said the "better model" is also off by two degrees with their friend's luopan as benchmark.  They said they are not satisfied with the quality of the luopan products in this center.  They want their money back.

In Hong Kong and most Asian countries, refund for a product is rare unless specified and written in advance.  The salesman had refused refund but nevertheless offering the refund as store credit to purchase anything in the store.

The customers got very irritated and yelled that they will take the luopan if they can see the famous master and hear that "it is OK for a luopan to off by 2 degrees".

The salesman did not fall into this trap and refused.

This famous master has sold thousands of luopans over the last 30 years.  I do not believe his luopans can be this bad to have two in a row off by 2 degrees.  The salesman probably is not smart enough to counter-argue that customer's benchmark luopan is inaccurate.

On a spiritual level, luopan needs to "match" the energy imprint or "qi" of a user. It works well and gives accurate measurement when there is an affinity between the luopan and the user.  A luopan can be an extension of your body and mind.  It can feel your heart-beat when your mind is not quiet during a measurement.  This is why loaning your luopan to another person is not a good idea.

Anyway, anyone who believe luopan is infallible probably is naive.  Most luopans using a non-fluid magnetic needle in the market is at most accurate to +/- one degree.  By the same logic, Feng Shui measurements requiring accuracy down to less than one degree, like Xuan Kong Da Gua, is probably wishful thinking. There are more arguments on the problems of luopan measurements even in the less demanding situation like 24 mountains.  I may cover it in the future.

Happy May 1 Labor Day!


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How do you read the Bazi chart of a transgender person?

A few weeks ago, before all the buzz about the controversial transgender Canadian beauty queen contestant for Miss Universe pageant, a Bazi student has asked me,

"How would you do a chart for someone going through a sex change operation ? "

"Charge her double." was my answer.
   
I know this is a politically incorrect answer.  But there is no magic or secret here-- Bazi reader needs to read the chart twice-- one as a male and other as a female to see which one fits his/her life history better.  This is because the 10-years luck periods are read differently for male and female even the birthday is identical.  Hence the double charge.

Other than individuals who thought that they were trapped in the body of a gender that they dislike,  some people may use sex-change as a way to change their "luck" or destiny in life.  Before they have their operations, they should consult a Bazi reader to check if their luck improves significantly with the gender change.  I had watched a documentary video about a man who had changed his gender to a "she" and then changed back to a "he" again.

Jin Xin, the modern dancer from China

Once I had a transgender female with a full body in my 4P class.  Students were volunteered their birth charts for class demonstration.  When "she" volunteered hers, you could hear a pin drop in the class.  Everyone was waiting for her to declare her gender.

She said "male". And I read her chart as a male, her "pre-heaven" or natural gender.

My experience with Bazi charts with gender-change case does not find major change in life in their charts.  Very often this group of people have psychological and social issues that they have to overcome to be successful in life.

However, Jin Xing, the famous transgender female modern dancer from China, has better luck as a female than male.  So everything returns to the hidden dynamics of luck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_Xing

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Winning Mega Millions Lottery with Qi-Men-Dun-Jia Date/Task Selection

News from the web and TV are full of tips on how to enhance the odds of winning the record US$476 million jackpot.  Here I throw in my findings on the best time and direction to buy your lotto ticket based on the ancient Chinese  method of date and task selection-- Qi-Men-Dun-Jia (QMDJ).

QMDJ is different from other date-selection methods in  maintaining everyday is a good day-- except only certain directions and hours are better than others.  The chosen direction is regarded as full of  preferred qi or energy, like wealth or health energy.  It can also be task-specific like certain direction and time are good for wealth-generating purposes.

Next Mega Millions drawing will be held on this coming Friday (April 30, 2012).  The hours listed below are based on standard time for April 30.  It is calculated with QMDJ and optimized for wealth-related activities for April 30. You should adjust the hour if  your time zone has daylight saving time.  The direction listed are based on your current location and NOT the actual geographic direction.  For example, if you are at home at 8:01 am  and  the direction listed is west, it means you go to a lotto store in the west side of YOUR home and NOT west side of the city.


BETTER HOURS AND DIRECTIONS TO BUY LOTTO

--  missing hours mean the wealth energy of those hours are not good

HOUR/     DIRECTION TO BUY LOTTO
23:00- 01:00       Northwest
01:00- 03:00       South
03:00- 05:00       Northwest
05:00- 07:00       Southeast
07:00- 09:00      West  (Strongest wealth energy for the day)
09:00- 11:00       North
11:00- 13:00       Northeast
13:00- 15:00       Northeast
17:00- 19:00       South

If you want to further enhance your odds, you can donate something to your local food-shelves or charity before buying the lotto ticket.  This will generate some positive energy and kickstart the "flow" of wealth energy.  You need to give "something" to get something back (hopefully $476M).  This is a universal principle of energy exchange.

Send me or any charity 10% if you hit something big.   Good Luck!


Ken Lai
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Naming and Triple Strength Chinese Characters

Sometimes you may find some Chinese names have an abundance of certain 5-elements prefixes or suffixes like water or wood.  You can deduce that water or wood is the favorable element (yong shen) or the element in shortage of the name owners.  Using characters containing one of the 5-elements to enhance the 4-Pillar chart is one of the remedies used to enhance the fortune and blessing of a person in the Chinese metaphysics of naming.

The following list contains Chinese characters that people used to beef up their element in shortage.

鑫 [xīn], triple metals here, no particular meaning other than lots of metal
森 [ sēn ], triple wood, means "forest"
淼 [miǎo], triple water, means tide water
焱  [yàn]. triple fire, means flame
垚 [yáo], triple earth, means high mountains

Besides "5-elements fixes" with prefixes and suffixes in Chinese characters with one's name, naming in terms of animal is another common practice.

By naming one as "dragon", "tiger", "panther" or even "ox", hopefully, the desirable characteristics of that particular animal will be infused to the person's personality makeup.  This is an inexpensive way of molding one's personality.



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Feng Shui of Microsoft's Dragon Mouse

Dragon is the most beloved animal of the Chinese people.  It represents prosperity, blessing and success in the Chinese lore.  This belief gives marketers a tremendous opportunity to make some quick bucks with the upcoming of the Year of Dragon.

Rolls Royce of UK, manufacturer of deluxe vehicles, has marketed a "limited edition" of a dragon car by hand painting a few golden dragons in the interior of a Phantom model vehicle. People have snapped up this dragon inventory within a week when the car was put in the market. This dragon car has a little price tag of about US$1.2 million a pop.

Alas, not every Chinese is a rich panda to afford this Rolls Royce Dragon.  But they want to get some benefits from the year of dragon too.  So they resort to "making" dragon babies.  Many Chinese hospitals are already fully booked for dragon baby deliveries up to Sept. 2012 now.  This  baby boom will increase competitions for school, jobs, spouse among dragon babies themselves than other birth cohorts for the rest of their lives.

Well, not every Chinese is fortunate enough to have someone to "make" dragon baby with or afford a babysitter.  How can they cash in this dragon mania?

By the grace of God Microsoft has created two affordable "limited editions" dragon mice.  The black "Arch Touch Mouse" only costs you US$69.95 and the wireless "mobile mouse" US$34.95.

The question is:  Do the designers of these mouse models understand Feng Shui and Chinese folklore?

2012 is Ren-chen or year of water-dragon.  In Chinese metaphysics, black or blue stands for water. Therefore the base color of these mice is correct to use black.

However, the gold or metal colored dragon version is a little bit off, though still usable.  Year 2000 or Geng-chen was the year of metal dragon.  Metal nurtures water in Chinese 5-element theory, so a gold colored dragon is still acceptable or auspicious for the year of water dragon.  For the same reason the gray-colored dragon on the Arch Touch Mouse is considered metal and so it is also acceptable.

The model with red dragon imprinted can be put in storage till 2036 when the year of fire-dragon (Bing-chen) comes.  Fire-dragon clashes water dragon-- inauspicious for the user of this mouse during 2012. Microsoft can market the red dragon mouse as an antique mouse in 2036 if it is still in business.

Now comes to the most important question-- are these dragon mice good Feng Shui or not?  You need to learn something about the concept of Grand Duke or the Annual Ruler of the year.

2012 is the year of the dragon.  This means dragon is the Grand Duke or Ruler of the Year.  Dragon is your boss for the year.  Chinese Feng Shui dictates that you should not face Grand Duke directly, let alone holding his head and moving his tail backwards when you use the dragon mouse.  This is disrespect to the max to Grand Duke.  Antagonizing Grand Duke is a one way ticket to make your life miserable.

"Ken, since I can't afford the Rolls Dragon or make a dragon baby, I have already bought a dragon mouse.  What should I do with it?"

Well, you may get rid of it on Ebay or put it at the back of where you sit most of the time.  Grand Duke enhances your competition power in business or examinations if he is at your back.  It is auspicious to have Grand Duke as your back support. You may use your dragon mouse safely after Feb.3, 2013.

Now Microsoft can market these dragon mice as Feng Shui remedies and double the prices.  Bill, do it quick before the Queen of Feng Shui picks up this business idea.

Disclaimer:  I do not own Microsoft or Apple stock.  I do not own or use any Apple software or hardware. I have been a Microsoft Windows user for over 25 years.  This blog is written with Microsoft Windows 7 operating system.

Ken Lai

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