Emergency Call for Help

Early last month (Sept) in the morning, I received a call from PY a long time friend and also a temple member. She asked me whether I can do some prayers for her friend P who is in Kuala Lumpur. PY relayed to me her friend was admitted into hospital few days back and suddenly this morning heard news that she is already in ICU with her body and heart all swollen and heart condition was failing.

P was also a temple member, although she visited the temple for only once or twice, nevertheless its sounds quite serious to me. Normally temple members or the public should come up to the temple personally and request for the deities help. And whether any help can be rendered. Sometimes inability to help may be due some underlying karmic reasons.

Anyhow, I had a look at her Destiny Chart and it indicates that she was in a very low luck period that could last till end of the year. I then immediately enquire with KDS Deities whether this is pure a real health matter or there is some spiritual outstanding or Yearly Bad Luck. Spiritual Outstanding could mean Spiritual Encounters, House Feng Shui Problem, Hex, Ancestors Tomb to name a few.

She had all three, Low Luck Period add on with Spiritual Outstanding on some Hex and also real health matters.

With 3 in a sandwich, the most important is to get her out of her emergency situation first. Then I went into meditative stabilization for a very short while. As the Chinese saying goes ' Water from far away are unable to eliminate close proximity fire'. City God Temple is the first sentence that came to my mind when I was in meditative stablization.

Immediately I called up William, who is one of KDS Disciple residing in Kuala Lumpur. I check with William whether he had the City God temple address that he went to a while back. He told me the one he went to was quite hard to find in terms of being in a KL rural housing estate. He told me there is another bigger one that is east to find. I then enquire immediately with KDS Deities, and they said to go the one in the rural housing estate.

I then passed William contact number to P family member. Finally they are able to find the temple and light up 7 Star Lamp at the City God Temple.

After that evening she slowly recovered and was able to discharge from the hospital within a week.

Below are the message she sent me after she was discharged from hospital.

After interfering into this matter, I got into some health matters which involve in bleeding. Reason why there is some side effect on my side is because she is considered a stranger to KDS deities and me. There is no ground for me to interfere in karmic cases (remembered she had 3 factors all together coming at once). So when I interfere in any such cases there is always side effect on my side.

Have advised her to become KDS disciple this coming March 2017.

Spiritual Clothing

Those that come to Kam Dong San temple, where I volunteer sometime will wonder how come this fella only wear bermuda and round neck T. Yes I'm too casual even for a Taoist. 

Official Clothing and official adornments are necessary for official functions as a cultural identification, nothing more nothing less.

When I'm in a Vajrayana function especially those presiding with Rinpoche's that I know personally, I would cover up with my Ngakpa shawl to show my respect for the Rinpoche. Normal teachings by other Rinpoche or Lama I prefer to wear normal like everyone else.

 

Taoist event or Celebrations, I just wear whatever is comfortable. Why? The deities should be able to recognize me even if I'm naked! If a Taoist is properly initiated, spiritually he would have a Taoist robe. Every being in the spiritual world would be able to see it. The robe will stay with you as long as you do not break any precepts set forth by the deities.

If you practice consistently and purely, instead of robe there will be glow and bright aura on your body. Spiritual beings, Deities, Bodhisattvas will instantly recognize you as a pure cultivator regardless of what you wear or don't wear.

What do you wear in your dreams? Whatever your mind can come up with. What you wear spiritually? The purity of your cultivation.

Help! Being pressed by Ghost in my sleep...

In mid of July, I received a message from HT a Kam Dong San temple member. He told me he just came back from holiday with his wife in Thailand. During their final stay in a hotel room (they stayed at 2 hotels) in the middle of the night his wife felt she was pressed on top by an invisible entity, she shouted but could not wake up even though she was conscious.

As he was relaying his story, I interrupted him midway, explaining to him there is a term for this condition called Sleep Paralysis. Sometimes when a person is too tired physically but the mind suddenly is awake, which can trigger a person to have this type of experience.

Pic taken from www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com

He stressed that, after they came back from Thailand, not only did the wife continue to experience it on their first night back to Malaysia and he also had an episode the night before contacting me. He also told me that during his experience, he dreamt of going back to the hotel and was at the swimming pool area of the hotel. He remember seeing a dark shadow of some sort in his dream.

I immediately asked him on whether they took the purple handbook with them, unfortunately for them, they forgot.

As it is already late in the afternoon when he contacted me, plus I am already down with heavy flu. I was in no condition to write any talisman or enter into meditative stablization. I just teach him what are some of the things to get and do to raise up their Yang energy, and asked him to go to the temple the next day. Before I went to bed that evening, I offer some incense request for spiritual help on their behalf and did some brief protective ritual from afar for them.

The next morning, I follow up on him and he informed me that he and his wife slept soundly.

A few days after, HT and his Mrs came by the during my voluntary evening duty at Kam Dong San Temple. Then only did Mrs HT told me in detail on her experience. After being awake from the experience, she tried to sleep on her side, when she is about to fall to sleep she can feel the bed moving felt like someone leaning close to her from behind.

After that 1 night of sleeping soundly upon my advise, the second night she felt it again and HT use the temple purple book and tape it on their head board. Finally she took another one place on her chest and she was able to sleep.

As they were finally in the temple, I gave them some talisman to ingest and wash. I also did a brief sealing of body ritual on Mrs HT back. When I push the Taoist energy imprint into her via fingertip, I felt something exiting her body. Of course I did not mentioned to her then, because that would create even more restlessness in her mind.

After their visit to the temple, I follow up on them again few days afterwards, and they gladly informed me everything returned to normal.

** To request for Kam Dong San Purple Hand Book kindly click on this link (Handbook is Free if you come by Kam Dong San Temple to collect) . Else it is just rm10 for EMS postage

Spiritual Assistance on Legal Problem

2 weeks ago I have received a request for help from a foreign Kam Dong San Temple member. Their company was facing legal suit due to copyright infringement.

Their company has been operating for several years, unfortunate their name was copyrighted by another party last year. And now the copyright owner has taken legal action on them. 

Regular readers/followers will now start getting curious how come matters relating to legal can also be assisted via spiritual means. If life matters relating to external effects or being affected externally by person(s) or conditions, usually can be intervene spiritually. However all depends on the approval of deities.

Legal matters are more complicated compare to someone who has spiritual disturbance or spirit haunting. This is because we have to be very careful on who we are rendering help. If the person is wrong/guilty and we help them through spiritual means, it would consider interfering with the Tao or as Buddhism put it interfering with karmic consequences and that would have severe consequences on us personally. Check out previous article I have written regarding seeing black smoke in the court house. 

After finish Whatsapp messaging with him, I asked for the deities permission to help on this matter through the shell oracle. The deities approved and immediately I have to draw out 7 talismans for the next day Taoist rituals. As indicated by the deities, the ritual needed to be done immediately to avert any further actions by the other party.

7 Talisman (6 for Heavenly Marshall and 1 to suppress any ill actions)

Official Edict also have to be written and burn up

On the morning of burning the edict after the Taoist ritual, just when I was about to burn all the talisman, suddenly the skies turn dark. I manage to burn the edict and shortly after it rained quite heavily. I informed him, that it will take some time for the matter to clear as the indication is not so favourable.

I have also sent him 3 talisman to be burn at his home. Hoping to cut any delays, I had sent the talisman via DHL. After about 10 days, the talisman still did not reached him. That was very strange because it was supposed to arrive within 3 working days.

When I checked with courier company on the 10th day, the system showed that someone has already signed for it on the 3rd working day. When he checked with the courier company on he realized that his concierge at his lobby apartment is the one that signed for it, however they did not informed him.

Usually when the conditions are not favourable, sometimes the obstacles that one will encounter is unimaginable. As soon as he got the talisman, immediately I advised him on how to request before the burning.

1 day after that, he messaged me saying that the other party has agreed to pursue any monetary charges towards them and allow them to rebrand within 14 days. He was very happy and have also decided to offer thanks to the temple deities by arranging for 5 Mega Incense to be offered on the coming 15th of the 5th Lunar Month.

From Termination to Job Offer

This case begin since November 2015 and today finally I have had the opportunity to consider it as completion.

O and L her husband both are my long time friend, clients and also supporter of our Kam Dong San Temple. In Nov 2015, while we were conducting a dharma event, O informed me that her husband currently faces Domestic Inquiry (DI) and also possible termination due to his company stringent policy on information and software. And somehow he was targeted for this exercise.

Since I have known O for more than 10 years and also my client, I was actually quite shocked as to how L can end up in such predicament. Anyhow immediately I went into meditative stabilization during the dharma event break and ask the deities on how the conditions would be for L.

Impression I received was to quickly give them some talisman in hope that it can be averted. However the conditions are not favorable at all for L. I did not relay the 'not favorable' part for fear that it would be more of a shocker for his own mental stability. This is because L was the bread winner and if he loses his job especially at midlife, it is quite difficult in the short term for him to regain employment.

After about 1 week or 2 from immediate suspension, when he was required to attend DI, he has an option not to attend and just tender his resignation. If he attend DI, chances it would go on record or he would receive termination which is not good for his resume in seeking re-employment. I went into meditative stabilization again, and impression I receive was that he will be terminated. I request for deities help as I know both O and L are really good heart and sincere people.

However all avenues are closed, unable to render any spiritual help and nothing can be done at that moment. L is supposed to face this head on. Knowing this, I also advice L to go to the DI, because only this way he can really know the reason why he was targeted by the company and knowing the answer, it would not be something that he will forever ponder, if he have decided to resign. I did not relay to him on his possible termination. My main concern at that time was O and L might actually gave up on Dharma or faith in Deities. That would be a giant step back in their cultivation compare to any DI or possible termination. And the message I received was, once terminated he would at least be jobless for 1 year or more.

He went to the DI and was terminated on early February just before Chinese New Year. I re-trace every step of my yearly consultation with them, their house Feng Shui, I cannot find anything that gave clue to leading to this part of his life. Anyhow, I went full maxed on his house Feng Shui in hope that he will regain employment as soon as possible.

As they are also staunch supporter of our temple, it is quite discouraging on my part that all avenues are blocked and unable to help them in any way through spiritual means. I went into meditative stabilization to look for the outside cause that could have trigger this event. Finally the impression I received was they have somehow being affected by some spiritual entity in their travel to a foreign country a month or 2 before all this incident started. When I ask them about it, they did went to Cambodia and visited some cave with have numerous statues inside.

Anyhow nothing can be done even though part of the cause was made known to me,

I saw them a few times after his termination, and around April 2016, I decided to enquire the deities again on whether anything can be done to help them. This time, I was told to seek request of help from Deities of White Lotus Taoist Sect 白莲教莲都先师 to help them. I got the approval and also seek the request of the White Lotus Deities, permission was also granted from their side.

Immediately I drawn out 7 pieces of talisman for his ingestion, embedded 7 bottles of mineral water and then call O and L to come to my house and take home to start his spiritual intervention routine.

After the first 7 talisman, O told me L received a phone interview from a factory. While at the same time L friend's at other company was also asking around for job openings for him. Also L told me suddenly that month he received a bonus deposited into his account from his previous company. Which by regulations, he should not be entitled to receive the bonus. That is a lot of help in order for them to sustain temporarily.

I requested the deities and drawn the 2 set of 7 talisman and ask them again to come to my house and pick up. When I saw L on the second time, his facial Qi colours are now all brighten up. He was expecting an personal interview with another company and he was really crossing his fingers that it would be positive.

This morning, I receive news from O that L have verbally being given an offer over the phone for a job at that company he was hoping for. And if he accepts, a formal job offer would be ready by mid June 2016.

I am really happy that the deities was able to help when the timing is correct and also quick manifestation of job offers once the talisman was given out.

＃大显威灵

Money Magnet

This afternoon went to the mall with kids and bump into a Coins and Notes Exhibitions. Manage to get some good plastic cover for our old money collection.

In Malay mystical field, there is method called 'Ibu Duit' which loosely translate to Mother of Money. Literally the belief is that certain paper money have more potential to attract other money or generate more money once it is properly ritualise with their mystical method. There is also a test the new Money Magnet, usually when place at the hand, the note would curl by itself.

I have seen this with my own eyes when a Malay Master friend showed it to me. Certain notes with a specific paper quality would curl by itself when there is small amount of heat. But my friend demonstrate to me in ringgit which rarely has this type of paper quality.

Anyhow, what I have in my collection is not ritualise by anyone, but by nature these money are acquired from a windfall sum. It's been with me for some time. However I did not realise it's money magnet potential, until one day my friend demonstrate on their money magnet ritual, which got me thinking.

When I got home, I just put these old collection with some cash in my safe. Believe or not, the amount seems to get more and more, of course any additional I would put it safely into bank (just in case some readers got funny ideas :) ).

Tibetan consecrate Wealth Vase, Taoist also have its own version of ritual for wealth attracting object. Usually these items once consecrated are put into safe or shop/company safe for it to function.

So if you manage to get your hands on some windfall money or lottery money, do not spend it all. Save some and it might just have that natural potential. As all spiritual person agree, money is a form of energy. And same energy usually attract.

Tao Fa Path With Kam Dong San Temple

Finally the new revision of Tao Fa Path with Kam Dong San Temple is up. It provides a bearing and direction for existing and new people who are interested in Tao Fa path.

Here are the Rules and Regulation for Kam Dong San Temple Disciples

Conditions for Initiations

1. Male and Female must be 25 years of age and above and married. If not married at least must be 40 years of age.

2. Must be temple member for at least 1 year with 80% attendance on deities celebration then only will be considered for initiation.

3. All disciples must use the oracle by Master to seek for approval disciple before initiation.

4. After initiation, person will need to attend at least 8 times Fish Liberation in year (out of state disciples can choose to donate for liberation activities)

5. Person will need to learn basic Smoke Offering.

Rules & Precepts for Disciples

1. Tao Fa cannot be use to earn a living.

2. No extra marital affairs for married disciple. If single, cannot be romantically involved with any individuals who are married.

3. Not allowed to be involved in illegal activities under the law.

4. Cannot use Tao Fa to help those who are involved with illegal activities

5. Every 1st and 15th Lunar month must be on vegetarian diet.

Most important is to have a sense of righteousness and a faithful heart. Link for Kam Dong San Temple http://www.facebook.com/kdspg

Kam Dong San Purple Handbook Testimonials

When I decide to have our temple team compile a small handbook last year. It was a labour of love and compassion from the committees and members for the benefit of all those that can come into contact with Kam Dong San Temple Deities and Bodhisattvas.

The introduction and content was blogged on May 2016. 

http://yinyangjournal.blogspot.my/2015/05/why-i-am-excited-about-kam-dong-san.html

After 1 year since handing out the handbook. We have receive numerous positive feedbacks and experiences that members and public had with using the Purple Kam Dong San Handbook.

The handbook has 2 Taoist Talisman, 1 on the front cover and 1 at the back. Even though it is printed talisman, but I have requested our Deities to consecrate each of these talisman and also with Deities Seal.

When we hand them out, I always tell the receivers to bring it together with them when they are travelling. It will help prevent any spiritual problems especially when staying at unfamiliar hotels.

Here are 3 recent feedbacks.

1. A normal patron to the temple who have requested the handbook, whom later reported back that few weeks later she had experienced sleepless nights for 3-4 consecutive nights with lots of dreams and restlessness. 

She then recalled that she has the handbook, so she decided to put it under her pillow. To her amazing surprise, she slept soundly for the whole night. After which, she does the same for the second night and continue to have good sleep. 

This lady then decides to request few more handbooks to give to her family members for safekeeping and also as an essential item to bring in their travel.

2. The above patron, has a female friend whom had undergone chemotherapy twice. After therapy she also find it difficult to sleep. After she passed the handbook to her friend, she place it by her bedside. To her surprise she also find it very easy to sleep without much mental activity.

After these 2 recent feedbacks, I usually will share with members of the temple. Then last week, another lady member told me that she also had really good experience with the handbook while travelling. She went for tour in Korea with her family member.

3. During her stay in the hotel, in one of the evening, she had numerous nightmares. Even to the point of screaming out loud while having these nightmares. When she opened her eyes, she notice a black figure (seems like wearing a cloak) standing next to her. She then recalled about the temple handbook and decide to place it next to her bed. She was thinking of not sleeping for the night for fear of another nightmare. Somehow she felt asleep and slept soundly until morning. She told me from now on, she will bring the purple handbook with her whenever she travels.

If you are interested in requesting the Kam Dong San Handbook https://www.facebook.com/commerce/products/1182358328455354/

Once you have it, important is not to place it on the floor or at levels where people can walk or put their legs across it. Treat it with respect, and it will definitely help you out in unwarranted spiritual situations.

Feng Shui Setup or Spiritual Help which is the Priority?

Received a call from a long time client about 3 weeks ago. He told me that he is now experiencing hard times. He have just moved the 4th times to an office. His first and 2nd office was audited by me. Currently his business also cannot make enough to pay for his staff salary. He has no where to turn to except trying his luck to ask for my help.

When I audited his business office, he made decent profit and business was growing. That was the condition he was in when I last met him. He did not engage me on his 3rd time moving, and to me that was normal because maybe he finds that luck was on his side and my services was not needed anymore.

I have decided to helped him out due to his past standing as good client. He told me he cannot afford to pay my fees however he will be willing to pay me once he is stable again.
Cleared my appointment on the nearest availability and decided to audit his place as fast as possible.

When I arrived on to audit his current office, the first thing I noticed was there was quite a number of Taoist spiritual implements inside his office. I checked the site with my Loupan and discovered that the front door location and direction is actually not bad for his type of business.

However once inside, all the Feng Shui setup was wrong. From his sitting location, his staff sitting location, enhancing the qi for the type of business plus even the water exits within is all not conducive for his business.

No wonder he is in such a mess.  His personal space within the office has a lot of Taoist spiritual implements from sword to flags to even ancient chinese coins below the desk and a whole lot more.

I advised him to relocate those spiritual items, consolidate some of it while others that cannot be use to be place in storage. He looked at me with a puzzling look. I am not surprised, because in all those years of him knowing me and conducted 2 audits for his office, never once did I mentioned to him about using spiritual implements nor about my Taoist background.

Seeing his puzzling look, I knew if I did not elaborate on my Taoist background he was not going to remove those items. I continue to explained to him that one of the talisman which he painstakingly went to a South Thailand Taoist Temple to obtain is actually one of my Taoist lineage. I further briefly informed him on 2 more Taoist lineage that I am holding, and the reason spiritually why he should relocate those items and consolidate them.

I always believe, if a Feng Shui Master is good at what he is doing, he does not need to use other fields of knowledge to solve the Feng Shui problem. Example, adding spiritual context into solving a Feng Shui problem. On the other hand, if a Taoist Master is good at what he is doing, he does not need to add Feng Shui into solving spiritual matters. Using spiritual method alone will be able to solve the spiritual problems.

Furthermore, I do not like to confuse my client on who are they actually hiring, The Feng Shui Master or the Taoist Master? If in doubt, usually I assure them that you are hiring a practical logical Feng Shui Master who have strong Taoist religious belief. This rarely happen because 90% of my client knows me as a Feng Shui master or practitioner only.

After advicing on the recommendations, finally I gave him some talisman to solve his existing pressing business problem. Because to wait for the Feng Shui setup to run its course requires at least 10 days in which the time he does not have at the moment. Told him the spiritual help is pro-bono but make sure he pays my Feng Shui due fees when he is ok again.

Moral of the story -
1. Remember your Feng Shui Master when you are having a good run.
2. Spiritual methods will work once your environment setup is done correctly. Or else the spiritual help will be like trying to push a heavy cart uphill, you cannot continuously use spiritual method to solve a basic Feng Shui environmental mistake.
3. Remember your Feng Shui Master when you are having a good run. (its not a typo repeat)

Tao Fa Affinity with Various Deities 道法的機緣

This blog posting is a continuation from my earlier posting in 2011. If you have yet to read the earlier post, here is the link

http://yinyangjournal.blogspot.my/2011/11/tao-fa-you-are-wishing-or-you-really.html

On and off there will people who contact me online through blog or Facebook and asking me whether I still accept students. My answer is always "It depends on the deities". Because KDS Kam Dong San Temple  is a non-profit organization, so accepting student entirely is up to the deities.

Some would usually tell me that they have these special abilities such as seeing ghost, or seeing deities or special images or occurance will happen when they close their eyes or meditate. These are the special ability crowd.

Then some are those that wanted special powers, always have this wish as a child that they can be different,  able to command spiritual armies, or go to battle with other 'wizards' etc. These are the RPG (Role Playing Game) crowd.

There are also those who are already medium. They want to learn Tao Fa, so that it can add on to their repetoire of skills they can do. These are the spirit crowds.

No matter you are from which crowd background, all also have to go through the steps and protocol that already been setup by the KDS Temple if they want to become disciple in our temple. No one is the exception. 

There is actually no glitz and glamour in this 'interest'. On the contrary most of the time you would be sticking your neck out to help someone spiritually. They may tell you that out of the blue some spirit decide to cause havoc in their life. However 80% of the time it is due to their own past actions that have caused their present problem. Some would tell me they want to help others, however when I ask them to come to the usual actitivites of our temple such as fish liberation or distribution of rice for the needy, they are unable to make it due to various reasons.

Tao Fa without compassion, in the end the one who will lose the most is the one that is using it. Same with Dharma, with compassion all practices becomes efficacious. With compassion all talisman have 100% hit rate, without compassion even with high hit rate, the practitioner are actually cultivating more attachments which will in turn become critical bad turning points later in their life.

Using Wooden Oracle - 2 Days Before Spring 2016

2 days before spring 立春，my wife told me that the coffee shop lady (Aunty) at our temple building seems kind of troubled lately. She described to me that she seems to having greyish tone to her face and also she lost about 5kg in 1 week.

The aunty asked my wife whether she can come and consult our temple on spiritual matters as she is worried that she has either exposed or bump into some spiritual entities. My wife relay to her that Kam Dong San temple did not have spiritual consultation anymore as it is already so close to Chinese New Year. When I heard about it, I ask my wife to inform aunty to come up to the temple and consult using the wooden oracle.

Using the wooden oracle in the temple could sometime be more accurate than enquiring through medium because it totally eliminate the emotional, value and belief systems of the medium. Therefore the answer is always without prejudice.

The aunty have also gone to the local General Hospital for check up, because she was worried that it was something medical. After whole body check up, with exception to her kidneys (as she was supposed to be back in the hospital between that few days to complete it) . All results showed that she is normal. 

However she does not have appetite and can barely sleep at night due to restlessness for unknown reason. She has also relay to my wife that her brother have enquired about her condition at another temple that has a medium. According to that medium, she has no spiritual problem.

On the day before Spring, I was on my way to the temple to consecrate the new Jade Emperor statue. Aunty is schedule to come up to our temple after the consecration to enquire the Deities on her problem. While driving, I went into meditative stabilisation and enquire about aunty's condition. Some of you reading this will be wondering, how to get into meditative stabilisation while driving? If the enquiry is not too complex, usually with experience one can do it. Its just like humming a tune while driving. 

Anyhow, I know for sure aunty has bump into some spiritual entity and I was advised by the deities to give aunty some clearing talisman after her enquiry at the temple.

Aunty came up to our temple and do the usual offering of joss sticks, and I have advised her on how to inform and request the deities for help. After she has inform on all her particulars and also her questions, I then told her to use the wooden oracle.

Wooden Oracle  (POSITIVE) @ Puak Puay in Hokkien Dialect

If the Deities answered her oracle in 3 positive throw (consecutively) - 1 wooden oracle must face up and the other face down which is called 圣杯 Sheng Bei, then it would be confirmed that she has spiritual problem. If anything else 2 oracle face up or down, then it would not be a confirmation.

She did 3 throws consecutively and it was all positive to confirmed on her condition. I asked her to throw another one after her 3 confirmation to asked whether 'other than spiritual problem, does she have a medical problem to add on to it' and the throw came back negative.

Once it was confirmed as to my enquiry during meditative stabilisation, I later passed aunty 5 talisman for her to ingest and 1 for her to wash. On the day of Spring, my wife met aunty again at the coffee shop and she was glad to say that she felt much better after ingesting the first talisman and felt like a big weight was lifted off her chest from the past week.

Today on the 4th day of Chinese New Year, her coffee shop was open and she told my wife, she felt great and have a very good appetite during Chinese New Year.

Finding the Perfect Cup for Cultivation

A lot of people that I have came across, often told me they would like to spend more time doing cultivation either meditation, practice of dharma, learning of dharma or even just have more spare time to attend Taoist events at the temple.

Everyone has the same 24 hours in a day. Each of us choose to spend the 24 hours differently. Why? Because each person's value is different. What you value as important will be very different from the next person. Whatever you value that's where you put your time into it.

That's not all. Then comes the set of conditions in which we want to put time into it. I call it finding the perfect cup.

Some I have met, told me they will be able to do dharma only when they have more time when they retire, until then they choose to put cultivation aside. Some told me when their children grows up, then they will have the time to cultivate. There are also some that told me when they have enough money, then they will have time to cultivate. And the reasons are as much as the individuals, such as having the perfect space for altar, less distraction in work then only they can focus, when they have not so busy schedule then they will do it.

This is all about finding the PERFECT cup for cultivation. Then for some TIME is not one of the conditions for the cup, the type of temple, the type of lineage, they type of people, they type of activities and so on.

When a person highlight all those factors, it is about finding the PERFECT cup. However the biggest important factor is the water that will be in the cup. Because when you are thirsty or almost dehydrated, you don't go looking for the perfect cup, you just need a container. The liquid or water is the important factor for your survival spiritually. A lot of people miss the water for the cup.

A perfect teacher, a perfect lineage, a perfect temple, a perfect deity, having ample time, the right group of practitioners and more. All these are still just the cup, you need to drink the liquid, survive spiritually then worry about the design and type of cup.

The saddest part are too many people die of dehydration looking for the cup while the water was in front of them all along.  In samsara, time moves without our realization, some of us can remember our childhood so vividly as if it was yesterday, while a look in the mirror or at our children, instantly it will dawn on us that so much of our life have pass by. Illusions are moving on and very soon a different dream will take over. Have you drank? Or are you still looking for the perfect cup?

Secret of How to Fill Up Your Merit Tank to Request Effectively for What You Want.

Chinese New Year is just a stone throw away. Everybody is hoping a beginning of a new year will bring about improvements and also better change for current situation in all parts of our life.

What are the driving force for better changes in a person's life spiritually? What are the crucial factors that boost up your already good luck or decrease your bad luck tremendously?

Spiritually where did money, good relationship, good health and also good luck manifest itself? What is the source?

The source is ............. merit and specifically charitable merits. Things, money and action that you have given out generously in the past (this life and many lifetimes ago), those are the very things and factors that keep coming back as the good stuff you enjoy and experience in this life. The universe and karma never forgets, our continous and endless mind/soul do not forget, we may have change body but the mind/soul still remembers the affinity.

Without charitable merits, life of hardship is the reward. With too much charitable merits, the punishment is not enough time to enjoy it all :)

How to fill up your merit tank for this coming year? Donate, donate and donate. How to donate effectively and what to donate?

Spiritually, the best thing to donate is for building of a temple. Temple is a place where people gather to do only good actions, to affect other people in a positive way and also a place where people gather merits.

Then what type of temple you should donate? Well you should donate to a temple that is close to your community. It is the place then for you to establish the connection and also positive affinity with those who are close to you. People whom you will have a higher chance to bum into. Why is that? A simple bum of shoulders in a crowded place requires 5 lifetimes of affinity. Imagine if you have sponsored on a cause that can benefit people whom already have possible affinities with you?

Since we solved the location on where to donate, second factor that comes in to consideration is the temple actively generating positive vibes in the community or is it once in a blue moon type of schedule. This is money for value of merits -  for those of you who are expert in cost/value ratio. A place that constantly have positive activities for the community, affecting the community, generating more affinity with the public, these are the places that you should help them expand. Because each person that they in turn help or affect for the better, you will also share the merits.

Kam Dong San Temple, Penang has launch its temple building initiative last year June http://www.facebook.com/kdspg . It is also the temple where I contribute and volunteer my time for the past 10 years. Some of our milestones

1. Hosting Dharma activity for esteemed Rinpoches and helped more than 100 people taken refuge in Buddhadharma.

2. Collectively dedicated more than 7,000,000 mantras

3. Released more than 100,000 lives and continue to do so every month non-stop for the past 5 years

4. Distributed more than 5000 vegetarian dinners meals to surrounding community.

5. Hosted more than 100 Celebrations for various deities in Kam Dong San.

6. Started yearly distribution of 1000 bags of rice to local 1000 needy families.

There is at least 50 activities in a year for Kam Dong San Temple. https://www.facebook.com/kdspg/photos_stream

Our temple building project is called Square Feet for Boundless Merits.

Each square foot for our temple building would cost about RM888 (about USD202 at current rate) which includes all fixtures and fittings. A person can donate 1 square foot each month, or 1 square foot a year. Donors can also opt to donate for a temple pillar which is the cost of 20 square feet x rm888 = RM17,760. There are many options to refill up your merit tank in your contribution for the manifestation of Kam Dong San Temple Building.

Donor of each square foot would be entitle to have their name listed on the specific hall that they have donated. Some hall require at least 2 square feet to have the name of donor engraved.

How and what to do when I donate? Should I just donate and forget about it? This is what the whole purpose of this article. The secret to fill up your merit tank and request effectively for what you want. Between what you request (logical request ok, not I want to be an astronaut when you cannot even handle the roller coaster ride) and its manifestation, there is a gap. That gap is usually due to lack of merit. If you have the merit, then you would have gotten it. There will be no request in the first place.

I have many people that comes to me with their problems, and ask me spiritually what they can do. Because they have exhausted or have done all the things possible on their side but still they cannot manifest it. For example, someone wants to sell of a luxury piece of property and cash out. They have tried all the ads, all the agents all the required commission but still they cannot connect to someone who is willing to buy their property. What is lacking here? Merits. The merit to have that high amount of cash in their hand from the sale of their property.

Then comes the part where people try to bypass the system of merit. They will think, okay I will make a promise to donate to the temple cause when I can sell off my property. That is the mistaken thought. The very reason the person is unable to sell their property is the lack of merit. So how can it be possible to sell it then later only donate a small fraction from the amount you received to temple building project. It is a the case of I will believe it when I see it. 

YOU WILL SEE IT WHEN YOU HAVE THE MERITS.

Taoist Deities cannot and unable to help the person connect to the buyer even though they may be very earnest in their request. Why? Because their merit tank is empty. The credit line is finished. Overdraft is max out.

Either to request for smooth luck, request for getting rid of petty people in your life, more work and career opportunities, good relationship, finding a good partner, avoiding dangerous situations - all these and more required a person to fill up their merit tank BEFORE and not AFTER it happened.

That is the SECRET. Finally, if you request for USD1 million property to be sold off, please do not donate 1 square foot and expect that it is enough merit to request that deities and heavenly marshall can help you. At least 3% or more merits need to be filled up before there is even any chance of manifestation!

For any donation, do contact Bro Fa Hong who is the admin for the temple at  +6011-1657 1418.

Do you know what's Inside the Statue?

Yesterday was doing Feng Shui audit at temple members home. It was the first time I have visited their home.

After looking through their home layout and advise them on the necessary changes, I notice that the home altar, the energy level was not very broad. Usually for a Taoist altar, that has consistent incense offering and prayers, the perimeters of the altar energy that can be felt would usually be at least 2 -3 feet from the altar.

Some who has absolute faith in their Taoist Deity and with consistent prayers, the perimeter could be as wide and expansive as the entire living room.

For their case however, I was quite curious because the energy field is narrow and not expansive. The altar has 3 statues on it. 1 of the statue was consecrated in our temple 2 years ago and taken back to their home.

The remaining 2 statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva was later added onto the altar. Because they are temple members, I then would have a look at their altar table and the conditions.

I went into meditative stabilization, and discovered that only the Deity that was consecrated by our temple has an energy presence. The other 2 statues has no presence at all. Due to this, I have decide to reconsecrate the 2 statues and also clear up the energy field of the altar with Tao Fa.

As both remaining statue is of Buddha and Bodhisattva, one is unable to consecrate it, just to cleanse and seal the statues energetically. Any form of Buddhist statue would require a 'clean' statue in order to invite the Buddha and Bodhisattva energy later on. After that was done, and also given them some advice to move the altar away from a beam on top, so that the energy field can expand further.

The interesting part of this story happen around 7am this morning. I was asleep, and in my dreams there are 2 visitors. One is dressed traditionally in Buddhist robes and the other was in lady form. In my dream, I was awake - meaning a lucid dream. I asked the guy in the Buddhist robe what did he wanted, and as I approach, I have an instinct to request and open up our Taoist protection mantra. Immediately the guy in the buddhist robe, his image change statically, just like tv with bad reception and changes a few times. Finally in my dream I was able to catch hold of his neck, push him to the ground and his shape change into somewhat like a goblin. 

I was alone in my dream, so I had to use my left foot to step on 'its' neck and warn the other in lady form to scram or I will use Tao Fa to rip her energy field. The other one left immediately and the one on my feet was released as well. After which an old man appear, was quite hunch back and wearing traditional earth god robes, in my dream I tried to look carefully on whether this one will change shape as well. However after close inspection, he looks ok, no static change and I asked him are you the house deity and he nodded. Immediately I was awake after that.

I did not make the correlation of the dream and my clients' altar until about lunch time. Initially I could not make out the sign and similarity. My clients' house also have an earth deity, however I did not do any consecration or cleanse as I do not see a need to do so.

Word of advice, any forms of statues that you wish to put on an altar, make sure it is properly consecrated. Many people believe that Buddha statues or Bodhisattva statues does not need any consecration. That is far from the truth. It may look the same, but inside may housing a total different entity.