Norling Earthquake Orphans Fund

by Lai SW on July 3, 2010

Hope that you have noticed I occasionally mention Yushu. If you see the left side of your screen, you will notice the picture of some stones with exquisite motifs on them. They are Zees which are replicas of the famous Zees of Tibet.

There are many stories about zees. Some stories claim that they are mystical celestial worms that appear to fortunate ones and bestow upon them great luck and fortune. Another story says that they are ornaments of celestial beings called devas who possess fine bodies and forms. These Zees were those that fell to earth and are very treasured possessions bringing the owner great blessings and protection.

My reason for putting them here is to highlight the plight of the victims of the Yushu earthquake. Friends have raised funds to help and as an ongoing effort to assist, online shop HimalayaHearts.com are chipping in to help.  With  some products, 100% of sales price goes towards the funds.

I encourage all to lend a hand. It is said that life is not defined by how many breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.

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Water in Feng Shui – a Case Study

by Lai SW on July 26, 2010

Water plays a big part in our lives, right? No? If the taps don’t work for a few hours, how comfortable would we be? It does eat into our comfort zone, doesn’t it?

But on a bigger level, water in feng shui does more than causing that little discomfort. Fortunes, good or bad are decided by whether there is water. Not only that, even if there is water, it’s bearing relative to where you are matters.

Let’ see whether we can illustrate this principle.

sketch beach house water in Water in Feng Shui a Case Study

Beach House Feng Shui

This housing estate, to the common eye, is in a lovely location. It sits by the beach and palm trees sway gently in the sea breeze. With the lapping of the morning waves and the glow of the evening sunset, it is picture perfect! It has all the qualities, a great place for the ideal dream home.

The house that we are going [click to continue…]

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How to Find Your Ideal House Direction

July 20, 2010

One of the favorite questions asked is this – what is the ideal direction my house should face?
Views from the balcony or windows aside, feng shui has many methods to find your ideal direction. Of hand, there would be the year based method. A more refined method would be that which uses your eight characters. [...]

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Understanding the Twelve Day Spirits of the Chinese Calendar

July 14, 2010

Most Chinese homes in the old days have a thick longish red book hanging on the wall ever ready to be used. And you can bet that its pages are worn and dog eared. This is the Chinese Almanac or Tong Shu. And it is a very good guide book for conduct of all daily [...]

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What We Need To Know about Hills

July 8, 2010

Three Factors of Yang Feng Shui – Part 1
When I first started these pages, I told myself that the stuff has to be useful. Simple tips will do alright. No fancy technicalities (but once in a while they do creep in . No one is ever interested in technicalities.
Recently I caught up with a [...]

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Auspicious Feng Shui Days for All Activities July 2010

July 3, 2010

World weather has been kind of vicious lately, if that is the correct word. There is a deluge of rain in Southern China and lives and properties have been washed away or damaged. Just not too long ago there was the earthquake in remote Yushu which has left so many homeless and traumatized. Fortunately the [...]

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Of Feng Shui, Ghosts and Gods

June 25, 2010

Let me tell a story. It is a short story about feng shui, ghosts and gods.
Feng Shui has always been associated some way or other with the supernatural and strange wise beings. We have the legend of Fu Xi who gave us the River Map. We also have Huang Shi Gong who taught, among other [...]

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My Book ‘Good Feng Shui Advice’

June 17, 2010

Good FengShui Advice – I wrote this book last year and I believe it is still available at bookstores.
This book is a translation of a text by FengShui Master Jiang Da Hong (ca1640) with my explanations and comments. The root text is a section on yang dwellings from his book “5 Songs of the Heavenly [...]

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Feng Shui and Science

June 17, 2010

We live in a new world. We have new knowledge, loads of information and this makes us think that we are getting smarter all the time.
Some time ago, an “old” friend mentioned that there are now many gadgets that are being made to measure qi. These new instruments works on the assumption that qi is [...]

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What is the Measure of Success?

June 7, 2010

Is money all there is to it?
The measure of success is a big house and a big car. Better still if there is a title to go along.
It is all about wealth, isn’t it? That is the measure?
True success covers all bases. Everything has to be there before success is complete. There has to be [...]

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