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Masters Training Program: About the Program
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"...the Black Sect's teachings are the most useful, up-to-date and
compatible with modern science and design. Yet they also rely on
ancient Chinese Taoist culture and thought - Tao, yin-yang, Qi (chi), and
traditional Feng Shui - not to mention influences from Indian and
Tibetan Buddhist beliefs and practices."
Professor Lin Yun
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A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
BTB Feng Shui
is pleased to offer a thorough professional training in Feng Shui, a rare
opportunity to gain certification as a practitioner, in this rapidly expanding field.
BTB Feng Shui Masters Training ProgramTM
teaches a full spectrum of Black Sect Feng Shui
teachings and methods as authorized by
Prof. Lin Yun,
the foremost Feng Shui Master in the world, whose consultation and guidance
initiated and informs this program.
Course modules and mentoring will be conducted by
BTB Feng Shui teachers
Dr. Edgar Sung,
Steven Post,
Barry Gordon and
Rosalie Prinzivalli,
other senior students of Prof. Lin and master teachers of other schools and traditions.
FENG SHUI EDUCATION
The process of Feng Shui education is like entering the precincts of the
Purple Forbidden City in Beijing. There is a clear prospect, an overview
from within the walls, and then a process of going deeper, passing from
gate to gate, courtyard to courtyard. The Feng Shui Masters Training Program
proceeds according to this model. Becoming a professional Feng Shui practitioner
goes beyond acquiring a body of knowledge and technique. The Feng Shui
practitioner is the primary tool of the art. While directly teaching
the Feng Shui techniques of
Black Sect Tradition, the program will also explore the historical context
of World Geomancy coordinating the knowledge of the past with modern practice
in architecture, construction, design, psychology, gardening, and urban
planning. We will integrate the ancient (in Confucius' phrase, re-animating,
literally "warming up" the past) and the modern so that "the household
gods delight in being here". Since Feng Shui practitioners in the U.S.
will serve people of different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, it is
important that they be able to harmonize the ancient teachings of Feng
Shui with the needs, style and Qi of their clients.
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MENTORING
No matter how many Feng Shui classes one takes, each consultation is a
leap into the unknown. You will encounter problems that are impossible
to fit into rules, methods or concepts we can teach intellectually. Individual
mentoring emphasizing spiritual friendship and the experience of the instructors
will perfect the formal learning of the practitioner and help develop
the intuitive abilities, technical knowledge, and the judgment needed
to succeed. You will be encouraged to develop your own unique style within
the Black Sect provenance. Bonds of friendship and community will be
developed that will make Feng Shui a powerful professional force as well
as a vehicle for personal and spiritual growth.
Traditionally, Feng Shui knowledge was transmitted within a family. We
learned more about Feng Shui and successful living by accompanying Prof.
Lin on consultations, and traveling with him in the U.S. and in China,
than we did in the hundreds of classes, weekends, and talks we have attended.
We want to pass on a way of seeing and understanding the world that he
transmitted to us.
Our students will accompany us on consultations. We also will accompany
them as they conduct guided consultations. We will guide students in
individual research projects and in developing special areas of expertise.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER DISCOUNTS
Scholarships, referral rebates, travel expense support, partner and other
discounts are available on a case-by-case review, based on documented
individual need.
To apply or receive additional information, please contact:
For the East Coast program,
Rosalie Prinzivalli, at (212)472-1247.
For the West Coast program,
Steven Post, at (415)753-6408.
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STUDY AND RESEARCH
Though it has thousands of years of history, Feng Shui is a new profession
in the U.S. As part of their serious commitment to Feng Shui as a profession,
students will be expected to contribute to the developing body of knowledge
and to the advancement of this profoundly practical art and pragmatic
science in the coming century. Such research will be shared in reports,
conferences, colloquia, and in publications. Research projects will collect
information to validate or invalidate tenets of Black Sect Feng Shui and
to benefit communities which are largely lacking in applied Feng Shui
knowledge.
BLACK SECT FENG SHUI TRADITION
The Black Sect is a synthesis of Shamanic and wisdom teachings. It recognizes
that their is no separation between consciousness, intention and form,
that all form is an expression of intention, and that there is a constant
cybernetic and emergent communication between them. Creation arises out
of consciousness, the artist, the intender. Qi, the vital force, is both
the medium and the message. Black Sect Feng Shui is the science/art
of the constant, mutual, interactive communication and conditioning between
the Qi of place or environment and the Qu of individuals.
Changing the Qi of a place changes the situation's inherent intention,
changing the luck/fate/karma of the inhabitants. Black Sect practitioners
learn to adjust Qi at the most appropriate dimension, whether directly
through meditation, using natural forces, or through Feng Shui adjustment.
As taught by Professor Lin Yun, Black Sect Feng Shui is a synthesis of
Tibetan and Chinese Buddhist, Taoist, and folk wisdom as well as modern
psychology and design principals. Black Sect teaching helps bring to
fruition an individual's wish for positive change in accord with universal
principal. Black Sect practitioners "do well by doing good", advancing
themselves by benefiting others. This enlightened self
interest makes the practice of Feng Shui especially appealing.
Meditation practices awaken a clear view of what is needed and appropriate
to correct and balance disharmony in our environment and ourselves. By
understanding the environment as a perfect expression of our spiritual
and psychological states, we can use the juncture of self and home, place
and being to create true comfort and joy.
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Since the spiritual precedes the physical, using Black Sect Feng Shui
methods creates a new beginning, repairs what has been spoiled, and increases
what is already good. By both adjusting our environments and adjusting
ourselves we enliven and inspire the continual process of transformed
being.
Feng Shui, the original environmental impact statement, is sometimes regarded
as the mother of the natural sciences, among the earliest comprehensive
attempts to codify the influences of weather, place, and cosmology as
a guide to life. Feng Shui, as an art involves the intuitive, aesthetic
adjustment of visible and invisible objects or factors, realigning all
dimensions of environment into harmony and balance. Feng Shui practitioners
play the role of designer, healer, priest, psychologist (therapist), financial
advisor, business consultant and matchmaker.
THE BTB FENG SHUI MASTERS TRAINING PROGRAMTM TEACHERS
Dr. Edgar Sung -
has practiced Feng Shui for 30 years, and is a master Chinese Astrologer.
He has extensive experience with architects and developers, building
life-enhancing homes from the ground up.
Dr. Sung is the author of several books, including
the annual publication of
the Chinese Almanac,
the Practical Use of the Chinese Almanac: A Guide,
and
Ten Thousand Years Book: The Essential Tool for Chinese Astrology.
A forthcoming book (due in 2000) focuses on Nine Star Qi for health professionals and lay
people alike.
Steven Post -
a Feng Shui practitioner for more than 27 years, is a business,
residential, and construction consultant, and an expert in Jewish, Japanese,
European and Great goddess geomantic traditions.
He is the author of The Modern Book of Feng Shui, published by Dell.
Barry Gordon -
a Feng Shui practitioner for over twenty years, has a degree
in physics and many years of business experience. A death experience
in Vietnam led him to study the metaphysical methods of many cultures.
He specializes in making Feng Shui user-friendly to the Western mind.
Rosalie Prinzivalli -
named to succeed Dr. Edgar Sung and first graduate to
join the faculty, has studied Feng Shui for 11 years. She has an MBA,
extensive business experience, 30+ years of studies in Taoism, meditation,
astrology, energy healing (Far Infrared and Shinkiko certified) and is the
Board Chair of the International Feng Shui Guild.
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PROGRAM SYLLABUS
YEAR ONE
Three 4-Day Weekends plus Summer Intensive
Supervised Consultations
Field Trips/ Site Assessment
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YEAR TWO
Three 4-Day Weekends plus Summer Intensive
Supervised Consultations
Field Trips/ Site Assessment
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YEAR THREE
Three 4-Day Weekends plus Summer Intensive
Joint Consultations
Field Trips/ Site Assessment
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All information subject to change without notice.
APPLICATION & INTERVIEWS
Participation in the
BTB Feng Shui Masters Training ProgramTM
is by application only, and
enrollment is limited to 40 students per year.
Either one Introductory Intensive or equivalent prior study
(acceptable to the instructors) is a prerequisite for this program.
Fill out the application form below
and return it to
BTB Feng Shui Masters Training ProgramTM.
In addition to the course prerequisites,
BTB Feng Shui MP
will interview all applicants. The interview process will
allow the instructors to gauge the knowledge and needs of the
applicants, and suggest remedies for any
areas in which the applicant needs further development.
PAYMENT OPTIONS
Tuition is annual, due at the beginning of each class year. Students may
make payment in four installments each due two weeks before each workshops.
Students with individual financial hardships may contact MJE for special
arrangements.
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CERTIFICATES
Students will receive a certificate of participation after each of the
first two years. Students who satisfactorily complete the entire three
year program will receive a Certificate of Completion from
BTB Feng Shui Masters Training ProgramTM
and will be registered as among the Black Sect Feng Shui certified practitioners recommended
to the public.
MODULES
Weekend trainings will be given module numbers. Each module will be repeated
on both coasts each year, substantially identical except for personal
questions and field trips. Students unable to attend a particular weekend
may take it on the opposite coast or the following year. Qualified individuals
may enter at any point during the year. To receive a certificate, students
must attend all required modules. Students who have completed the required
prerequisites may, with the agreement of
BTB Feng Shui Masters Training ProgramTM
and if space permits, attend modules of FSMP Year One training.
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