Reforming Heaven, Earth, and Human

Heaven's Timing, Earth's Advantage, Human Harmony — Reflect, Change, Create — the Blueprint of Destiny When changing destiny, we divide it into three: Heaven, Human, Earth — much like the Treasury of Heaven, Earth, and Water we speak of when 「replenishing the treasury」; these are three energies.In Einstein's relativity, to accomplish anything you need time, space, and energy to change anything.For any success we normally say: Heaven's timing, Earth's advantage, Human harmony.Heaven?That's time — Heaven's timing.Human?Harmony and good relationships — Human harmony.Earth?The environment — Earth's advantage.Environment, behavior, timing.Is the timing right?Your behavior is intention-arising; is your environment — location, market — right?Lacking any one of the three, it won't succeed.Timing good or bad?Behavior follows timing, so behavior is intention-arising.Environment follows: 「the trend of the times makes the hero,」 so location is your stage.Timing is the great fortune cycle, so is the timing-point the moment for you to shine?That's Heaven's timing.Human?Your behavior and intention-arising, with the skills you possess — is it the time to use them?Earth?Where will you deploy — south, north, central Taiwan, overseas?That's your stage.If you misplace yourself — no skill, wrong stage — it won't work.Have the skill, have the stage, but wrong timing — won't work.Remember these three factors.Sometimes they show up alone.My personal behavior, intention arises — is the time right?No!Is the environment right?No!Then what I want to do absolutely will not succeed.This is time, energy, space.What is energy?What power I possess, what ability.People say: 「without that belly, don't drink that laxative.」 Timing is good — but with ability, you earn; without ability, you don't.Do you have the energy of ability to compete?When timing is good, the whole world earns, like big entrepreneurs — business is easy to run.But for someone running a small business, it's no big deal, still the same; for a salaried office worker, good timing has nothing to do with him.You're salaried; timing is good, the boss won't give you a big raise; others earn millions or tens of millions, you still earn NT$30,000–40,000 a month — what's that got to do with you?Does your ability match the timing?Good timing is unrelated to you because you don't have the ability to catch good timing.Example: in jewelry, the power is lots of jewels.Timing is good, people are willing to spend, because my stage is right — I am the jewelry-selling stage; timing is good, my ability is in holding many jewels; three conditions met, I earn a lot — selling one jewel beats a salaryman's ten years.As Terry Gou said: a guava seller in Kaohsiung sells three containers' worth, back-breaking, and still can't beat me selling three semiconductors — three tiny semiconductors beat three containers of guavas.My power is turning tiny things into big money.The guava-seller's ability requires three containers to earn that much and works himself to death and doesn't know when it'll sell.Terry Gou gets his employees to earn money for him, making semiconductors — I pay them salaries, but I earn more than they do.That's how much energy you own, what you know.Good timing is related to what you know.So each person must reflect on himself: is my energy enough, what do I know, by what do I earn money?Self-reflection: by what skill do I earn money?Often said: can't save money, can't earn money.Then tell me, what are you capable of to earn?What skill do you have?Any area where you're outstanding?None.Can't out-talk others, interpersonal relationships worse than others' — so of course you don't earn; no need to ask a god or ask me.What energy do you own?Some say he works hard, biggest strength is strong effort — that's energy.But where's the stage?The factory.You work yourself to death and still get a thirty-thousand salary — because there's no timing.The boss doesn't see you.Overtime till three in the morning, because you don't hit the right timing — the boss doesn't inspect at those hours.Everyone's gone and only you are grinding away.One day the boss has a flash of inspiration, after drinking, impulse strikes him to visit the factory — he sees the light on, curious, looks inside, and sees you.That's timing.The boss discovers you: first a raise, then a promotion.So without timing, you work to death for nothing.With timing — happen to be the one time this year you worked overtime, and happen to be the day the boss inspects, and he sees you.The other case: the one who grinds overtime every day — happens to take leave that day, so he doesn't get seen.So the point of 「timing」 is critical: the moment you catch at just the right instant.This is a huge discipline.If you can grasp what we talked about today, learn and know it, and use it to govern your luck and your life — excellent.「Where there's form there's energy」 means that in the heaven-earth, certain energies form certain things.A dragon cave produces a dragon shape; a turtle cave produces a turtle shape — they gather form.Christians also have hell and Satan; Dante's Divine Comedy is about hell, much like the Chinese hell — different tunes with the same craft.Heaven and hell truly exist, including time points and activities — all verified.In spirit-viewing journeys to the underworld, people come back with consistent reactions and views; it's very real.The West has hell.Egypt also has judgment; ancient civilizations have hell.This means that in cosmic space there are many different spaces; each decides different energy.High-energy spaces are like heaven, worlds of light, warm and comfortable.Low-energy beings go to lower places — as Tai Shang Lao Jun said, 「the light rises; the turbid sinks.」 If the carrying weight of your energy-body isn't nanometer-light, it drops, sinks, can't stay above ground, sinks into the earth's core.Earth has many internal spaces; the middle is molten magma, hot — the human-world purgatory.Earth has several layers like skin, flesh, juice, bone, marrow of a body — various beings and cells.We now live on earth's skin; below is crust, core, several layers.The earth is hollow.If the spiritual body is very heavy — karma heavy, not clean — the finest spirits are nano-level and can teleport; the coarsest are below ground, as Tai Shang Lao Jun said, heavy as lead, dark and dense, sunk at the lowest level, that space being more yin, damp, dark — that is hell, the place not reached by sun, moon or stars — that is the root chakra.If a pure spiritual body — bright, light, clean — floats high, passes above ground, through the atmosphere, into another galaxy.So Śākyamuni Buddha is called the Middle-Heaven Teacher — teacher of the universe, not just a Chinese Buddha or Indian Buddha.Equivalent to the Zǐwēi star; the universe is centered on Him.He becomes the representative of the cosmos, teaching cultures, civilizations, and wisdom of all star systems.The cosmic center-point, He appears in various forms to deliver all beings — not only earth-humans.Earth has many ethnic groups; cosmic emptiness is also divided — like the Maṇḍala offering has four continents and thirty-seven palaces, with many life-forms, life-planets, life-spaces.What energy lives in what space; the bardo-beings, the yin-ghosts, their space is lower, more sunken, environment different.In life you want a good environment; in death too.Now the method to change destiny: 1.Time — how to know which time is my best fortune, when it's my moment.Of course you need to know your own chart: first bāzì great cycle, second Zǐwēi Dǒushù great cycle, third Qímén Dùnjiǎ lifetime board; Dà Liùrén shows it too.The ancients left us much wisdom to see timing — like the Three Yuán Xuánkōng great cycles, very accurate.Now everyone is in a 「south cycle」; the south is beginning to rise, energy abundant — so expand southward, about three or four years of southern energy.Heaven's timing is critical.Places with full energy flourish; weaker energy declines — that's the 「retreating cycle.」 Fengshui turns: East District now in decline; Ximending heating up again — energy moves around.Someone researched: all rivers' right banks are more prosperous than left — because the sea-mouth is on the right.Why?Air current.In the northern hemisphere, it rotates counterclockwise; qi sinks on the right.Mainland China studied: all river right-sides have especially fertile grass; shepherds of sheep, horses, cattle prefer the right of the river — land fertile, grass grows well; left side less developed.Like Tamsui River: right bank is Old Street, left bank is Bali — Bali less developed, slower; Old Street has lots of business, lots of money.Air current ends up on the right.For environment-selection, we go by 「green dragon on the left, white tiger on the right.」 The longer the dragon side, the more energy gathers on the right.In fengshui, 「green dragon on the left, white tiger on the right」 — the strongest energy is on the tiger side.The left must be longer than the right.So in a row of ten houses, which to pick?Left must have at least six or seven houses; right only three — so live in that one.Living with left and right the same length is useless; in the end you'll find profit and loss cancel out.Left long, right short — energy gathers on the right.This is the Coriolis force.Science has already found it: the force generated among Earth, Sun, Moon; spinning objects produce centrifugal force; clockwise rolls to the left, counterclockwise rolls to the right; the direction of motion is opposite to the landing side.In the northern hemisphere the air current spins counter, the planet spins clockwise, so qi becomes counter; Earth self-rotates clockwise, qi turns left; our toilet or sink flushes counterclockwise; typhoons rotate counterclockwise; qi is counterclockwise.If something blocks on the dragon side, hits the dragon side and turns back to the tiger side — best fengshui, whether grave or home: dragon side high, tiger side low; in a row, dragon side long and tiger side shorter — dragon 2/3, tiger 1/3; qi curls right back into your house.Such a house starts at a minimum of 60/100.Second, look at mountain-and-water placement — where should be high, where low — placed right, 80 points, guaranteed money.Water-places must be low; wrongly placed as high, it's reversed layout.If high is a mountain, matches cosmic principle — mountains should be high, water low.Like our temple opening the south gate — beautiful.Prosperity direction should receive water; opening the south gate receives southern water; prosperous qi should bring water in, declining qi should carry water away — water drained out, pathogens flushed out.This is the environment.Why is environment so important?When Śākyamuni Buddha — Prince Siddhartha — awakened under the Bodhi tree, He grasped these three principles; otherwise He wouldn't have become Buddha.First, He caught timing — the Nine Purple-White Stars flew in and gave Him the Eight White Star.Second, He had accumulated so much practice energy — energy-complete.Third, He had tried many places in the Tibetan snow mountains and couldn't awaken, so He discovered environment was critical, returned to Bodh Gayā, where that Bodhi tree grew especially well, the land-qi particularly strong, and found the place, found the environment.First, used time: the Eight White Star arrived right in front of Him.Second, found energy.Third, found space.The three united are called 「Heaven's timing, Earth's advantage, Human harmony.」 This is essence-qi-spirit united, buddha-dharma-body united, sun-moon-star united — direct passage.What is passage?Full-brain opening, central channel clear, brain fully activated, pineal resurrected, instantly sees bright light, brain charged.The brain starts to display cosmic matters: past, present, future; the formation of the universe, the beginning of all life, the end of the universe, many planets in the solar system, civilizations of all places; life-forms on Mars, Venus, Mercury; worlds not seen by the fleshly eye.He awakened: so I understand — the good things of the past are not good; the things once disliked were actually good; the shapes we saw in the past — once awakened, I don't see with eyes, I see with the Heavenly Eye; this thing's structure isn't like that.So in the sūtras He expressed: the beauty I used to see was ugly.What I thought was right turned out to be wrong; what I thought was wrong turned out to be eternal.「I understand」 is called 「awakening.」 So in studying Buddhism, in the end, what is awakening?All causes and conditions, all worldly affairs are just a game, just an environment for learning, nothing big.That's right — wisdom rises to being with the cosmos — this is the highest state of practice.Some places divide into two: one side for practice, one side for wealth — best to clearly separate them.Otherwise if wealth gets mixed into practice, lots of complaints: why am I chanting so many sūtras and mantras and still not getting rich?Wrong.If practice gets mixed into wealth, you lose the purity of practice — thinking every day, how to earn money, how to change fortune, polluting the practice.Like a tourist spot: hang a sign — souvenir shop, bathroom, exit, boarding — show it clearly; let people decide where to go.Vague mixed learning is bad.Our temple is for dharmakāya realization, not for wealth.Mixing money and luck in — can't talk only about wealth, can't talk only about Dharma.Some want wealth; can't satisfy everyone's demands.Should separate: are you here to learn the spirit, or to seek wealth?But you must pay the price — no free lunch; all requires price.This is balance; nothing is given for nothing.How to create a new life for yourself: see yourself as a fruit tree.If you feel the fruit is bitter, your tree isn't managed well — habits unchanged, patterns unchanged, still bitter fruit — reflect.If you reflect and your fruit is in high demand at high prices, that means you grow well, people love what they see, life-value emerges.If people don't like you, won't buy from you, you can't earn their money — it means you haven't improved yourself, haven't fertilized, haven't tended well; your bitter fruit, people don't like you.See yourself as a fruit tree.If nobody keeps buying, the farmer will chop it down.You don't want to think, don't learn techniques to improve, don't move; don't shift the tree to the sunny side — fruit grows green, can't turn red, lots of pests and no sun — change the environment.You're too lazy to change, holed up in place — the more holed up, the more unlucky.First: change environment, change stage.Second: inject wisdom into your behavior and intention-arising — is this right?Should I be doing it this way?Then reflect on timing — is it the right time?Should I be doing this now?Every day you should weigh yourself: is this right?My behavior pattern, my skills, my energy — am I capable of the opportunity and the reward?Is the environment and stage I'm in a place where my energy and skills can be deployed?All three must be included in reflection.If missing, start improving.When time doesn't come, accumulate energy; normally store up your energy and learn your skills and craft well.When time comes, find a great stage.Most spaces mean choosing good fengshui and a place where people gather — this is the stage.Right stage, anything sells.So find places where people gather, people from all four directions see you — then second, is your energy enough, is what you sell tasty, is there appeal — that's energy, that's winning Human harmony, letting people like you.Third, is the time right?Reflect on these three.Learn the capability of these three factors; the fruit you ultimately produce will absolutely satisfy.Do anything — put it in and look: practice — put it in and look; business — put it in and look; changing career fortune — put it in and look.How do you see environment and space?Study fengshui and geomancy.How to see energy?What skills, what capabilities do you have — all can be put under 「energy.」 Energy is the skill you can deploy.To change your behavior patterns, Human harmony is critical.If the environment doesn't suit you, don't waste your time — find a place that suits you, find your qualities, places where your talents can be deployed.For business, find a fengshui-good, foot-traffic-rich place.Increase Human harmony: relationships, service attitude, concern.Third, time.Time — doesn't matter — Zǐwēi Dǒushù chart you have to wait; but Qímén Dùnjiǎ can grab timing.Energy points move; chase the energy.Wealth deity doesn't come to you — chase the Wealth deity.Actively seek your benefactor.Benefactors must be created.Self-create merit, self-create value, self-create benefactors, find your own benefactors, your own stage, your own time.Qímén Dùnjiǎ can create time; it tells you where the good energy will appear — like Pokémon, go catch it.We have no time to wait — go find it ourselves, grab the time-point; everything self-created.Some directions need sādhana, some need auspicious objects, some need fire offerings, some need talisman-burning, inviting the Liùdīng-Liùjiǎ to create benefactors, create wealth-fortune — all self-created.Practice can change destiny, but must be done with focus and sincerity.Studying fengshui alone won't necessarily find you a good environment.If you don't possess the force of Human harmony, able to shift your behavior patterns, able to create good connections, and possess some skills — you have no charm to generate Human harmony.Timing?Where to find timing?Nobody tells you.If you wait and don't accumulate energy, good timing is irrelevant to you.Those who know how to grasp skills accumulate energy — anything will do; you must have fighting power, must change yourself, be responsible for yourself, have momentum for success.Today's three self-reflection methods are also the formula for success.Of course, as mentioned, energy accumulation — Maṇḍala offerings, Vajrasattva — the primary way to purify this life's bad fruits — put this under energy.As for space-selection: whether work goes smoothly matters, whether bed position is right, whether altar placement is right, whether your position is right, whether space-energy is right, whether direction is right — all affect fortune.If the environmental magnetic field is unlucky, even a master can't turn things around — locked by the environment.First: space must be right; be bold about improving; be bold about acting.Stove and altar incense-burner both represent wealth; so stove, altar, and front door are all critical — the three essentials of a yang-house.The environment outside the door is critical; environmental magnetic field will punch into the home.Fix the environment.Timing, space, energy wrong — everything wrong.Two out of three right — at least half-successful.From a life perspective, creating the total value of a life — each should carry 30%, 30%, 30%, with 10% as the variable.Whether Heaven gives it to you — reflect on these three; henceforth reflect in these three directions.Three together: 90%; 10% is the Heaven variable.Fortune lies in behavior-energy.If energy is insufficient, even if Wealth deity gives it, you can't receive it.A hand with no strength can't lift gold bricks even if the Wealth deity hands them over.Some people have a tiny treasury; suddenly get lots of money, dead — 「insufficient to receive the tonic.」 Wealth is the source for sustaining life; wealth and life are closely linked.In fengshui there are three layouts: wealth-prosperous but offspring-not-prosperous, offspring-prosperous but wealth-not, both prosperous.「Offspring」 doesn't only mean having children — it also means health, popularity.Like Vajrasattva's repentance — repentance has two meanings: one is admitting wrong, one is self-reflection.Vajrasattva's purpose isn't only to make you confess sin — 「repentance means self-reflection」; 「three times a day I reflect on myself.」 Reflect: why do I encounter bad connections?Why have I lost in investments?Why am I always unpopular?Reflect on whether the energy you emit is positive or negative.Is my behavior and speech off-putting?Always a bitter face?Open my mouth and it's like killing?Any flattery?Can't send even a small gift?Stingy?So self-reflection is critical.Repentance is self-reflection.Reflect well on these three factors; success rate becomes OK.List them as the three major factors of self-reflection, three major factors of self-success, three major factors of self-created value, three major factors of creating the future.Re-forge yourself; it's not too late to set out again.Excerpted from a teaching by Master Urgyen Topden Rinpoche on 2019-04-20