The Meng

This example shows you the basic principles how the Meng procedure works. The 4-pillar system has hundreds and hundreds of formulas to explain all the details of our complicated lives.

It was so sad to see that John Kennedy, Jr. lost both fathers, quit the prosecutor job and also died in all the yin wood (t) years; his mother widowed twice and died in the wood years as well.

The story of Ted Kaczynski ( B:5-22-42) which puzzled every one happens to be a textbook case in the Meng system. Metal flow hurts him! He got the full score of metal flow in his LC over a period of 25 years, shortly after he taught in Berkeley. He quit at the metal year and began his ordeal for 25 year with underground metal cutting his roots (He was classified as a plant in the Meng), making him rootless. The 14 mail-bombings all took place a few days after the day of powerful metal flow, i.e. the bomb was mailed. around the day of powerful metal flow. Being intuitive, he subconsciously wanted to melt down the metal with fire (the bomb) to get some relief. Starting age 55, he moved to the LC of surface metal (symbolically could mean metal bar) to serve his time.

Cosmic Energy and depression/drug/alcohol

Lily Chung

Why are the problems on depression/drug/alcohol so persistently and overwhelmingly challenging worldwide for so many ages? Why are the enormous resources and effort allocated to the problem making so little progress for so long? We need to go to the root of the issue as the wisdom of I Ching leads: the key of solving a problem is going to the root!

My research on the impact of cosmic flows to human over the last 20 years has concluded that the cause for the issue is LOW ENERGY on the individuals, low cosmic energy, to be specific. The energy is in-born, partly genetic, fundamentally a product of time and space. The fundamental composition of the energy system can be determined from the birth data of the person and the quality of the environment at birth; it changes periodically over time, basically determined by the interactions between the individual and the cosmic flows.

What is cosmic energy?

Cosmic energy is the operating force of the cosmos. There are many versions of definition. The Chinese sages identified it as a system consisting of five components: wood, water, fire, metal, and earth. Every thing and every human, being part of the cosmos, function on a mini individual cosmic system of the five elements, constantly interacting with the grand cosmic system.

The five elements interact among themselves over time and space, creating 60 energy flows, each dominating each year, month, day and hour at given point. The closed-end cycle repeats in a time span of 60 unites. Their interacting process is elaborated in the PATH TO GOOD FORTUNE by the author. The Chinese perpetual lunar calendar registers the dominate flow of each year, month and day.

The human cosmic energy system is basically determined by the cosmic environment at our birth. It ultimately sets the framework of our destiny. Due to the genetic input, and some other factors, people born at the same time do have different destinies; they nevertheless, share substantial traits in personality and life events in their life course.

A good functional energy would have the 5 elements well-balanced. The top grade creates individuals like Bill Gates or Bob Hope. A severely distorted system causes hardship to the individual, leading to the most challenging lives.

People born with a severely distorted system have limited vision, unable to coordinate details or being retarded. Many fail to handle a significant task or a relationship properly, much less holding a responsible job. The typical outcome is depression, permanent or chronic, depending on the onset of new energy to the system. In fact, many are mental patients; there are many different grades, of course.

Under social pressure, some victims scramble to keep up with the Jones by importing foreign energy, resorting to the stimulus of drugs or alcohol. Many fumble and stumble; others got hooked and suffer. Therapy calms and soothes, but it fails to put them into the social main stream. Relief barely sustains over time. The sense of hopelessness or helplessness has become a permanent pain. The vicious circle stubbornly lingers on.

Are they totally responsible for their repetitive failures? We applaud the successful being hard-working; can we see that those who failed, worked even harder without getting there?

How does the knowledge of on the energy system help the individual?

Reversing a bad course is our ultimate dream! How many have succeeded? Alas, our destiny is preset like the genes we inherited; the All Mighty has a niche for each of us to keep the world in proper order. Fortunately, two areas are left open: how we perform our role and sail the course. Picking the right attitudes and the right course makes a world of difference, and it takes proper perspectives.

The human cosmic energy system can be analyzed through a procedure. While some systems are hopeless, most can be improved through remedies. The idea is holistic energy healing, a long term process. It is crucial to start at childhood; in fact, the problem spots in the system (if untreated) compound as one moves along in life path.

Attuning to cosmic flows

The remedy is an energy therapy, including choices of environment, career, companion and associates, and life style. The cosmic truth is: Every human and everything in the cosmos carries energy; oceans and rivers carry water flow; trees (fabric/ books included), wood; all forms of heat, fire, all minerals, metal; etc. Every person also carries a dominant flow of the five elements; there are fire person, water person, or earth person, etc. All these flows can be harnessed into our system to enhance it.

As very few systems are perfect, practically every one can be enhanced from other elements. A water deficient person can harness more water flow by living close to water front and or associating with some water persons/objects. The wood deficient can tremendously benefit by the woodland, etc. In career choice, for example, a florist absorbs substantial wood flow, a cook, fire, and a marine biologist, water.

The holistic energy therapy also includes colors, forms, all food, all herbs and many more. Thus, right colors, and right diet are equally crucial. Knowledgeable Chinese parents even use energy names for their new-born children. Does it work? Empirical evidences abound in China!

Last but not least, picking the right time (with the right energy) to launch a project would optimize our chance of success. The Chinese perpetual lunar calendars are a handy tool to meet the need! The strategy is basically: Living in the right place, doing the right thing at the right time, and associating with the right people.

Practicing natural laws

Since most of the victims lack the proper energy to coordinate details, they need to be guided by a well-rooted sense of natural laws to make naturally correct decisions daily. It all boils down to the right attitudes.

Over the years, I have noticed how attitude impacts lives. Due to environmental quality, people in the Orient should encounter more low energy systems. We would expect more drug users, alcoholics or mental problems. Instead, there are just more patient content workers.

Social philosophy which values hard work, discipline, and self contentment, encourages individuals to best use their natural endowments. Many who can't afford or unable to succeed in former education, readily pick up a vigorous marketable apprenticeship early on. They all seem to adapt to the COSMIC INJUSTICE naturally!

By vigorously devoting to the same task, people are gathering the consistent harmonious energy, making it their leading life force. Those who have picked the right career to complement their energy from an early start would reap even more benefit as they move along! I have seen a fire deficient person prospers as an electrician. For the same reason, carpentry would benefit a wood deficient person. Their self-confidences in turn activates their psyche energy to further invigorate the system.

Good functional attitudes are indeed natural laws. Studies over the world had repeatedly concluded that children being coached on good values, turned out to be happier and more responsible and productive adults. Working hard alone does not guarantee success. In fact, many who fail in life work harder than those who succeed. It is the consistently right approach finally leads us to success, putting us on the natural course, moving with the infallible natural fabric.

What is natural law? Being poorly documented, it is nevertheless a powerful term. Wise people worldwide have been zealously seeking help from natural laws since the dawn of history. Significant attainments/victories have been the products of natural laws as history has proved. Basically, it is the operating laws of the cosmos. Just imagine how the planets move in their orbits; all move constantly in one direction and within one orbit. Any deviated move by any planet, such as cutting lanes or moving a few steps backward from its orbit would result in disaster. The bottom line: natural law is constant Fair Play!

Human laws on the other hand are filled with loopholes and diverging routes. The choice of routes from one point to a destination is wide open. Competition for any specific lane is free for all, resulting in error and confusion!

How do we learn about natural laws? They scatter haphazardly over many sources. Physics is definitely the best source. Being close to nature would certainly keep us so much inspired on the natural order. Dramas in history have taught us many great laws! Great philosophers unfold many codes of natural laws.

These haphazard collections of natural laws help to build up our intuition. However, we need laws packaged with a consistent theme to handle specific functions in our daily operation. I Ching provides an answer! In the book, the codes of natural laws are grouped into 64 functional categories, covering basically all areas of our life; each category covers principles and procedure/strategy to handle a function, such as marriage or building wealth. By consulting an imminent hexagram for a specific area as we need it, we get the insight to handle a problem properly. Regular consulting would sharpen our intuition and eventually put us in harmony with the natural course!

Being equipped with natural laws, the low-energy individuals can make naturally correct decisions without thinking. But these laws have to be woven into the person's fabric of life early on as a child.

Examples on low energy systems

Before we illustrate how cosmic energy works, let us clarify some points. Top grade energy goes to two extremes: the super powerful and the downright feeble, both being the most desirable/fortunate. The former creates powerful dynamic successful leaders like a well-guarded dictator; the latter, symbolically a feeble infant, enjoys phenomenal success/blessings/entitlements with little effort. Understandably, each system also has various grades.

Between the two extremes, there are high achievers, common folks, and the low-energy group. What makes the downright feeble and the low-energy different? Why should the feeble, with less energy enjoy such huge blessing while the low energy suffers lingering hopelessness?

The feeble is comparable to an infant who is entitled to full and unconditional support from others. The low energy groups were born with the ability of a child, say, from four or five to fifteen years old, definitely not totally dependant for full support. What can they do? A ten year old can take a paper route; a 15-year old, a job in a fast food chain, younger ones, some household chores. No one is exempted from punishment on misconduct or entitle to unconditional freebies. All have to do school work while some have more duties.

As all systems are subject to periodic changes, the input of new energy can change their energy level, i.e. a 4-year old could suddenly become an infant or an infant turning into a 5-year old while a 15-year all in a sudden functioning like a 18-year adult. It explains the changing behaviors of these low-energy victims. The procedure can identify the changes. In general, it is better off to fall into the feeble end. As a 12 year old would likely be provided for, a 15-year old might be thrown out of the house to struggle for a living.

The Meng system classifies every one as one of the five elements (wood, water, metal, earth and fire). There are 2 parts: the birth composite (BC), describing the quality of your life, and the luck cycle (LC), accounting for the onset of new energy flows. Additional new energy set in your life periodically, i.e. every 5 years, changing your life. Let us explain with the system of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, perfect examples for the two extremes of top grade system.

Bill Gates 10-28-55

*Note: His hour birth data is unavailable. Though hour input is essential for accurate evaluation, it is not crucial in his case due to the overwhelming dominant leading elements, a overwhelmingly clear case..

Here are footnotes on the connotations of the signs (letter alphabets): R: river, lakes, ocean, r: rain, fog, dew, T: tree, t: plants, flowers, F: fire, basically the sun. f: man-made fire, M: metal ore, m refined metal, ornaments, E; dry earth, e: moist earth for vegetation to grow. All letters on the top row are STEMS, on the bottom row, BRANCHES.

In the BC, the underlined letter is the person of the birthday; it is always the stem at the day pillar, representing the person of the birth day. This is called the Self. The other 7 letters describe her/his birth environment. By cosmic classification, President Nixon is a yang metal (See underlined letter, a capital sign is yang while a small letter, yin). Each column of 2 letters forms a pillar; their 4 pillars present the flow of year, month, day and the hour.

In the luck cycle (LC), the turning point is age 6, 11, 16, 21 etc., as indicated in the LC. Readers can map out their energy system by following the model explain in the PATH TO GOOD FORTUNE (p.49-50)

Analysis of Birth Composite:

The person is a river. Being born in a dry month and drained by a team of wood, earth and fire, the river is almost dry, symbolizing a person with extremely low energy, in an infant state. It is therefore, a perfect system. The person (self) enjoys total phenomenal success (entitlements) with little effort.

What could topple the person? Additional water would empower the water self, disqualifying his infant status and consequently his provisions. He would incur bad luck in a water period during his luck cycle. His water period from age 21-30 (the M and r period) explained why he dropped out from Harvard and struggled in the garage without success. Another water period from age 36-40 accounted his struggle to get Microsoft established and Window 95 out to the market. Window 95 was marketed shortly after his 40th birthday, at the end of his water period.

His best luck started in 1997 (a fire year) at age 42 at the "F" period. Additional fire and earth reinforced his leading flow and enfeebled him further to strengthen his infant status; he became the richest man in the world.

Warren Buffet 8-3-1930

He is river born in a wet month, well-supported; empowered by some more water underneath ( see all the underlined 'R'), the river is ready to leap over any obstacles, symbolizing a very powerful and dynamic person. He began investing successfully at 14 and achieved phenomenal result from 1957-69, i.e. age 27-39, from the 'r' the 'R'

periods. Additional water reinforces his luck, a contrast to Bill Gates; each, being the same water person, benefits from opposite elements to achieve greatness.

With this background in mind, let us move to other low energy examples. Keep in mind that very few low energy system are permanent.

Tom April 10-1953 2:50 pm

The metal person was born in the spring with powerful wood. The wood energy, in a team of five, is leading his life. The metal self is indeed like a helpless infant, surrendering to the wood for protection /provision/easy success/easy entitlements from a powerful wood boss. However, there is a hidden metal sign, making him unfaithful, angering the wood boss. The natural law says: If you surrender, you have to alone, stripping from any help.

The extra boost of metal turned him into a young child, spoiling his infant/entitlement status. Thus he is only qualifying for some help/provision but not a good life. How would he convince the wood boss for more provision to improve his life?

He can harness more fire to eliminate the metal; but fire would hurt and anger the wood as well. Thus, his chance for a good easy life is very slim. His next option is using water to drain the metal force; a weakening metal would bring improvement to his life. Thus, more water and wood would enhance his life as they put him closer to the infant status.

He had a good life as a farmer until 32. All the additional wood and water flows (all the 'T's and 'R/r's) reinforced the wood energy to provide for him. He functioned on the borrowed energy of the wood, like a young child cared by his parents. Starting 32, at his 'm' period, he sold his farm and moved to a big city in West Canada. Soon he developed depression, taking long naps, reading feng shui books and mumbling in endless long sentences which barely make sense. He was draining his merger saving. Additional metal turned him into a teenager, being stripped from most support.

In his late 30s (the 'r' period, water and wood), with the subsiding metal influence and the onset of wood, he regained the favor and care of the wood. He started the job as a ranger of the national forest in the Rockies for 4 months a year. That simple, comfortable and well-paid job, symbolizing a generous award from the wood boss, provides him sufficient food and pocket money for the entire year. He watched houses for other people (on leave) for free rent.

In frustration, he continues to aimlessly study astrology and feng shui, searching for some great news on his life.

An attorney 12-24-1951 7:25 pm Male born: a steel town in PA

The person is earth. Being undermined by 5 metal signs, the earth is very loose and feeble. He needs more earth to reinforce it and fire to firm it up. Additional metal would further enfeeble it, water, dilutes it, and wood, weakens it. With a few good years here and there, he basically had very poor health.

He had great health in the late teens, as he went to boarding school, staying with his aunt in a red brick house That was his 'e' period; the earth flow brought in solid compact earth in the form of a brick, firming up his fragile earth. From age 25-39, he managed to obtain a law degree and worked as district judge for 13 years. That was the best period in his life, with additional fire and big earth empowering his energy. However, he admitted that every time he put on the black robe (water color), walking into the marble ( metal by nature) judicial hall, he felt dizzied; he physically fainted a few times at the hall.

Finally, he gave up the DJ job around 40 at his 'm' period; additional metal disabled him to perform. He studied to be a psychology counselor, a comfortable task for a low energy person. He got into some health diet programs to tide over the difficult period. Moving into the 'F' period, he got a counseling job, staying in relatively good health.

By 2000 (MW), a metal year, plunging into his worst luck period of M (metal and water), he felt into a depression that he had to stop working and returned to his home town, being closer to his folks for some personal care. I have never heard from him since.

Linda 6-11-1961 5:57 pm California

The person is a plant; with 3 metal signs underneath constantly cutting her roots and one more metal above trimming, she is under great pressure to stay alive, without chance to build roots. Her option for a good life is to achieve the status of an infant. But, empowered by are two more wood signs and two water signs empowering the wood, she was disqualified. The outcome?

She is good looking ( a trait for borderline systems, a way to distract the boss of her unfaithfulness), a graduate of liberal arts. At 38, she had a few jobs and some relationships, none lasting more than a year. In chronic depression, she keeps a horse and 4 cats. She got occasional support from her well-to-do mother, the unwilling boss.

Ted Kaczynski 5-22-1942

This is the famous math professor who mailed bombs to kill people. As a plant (t) supported by sufficient water and some warm earth, he should have a good life. By his luck cycle, he has 20 years of wonderful luck as abundant sunlight brightened up his leaves and added glamour to his life.

He was a bright student, entered Harvard at 16, completed Ph. D. in math from University of Michigan at 25, and became the professor in Berkeley. Why did he voluntarily quit in 2 years and began a rootless life as a criminal?

His glamour began to dwindle as he departed the fire energy and entered the E period at 25. He felt the impact but hanged on as the good earth was supporting. However, by 1971, a metal year in the cosmos, at the age of 29, he entered the ground metal period of 'M'. The powerful metal was constantly chopping his roots, threatening his social foothold. He quit. This underground metal influence continued till age 54, leaving him rootless all along. He barely dragged by with some support from his family.

As a withering plant, in low energy he acted on blind impulse, shifting his anger on someone; he used fire to melt the metal to relieve the pain, by sending bombs. In fact, he enjoyed making and testing bombs, a way to release pain from the metal effect.

Checking the 14 bombs he mailed out, we found an interesting cosmic truth? Two things stand out: 1) The days of his mail happened to bear heavy metal energy, 2) There was a quiet period of 5 years without bomb mail, from 1987-93, at age 45-9. It metal from above, no uprooting pain. He resumed two more bomb-mailings in the second half of 1993 after his birthday at the metal year of 1993, and continued in 1994 as soon as he entered the 'H' period of underground metal again.

At the closing 'H' period, he was arrested and being provided with stable livelihood; no more uprooting from underground metal. Instead he was surrounded by

surface metal, the stem 'm' from above, behind the bar.

Below are bomb explosions fro your reference:

5-26-78, 5-9-79, 6-10-80, 10-8-81, 5-5-82, 7-2-82, 5-15-85, 6-13-85, 12-11-85,

2-20-87, 6-22-93, 6-24-1993, 12-10-94, 4-24-94.

Janet Leigh B. July 6-1927 D. Oct 4-2004 @ age 77

She was refined metal (m) enfeebled by two fire signs. There is a wood team loosening up the soil and depriving the metal of support. She was indeed an infant, depending on the support of wood and water.

It is basically a great system, creating an elegant beauty, talented and smart, ready to enjoy great life. However, there is a metal hidden in the g, her spouse palace, signifying trouble in marriage. Any additional metal from her luck cycle or the cosmos would draw out the metal to cause challenges.

She had four marriages; the two short ones took place between ages 15-21, all in her metal period, result of poor decision at the low energy period, acting like a child. The one enacted at the end of her metal period last 11 years.

She got her Oscar award at a water year (1960) and the beginning of her most powerful wood period. It was an infant led by the great energy of the wood boss. She died on Oct. 4, 2004. a metal year metal month and an earth day, all angering the wood. She was punished to death.

Christopher Reeve B. Sept.25-1952 D. Oct.10-2004

Christopher was a tree enfeebled by powerful metal (m in the month pillar, plus some underneath the self), and thick heavy earth blocking the tree from expansion. Thus, he was born into the infant status to enjoy great easy success and glamour. He was refined, bright and rich. To be faithful and qualified, he should not encounter additional wood or water which empowers wood. As the powerful earth in his system could absorb the earth before it produces any harm, wood is the biggest challenge

His fatal accident occurred in May, 95 (tr), at end of spring with mature trees in a powerful wood year. He was emboldened by an illusion on a sudden burst of energy to rebel against his boss and acted on his own like a ruthless teenager. But the energy did not sustain for effective protection.

He was 43 at the accident, just about to enter a long term wood (T) starting at 44, a period of long term punishment from rebellion. Without the lead from the metal/earth boss, he suffered like an abandoned child. By year 2000, he regained sensation and movement of his index finger; he passed the T period and entered another T which has more fire to curtail his wood, giving a slim sign of repentance. The boss eased off on the punishment and put him on observation. However, the big 'T' returned in 2004 (by the lunar calendar on cosmic flows), rendering him to rebel again. His condition deteriorated and he finally died in a water month and water day.

His peak five years from age 39-43 had the most powerful metal in his life.

Some low energy systems are caused by competing forces. Many can have good strong energy and lose it to involuntary fierce competing forces. Here are some cases.

Mrs. Kolh, wife of Chancellor of Germany Mar. 7-1933

This is a case of sibling rivalry. Empowered by two more water sign, the person is strong confident, competitive and talented. However, she is tempted to engage in constant fight with the other water signs and as a result, she is prone to illness or chronic fatigue.

She is most vulnerable to fire, which by definition, is the money sign for all water persons. She developed light ( a variation of fire energy) allergy in 1993 and committed suicide in late evening of July 4, 2001. The light allergy put her life in darkness and depression.

Her light allergy set in during her metal period when additional metal empowered the water to fierce dog fights, causing severe loss of energy. The powerful fire of July aroused fierce competition among the water signs for financial gains, symbolically, of course. As a result the self died in exhaustion.

Jenny 11-4-45 7:24 H hour

The person is an alcoholic. Being a yin fire; confronted by a stronger yang fire (F) neck to neck, it is a severe sibling rivalry case. The five metal signs which represent the money for fire persons, are constantly and vividly tempting the two fires to dog-fights. Alas, as the self is so much weaker (being a yin fire, without support), always ends up losing to the 'F' (with another fire support from underneath) , i.e. he is a constant loser in reality in finance or marriage.

The constant fights gradually weaken his health, under the illusion to build up his winning edge, he resort to stimulant. He had a few very bad marriages. By 1993 (rm), he recovered from alcohol. The extra water helped to eliminate his competitor 'F', giving him a short break of peace.

To enhance his life, he should harness plenty of water energy and avoid wood and fire by all means. The approach has to be holistic and starts at a young age on constant basis.

John 2-18-48 8:30 am Chicago

Another alcoholic. There are three water signs (all the 'r' and 'R") constantly fighting for the money( the two 'F's). He is in chronic frustrations and has very hot temper, experiencing lots of ups and downs.

4-26-52 H hour Male

Another chronic alcoholic in which three waters constantly fighting for three fires. Again, the self is losing the battle as the other waters are ganging up against him.