About Bazi

There are many schools of thought in Chinese Astrology. Bazi or Four Pillars, being one of them, shares the same sources but they are so divided because of different interpretations. More often than not, the interpretation is not even tested. The Earth was once thought to be flat. When each theory is tried and tested, the results will speak for it. The same interpretation should tally in real life, perhaps with a little variation.

It is time to pick up ten Bazi charts of unfamiliar people and simply read the characteristics of those people. When your method is able to correctly pinpoint the characteristics of seven out of the ten people, then yours is a viable method. You can go back to read the charts after a month. You should be able to identify the same characteristics without the need to remember what transpired during the last reading. You will know that your foundation is sound when you can correctly analyse the characteristics with the same method, not relying on memory of any previous conversations.

Honesty, shrewdness and obedience are three good characteristics to start with. The method should enable you to differentiate honesty from loyalty; and shrewdness from cunningness. You cannot say that a suicide bomber is not obedient and loyal. Neither can you say a person is ill discipline simply because he has no Authority Star in his chart.

When you understand these, you will realise that Bazi is no longer about good and bad charts.

God’s Work or Man’s Choice?

It was an irony to me when someone complained that God as merciful as he/she is, permitted the Si Chuan earthquake, the Tsunami and Hurricanes. God is love and believes in free will. Is it the work of man?

I believe Planet Earth would be a more pleasant place to live when the countries stop their nuclear testing deep into the ground in the name of science. It may be the cause for the tectonic plates to shift resulting in earthquake and landslides.

When will the industrial revolution contains their emissions of poisonous gases in the name of progress? The truth is that it only makes those few wealthy fellows richer. They trapped the workers in polluted environment in the name of job creation.

When the existence of the tsunami warning system was revealed in the aftermath of the Aceh Tsunami, why wasn’t that shared with the less developed countries before it happened? It could have saved some unnecessary loss of lives. Ultimately, the developed countries have their own agenda to look after first.

We know they will not stop their relentless drillings into the Earth for rock and oil money in the name of exploration. After exploration, they leave behind giant holes in the ground without any regards to environmental erosions. It is a matter of time they make these giant holes into tourist attractions. These are business opportunities in the name of tourism.

I doubt the business crooks would stop the illegal dumping into the rivers and streams to maximize their profits. They forget that their families and relations may feed on the seafood or swim in the beaches they so willingly polluted.

The amazing forests that take away the carbon dioxide we breathe out are commercially felled or burnt for agriculture. Unfortunately many of these forests are not replaced. Even if there is replacement, the rate of felling and burning far exceeds the growth. The area of forest is getting smaller. We chose to mercilessly eradicate those that produce the oxygen for us.

Perhaps when we all do our part;
The tectonic plates would not shift;
The tsunami is nothing more than a textbook lesson;
The dormant volcanoes will not be awoken;
The glaciers may never retreat;
The weather is more predictable;
The mountains will remain green;
The river will not be poisoned;
The plains would not flood;
And the land would not slide.

My 15 minutes walk across town is now a 30 minutes drive. Should I thank progress and development?

Little Thoughts

We witnessed the passing of Grand Master Zheng Zi Nan of the San Yuan School at a ripe age of 100 years as he has so predicted. A certain amount of his famous ‘Xie Zi Fa’ would probably be lost with him. We also mourned the loss of well known Miao Pai Grand Master Chen Pei Sheng recently. We would also expect his most respected experiences in Xuan Kong Da Gua to be lost in transition. While GM Zheng has the procedures of his burial clearly stated in writings to his followers, not much can be said of GM Chen. We hope for their returns to guide the Feng Shui world in mind and spirit. We salute their greatness.

I will be writing more articles and hope this will help enrich your knowledge. Should you have any specific questions and topics that you would like me to shed some light, please forward them to me. I will research them further to see if I can paint a clearer picture for all to understand. Feng Shui is so commercialised now that every practitioner carries the title of Master. Only if these Masters understand a little more of the Luo Pan other than the 24 mountains ring.

I have done away with the forum as it is being invaded by non students. Students can still forward their homework and questions to me for verifications. Bazi is a never ending learning process and please keep on working on it.

I want to do away with many of the Feng Shui theories that sound good only in books. All theories must be practical. I will express them in my website. When you embark on a Feng Shui journey, make sure what you learn can be applied immediately especially when they are stand alone theories. There is no point in doing an audit without any results. Results are part of the applications. I will be also in search of a lineage to share with all, minus the politics. Lineage has such closely guarded traditions and vows. It is one uphill task.

Geshe Zopa, the anointed spiritual leader of LDC in KL has gone into retreat after tendering his resignation. It was said in the chat box of Geshe Zopa blog that the demand of his resignation came from the current Executive Committee. Did the ExCo first seek the permission of the office of the Dalai Lama for the demand? If not, this is the insult and non respect for the Holy Authority who anointed him. The finger pointing, banging of tables and shouting are so unlike the nature of worshippers. Mixing feng shui with politics and worship reveals the hidden intention of the pretentious.

Like the recent sagas of NKF, Youth Challenge and Ren Ci, it is sad that places of worship and charitable organisations with the best of intentions can never be freed from the clutches of politics, power and money.

I register my support for his return and vision.