Cecil Lee

Dear Anamika, The main important thing to do is to find the centrepoint of the house. You can follow the instructions below:- http://www.geomancy.net/fs/cecilcompass.htm to find the centrepoint of the home and subdivide the home into the relevant compass grids either 9 divisions or 8 divisions depending on one's comfort zone. The url, here can help you understand how to do a step-by-step guide... http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Yang Ming, Usually most house plans have both the individual layout plans and more importantly the site/plot plans. Most of the site/plot plans will have the North-South orientation. Here, we can use a protractor to measure the inclination of the house i.e. North/South -- East/West and then superimpose this grid to the layout plan. Here, one can orientate the individual layout plan to this larger site/plot plan. We can then have a `rough' or if done correctly a good `estimate' of the compass direction e.g. the main entrance door. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Yang Ming, Under the Eight House Theory, there is really not much one can `cure' here. What you can do is to make sure that the `Shape and Form' Feng Shui is acceptable for you in your work area. For example, avoiding the desk facing a toilet or next to it. Or have people walking behind your table (if possible). Feng Shui is about trying to increase one's luck and if we `hit' a wall with regards to the above; we could perhaps try to increase other areas of our luck. Such as the luck in our home or personal self. Warmest Regards, Cecil Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Momo, Usually, garment production is considered under the `Earth element'. However, nowadays with multi-skilling and that many people are taking up more than 1 specialisation. We have to determine or find out further. For example, an accountant working in a garment industry would be more inclined towards a job with the metal element. Under http://www.geomancy-online.com there is a specific report that can analyse one's Ba Zi in relation to career. For example:- a. Career with Wealth b. Career with Power. c. Other `neutral' careers. Warmest Regards, Cecil

I found some of the articles, jokes and information, either funny; interesting; full of human emotion or some poke fun on daily lifes...

Athough, this is meant as a chain mail but, if we read all the way down, one could actually learn something. THE FOLLOWING IS A CHINESE GOOD LUCK TANTRA TOTEM. This tantra totem has been sent to you for good luck. It has been sent around the world ten times so far. You will receive good luck within four days of relaying this tantra totem. (One of those ...) Do not keep this message. The tantra totem must leave your hands in 96 hours. You will get a very pleasant surprise. This is true, even if you are not superstitious. ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other. THREE. Don?t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. FOUR. When you say, ?I love you?, mean it. FIVE. When you say, ?I?m sorry?, look the at person in the eye. SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married. SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight. EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone?s dreams. People who don?t have dreams don?t have much. NINE. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it?s the only way to live life completely. TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling. ELEVEN. Don?t judge people by their relatives. TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly. THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don?t want to answer, smile and ask, ?Why do you want to know?? FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. FIFTEEN. Say ?bless you? when you hear someone sneeze. SIXTEEN. When you lose, don?t lose the lesson. SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R?s: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions. EIGHTEEN. Don?t let a little dispute inure a great friendship. NINETEEN. When you realize you?ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it. TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice. TWENTY ONE. Spend some time alone.

Carjacking Foiled An elderly lady did her shopping and upon return found 4 males in her car. She dropped her shopping bags and drew her handgun, proceeding to scream at them at the top of her lungs that she ?knows how to use it and will shoot if required... so get out of MY car!? The 4 men didn?t wait around for a second invitation. They out and ran like mad, where upon the lady proceeded to load her shopping bags into the back of the car and got into the drivers seat. Small problem: Her key wouldn?t fit the ignition. Her car was identical and parked four or five spaces further down. She loaded her bags into her car and drove to the police station. The sergeant that she told the story to nearly tore himself in two with laughter and pointed to the other end of the counter where 4 pale white males were reporting a carjacking by a mad, elderly, white woman.... No charge were filed.

We can draw a parallel of the keen observation required by a Professor of medicine to the keen powers of observation; in Feng Shui.... The Power of Observation ! Students at the UH Med School were receiving their first anatomy class with a real dead human body. They were gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet. Then the professor started the class by telling them: ?In medicine, it is necessary to have 2 important qualities as a doctor. The first is that it is necessary that you not be disgusted.? The Professor uncovered the sheet, sunk his finger in the ass of the dead body, withdrew it and sucked it. ?Go ahead and do the same thing,? he told his students. The students freaked out, hesitated and subsequently taking turns, sunk their finger in the ass of the dead body and sucked it after withdrawing it. When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and told them: ?The second important quality is observation. I sunk the middle finger and sucked the index, so pls pls Pay attention people!?

A Philosophy worth keeping A Nice Philosophy I believe- that we don?t have to change friends if we understand that friends change. I believe- that no matter how good a friend is, they?re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that. I believe- that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. I believe- that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. I believe- that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them. I believe- that we are responsible for our actions, no matter how we justify it. I believe- that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place. I believe- that money is a lousy way of keeping score. I believe- that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time. I believe- that sometimes when I?m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn?t give me the right to be cruel. I believe- that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you?ve had and what you?ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you?ve celebrated. I believe- that just because two people argue, it doesn?t mean they don?t love each other. And just because they don?t argue, it doesn?t mean they do. I believe- that you shouldn?t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever. I believe- that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don?t even know you. I believe- that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

Dear Teresa, Can I confirm whether you are drawing a bagua based on fixed template or using e.g. the Eight House Theory (sample format as shown under http://www.geomancy.net/fs/house1.htm ) For significance of missing corners, you can review them at http://www.geomancy.net/fs/building.htm ). Do note that sometimes, it may not necessarily be a `missing corner' but instead, a sector may be a protusion. If you have a sketch of your layout plan (to scale); you can attach it to the forum and I can try to find out the centrepoint. You can then use this point to place e.g. your Eight House Template on it. Do note that under the Eight House Theory, if one does not spent time at a sector, it usually is no issue. If you stay in a landed property, it is good to `offset' missing corners to make the home e.g. as rectangular as possible by e.g. landscaping the garden. (Assuming one takes a top down view of the profile of the home. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Deborah, 1. Apologies for the late response to your plight. At this moment due to the attack on USA; I am equally sadden and at the moment; going thru CNN news etc.. and thus.. for the last few days.. and perhaps was quite "engrossed with" the tragedy and number of lifes lost.. and coming to terms with it. As many of my friends reside in the US - and emails to find out if they are OK especially in New York. 2. Welcome to this forum. 3. Please e-mail robert-lee@3dmail.com so that we can provide you with a free (paid course) on our Certificate in Applied Feng Shui. 4. My Flying Star course will be up by early October 2001 and you can participate in it. 5. To be totally honest, it would be unprofessional for me to comment on courses offered by other practitioners so; would not touch on it. 6. In my opinion, I always belief that one should never be `myopic' or have a tunnel vision and if one can take as many courses; it would be great. 7. I have mentioned previously that in the past; `Great Feng Shui Masters' learn their trade from `books' rather than information passed down from early generations. One rationale is that most human beings; may not want to give up their secrets so willingly; even if some do so; the next generation may not do the same. Thus; most of the great Chinese Masters; learnt from anicent books and the key is: to apply what is relevant and useful. I welcome you to my Feng Shui course and do take care of your health. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Elaine, Since the house is rented; and working from a 2nd bedroom. If you are converting or using the 2nd bedroom rather than the main bedroom (1st bedroom) then, you can do so. For the position of the tables /chairs; it is always best to prioritise ie. make sure that the tables are positioned based on Good Shapes and Form Feng Shui (first). As an example, the table should not be directly facing the bedroom door. Where possible the table should not be on the same wall or against the same wall (with the opposite side) .... is the toilet. Please see below:- If you are using a bedroom (usually a place of rest) then, you may have to try to use the Yin and Yang concept. during `office hours' try to make the room as Yang as possible e.g. bright etc..to encourage a `business like' environment. `after-office hours' make the bedroom as yin as possible to encourage (rest) or sleep. Yes, it is important to understand good Feng Shui practises correctly. It may take time but; usually the effort pays. Avoid `fast food' Feng Shui whenever we can. Such as reading a book that `promises' that by decorating a sector... one will receive wonders... Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Nini, Please see below:- This can be very subjective. And it depends on individuals. Some of us may be highly sensitive to certain issues e.g. storage below the bed. While others may not. Some of us have heard a tale, where a princess could not sleep even if there is a small piece of needle below her pillow case. Alternatively, it may be biological or some other issues/daily concerns/problems that make one unable to sleep. Frankly, there is not much one can do; other to do a test.. i.e. try removing the storage for a week and see if one still sleeps comfortably. (If this can be done). Your second question was addressed in another recent forum message. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Nini, I agree with Deborah on this. One important concept in Feng Shui is " If it no longer can be seen (the threat) it no longer becomes a threat. Therefore, one of the easiest thing to do, e.g. a threat looking into a window is to use curtains or blinds. Blinds are a better alternative in such a situation since, one can manipulate it to filter as much light into the room (if possible). Warmest Regards, Cecil

Further to this, we usually want to know where is the `head of the house'. This is quite similar to the situation of the fatal error of `chopping' off the head of the house. Ref: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/grandpa1.htm If we look again at symbolism in Feng Shui we can imagine that the two twin towers are like the two human legs. Where the head (like an ostrich) buries his head underground and its body is in the middle. We can imagine an "upside-down" person with his head buried in the ground and his body holding the two legs sticking up in the air. This "ostrich effect" of an `upside down person' kicking its two legs above, shows dire predictament. And is another Shapes and Form `interpretation' of the inauspiciousness of the twin towers. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Further to what I mentioned below:- Under the Shapes and Form Feng Shui, another bad omen is that the twin towers resemble a tuning fork. Because, such towers uses steel/metal girdles or frames, depending on the wind conditions, with such tall structures, they would `resonate' between each other like a tuning fork (creating Sha Qi). This is why, for building construction (Feng Shui) it would be best to construct a single tall structure (that is not attached to a twin tower). Warmest Regards, Cecil

We are all sadden by the acts of terrorism against America. Coincidentally, under Shapes and Form Feng Shui; the two tallest (twin towers) are considered inauspicious shapes. This is because, the two towers is symbolic of an offering of " Two jossticks " e.g. during a funeral rites. In Asia, when we visit a `wake' (funeral of a loved one of our friends/relative); we pay our respects by lighting up two joss sticks - as a respect to the deceased. We would offer the joss sticks in front of the coffin and for some, bow three times. Thus, two large buidlings e.g. sticking out like two joss sticks spells inauspiciousness and represent death. Coincidentally, this has unfortunately happened. It would be difficult in China or Asia, for buildings to have twin towers; particularly that tall. A building may have one tower taller (but the second tower should be lower). For example: the United Overseas Bank (UOB), Singapore and the Westin Hotel, Singapore both have one tall tower and a shorter second tower. This would negate the bad symbolism of an offering of two joss sticks. Thus, it was sad that eventually, when we see the two buildings on fire, they looked like two joss sticks on fire. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Sharon, While your explanation is thorough, it is recommended for an individual to physically inspect the location. Despite the possibility of the main entrance being at the front of the road or a side entrance, it is still safe to observe the property even if the front side faces the ocean. For instance, the front side, such as the side facing the ocean, can be perceived as the front side instead of the actual front side accessible from the road. Warmest Regards, Cecil

Dear Cc, It depends! There is certainly no universal approach here. In fact, FS practitioners would respond by saying that it depends on the sector:- 1. Yin and Yang balance If the place is kinda dark, e.g. west facing, then a mirror (may) help here. This is based more on intuition or personal feelings. 2. Based on Feng Shui rulesets It is the common understanding that a bad sector may bounce back twice the bad luck. For example, under the Flying Star Theory, if a particular sector is inauspicious or especially if the sector is not properly cured. E.g. sickness sector or misfortune. Then, it could imply that one could inadvertently; a mirror at that specific location may bounce back TWICE the bad luck. "Caution... my friend " Warmest Regards, Cecil

A truly sad day indeed! God save our souls if this is true.... two bro = two towers of wtc ? fortress = pentagon? -This is really scary what Nostradamus predicted! ?In the City of God there will be a great thunder, Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb? , The third big war will begin when the big city is burning? - Nostradamus 654 THIS IS SPOOKY ......... Bush vows to punish terrorists and their hosts September 11, 2001 Posted: 10:00 PM EDT (0200 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush issued a warning Tuesday night to any nation that may be giving refuge to those responsible for the terrorists who destroyed the World Trade Center and severely damaged the Pentagon. ?We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them,? the president said from the Oval Office of the White House as he promised retaliation. U.S. intelligence officials told CNN, ?There are good indications that persons linked to Osama bin Laden may be responsible for these attacks.? Afghanistan, believed to be the home of bin Laden, denied he was connected to the attacks. Asked if bin Laden was a suspect, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said, ?It?s not the time for discussions like that.? Other U.S. officials said that while the focus is on bin Laden, they have not ruled out other suspects. They also said they believe more threats exist. Pentagon sources told CNN that all U.S. military sites around the world have gone to ThreatCon Delta, which means that a terrorist attack has occurred or an attack at a specific location is likely. Secretary of State Colin Powell said there were ?no specific warnings? before the attacks. Knives and box cutters Although officials said the attacks appeared to have been well planned and executed, a passenger on the plane that hit the Pentagon said in cell phone call to her husband that the terrorists were armed with knives and box cutters. The passenger was Barbara Olson, a CNN commentator and wife of Solicitor General Theodore Olson. We will expend every effort and devote all the necessary resources to bring the people responsible for these acts?these crimes?to justice,? Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday evening. The president suggested how many people may have been killed in the attacks when he said ?thousands of lives were suddenly ended.? American Airlines Flight 11, carrying 81 passengers and 11 crew members en route from Boston to Los Angeles, slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan shortly before 9 a.m. About 15 minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, also en route from Boston to Los Angeles, with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard, crashed into the south tower. It is not yet known how many of the estimated 40,000 to 50,000 people who may have been in the World Trade Twin Towers were killed when the two planes exploded and eventually turned both 110-story structures into piles of rubble. Hours later, fire caused another building, 7 World Trade Center, to collapse. It had been burning since shortly after the planes stuck the Twin Towers. Other nearby buildings are ablaze in the area. Asked how many people he believed were killed, New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said, ?I don?t think we want to speculate about that?more than any of us can bear.? Almost 300 emergency personnel in New York -- 78 missing police officers and 200 firefighters - are presumed dead along with the 266 people on the four hijacked airplanes. There is no word on fatalities at the Pentagon, where part of the complex collapsed after a Boeing 757 jet plowed into it at 9:45 a.m. Witnesses said the plane hit what is known as the ?Army Corridor.? FBI sources said the aircraft was an American Airlines flight that had been hijacked after taking off from Washington Dulles International Airport bound for Los Angeles. At least 53 people were injured, some severely, in the attack on the Pentagon, where about 24,000 people work. All secretaries and military chiefs of the service branches are alive and have been accounted for, authorities said. A fourth aircraft, United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark, New Jersey, headed for San Francisco, crashed in a wooded area near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Police said there were no survivors. There were 38 passengers, five flight attendants and two pilots. ?The plane is thoroughly disintegrated,? Jim Marker of Somerset County?s 911 Emergency Management Center told CNN. ?There are no remains, no survivors. Senior FBI sources said, ?There is no doubt the planes [all four] were hijacked.? Intelligence sources told CNN there were indications of attempts to divert the United flight from Newark to crash at Camp David, Maryland, the presidential retreat. It is unclear how that plan may have been thwarted. U.S. military officials said none of the planes were shot down by U.S. aircraft. Federal Aviation officials said they were aware at the time the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center that a plane had been hijacked. They did not know that specific plane was involved. Callers from two of the other hijack planes called on cell phones to say their planes had been hijacked. Hijackers may have flown planes James Kallstrom, the retired FBI agent who led the investigation into the explosive crash of TWA 800 in July 1996 that killed 230 people, said he believed the hijackers must have flown the planes into the buildings themselves. ?I can?t imagine any American pilot crashing an airplane into one of these buildings, even with a gun to the head. They wouldn?t do that,? said Kallstrom. ?You?ve got people that not only are willing to give up their lives for a horrendously, in my view, stupid, cowardly act, but they are sophisticated enough to fly a modern jet plane.? The U.S. military went on full alert. Two aircraft carriers left the Naval base in Norfolk, Virginia, in response to the attacks to provide upgraded air defense for New York and Washington. Officials in Washington said a ?Continuation of Government? plan had been activated. The activation involves a fortified facility at Mount Weather, Virginia. There was no word whether any of the U.S. leadership or ranking military officers had been taken to the facility. The city of Washington declared a state of emergency. ?The Pentagon is functioning. It will be in business tomorrow,? Rumsfeld said. Members of Congress were quick to blame bin Laden, the Saudi millionaire blamed for bombings at two U.S. embassies in Africa. He is believed to be based in Afghanistan. ?This looks like the signature of Osama bin Laden,? said Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who said he had been briefed by officials at the highest levels of government. Hatch added: ?We?re going to find out who did this and we?re going after the bastards.? ?This is obviously an act of war that has been committed on the United States,? said Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona. In Kabul, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Wakeel Ahmed Mutawakkel said, We in Afghanistan do not allow Osama bin Laden to use Afghan territory to launch any attack on any government around the world.? He said the Afghan government had taken away bin Laden?s communication devices,? and he has not been in touch with anyone outside Afghanistan.? Mutawakkel said the Taliban will conduct its own investigation. ?We will determine what really happened. We denounce this terrorist attack, whoever is behind it.? Hours later, explosions and flames lit up the night sky over Kabul, provoking speculation the city was under by the United States forces in retaliation. Rumsfeld denied any U.S. involvement and a senior Taliban ministry official said the attack on an ammunition dump came from two helicopters flown by a rebel group called the Northern Alliance. Security tightens in U.S. The attacks in the United States set off security alarms across the nation. Federal government buildings in Washington, including the White House, were evacuated. Airports in San Francisco and Los Angeles, the destinations of the planes involved in the incidents, were evacuated. The city of San Francisco declared a state of emergency. California government offices also closed. The U.S. House of Representatives planned to convene Wednesday in a symbolic gesture to show the government is not shutting down. For the first time in U.S. history, the Federal Aviation Administration closed airports nationwide, halting the 36,000 to 40,000 takeoffs that occur daily. It diverted a number of trans-Atlantic flights to Canada. By midafternoon all domestic flights that had been in the air when the closings were order had landed, said FAA spokesman Less Dorr. ?The earliest the national groundstop will be lifted is noon tomorrow [Wednesday]. And that?s at the very earliest,? said Dorr. The Immigration and Naturalization Service went on highest alert along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico. Source and Credit:- ? 2001 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. An AOL Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you. 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Dear Benjamin, I like to elaborate further as to the common misunderstanding on the use of the Eight House Theory:- 1. Generally, it is often used to find out how suitable the house is to the breadwinner. Since the bedroom door is located at your "Longevity" sector; it can be considered that the house (in general) is suitable to you. 2. Other important sectors according to this theory is " How long do you spend your time at that sector ". It is considered good if one spends time at a good sector. 3. If one does not spent much time at a sector, it really does not apply as much. Thus, even if your `excellent' sector is at the bathroom; if one does not spend time at that sector... it does not mean much. Here, it does not mean that since your `excellent' sector is in the bathroom that one tries to find an excuse to spent more time there. If you do not spent much of your time in room2, there is really no issue there. Some FS practitioners feel that it would be advantages if the kitchen is a good sector particularly to the spouse or homemaker. If not, it does not really matter that much. Warmest Regards, Cecil P.S. Attached please find the sketch of your layout plan where it is best to try to make sure that `Qi' does not flow direclty out from the main entrance to the living room (balcony? or windows).

Dear Anon, For motor homes, usually, we can only take advantage of its location viz-a-viz the area it is in. It should not be parked in locations where, it is in direct `force' of wind e.g. barren land where, wind blows directly towards it. It is really difficult to apply many of the concepts of Feng Shui to the motor home. In my opinion, more can be gotten from Pillars of Destiny or improvement to personal self here. Warmest Regards, Cecil