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Family photo taken on 5th September 2008 during my nephew's wedding dinner.

Daodejing Poem 1

第 一 章 

道 可 道 ， 非 常 道 ； 名 可 名 ， 非 常 名 。 無 名 ， 天 地 之 始 ； 有 名 ， 萬 物 之 母 。 故 常 無 欲 ， 以 觀 其 妙 ； 常 有 欲 ， 以 觀 其 徼 。 此 兩 者 同 ， 出 而 異 名 ， 同 謂 之 玄 ， 

玄 之 又 玄 ， 眾 妙 之 門 。 

一章○是說玄關○眾妙之門○觀玄關是觀無空○觀鼻尖是觀萬字或日沒○兩者是一樣○

To understand chapter 1, you need to read Taoist Yoga chapter 1 first. The last verse of the above chapter is talking about the Mystic Portal. The chapter can be read as:-

The Way can be trodden but it is not a normal Way. You can name it but the name is not its name. Without a name it is the creator of heaven and earth. Given a name it is the mother of all creation. Always empty (nothingness), you have to observe its mystery. Conceiving its presence, we have to observe its outlines. These 2 observations are the same. Both are mystic for we are looking at the mysterious Mystic Portal. 

Observation is done by the 2 eyes. The only outlines you see is the nose tip and the abstract X image. It resembles the Buddhist swastika. The difficulty in explanation is that we have to look at the Mystic Portal but this is impossible for we only see empty space. So the guide is to look at the nose tip, viewing the abstract X image. Even in the Bible, it reminds us to look for Jesus outside the city of Jerusalem, that is the place of crucifixion on the hill. Jerusalem is Mystic Portal, nose tip is where Jesus was crucified.

The accupuncture point 'suan kuan' is the Mystic Portal. This is the Mark on our forehead. There is no mark just name in Quran and Bible. This is the Gateway to our origin. Once it is sealed by the Heavenly Way group or I-Kuan Tao, the One inside there will return to its origin.

Sign Of Trouble

Lee Kuan Yew's wife is in the hospital. This is a bad sign for his family as well as Singapore. It is telling him to give up power and step down.

However he was re-elected in the PAP party election into the CEC on the 16th November 2008. So just wait and see what will happen to his family as well as Singapore.

Daodejing Poem 2

第 二 章 

天 下 皆 知 美 之 為 美 ， 斯 惡 已 ； 皆 知 善 之 為 善 ， 斯 不 善 已 。 故 有 無 相 生 ， 難 易 相 成 ， 長 短 相 形 ， 高 下 相 傾 ， 音 聲 相 和 ， 前 後 相 隨 。 是 以 聖 人 處 無 為 之 事 ， 行 不 言 之 教 ， 萬 物 作 焉 而 不 辭 ， 生 而 不 有 ， 為 而 不 恃 ， 功 成 而 弗 居 。 夫 惟 弗 居 ， 是 以 不 去 。 

二章○聖人要作的是修身○不理事的好或壞○ 善或惡○長或短○左或右○自修就是天下平○

The world discriminates there is beauty, so there is ugliness too. Discriminating there is goodness, so too there is wickedness. Have and have-not are born together. Difficulty and easiness are complimentary. Long and short are relative. High and low are comparative. Pitch and sound are harmonious. Before and after follow each other. Indeed, the Sage does inaction in work, teaching the religion of no speech (meditation). All creations move but not stirred, born but not possess, deed but claim no credit, success but claim no responsibility. Sage claims no responsibility because the responsibility never leaves him.

Why claim no responsibility? It is because the Sage is given the task to do. He just acts.

He acts neutrally. Neutral will not find opposite in other things or phenomena, like long or short, front or back, high or low etc.

Meditation is self cultivation. However there are so many types of meditation. The correct one is the nasal gaze or see Taoist Yoga chapter 1.

Friendster Account

I have difficulty getting into Friendster. On Saturday, when I logged in, many of my friends were no more just left 4 friends. 76 of them were out.

Most likely they find my message in the bulletin too offensive to many people, so there might be some who hack into my account and alter the statistics or messages. They must be making it more difficult for me to get into Friendster site.

See whether you can view my profile at http://profiles.friendster.com/kewkahfatt .

Daodejing Poem 3

第 三 章 

不 尚 賢 ， 使 民 不 爭 ； 不 貴 難 得 之 貨 ， 使 民 不 為 盜 ； 不 見 可 欲 ， 使 心 不 亂 。 是 以 聖 人 之 治 ， 虛 其 心 ， 實 其 腹 ； 弱 其 志 ， 強 其 骨 。 常 使 民 無 知 無 欲 ， 使 夫 知 者 不 敢 為 也 。 為 無 為 ， 則 無 不 治 。 

三章○聖人要無事可作○國才可治○

Not honouring high office, people will not clamour for credit. Not revaluing scare commodity, people will not steal. Keeping things out of sight, the people's hearts are not aroused to anxiety. Indeed the Sage ruling is to empty the people's hearts and minds, fill their stomachs, weaken their will power and strengthen their bones and frames. Always let the people uninformed so they have no desires to act. Those who know will also not act. Doing inaction is indeed governing everything under the sky.

Doing inaction is cultivating self in Confucianism. Sage should understand I-Ching 1st hexagram 'Chien' and regulate the family, cure the country then bring world peace, to achieve world influence.

Doing wu wei or inaction, all things will come to a close. However only the Sage King can affect world change. Without him, the act continues till he appears.

I am trying to prove whether I am this Sage King.

Daodejing Poem 4

第 四 章 

道 沖 而 用 之 或 不 盈 ， 淵 兮 似 萬 物 之 宗 。 挫 其 銳 ， 解 其 紛 ， 和 其 光 ， 同 其 塵 。 湛 兮 其 若 存 ， 吾 不 知 誰 之 子 ， 象 帝 之 先 。 

四章○是說玄關○道的所在地○

The Way is like a waterfall. Use it and it never run dry. An abyss it is, like the ancestor of everything. It blunts sharpness, resolves tangles; it tempers light, subdues turmoil. A deep pool it is, never to run dry. I don't know whose son it may be; it is like the emperor's ancestor. 

沖 is 水 and 中. >< represent eyes. J is nose. So the centre between the eyes is the Mystic Portal. The son refers something like Son-of-God in the Bible. It is Our Spiritual Soul or Tao.

It is our root of existence. In we live. When out, our body is dead or dust.

Daodejing Poem 5

第 五 章 

天 地 不 仁 ， 以 萬 物 為 芻 狗 ； 聖 人 不 仁 ， 以 百 姓 為 芻 狗 。 天 地 之 間 ， 其 猶 橐 籥 乎 ？ 虛 而 不 屈 ， 動 而 愈 出 。 多 言 數 窮 ， 不 如 守 中 。 

五章○不如守中○是觀玄關○

Is the world unkind that it treats everything as straw dogs? Is the Sage unkind that he treats the people as straw dogs? Between the sky and earth, is the space like bellows? Empty but unspent, when moved its gift is copious. Much talk means much exhaustion; it is better to focus on the central One. [look at the nose tip or Mystic Portal]

Heaven and earth are unkind, during the wrath of God, because they are meant to be like this. The Sage is unkind, before he get full enlightenment, because his role is to act like this. He has to treat all mankind as brothers. So can he be good to his wife with favours and kinds?

It is better to focus on the midpoint between the 2 eyes than to worry the world financial crisis. What is to happen will happen. No human can stop it. Everything is planned to the final details which only the Master Maker can known.

Daodejing Poem 6

 第六 章 

谷 神 不 死 ， 是 謂 玄 牝 ， 玄 牝 之 門 ， 是 謂 天 地 根 。 綿 綿 若 存 ， 用 之 不 勤 。 

六章○禪定○無為○才可動他○

Valley Spirit can never die as IT is the mystic female. The gate of the mystic female is called the root of sky and earth. Wherever ITS presence, use IT without much effort.

Valley 谷 has the features of our face. Our Spiritual Soul can never die. So it is equivalent to Tao. It is the female gate 女口 . It is the mother of sky and earth. Partition is ear through 2 eyes to ear. Above is sky and below is earth symbolised by 一 . Its presence is only when a man is alive. The man can meditate focusing on IT without much effort, to influence the surrounding.

The Mark on our forehead is a VOID. So there is always many discriptions to define Its properties.

Daodejing Poem 7

第 七 章 

天 長 地 久 。 天 地 所 以 能 長 且 久 者 ， 以 其 不 自 生 ， 故 能 長 生 。 是 以 聖 人 後 其 身 而 身 先 ， 外 其 身 而 身 存 。 非 以 其 無 私 耶 ？ 故 能 成 其 私 。

七章○聖人無事可作○很難○一種大犧牲○

Sky is high and the earth old. Sky and earth can be high as well as old is because they cannot produce themselves. Therefore they can exist very long. The Sage has to humble himself before he can be forward, disregards his body so the body can survive. Is that not with unselfishness? Therefore he can accomplish his fulfillment.

Deny the body, so the Spirit can manifest. The body does not belong to you. We are just actors on earth, pulled by the strings of God. Today you might be rich, but tomorrow you can become a beggar if God or Nature wants you to be. This is Fate or Destiny.

Daodejing Poem 8

第 八 章 

上 善 若 水 。 水 利 萬 物 而 不 爭 ， 處 眾 人 所 惡 ， 故 幾 於 道 矣 。 居 善 地 ， 心 善 淵 ， 與 善 仁 ， 言 善 信 ， 政 善 治 ， 事 善 能 ， 動 善 時 。 夫 惟 不 爭 ， 故 無 尤 。 

八章○聖人能善○如水善利萬物而又不爭○ 能化萬事○故無尤○

The above, Tao, is good like water. Water benefits everything without competing and enters places where people despise. So water resembles Tao. Resting place derives from earth; mind is as deep stream; togetherness favours humaneness; speech favours belief; government favours a cure; work depends on ability; action depends on timing. You should not compete, therefore there is no worry.

Our face resembles water 水 . 若 is another word to resemble our face. And Bible always mention right 右 hand side of God. Water has > <, 2 eyes and J the nose. The meeting point between the 2 eyes is the Mystic Portal 玄關 .

Also learn the characteristics of water, like ocean collects all water from all sources. Tao inside us is like a water droplet. So when mixed with the ocean, all becomes One.

Daodejing Poem 9

第 九 章 

持 而 盈 之 ， 不 如 其 已 。 揣 而 銳 之 ， 不 可 長 保 。 金 玉 滿 堂 ， 莫 之 能 守 。 富 貴 而 驕 ， 自 遺 其 咎 。 功 成 名 遂 ，退 天 之 道 。 

九章○修道修身○不是要地位錢財名利○ 有了名利就要引退是天的道理○只有聖人不一樣○

Take all what you want is never as good as to stop when you should. Achievement by scheming and sharp wits will never last long. If your house is full of gold and jade, it cannot be securely guarded. Wealth, power and pride bequeath their own doom. Once fame and success come to you, retire. This is the ordained God's Way.

Be contented.

Daodejing Poem 10

第 十 章 

載 營 魄 抱 一 ， 能 無 離 乎 ？ 專 氣 致 柔 ， 能 如 嬰 兒 乎 ？ 滌 除 玄 覽 ， 能 無 疵 乎 ？ 愛 民 治 國 ， 能 無 為 乎 ？ 天 門 開 闔 ， 能 無 雌 乎 ？ 明 白 四 達 ， 能 無 知 乎 ？ 生 之 畜 之 、 生 而 不 有 ， 為 而 不 恃 ， 長 而 不 宰 ， 是 謂 玄 德 。 

十章○說禪定○和沈思句○

Can you govern your animal mind, hold to the One and never depart from it? Can you throttle your breath, down to the softness of breath of a child? Can you purify your mystic vision and wash it until it is spotless? Can you love all your people, rule over them without doing anything? Can the heavenly gate opening be like a female? Can you understand the four quarters and feign ignorance? Give birth to it, feed it; give birth but not possess it; act and be independent; pride over it but never its lord. This is what is called mystic virtue.

The first 3 lines are meditation instructions. From here you can conclude chapters 2 to 16 in Taoist Yoga are not relevant. Only chapter 1 tallies with the lines. The second part is talking about Tao's characteristics. The Sage can imitate them.

Tao gives birth to all things and feed the living things. It does not own them while IT acts independently. Have pride in Tao and let IT lead your way.

The heavenly gate is always mentioned as female. Even in Bible, Mt Zion is sometime called the virgin girl.

Daodejing Poem 11

第 十 一 章 

三 十 輻 共 一 轂 ， 當 其 無 ， 有 車 之 用 。 埏 埴 以 為 器 ， 當 其 無 ， 有 器 之 用 。 鑿 戶 牖 以 為 室 ， 當 其 無 ， 有 室 之 用 。 故 有 之 以 為 利 ， 無 之 以 為 用 。 

十一章○說無空的用和利○

Thirty spokes converge in the hub of a wheel; the use of the cart depends on the part that is void. With a wall all around a clay bowl is molded; the use of the bowl depends on the part that is void. Cut out windows and door in the house as you build; the use of the house depends on the part that is void. Therefore the materials you have are advantageous; the empty space is for us to use.

Use of voidness in our every day life. We came from VOID, so we have to return to the VOID.

Role Of Woman

Woman is to compliment the man not fighting for equality or domination nor submission.

Man has penis and woman has vagina. Can they be equal ? One functions to give and the other functions to receive. These are the complimentary roles of the two. When the man enters the woman, they become one in spirit.

Domination is like the queens of England and Netherland, councellor of Germany, president of India, Argentina, Philippines, prime minister of New Zealand etc. This is yin factor ruling the country. The country will only suffer. Take for example England. The queen is on the throne for 56 year already. England is going downward. The behavior of the English are getting more like hooligans.

My advice to all these countries is to get men to the top posts to rectify the situation. Now is the era of punishment. If you don't listen, when the disasters come, don't blame me for not telling you.

Submission is to be like a slave. This is wrong. Woman can support his man but not whatever he does even when committing crimes.

My wife represents all the women. Since she does not want to support me, you women will have to suffer. Wait till the day when she meditates and eats vegetarian food, then you can have peaceful days.

My daughter is afraid I squander my wife's money from my son's insurance payment, but instead she took S$17,000 already from my wife. So who is squandering money ? All his money is to be put into my wife's account. This is good enough for both of us to spend for our old age spending frugally. But my daughter is a spendtrift owing credit cards money. As long as she does not get rid of her pets, 2 dogs and a rabbit, her spendtrift ways can never be eradicated. She simply does not want to listen to me. This is why regulating the family of Confucianism is so difficult to manage.