Agree .some of the practice involve putting certain fountain in certain location to allow "flowing" of wealthOriginally posted by sinweiy:it's mind-only.
say if i sit in a room talking, when i feel thirsty, i drink some WATER to ease my thirst. that's "shui". and when i feel humid, i open the window to let the WIND and breeze in so as to feel comfortable. that's 'feng'.
hence 'fengshui' lor.
(the analogy is heard from late Ven Shen Kai, AEN's guru guru)
my master said:
"fu ren jui fu di" (good moral person live in good places). hence good virtue ppl will turn the location into a better place.
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Personally, I do believe in the way your environment affect a person, afterall, that's the result of endless studies and developement by our ancestor. However, this could only form a small part of our wellbeings, and a great deal depends on our own Karma. You could have very good fengshui, but if you create bad cause, you'll still receive bad effect. There's a chinese song says :Originally posted by paperflower:i used to be very keen in geomancy, numerology, i-ching and horoscopes.
it is very interesting and profound too to read and study them. but they serve as a condition for me to live according to them which i find no lasting happiness or contentment. i am not seeking a conditioned living.
it becomes like a dependant on them, like without them its a lost road.
i do not see the reliance on them anymore as i still respect the minds who could understand and draw out the messages and contents of the meanings of the mysterious wondrous nature.
i am still in the dualistic realm. even if one who has touched the duality of cosmos but have not truly stepped ahead from it.
, Loosely translated to, if you are destined to have it, you'll get it, if not, don't even think about it.oic....Originally posted by syncopation_music:Geomancy is an age-old practice since the shang dynasty some 3000 years old
It have always been associated with the diaspora of chinese around the world,
and put in much studies and interest in land-scarce hongkong
the geomancist believe "balance" and harmonize the standing of the building
with water fountain and mountain , enable a pool of wealth .
However ,certain aspect is not true and cannot go against the workings of
Universe law
Rich people would want their ancestral burial ground buried in hills rather than in Common Cemetery grounds like Qingshan in Hong Kong
However, Success and failure of a man is mostly due to its influence by karmic factor and Geomancy plays no part to stop a person downfall to rags
Perhaps some would argue the usefulness can be seen in the fountain usage
The Suntec Fountain of Wealth was build in 2001 ,but it seems a changeover of Ownership
now no longer under the Hongkong family but a Japanese Conglomerate
There is many such cases of failure in Geomancy to ensure
the much noted "everlasting wealth"
In my opinions ,once wealth is dependent on one good practice and the cultivation one influence upon other
Geographical location stands secondary .
My 2 cents worth
i see thanks for sharingOriginally posted by path_seeker:Personally, I do believe in the way your environment affect a person, afterall, that's the result of endless studies and developement by our ancestor. However, this could only form a small part of our wellbeings, and a great deal depends on our own Karma. You could have very good fengshui, but if you create bad cause, you'll still receive bad effect. There's a chinese song says :, Loosely translated to, if you are destined to have it, you'll get it, if not, don't even think about it.
Moral of the story, GREED can sometimes be fatal, and have irreversible impact on the family. Anyway, money and wealth can't buy health, family harmony or happiness.Originally posted by TWE:I am actually quite neutral about it untill something happen to my uncle due to some advice of the fengshui master . You see my uncle invited this fengshui maSTER to his new house to see its feng shui , After looking ard the house , he saw my uncles daughter which is also my cousin then he told my uncle that this daughter can bring riches to him after some altering of his house fengshui . Blinded by greed for riches at that time , he ask the fengshui master to do it to let his daughter " bring him wealth " . So the fengshui master did what was expected of him .
But after all this altering of fengshui seems to have an unknown impact on my uncle's thinking . He became more n more proud n conceited even became boastfull . And after sometime many of my other uncle who have been working for him ever since they were young , can't seem to bear his proud ways and speech that all of them left him to set up their own business .
Everything was well agn untill one day his own wife ask him to let her rest at home because she was sick , but she din tell him what sickness . And he bastardly ask her to continue to work . Being a dutifull and devoting wife she really continue to work for him without complain . Untill there was one day she collapse and was rushed to the hospital where she was diagnosed with terminal cancer in its last stage . And despite the grudges that he created among his brothers , all of them went to visit him n comfort him untill his wife die . Only then he regretted his old ways and even cried in front of my relatives .