"To me, for anyone to "claim that Shao Yong's formula is invalid" merely shows ignorance on the part of the person making the claim. Ignorance beneath contempt."
He wrote this about me in defense of his "master" after I made public the unethical practices of Joseph Yu. I would like to respond to his comments . First and foremost the Rabbit's statement is a lie. I have NEVER claimed that Shao Yung's formula is invalid because I have never believed that Shao Yung created the Plum Blossom (Mei Hua) method of divination. Joseph Yu has been stating for years that Shao Yung is the inventor of the PB method and when I stated in a post on a yahoo list that it is unlikely to the extreme that Shao would create such an unbalanced PB dating system he publicly called me arrogant and ignorant and said I was showing disrespect to the great Sung scholar. For me to mention that Shao Yung did not invent the PB would make the feeble-minded master look incompetent in the eyes of his students and the public should my opinion be correct. He kept insisting that Shao was the originator and Mark Andres with his Blind Faith in full bloom made the statement above. More recently, however, Joseph has shifted his views and wrote on his blog :
"The formula may be the work of Song Dynasty scholar Shao Yong or it may be not. "
and ..........
"the system is beautiful whether invented by Shao Yong or any other wise person."
It may seem like a trivial matter on the surface but it certainly reveals a few things. The first is that Joseph's initial lack of flexibility and his contradicting character is 'leaching' onto his students. It would kill Joseph to admit that my statement may have been correct so he 'hedges' his stance by making the above statements where he tries to 'graciously' reverse his opinions without saying I might be right. With Joe's statements above, the Rabbit may have to conclude that his master is "Ignorant beneath contempt", to use his own words. Mark Andres is an absolute perfect example of the Blind Faith I wrote about a few days ago.
Mark's comments surprised me. He has no idea of either my works or myself and the only time I have ever met him in person was on an August weekend night last year when he called my home phone at 1 AM to let me know that he and one of Joseph's top students who came to stay with me just left a 'seedy' nightclub and I could go pick up Joseph's student at an area closer to my house (I'm not a drinker so I declined their invitation to go drinking with them). When I got to the destination, the glassy-eyed and wobbly Rabbit looked a little "shaky" and I was hoping he would make it home OK as he slurred his good-nights. That is the only time I've ever met him. I also talked with him on the phone once or twice concerning Plum Blossom. He told me that he was not a PB expert and that he had only studied PB for less than a year. In spite of this, he gives PB readings and promotes himself as a "Professional" certified by Joseph. He was/is actually charging people for consultations with his less than 1 year of study. Good heavens...I have studied it for about a decade and a half at an extremely deep level and I refuse to charge for consultations until I can know more. This is a perfect example of people exploiting the public for money and hiding behind the curtain of spirituality. Joseph was steaming when I made a comment that his (Joseph's) PB teachings were nothing more than what Lillian Too or other elementary authors have been trying to shove down the public's throat. Joseph's usual response to claims like these against him is "prove it"..."prove it"..."prove it". It seems to be the only words he knows when someone says he's wrong or questions his expertise. However, he did not ask me to prove my claims, even after I publicly stated that I would elaborate on my views if he cared for me to. The offer still stands, and if he would like for me to "prove" why I believe his PB knowledge is inadequate I would be happy to do so. Although, if he doesn't respond I may give my views in future blog post to let the public be aware of how he is presenting his PB ideas.......at a hefty price I might add.
In concluding this post I would like to say that "The Rabbit" will not likely be pleased with this post but then I wasn't all that crazy about his comments either. His drinking buddy (whose name I won't mention) will not be pleased either. The drinking buddy will probably be reading this and he knows why I am writing this post. He knows I can tolerate many things, but one I will not tolerate is when someone gives me their word and then lies and breaks their promise. He knows how close we were and he knows I won't mention his name, but deep down he also knows what he has done for me to break my trust in him and write these words. Disloyalty and the breaking of one's word is something he knows I will not forgive.
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