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    Facts and Fiction of FengShui
    Facts and Fiction of FengShui
    Facts and Fiction of FengShui
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    Facts and Fiction of FengShui

    By Andy Lawson

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    With the hopes of improving our lives using Fengshui, it has since became more of a reason and less of a word used by people around the world to explain the existence of fish tanks and water fountain features in their homes, and also to conveniently explain why some people do things that other people don't and can't understand.

    Some people wonder why, some Fengshui cures work for some, but not for others. If we were to pinpoint the culprit for non-working cures, misconceptions of Fengshui are the main culprits that are behind the non-working cures.

    In the era of information technology, many Fengshui enthusiasts turn to the internet for information regarding Fengshui. With so much information about Fengshui being easily available, practically anyone can claim to have some knowledge about Fengshui. And even though one may not be a Fengshui practitioner – it is not uncommon for someone with some knowledge about Fengshui go on to "give advice" to others about Fengshui, creating a cycle of "anything goes" when it comes to Fengshui advice.

    This book was written with the objective of bringing you into the world of Fengshui, the basics behind this intangible art, the misconceptions about Fengshui and the masters, the cures that we can apply in our own home or office, and what we need to know to understand this art better.

    Most importantly, this book compiles simple and basic secrets that many masters are not willing to share.

    Put together from the cases the author handled, this book provides you with the perspectives of both Fengshui masters and Fengshui clients. This book also explains why some cures don't work, and why some cures do. This book will be sharing with you the case studies and examples to illustrate the points without too many technical details that may confuse you. This book will be able to allow you to look at Fengshui from a different point of view.

    No matter if you are a believer, a sceptic, or a neutral, this book aims to serve as a reading pleasure that makes Fengshui less of a debatable subject.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndy Lawson
    Release dateJun 17, 2014
    ISBN9781311254306
    Facts and Fiction of FengShui
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    Andy Lawson

    Year 2012, I had myself published in the newspapers for the first time. It was, of course, a pleasant shock to me, as I – although it'd be nice – never expected to see myself appearing in the media for some things I have done that were so negligible in significance. After I have sent Old Mr Lim to Orange Valley Nursing Home, and witnessed the touching moments when he reunited with his wife after a good 3 years' separation, I wrote down my thoughts regarding the whole reunion that I had the privilege to be part of. It was just my plain intention to share my thoughts on how stories like this could be buried under the hectic and rat-racing life, and also to remind everyone that would read my story to remember to love the ones around them. It got the attention of the media as it garnered 10,000+ likes overnight in Facebook, and you can be sure I was fascinated by the response. The next day turned out to be a day of corresponding and more corresponding. You can be sure, that not all of the comments and responses that came with my post were positive. Some were less than nice, and one particular person etched an impression with me until now – the lady who commented that my post was "Painful to read". I hope that my writings now are not as painful anymore. I digress. Back to me. After many calls to and fro the organization that I was volunteering for, and multiple discussions on how we were going to answer to the media (we have to, there were just some stuffs that we could not speak to the media about, for the privacy of the beneficiaries are of utmost importance), I finally met with the lady who'll be doing the interview for me. Have I mentioned the email interviews that I had also done? Before I knew it, the news splashed (it's an exaggeration, anyway) across the papers, while I do not know about the ones in languages that I couldn't read. Now, two years later, I still pen down my thoughts through writing, while I walk on the path of living life (why isn't there anyone noticing my writing anymore?). I learn as I write, and I write to learn. Even though I am still far from being perfect with my writings, I make it a point to pen down whatever is on my mind. Because lunacy. Being a father of 2 boys and husband of the beautiful woman whom I had chosen to be my life partner, I too, face the many obstacles in life that many of us have to overcome. I appreciate that I have the comfort of having s...

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      Facts and Fiction of FengShui - Andy Lawson

      1.

      WHAT IS FENGSHUI?

      Fengshui has a thought-provoking purpose. It is not about your expectation of it as a tool, but the Universe’s expectation of you as the tool’s user.

      A master puts his right hand into his pocket, pulls out something that nobody recognises. He chants some lines in a language that no one can comprehend; does a quick sprinkle on the area thought to be the cause of all troubles, and voila! The sick recovers, the poor becomes rich and the weak becomes strong.

      Amazing?

      Yes.

      Magical?

      Definitely.

      Is that what we expect to see from the practitioners of Fengshui?

      I mean, after all, if the common portrayal of Fengshui masters is as I have described, it must mean that Fengshui masters are capable of doing something that borders along the lines of miracles and magic, right?

      This may disappoint you, but the answer is no. Fengshui is nothing magical or miraculous; on the contrary, it is scientific: based around the understanding of how cosmic energies work. So let’s start by understanding what Fengshui is.

      In our modern times, when we want to find out something, a common approach would be to go to Wikipedia. And what does Wikipedia have to say about Fengshui? Wikipedia defines Fengshui as a Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing the human existence with the surrounding environment. This statement provides a general overall description of Fengshui. It is a good place to start, and permit me to elaborate further from here.

      Fengshui, literally translated as Wind Water, is the art of tapping into the intangible energies from our tangible environment to improve our health and luck. Basically, it is for a better living. The words, Wind and Water derives from the principle of Qi (气) that scatters with the Wind, and settles with Water (气乘风则散, 遇水则止). Qi, in Fengshui, refers to the cosmic energy, or simply energy as what I would explain to my clients.

      There are a few disciplines or schools in the art of Fengshui. The common ones that we see nowadays are:

      Xuan Kong Flying Stars (Xuan Kong Fei Xing)

      Xuan Kong Art of 65 Gua (Xuan Kong Da Gua)

      Ba Zai Fengshui (Eight Mansions Fengshui)

      Eight Formation of Dragon Gate (Long Men Ba Fa)

      As I was taught and trained in the Xuan Kong Flying Stars Fengshui, this book will focus primarily around the art of Xuan Kong Flying Stars. I shall not touch on the other schools, nor will I comment on the differences in the practices.

      The Basics

      Even though there are a wide variety of practices and different schools in this knowledge that date back centuries ago, the basic theories in the foundation of the art remain the same. For the sake of clarity, I shall use English terms in my explanation as far as I can.

      1.1 QI

      Referring to the cosmic energies (I prefer to use the term energy), Qi is present everywhere around us. Radiation from your phones, computers or wireless routers, the moving air that your air-conditioner is blowing out, the static you get when you accidentally touch someone or something – are all Qi in our lives in actions. Also known as magnetic fields, Qi is created by the Universe to manage our everyday lives. Qi is also known as the spiritual energy, or spiritual life forces. Like all things in this world – there is a good side and a bad side to everything, and spiritual life forces too have their own good and bad armies. In religious teachings, the good armies are associated with Saints / Deities / God / Living, and the bad armies are associated with Devils / Evil Spirits / Ghosts / Dead. As Fengshui is an art of understanding energy, I’ll leave out religious references from now on.

      As mentioned earlier, the study of energy that revolves around the art of Fengshui means having to start from understanding the existence of energies around us. Reciprocal to cold and hot, black and white, good and bad, energies have their positivities and negativities, as known as Yin and Yang.

      1.2 YIN AND YANG

      Yin and Yang, the ancient Chinese terms referring to the polarity of energies, describes the interconnection of contrary or opposing forces in energies. Yin, referring to the feminine side, signifies the dark, cold, female side of all things, while Yang refers to the masculine, bright, hot and male side of all things. In short, Yang equals to positive, and Yin means negative.

      Metaphysically, Yin and Yang do not repel. Instead, they are so closely linked that we can see the connection between them from the symbol of Yin and Yang, also known as Yin Yang Yu (literally translated as Yin Yang Fish).

      Diagram 1: Yin Yang Yu / Taiji Symbol

      The Yin Yang Yu (Yin Yang Fish) serves as a reminder of the connections in the two sides of the spectrum in the Universe. The white side of the symbol signifies the positive (Yang) side of the Universe. It represents the masculine side of the Universe – the bright, the hot, the positive, the hard, the odd, and the day. The black side signifies the negative (Yin) side of the Universe. It represents the feminine side of the Universe – the dark, the cold, the negative, the soft, the even, and the night. Placed together, they form the symbol of the Universe as a whole–we call this Taiji. The Yin Yang Yu and the Taiji refers to the same symbol – in this book, I will use the latter term (taiji).

      Notice how there is a black dot in the white portion, and a white dot in the black portion of the Taiji symbol? The two contrasting dots serve as a symbol in (i) dualism and (ii) uncertainty.

      i. Dualism

      In ancient Chinese cosmology, Yin cannot be present without Yang, and vice-versa. When they are ups, there will be downs. When there is luck, there will be misfortune.

      ii. Uncertainty

      Nothing is certain in this world, for there is nothing such as pure white or pure black. Paths will end, and death will be replaced by birth. This also reminds us of karma, for when a streak of luck happens, this does not mean the inexistence of bad luck.

      1.3 THE FIVE ELEMENTS

      (The cycles of birth and destruction)

      In Chinese metaphysics, the world was created out of the five natural elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. The five elements are further classified into materials, shapes, colours and body organs. The five elements interact to boost, produce or harmonize the energies in Fengshui. In the cycle of birth, the elements in turn give birth to each other in what is known as the cycle of birth. See Diagram 2.

      Diagram 2: Cycle of Birth (Elements)

      For every element, there is an opposing element to it. For every death, there will be birth. Likewise for every birth cycle, there will be a destruction cycle. See Diagram 3.

      Diagram 3: Cycle of Destruction (Elements)

      The cycle of birth

      All matters are relative, we have covered that earlier. To make things easier to understand, I will explain the Cycle of Birth to you using analogies. Let us start with the Wood element.

      Wood → burns → fire

      Wood decreases while fire grows

      Wood, when heated, burns into a flame, producing fire. Wood → burns → fire. (In this case, the wood is the mother while fire is the offspring). To feed the fire, we will put in more wood. Just like how we start a campfire. More wood produces more fire. That’s the path of birth from wood to fire. As the fire burns, wood decreases in quantity. That also shows that in the cycle of birth, there is a cycle of exhaustion taking place behind the birth. I will explain more about the cycle of exhaustion later in this chapter.

      Fire → produces → ash (earth)

      Remember, we are talking about the five elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth. When wood burns with fire, ashes are formed. Similar to volcanic eruptions, the aftermath of a volcano eruption is a land of mineral fragments. Which means, after a nasty volcano eruption, the land is fertilized by the ashes of the volcano. (Talk about light at the end of the tunnel. See the taiji cycle in this example yet?) When ashes are formed, and they will become earth.

      That’s when the earth element is born. Now, the fire becomes the mother, and the earth is the offspring.

      Earth → produces → minerals (metal)

      With an element, Earth, born, another element will be produced, and that is Metal. Wood burns with fire to produce ash, which turns into the earth that we are stepping on. As earth is being produced, minerals in the form of metals found in the earth are also being produced. We know from science that metals come in the form of ore, and that ore is found deep in the earth. Metal ore looks like rock when they are extracted from the ground. Which is why we say metal is dug from

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