How can one find out if the feng shui is working

[fufu_88_99]

Dear cecil,
Every body know if a house has a bad feng shui. But how does one know if the remedies which one used after pillar and 8 house and flying star is put correctly. Thanks.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Anon,
Usually if one is constantly sick or having misfortunes, it is best to use the Flying Star in relation with the person's Ba Zhi to analyse the situation.
The likelyhood of such a problem could be due to:
1. If, it is a landed property, the cause could be undergound water running under the house or other factors under the Shapes and Form School.
(Reference on Dangers of Underground water: http://www.geomancy.net/fs/under.htm )
2. Mostly likely Flying Star 2 and/or 5 is present e.g. in the bedroom or the main entrance door or in other locations one frequently is at.
3. Other inauspicious factors relating to the Four Symbolic Animals, where water positions are e.g. at the back of the house; a roof with blue tiles etc..
Here, if the `problem' is something like having water at the centre of the house, one has to physically remove it in order for the balance to be restored. The sooner the better.
However, if one lives in a house with `perpetual' problems such as a pool of water at the back of the house and do nothing about it, the `problem' will not go away.
4. Traditional Feng Shui cures is about knowing a person's element strength. This is always used to `cross check' and propose solutions. For example, if a person is a weak Fire person and if one places water in the house, this may inadvertenly `exhaust' the already weak Water element. In addition, each time has a specific element which is `in season'.
If for example, if one is already a weak water person and this season (period) is where Fire element is strongest, this will further complicate things.
Hope that you can understand the above reasoning.
Many people, simply picked up a book on Feng Shui or several books and simply go all out to do enhancements in hope that they can prosper. This is fine provided one do not overdo it nor look at things narrowly or `tunnel vision'.
Some of the Western Traditonal Schools which have their website on the internet were initially saying that the Eight House was `second rated' and only true professionals like themselves practice the `Supreme' Flying Star. Unfortunately, they only eat and sleep Flying Star until quite recently where some of these `Schools' were bombarded with references that Flying Star is not the only School.
With Globalisation, one cannot simply hide the truth. It will eventually surface. This is because from what I understand, some of the Masters teach something that they have an inclination and Flying Star is considered more `mathematical' and perhaps suite their style.
Contrary to this, the Eight House and its variants are the most popular school of Feng Shui today. It is hard for some of these Western School to swallow as they realise that even the more popular Master Yap Cheng Hai uses the Eight House but mentioned a `higher' form but do not know what it is.
This is why I mentioned that it is good to learn from a Master but frankly his skills are limited unless he can pick up more skills. Feng Shui is like any other `occupations'. I am not equating FS with a Doctor but even in those fields, you will find that there are specialisations.
I have mentioned that it is good for everyone to understand the best of all schools and discard the `bad'. This is because all the great Masters in the past learned from books rather than from another person. If one has the right aptitude and an advantage is able to understand Mandarin would be a plus point.
I recalled this Doctor, who lives in West Asia, had purchased books on Feng Shui. I believe, each time he read a book, he would quickly do some enhancements. For example, he wrote to me saying that he had painted the fence, purchased a water fountain etc.. according to the book.
Unlike books on our human anatomy, where everything is documented exactly. Each artery, each vein, muscle is what you see, what you get. I believe he has applied `cures' based on the same concept.
But little did he realise that Feng Shui is an `invisible' or unseen metaphysics. One cannot simply like the book on human anatomy, follow everything exactly. Worse still, apply based on what he understands and not what the author could have interpreted `differently'. I am not sure what has happened to him now.
Sorry for the lengthly reply.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 10/22/99 2:55:22 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear cecil,
Every body know if a house has
a bad feng shui. But how does
one know if the remedies which
one used after pillar and 8
house and flying star is put
correctly. Thanks.