Tony Wang's Yijing Lecture
Topic:The Art and Pleasure of Deghosting, Feng-shui DIY (do it
yourself)
Introduction
One of the distinct characters of ancient Chinese culture is deep
concern with the interaction between human beings and their
environment and a keen interest in developing activities which aim to
improve the relationship between man and nature. All the
manners,customs,religiou social institutions, and cultural activities
were devised for the purpose of enhancing human adjustment to nature.
Ancient Chinese believed that interaction between man and nature can
be good and bad. What caused the negative outcome in the process is
not easy to identify and not easy to detected by senses. In Han
Dynasty Daoist invented very systematic religious systems to add to
the long list of ghost names which came along with archaic literature
and history. The Daoist canons mention thousands of ghost names in any
category of things, such as the ghosts for time, position, good,
articles, buildings, furniture,utencils, animals, plants, rivers,
mountains, etc. In sum, everything in nature there is a ghost
associated with it and it is possible to eliminate bad "chi" (energy
source) through the process of "deghosting." It is believed that if
the bad chi can be associated with a name, it is much easier to
handle.
Buddhism, which came to China later on, was equally preoccupied with
ghost but did not seem to confront ghost as forthrightly as Daoist,
with few exceptions such as Tandric Buddhism.
It is possible to enlist the help of experts to solve health,
feng-shui (geomancy), or spiritual conditions. In western world, there
are wizards, withces, corcerers, medicine men, shamen, priests. In
Chinese society, there are also fengshui masters and furtune-tellers.
To help most ordinary people who can not gain access to expert
services, Chinese folklore also generates all kinds of DIY ways to
enable them to deal with supernatural influences. It is fair to say
that the primary function of Chinese cultural activities is to help
people adjust to nature and most Chinese cultural activities can still
be used to the purpose of deghosting.
The basic concepts of de-ghosting
a. De-ghosting is a term made up by Tony Wang to explain the process
of all kinds of religious and folklore resources which ancient
Chinese left behind to deal with undersirable enrgy sources in and
outside human body.
b. Ghosts which follow a person can be genetic but can also be
transmitted through contact with enrivonment, event, thinking, or
interpersonal relationships.
c.Ghosts can stay for a long time, but they may come and go.
d.Ghosts become more tangible through association with place, article,
thinking, smell,image,sound,event,name,symbol,etc. It can also
become hidden in spatial emptiness but suddenly emerges when
stimulated.
e. Ghosts, according to Chinese tradition, may be benevolent or
vicious. Some we should keep out some we should dump.
2. Why Deghosting?
a. Because evil spirits exit only by means of its interaction with the
physical world, we can exercise change so that the relationship
with human body is changed. By making proper adjustment in our
environment, we can eliminate or improve out interaction with the
evil spirits.
b. Cultural and religious activities can make human beings less
vulnerable to evil spirits and induce good energy source.
c. A lot of de-ghosting process is easy to do, fun to do and is
conducive to the well-being of individual's society.
d. People talk about changing personal life, habits, and relationship
with other people. This goal can be difficult to achievbe if our
life is being burdened by something beyond out control. Why?
Because ghosts are behind us doing all kinds of mischief. It is
necessary to de-ghost first before we can even contemplate any
program of long term change.
De-ghosting is the gateway to change.
e. The benefit of de-ghosting is immense and it can be fun. Since most
ancient cultural activities were made up for religious purposes,
and through proper guidance, can become excellent de-deghosting
schemes, we are encouraged to engage in specific culture activities
in which ghosts can interact as partners, can be dumped as garbage,
can be devoured for nurishment. They are a source of pleasure for
humans.
2. The basic concept of Change --The Principles of Yijing
Life is constant but is also permanently changing. Change for thge
sake of change is not qiuite useful because once change is made the
same bad condition remains. The Book of Changes provides us much
effective ways to achieve a good change.
Yijing is about Change. The 64 hexagrams covers all possible range of
thinking which we need to make changes. In modern religious terms, we
may use some functional principles such as the principles of
symbolism, antipathy, replacement, negation, time-spatial
interexchanges, etc.
Yin and Yang interact which produces balance. By making Yin and Yang
changes the nature of things is altered.
3. How to identify ghosts that affect us?
Yijing provides with very effective ways to name the ghosts and ways
to manipulate them. I will introduce some systems which are easy to
coprehend.
a. The theory of Yin and Yang and the principles of heavenly hexagram
and earthly nexagram. Daoists used this confucian legacy to develop
an intricate ritual, form, symbolism, performances, exorcism
systems, particularly geomancy and fortune-telling. Their most
basic function is to dispel the ghosts which Daoists call Sha4. I
will discuss some easy-to-do ways to identify Sha4 and ways to get
rid of it.
b. The theory of five elements Five is very important Chinese term
because it is associated with ghost. For example, people can
manipulate 5 ghosts (wu3 gui3) to gain windfall money. Ghosts are
recognized more easily in terms of the five elements.
c.The theory of 12 and 10 The greatest cultural invention Chinese ever
made is the heavenly branches and earthly stalks. This system
consists of 10 and 12 characters which represents five elements.
e. In the Yijing, some animal names are associated with the ghosts,
such as fox, tiger, crane and goat etc. They are related to ghosts
that bother us or benefit us. In fengshui, five animals represent
types of ghosts which affect us most severely.
d. Fengsui is about form, shape, location and time. These elements
also generate bad energy which brings aobut bad human relationship,
disease, misfortune. A good fengshui master can decide the best
arrangement but it is also necessasry to de-ghost the house no
matter how good the fengshui is. De-ghost can be a ritual, an
artistic activity, innovation, refurnishing. There are proper ways
to do these so that good ghosts are maintained and bad ghosts are
removed.
Tony Wang has a Master's degree in English Literature (SUNY). He has
worked in the field of international scholarly exchange with the
Fulbright Program at Taipei and taught at the universities.
In 1992, he moved to North America with his family. He has studied
Chinese fortune-telling, Fengshui, and the Book of Changes (Yijing)
for more than 30 years and published several books (all in Chinese) in
this field. He has provided consultation to numerous persons as a
fengshui and fortune-telling expert and gained a lot of experience.
His methodology is unique as he is able to draw upon a huge reservoir
of cultural expertise in Chinese religion, theater, literature, music,
folklore, medicine, to enhance his geography theory and
fortune-telling skills and percepsions. His de-ghosting theory and
application are inspiring and effective.
He also knew much and practice Chinese Peking Opera and is a collector
and player of Guqin (seven-string instrument).
email: kmt456@bakwa.com
website:www.bakwa.com
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