Tibet : An Inconvenient Truth

Dear Friends,

The whole world now suddenly seems to fall in love with Tibet, or does it ?

The whole world was once in love with East Timor. How is East Timor now ?

News-media sells news. They don’t tell history.
(and did you see the picture or news of the defenseless Jin Jing (金晶）， the woman torchbearer on wheelchair being [...]

Malaysia Election Result as per Mencius

Dear Friends,

Recent Malaysian Election result is neither surprising nor shocking.

In the posting “Just Government, 仁政”, we discussed the essence of Just Government as per Mencius (孟子), to recap :

“…. for anyone who aspires to rule, he/she needs to ultimately win the minds and hearts of the people. ( “得天下有道：得其民，斯得天下矣； 得其民有道：得其心，斯得民矣.”).

And to receive blessings from the people, [...]

Wishing You a Happy Chinese New Year (戊子年)

Dear Friends,
Wishing you all and your families a Happy and Prosperous 戊子年 (Wu zi year)
 

Are you ready for 2008?

Dear Friends,

2007 has certainly lived up to its reputation of being a ”Windy” year (see “Cosmic Forces for 2007″) .
2008 is no less challenging, in fact it might further test our endurance.
Here are a few for your careful handling :
1. 1st bomb : US housing mkt :
this has exploded for about a year now, with the mkt currently [...]

Qigong, Chi Kong, 气功

Dear Friends,
I believe you have come across “Qigong” (or “Chi Kong”), heard about it, read about it, practise it or feel it.

What then is Qigong?
If I may summarise, it deals with the 3 jewels of “living” human essence, i.e. :

精 (“jing” or “body essence, crystalised energy”，

气 (“qi” or “flow energy”)，

神 (“shen” or “consciousness”).

As elaborated in my [...]

Meditation : bridge to internal/cosmic energy

 
Dear Friends,
I believe all of you still remember some of Newton’s Laws of Motion from your high-school physics.
Newton’s 1st Law of Motion states that :

An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by [...]

Walking with Empress Cixi (象)

Dear friends,
I believe many of you have visited Yi He Yuan (颐和圆) in Beijing, the favourite summer retreat for Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908), who was the de facto ruler of China for 47 years from 1861 until her death.
Empress Dowager’s favourite place in Yi He Yuan is the famous Long Corridor, which is 2,238 feet [...]

Concept of Phase 象

Dear friends,
I touched upon “forms” (象) or “phase” in a recent exchange with friends. Thought of sharing with all my dear readers in this blog.
“象” (“xiang”) is an important tool in tradtional Chinese culture. It is used to represent a certain stage of thing or event.
As an illustration, lets look at our emotions : happy, sad, angry or [...]

Health Pointers for Free

Dear Friends,
I have described human body’s growth/reproductive pattern and it’s “4 seasons” in earlier postings.
So how do we ensure we do not deviate too far off the natural patterns ?
They are summed up nicely by our ancestors in the following few words, in the Chinese Medicine classical text of <黄帝内經> (“Huang Di Nei Jing”) :
“… 法于阴阳, 和于术数, 食饮有节, 起居有常, [...]

Your growth/reproductive pattern

Dear Friends,
This was what our ancestors have observed re our growth and reproductive pattern.
First, for the ladies :

1×7=7 yr   : permanent teeth replacing primary teeth, hairs getting longer,
2×7=14 yr : arrival of “sex hormone”, commencement of periods, can have pregnancy, (note too late arrival of this is symptom of Qi deficiency, esp kidney system),
3×7=21 yr : [...]