LATEST!!! 29 December, 2009

This space is evolving as you read. All our posts have been consolidated to this space. The theme has also been changed to reflect the consolidation. The whole transition of our blog format should finish by end of this week. All other blogs have ceased to exist.

The Group Journal’s link: 13 Voices – Chinese Metaphysics Journal & research

PLEASE register on this link.  Or ,write us at: admin@firstprinciplesinc.com

And while we are busy consolidating the blogs, we take this opportunity to introduce some new features that we will be putting on our web for our avid readers, students and practitioners. We are going to do things a bit differently. But first, our new contents. Essentially, we will now tailor our blogs towards a research portal concept. We will have a General segment for all topics related to Chinese Metaphysics. It will cover topics to cater for the general consumer and the layperson. Topics such as:

General Segment

1. Basic premises and usage of BaZi, Feng Shui and Date Selection,
2. General knowledge such as what is Sha Qi (negative forces), what are the types of Sha Qi, Water Feng Shui.
3. We will explain the premises of why pseudo Feng Shui such as Xuan Kong Flying Star and BaZhai (8 Mansion) can’t work as Feng Shui.
4. We will introduce the premises of ancient Chinese Science such as its history, its analytical logic, its achievements and, its connections to Chinese Metaphysics.

There are 2 ways to gain access to our GENERAL Zone:

1. Click on this link to register.  A registration form will be prompt.  Please remember to enter your FULL NAME, ADDRESS, and, CONTACT NUMBERS.  You should gain immediate access.
2. Please write us at: admin@firstprinciplesinc.com with your FULL NAME, ADDRESS, and, CONTACT NUMBERS.

We will contact you within 2 weeks to verify your details.

Research Segment

The second segment gets down to business with academic matters ranging from the basic Chinese classics to practical experiences. This segment is for advanced learners, researchers, and fellow practitioners. We call this the Research segment.

We will be discussing the results of our researches and we will be engaging the members to contribute to the exchange of information. E.g. We have done lots of research (both academic text and practical) and we want to share what we know. In return, we want to learn what you know and together, we will make this metaphysics world a better-informed world, by being specific and empirically focused.

For users who have access to this segment but do not contribute actively within 3 weeks of registration, we reserve the rights to revoke your access and downgrade your access to GENERAL zone.

For access to RESEARCH zone (you need to be a user of GENERAL segment), we require the further information from you:

1. Details of your Chinese Metaphysics academic background.
2. Your current Research topic.
3. Please send us an extract or case study  of your research work.  Please do specify your research field. Example:
   • For BaZi, it may be an extract of your translation/annotation of a classic.  Or, it may be a case study of a BaZi – complete analysis.
   • For Feng Shui, it may be a case study where you may share appropriately the layout, the Feng Shui plan, parameters etc. And, of course, your findings/results.
4. If you are practising professionally (both part-time or full-time basis), kindly advise us your firm’s name, location and site address.

13 Voices Advanced Teaching Segment

The third segment discuss advanced Classics materials and our in-house techniques/ database. We call this the “13 Voices Advanced Teaching” segment. This segment is only open to our senior consultants, senior researchers, external advanced practitioners and serious academia. We are lending on our in-house resources and data from ours and lineage’s practice to share with those who are already into research & development work. Members need to be contributors of the Research segments and practising to access this segment.

The topics are open on a discretionary basis and it is subject to the individual’s background. E.g. A Xuan Kong practitioner and researcher may only access San Yuan’s section.

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Upon registration, we will contact you within 2 weeks to verify the details. Do write to us if you need further clarifications on how you can access the Research segment. We can be reached at admin @ firstprinciplesinc.com (without space in between).

For those who have registered, we are processing your access.

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Finally, here a little something that we did to share. We hope you will join us to share with those in need during this festive season.

— Warmest Regards,

FIRST Principles Inc.

24th December 2009

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