Take reference from where?

[Chris_ng]

Hi there,
I have few questions about feng shui again:
1. When we apply the 8 house theories, I find that there are different school of studies when taking the direction of the house. Some will take reference from the whole building in general (entrance of the whole building), others may take reference of the direction from the main door. There are some even take reference from the windows, so which is correct.
Assuming in my friend's HDB flat, the lift (which stops at every floor) is near his front door. The lift is used by most people. As a result, should we take direction of the building, with reference of the main door of his house, or from the lift direction.
2. I understand there is an on-line training course. As I come from an IT industry and also involved in training our customers, I always find that the instructor-led course is the most effective. The reasons are as follows:
a. most of the time, the students have very interesting questions or experiences that will make your training more educational and interactive.
b. No all the users can understand all the stuff inside the on-line training, at time they may need to ask questions in which the answers may be beneficial to the rest.
3. Can we have some kind of feng shui seminars in Singapore? We can also set up a feng shui society or club and have regular gatherings to allow people with the same interests to interact? (the forum is definitely a good start). Members of the feng shui club will also get discount for seminars and consultation.
I learn feng shui is really out of interests so that I can help people whenever they are in troubles related to feng shui and I really look forward to all these changes in the future.
Thanks! :>
Regards,
Chris Ng

[reg]

dear chris
pls read below.
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From: "Chris Ng"
3. Can we have some kind of feng shui seminars in Singapore?
We can also set up a feng shui society or club and have regular
gatherings to allow people with the same interests to interact?
(the forum is definitely a good start). Members of the feng shui
club will also get discount for seminars and consultation.
there are some feng shui seminars taking place locally, though
most of them are more commercial than instructional. i know of
one that is known as KPL Geomancy Research Club which is hosted
by Geomancer Koh Pu Lin with free classes once a month at his
office, and quarterly meetings with members at one of the local restaurants.
membership is free but there is a charge for every dinner-buffet meeting.

I must add that it tends to be more commercialised too.
Give them a ring for more info if you are still keen.

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I learn feng shui is really out of interests so that I can help people
whenever they are in troubles related to feng shui and I really look
forward to all these changes in the future.
Thanks! :>
Regards,
Chris Ng
very noble indeed. keep it up.

just another fs enthusiasts
eve.

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Dear Chris,
Please see below.
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Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 4:12 PM
Subject: Take reference from where?

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From: "Chris Ng"
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Hi there,
I have few questions about feng shui again:
1. When we apply the 8 house theories, I find that there are different
school of studies when taking the direction of the house. Some will take
reference from the whole building in general (entrance of the whole
building), others may take reference of the direction from the main door.
There are some even take reference from the windows, so which is correct.
Assuming in my friend's HDB flat, the lift (which stops at every floor) is
near his front door. The lift is used by most people. As a result, should we
take direction of the building, with reference of the main door of his
house, or from the lift direction.

Thanks for highlighting this interesting question.
1. I believe, some of the authors or practioners are not Singaporeans are
not aware of the concept of HDB flats. Here the confusion may arise. This is
because, first of all Feng Shui can be applied at a very macro level e.g. to
assess the location of a city and building.
Therefore, here, I feel the confusion may thus arise. It is not wrong to
apply Feng Shui assessment to a whole building or the main door. When a Feng
Shui practioner assess the whole building, it implies that he/she looks at
the global picture of the building. This includes the surrounding building.
In many cities and even in Singapore, take a look at the skyline. For
example, you will notice that one local Bank is tall and triangular shaped
representing the `fire' element. Some of these not so friendly buildings may
have got their advise from not so `environmental' Feng Shui Masters who use
the `fire' element to engulf some of the nearby `wood' element building.
Another local Bank has `poison' arrows `shooting off' in all directions
other than it's twin shorter sister building.
The essence here is that when some authors write books, they write on a
macro level in assessing Feng Shui of a building. For example, if the
entrance of the building is facing South, the building facade belongs to the
`fire' element. Fire represents `activity' and thus good for activities like
Sales and marketing.
Another example is the logo of the building. In the above example, of the
local Bank which is tall and triangular shaped, their logo has purple
covering a metal coin. Purple = Fire element and Coin = Metal element. This
symbollically represents fire `destroy's' metal to produce wealth.
But if you look at a HDB flat, many individuals want to have their
flat/apartment assessed and call a Feng Shui practioner to do so. Here,
again it is not wrong to apply Feng Shui assessment to the main entrance
door. But a good Feng Shui practioner will also look at the shape or profile
of the entire building in relation to the surrounding areas. Most `older' 3
room HDB flats are of the Earth element. So here, a threat would be a tall
`thin' structure or buildings nearby which is of the `Wood' structure.
You also mentioned that some Feng Shui practioners take reference from the
windows. Here, they are slightly more `maverick' in their application of
Feng Shui but still not wrong. This is because in most HDB flats, Qi or Chi
usually comes thru from the `living' room and `exits from the kitchen. These
FS practioners thus consider the `entrance' from the living room window.
From my personal experience, I have advised quite a few HDB owners to take
note of the `active ch'i' coming from their living room but immediately
flows out thru their kitchen windows. Here, they should try to close the
windows / `diagonally ' or if they have a door built to restrict the flow
much the better.
As you can see, some wanna be Feng Shui practioners may simply read a book
or two and come to the wrong conclusion and apply the wrong concepts e.g. if
a famous FS author says `must' assess the building, and if one read
in-between the lines and misinterpret to say that even for HDB flats, you
have to assess an apartment that way. Here, we must start to understand why
this is so: Is the FS author living in Singapore? Does he/she know about
the structure of HDB blocks?
Unfortunately, the quality of Feng Shui practioners varies all over the
world. Some may have fixed mindsets and some may be flexible. The best is to
choose wisely but the best is like yourself who take the time to check and
understand further:)

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2. I understand there is an on-line training course. As I come from an IT
industry and also involved in training our customers, I always find that the
instructor-led course is the most effective. The reasons are as follows:
a. most of the time, the students have very interesting questions or
experiences that will make your training more educational and interactive.
b. No all the users can understand all the stuff inside the on-line
training, at time they may need to ask questions in which the answers may be
beneficial to the rest.

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3. Can we have some kind of feng shui seminars in Singapore? We can also
set up a feng shui society or club and have regular gatherings to allow
people with the same interests to interact? (the forum is definitely a good
start). Members of the feng shui club will also get discount for seminars
and consultation.

Eve, has replied on this. However, as she mentioned, you may expect
commercialisation in some of the `free' seminars or even `paid' seminars.

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I learn feng shui is really out of interests so that I can help people
whenever they are in troubles related to feng shui and I really look forward
to all these changes in the future.

Thats great to hear:) Wishing you success in your endeavour!
Warmest Regards,
Cecil Lee