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Liao Fan's Four Lessons

Liao-Fan's Four Lessons  (了凡四訓) is a book written by  Yuan Liaofan , who was born during the  Ming Dynasty , in about 1550, in  Wujiang County ,  Jiangsu  Province. Yuan wrote the book to teach his son, Yuan Tian-Chi. The principal idea behind these lessons is that destiny can be changed through proper cultivation of kindness and humility. Thus one should not be bound by fate, but by one's own actions. Yuan Liaofan was told by a  Taoist  monk surnamed Kong that he would only live to the age of 53 and have no son. At first, he disregarded this monk's words as farcical nonsense, but as Kong's other predictions began to occur with great accuracy, he then proactively made an effort to rewrite his fate. In relating his own life experience in changing destiny, Yuan, at the age of 69, wrote and taught these four lessons to his son. The first lesson shows how to create destiny. The second lesson explains the ways to reform. The third reveals the ways...

On Illegal Parking in Makati City

Babala!.. Sa mga Kuyang na pumaparada ng sasakyan sa harap ng Jacobo Zobel Masonic Temple. Huwag po kayong magpa park sa Pay Parking three slanted parking slot malapit sa corner street sign ng Jacobo Zobel {dating Dao} at Bagtikan Sts sa harap ng Jacobo Zobel Masonic Temple. Habang nasa stated meeting ako kagabi bilang GLI ng Batong Buhay Lodge # 27, Friday, Aug 17, 6:30 PM, nagulat na lang kami ng may nagsabi na naclamped ng Makati Traffic Enforcer ang dalawang sasakyan na  nakaparada sa labas na sa kasamaang palad ay kasama yong sasakyan ko. Nagpunta kami kaagad sa Munisipyo ng Makati dahil baka mapagsarahan ng opisina ay napakalaking problema lalo na dahil lumalakas na ang ulan. Pagkarating sa Enforcer's Collection Office, pinagbabayad kami ng Parking Violation sa dahilang Double Parking at Park on Side Walk ang ticket na may multa na P1,900.00 pesos. Ayaw tumanggap ng katwiran ang mga tauhan ng munisipyo kahit na anong paliwanag na sa kanto ng street ay may Pay Par...

The Travel of the Soul in Solstices and Equinoxes and the Masonic Tracing Boards

Masonic Tracing Boards                 Tracing boards are painted or printed illustrations depicting the various emblems and symbols of Freemasonry. They can be used as teaching aids during the lectures that follow each of the Masonic Degrees when an experienced member explains the various concepts of Freemasonry to new members. They can also be used by experienced members as self-reminders of the concepts they learned as they went through their initiations. From Wikipedia Ancient Craft Masonry Craft Masonry was reckoned from the date of the creation of the world –  Anno Lucis  A.L. approximately 4000 years before the Common Era,  as we read in the third verse from the Book of Genesis in the King James version of the Bible as well as in the Torah.              1:1 – In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.         ...