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Feng Shui and the ‘Millennium Bug’8 Houses Feng Shui is a very popular method, because it is easy tocalculate and you can get a rough idea about what is good and badwithout initially having to go into too much detail.This method is connected with thehoutian (postnatal) bagua, since thehoutian bagua is more connected withthe compass and the wuxing (5 elements).If you have a solid understanding ofthe houtian bagua and the wuxing, you caninstantly get an overview of the feng shui ofa place and how it relates to a person. In 8Houses, people are divided into two kinds:East For Life and West For Life.East For LifeEast For Life people prefer theelements wood, fire and water. There are fourgua that have these elements: Sun, Chen, Liand Kan, which occupy the directions SE, E,N and S. These directions lean towards theeast, hence the name East For Life.West For LifeWest For Life people prefer theelements metal and earth. There are four guathat have these elements: Qian, Tui, Ken andKun, which occupy the directions W, NW,SW and NE. These directions lean towardsthe west, hence the name West For Life.Once you know which group youbelong to, you can see which directions arePre NatalBaguaD rirection: EastGua : Ch enElement : Yang WoodN umber: 5East For LifeDrirection: NortheastGua : KanElement : Wet Eart hNumber: 8West For LifeDrirection: SoutheastGua : Su nElement : Yin WoodNumber: 4East For Lifebest for you. For example if you are a WestFor Life person, and your house faces NE,then this is good. If however you are an EastFor Life person, and your house faces West,then this is potentially a problem. But don’tworry too much, since there are other factorsinvolved, and you can always do somethingto rectify any problem.To find out whether you are East ForLife or West For Life, you have to find outthe gua of the year that you were born in andsee if this gua belongs to one of those favouredby the East For Life group or the West ForLife group.Finding the gua of a year is done bytaking the last two digits of the year, dividingby 9, and taking the remainder. Now formales, you then take this number andsubtract it from 10. For ladies, you add 5.Then you take this number and look up thegua using the Lou shu.Each position on the Lou shucorresponds to a gua using the houtianarrangement (Pre Natal Bagua).For example 1967 becomes:67 / 9 = Remainder 4For a man = 10 - 4 = 6 = QianDrirection: SouthGua : LiElement : FireNumber: 9East For LifeElement : EarthNumber: 5East For LifeDrirection: NorthGua : KenElement : FireNumber: 1East For LifeDrirection: So uthwestGua : KunElement : Dry EarthNumber: 2West For LifeDrirectio n: WestGua : Tu iElement : Yang MetalNu mber: 7West For LifeDrirection: NorthwestGua : QianElement : Yin MetalNumber: 6West For LifeThis means he is West For LifeFor a lady = 5 + 4 = 9 = LiThis means she is East For LifeWhat has all this got to do with theMillennium bug? The problem is that thecalculation only works for dates in the 20 thcentury. We can adust the formula so that itworks for all years. As before, divide by 9and take the remainder, but this time use thewhole year(not just the last two digits). Nowfor males, subtract from 11, and for ladiesadd 4. If the result is over 9, then divide by 9again and take the remainder.For example 1967 becomes1967 / 9 = Remainder 5For a man = 11 - 5 = 6 = QianThis means he is West For LifeFor a lady = 4 + 5 = 9 = LiThis measn she is East For LifeThis is all well and good, but tryingto divide a 4 digit number by 9 in your headis a bit beyond most of us. Fortunately thereis a bit of mathematical magic you can use.Simply add all of the digits together, and keepadding them together until you get a singledigit. Then use this number to subtract from11 (for men), or add 4 (for women).For example 19671+9+6+7 = 23 = 2+3 = 5 (remainder)For a man = 11 - 5 = 6 = QianFor a lady = 4 + 5 = 9 = LiAnd the year 2008 becomes2 + 0 + 0 + 8 = 10 = 1 + 0 = 1For a man = 11 - 1 = 10 = 1 + 0 = 1 = KenFor a lady = 4 + 1 = 5 =2 = KunIn the example above, the male gua is10. To convert this to a number between 1-9, the two digits were added together.This is exactly the same as dividingby 9 and taking the remainder. It works toofor any number, no matterhow large. I’ll leaveit to you to work out why. One things forsure, its no coincidence that the ancients used9 as the magic numberbyDaniel PoonQi Magazine 9
Daoist Yoga“The GentleArt of Openingthe Body”The Practice of the Internal Arts is the studyof the science of Yin & Yang. Students are oftentold to achieve a distinction between those Yang attributes of focus and concentration and the Yincharacteristics of relaxation and openness. Opening however is not always an easily achievedquality and with the stresses of Western Society our bodies tend to recoil and close from theconstant bombardment of stimulation we receive.It is important to our practice of the Internal Arts to have a toolwith which we may loosen the joints, sinews, and muscles ofthe body to allow for the free flow of energy and the quick andfree extension necessary for application.Daoist Yoga emerged from earliest times in China and is allied withthe Daoyin, or energy induction exercises. They were first specificallymentioned in the Chang Tzu in the 4 th century BC when it was saidin part, “stretching like a bird is only for longevity”. However it isobvious that the practice predates even this mention and was part ofthe cultural heritage of the ancients. Verse 76 of the Lao Tzu illustratesthis legacy when it was written;“A man is born gentle and weak,at his death he is hard and stiff.Green plants are tender and filled with sap,at their death they are withered and dry.The stiff and unbending is the discipleof death, gentle and yielding is the way of life.”During its long and complex evolution the systemdeveloped many off-shoots and branches, and some of these maystill be witnessed in our traditional Internal practice, for example theK’ai Men training. However the root of Daoist Yoga remains, in itsmost basic form, as simple sets of single seated or standing stretches.One might recognise these stretches in modern western exerciseprograms like the Palates system, the Alexander Technique, or evenperformed by runners before the London Marathon. In fact theChinese have no direct translation for the word Yoga which arisesfrom the Hindu Sanskrit word for union. And it is easy to see howdivergent systems of body opening exercises might become confusedin western minds with similar terms.The focus then of all Daoist Yoga, or stretching exercise,is to open and relax the body, specifically the joints of the spine, thehips, and shoulders, as well as the sinews of the arms and legs, feetand hands.Daoists, whose philosophy is based in part on theobservations of animals, believed that in order to be in harmony withthe environment, the body must be balanced and free from tension.The tiger’s paw will fall loosely and with sensitivity when stalkingprey, yet suddenly explode with power when closing for the kill.This could not occur if the tiger’s paw was as stiff and unyielding asmany of our hands have become. Sensitivity and tension arediametrically opposed and are a hindrance to our art. Moreover, asan Internalist, it is fundamental to our research to develop thissensitivity inwardly, to develop the ability to look deep insideourselves in order to direct our energy correctly for our structure.Without subtracting anything from the valuable body ofsubcontinental, or Buddhist yoga, it is important at this point to revealsome of the fundamental differences between the two. Indian &Tibetan styles of Yoga have been codified since the 2 nd century BCwhen the Yoga Sutra first appeared. This style of stretching exerciseseeks the liberation of limitations of the flesh, delusions of the senses,and pitfalls of thought, as some of its ultimate goals. This style seesphysical & mental training not for its practical application but ratheras a means to spiritual ends. The Asanas (postures) and methods ofPanayama (breath control) guide the practitioner towards Pratyahara(a higher consciousness in a Buddhist sense). Yogis assume posturesQi Magazine 11
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