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Day 2: Three Steps to Enlightenment
Reported by Bernice Low
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The next leg in the China Excursion for the students of the Mastery Academy was in Jin Hua, Ze Jiang Province. After spending the night at the
Hangzhou Continental hotel, it was an early start again to get to Jin Hua, a small province in outskirts known for its ham but also, the site of a very
special visit that had been planned by Joey for the students of the Mastery Academy.
It was a 3 hour journey to Jin Hua from the city of Hangzhou so Joey took the opportunity to conduct a short BaZi session in the bus. BaZi is
essential to the practice of Feng Shui, Joey reminded the students, because many of the growth phrases in Feng Shui have their origins in BaZi and also, BaZi is an essential diagnosis tool in formulating and developing Feng Shui prescriptions.
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The BaZi that was analysed was that of Dr Sun, in line with the previous destination visited by the students on the first day of the China Excursion.
Joey explained that at a higher level, students are not concerned with whether a chart is strong or weak, but appreciating the beauty of the picture.
After a quick but scintillating analysis, Joey left the students with some food for thought on the way to Jin Hua. Certainly, no time was wasted on the bus
as students could be spotted discussing BaZi, Xuan Kong and Flying Stars, while others were spotted doing a little quick reading of Joey's new BaZi book,
The Destiny Code.
Three hours and a quick lunch later, students headed to Huang Da Xian Temple. The Legend of Huang Da Xian (Grandmaster Wong) is very well-known amongst most
Chinese people. Huang Da Xian was born in Jia Hua and was a shepherd. However, after much time spent in the mountains, he gained enlightenment and ascended to
the Heavens as an immortal. Later on, Huang Da Xian helped his brother gain enlightenment and subsequently, ascend to Heaven as an Immortal also.
The Huang Da Xian temple visited by the students is known as the new Huang Da Xian temple. After being given 30 minutes to conduct their audit,
the students gathered at the front of the temple, overlooking a lake, to exchange analysis and throw questions at each other.
Students had been informed by the tour guide that the temple was known as a successful place and generally, the perception was that the Feng Shui
not only had to be excellent, but was in fact superior. Students also immediately made assumptions about the forms that were seen.
Puzzlement reigned also. This was the first time that students were faced with the audit of a spiritual place and it was a real challenge: what is
the purpose of Feng Shui in a temple?
The new Huang Da Xian temple, explained Joey, was an example of ¡®going for the water, forgetting the structure (Tan Shui Mong Ju).
While the mountains in the area do release veins, the close proximity of the front of the temple to the water in the front creates 'pulling nose' Qi.
The facing of the temple was also quite windy, again providing students with a hint that the temple was perhaps not quite positioned correctly.
Joey also pointed out to the students that the mountains in the vicinity were not the correct kind of mountains for spirituality because the vein being
tapped was a Huge Door Mountain and as was rightly pointed out by one of the students, what is a temple doing tapping into a mountain that is for making money?
While the Feng Shui was indeed good, the location of the temple could have been better if it was shifted to the actual Meridian spot produced by the Dragon Veins.
From the first day, Joey had told the students that keeping to the timetable would enable them to see more. Well, today, the students were
in for a bumper bonus day as Joey not only explained where the dragon spot was more accurately placed at the new Huang Da Xian temple,
but actually took the students to 3 other locations to explore 3 different other spots, all coming from the same range of mountains.
Climbing the Dragon
Of course, Feng Shui is all about Walking the Mountains and so plenty of walking was in order for the students. The first quick stroll
was down to a burial spot belonging to a former Prime Minister from the Sung Dynasty. The tomb was orientated to face an elephant hill as the
An Shan but the problem with it was that it lacked a ghost mountain (Gui Tok) to support the spot.
To help the students see the dragon's vein and find the meridian spot better, students clambered up a nearby mountain to a point where they
could see the veins shooting out from a very unique Huge Door vein and also, to appreciate on a practical level, how to tap into a Dragon Vein.
Each and every student was determined not to miss out on this opportunity of a lifetime to be up close and personal with an unused, undiscovered meridian spot.
For many, this was the first time, after many years of Feng Shui practice, that they were able to get within striking distance of a real Dragon
Vein and Meridian Spot.
After a fairly challenging climb, students reached the top and were rewarded not only with an excellent view of the mountain ranges surrounding the new
Huang Da Xian temple, but also an explanation by Joey on how to tap into the Qi in the area.
Stairway to Heaven
The next stop on the journey was to the old Huang Da Xian temple, the original temple of Huang Da Xian. This was a 40 minute drive away from the new
Huang Da Xian temple, and had to be reached by a smaller bus for the final leg.
This is a temple that very few tourists actually visit and a few students admitted that they would never have found the old temple on their own if they
had not been taken there.
Students were given a little bit more time at the Huang Da Xian temple, so some took the opportunity to pay their respects while others had a chance to have
their destiny divined.
The mountains at the back of the Huang Da Xian temple are known as a very special Tan Lang mountains, precisely and exactly as described in the Ru Di Yan
Classics (Entering Earth Eye Classics) that produce double or twin effects, specifically related to spirituality and enlightenment. In this case, it
produced two Immortals. The spot in the case of Huang Da Xian temple was a cave that was located right inside the vein. It was inside the
cave that Huang Da Xian studied and sought enlightenment, and eventually ascended to Heaven as an immortal. The temple was built later, to honour Huang Da Xian.
The Qi is locked in by a table mountain in a formation known as the Steps to Heaven formation (Shang Tian Ti). The table mountain is a bit high but
because the use of the space is for spiritual practice, the height of the temple is fine, explained Joey. Finally, what makes the location superior
Luan Tou is that the water mouth is superbly locked in by a Majestic Seat (Xian Ren Da Zuo) mountain, guarding the water.
Not only was the embrace and dragon ideal, but the mountain ranges also form a perfect spiral city. The entire spiral city also is derived from one mountain,
making the location a one-gua formation.
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