by Lai SW on 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 [...]
by Lai SW on 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 [...]
by Lai SW on March 5, 2010
A business is about profits. For there to be profits the business has to prosper. To proper, there must be activity. Herein lies the basic requirement of a successful business. And feng shui adherents believe that a good fengshui location is the first step in that direction.
How does feng shui consider as a good location?
Somewhat [...]
by Lai SW on March 3, 2010
What is meant by a prized feng shui location?
The ideal location is decided by evaluations of five criteria which are:
1 Dragon (read mountain range formation)
2 Hillocks
3 Water
4 Focal point or Dragon point
5 Orientation or alignment
Traditionally, the selection is based on a detailed study of the area and without doubt requires lots of climbing and traversing [...]
by Lai SW on February 27, 2010
A good doctor asked me out for lunch one day. It was a warm gesture as it had been quite a long while since we last caught up. Really I had thought of inviting him earlier as, respectfully, he was my Tuina and acupuncture teacher. My lame excuse for not having done so was because [...]
by Lai SW on January 12, 2010
Along with dead end houses, many feng shui masters say that houses that faces hill slopes are bad. But is this really so?
I recently read an interesting article written by a renowned geomancy group about houses that were built on a hill in the Bangsar area in Kuala Lumpur. It was professionally written and provided [...]
by Lai SW on December 4, 2009
Dubai has made the headlines again. Only this time it was negative news. Hardly a year ago, it was the city to rival Baghdad of the Arabian nights. But this time it fell to the syndrome of human folly, greed, aggression, and if I may say, madness driven by egoism.
This burst of the Dubai bubble [...]
by Lai SW on November 1, 2009
The most common criticism directed at feng shui is that it is not in sync with the times. Architects and home designers often balked and turn their eyes upwards when feng shui is mentioned, saying that it is an outmoded practice having no relevance in our contemporary world of science and progress. That is quit [...]
by Lai SW on October 8, 2009
In classical feng shui study, there are 4 classics that are revered as containing the quintessence of feng shui. These classics are The Green Earth Classic, Green Earth Basics, Profound Notes on the Green Earth Classic and the Heaven Jade Classic.
These classics are the reference point for feng shui studies and they are written in [...]
by Lai SW on October 5, 2009
One of the feng shui advice that has received the most bashings is the one about houses that are located at the end of a cul-de-sac or dead end street.
It had been the feng shui pundits favorite punching bag. A little bit too long. Let us see if we can set the record straight and [...]