Knowing the difference between fortune-telling and life-destiny counseling is important. Many will have you believe that life-destiny consultation is evil and bad and runs foul with religious belief but what they do not realized is that it is no different than being in a room with religious counselors who is trying to straighten out a person's life.
If you are being told that you will be getting a big contract in three months and you do nothing to ensure you truly deserve getting the contract, you are relying on fate and that is fortune-telling. For this reason, fortune-telling lacks moral significance.
But if you are being told of such an opportunity and you ask what you can do to ensure you get the contract, then you are seeking the wisdom to produce the results you worked hard for. This is the big difference between fortune-telling and professional life-destiny counseling.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
When to engage Feng Shui Consultant
Many people often wondered when is the right time to engage a Feng Shui Consultant. There is actually no right time but the best time. By the time a person decides to engage a Feng Shui practitioner, they are most likely in a dire situation. Those who engages Feng Shui consultant very early are either true-believers of the Chinese Art or they have seen and experienced the true results of what Feng Shui can do or has done for them. For these people, their objective now is not about how to recover from dire situations but how to improve and take another level forward from where they are at the moment. This is how amazing Feng Shui can be used by everyone.
For Feng Shui audits, the time to engage a Feng Shui consultant is BEFORE buying a property, any property. You want to engage a Feng Shui practitioner because you want to make sure the land and the property is good, Feng Shui-wise. You want to ensure the land is able to collect and retain vital land energy where the prospective property lies. You want to ensure the land is auspicious and you as the new owner is able to tapped on the available auspicious energy. You want to ensure the land and property is suitable for you and your purpose.
But suppose you have already bought the property but have not moved in yet. You will want to engage a Feng Shui practitioner to evaluate the property and determine what can to be done to match the occupants with the surrounding environment. This is an important step that new property owners need to take. Proper planning to locate all entrances and exits, the design of all walkways, corridors and room allocation are important considerations. This planning is to help create energy flow within the property. You need to be able to channel the energy from the outside and circulate it on the inside. Failure to do so creates a mediocre living environment.
Next, what if you have already staying in the property? You need to assess your current life situation. It is usually related to your career, business, work, family, relationships, financial situation, and health. Are they all balanced? Are there any issues that you need to focus your time on? Do you need to improve any of the situations? If yes, this would be the time to engage a Feng Shui practitioner. If any of those life issues are well balanced, it simply means that you are already enjoying what life has given you. You just need to maintain and continue to do what you do best. However, you need to monitor if changes starts to be noticeable. This is an indication that changes are happening and you need to know why and what steps can be taken to minimize the impact and how long the implications will affect you. This, a Professional Feng Shui practitioner can be your guiding light.
For Feng Shui audits, the time to engage a Feng Shui consultant is BEFORE buying a property, any property. You want to engage a Feng Shui practitioner because you want to make sure the land and the property is good, Feng Shui-wise. You want to ensure the land is able to collect and retain vital land energy where the prospective property lies. You want to ensure the land is auspicious and you as the new owner is able to tapped on the available auspicious energy. You want to ensure the land and property is suitable for you and your purpose.
But suppose you have already bought the property but have not moved in yet. You will want to engage a Feng Shui practitioner to evaluate the property and determine what can to be done to match the occupants with the surrounding environment. This is an important step that new property owners need to take. Proper planning to locate all entrances and exits, the design of all walkways, corridors and room allocation are important considerations. This planning is to help create energy flow within the property. You need to be able to channel the energy from the outside and circulate it on the inside. Failure to do so creates a mediocre living environment.
Next, what if you have already staying in the property? You need to assess your current life situation. It is usually related to your career, business, work, family, relationships, financial situation, and health. Are they all balanced? Are there any issues that you need to focus your time on? Do you need to improve any of the situations? If yes, this would be the time to engage a Feng Shui practitioner. If any of those life issues are well balanced, it simply means that you are already enjoying what life has given you. You just need to maintain and continue to do what you do best. However, you need to monitor if changes starts to be noticeable. This is an indication that changes are happening and you need to know why and what steps can be taken to minimize the impact and how long the implications will affect you. This, a Professional Feng Shui practitioner can be your guiding light.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
The Early Heaven Story
Here is a pictorial story of Early Heaven.
A beautiful view of a clear blue-sky.
A calm, serene lake, reflecting the wonderful view of the sky
But as nature would have it, the weather could change without prior notice
That will come with sounds of thunder
Followed by the ferocious wind
With the never-ending rain
Bringing the source of life to the living being via the Mountains
Collected by Mother Earth
And it all goes back to Heaven
If you understand the above, you understand the Early Heaven arrangement.
A beautiful view of a clear blue-sky.
A calm, serene lake, reflecting the wonderful view of the sky
But as nature would have it, the weather could change without prior notice
That will come with sounds of thunder
Followed by the ferocious wind
With the never-ending rain
Bringing the source of life to the living being via the Mountains
Collected by Mother Earth
And it all goes back to Heaven
If you understand the above, you understand the Early Heaven arrangement.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Qing Ming Festival 清明节
I was in Penang recently to celebrate ‘Qing Ming’ festival. Qing Ming festival is a celebration where the descendants remember and honour their ancestors at their grave site. It is a time to do ‘house-keeping’ by cleaning up the area around the grave, pulling out the weeds, ensuring the tablets are cleaned, the wordings on the tombstone are re-painted with fresh coat of paint and maintain the overall façade of the grave.
Over a period of twelve months, there will be rain and the earth, sand over the grave may get washed away. A depressed, crater-like grave does not look very ‘healthy’. Thus, it is also a time to ‘top-up’ the earth to create a small ‘hump’ over the grave. There are also services being offered to plant carpet-grass over the grave. It is nice idea that not only makes the grave look nice, it will also hold the earth from being washed away by the rain.
Traditionally, if one follows the way of Taoist practice, the first thing to do after arriving at the cemetery is to proceed to the main temple that governs the whole graveyard. One would offer prayers before proceeding to the grave of their ancestors.
Once at the ancestor’s grave, the descendants would clean up the grave and start to offer prayers. If you have been to a Chinese grave, you will notice a small tablet on the side of the grave, usually on the right if facing it. This is the God of the Earth and the descendant would first pray to the God of the Earth, request permission and to summon their ancestors, informing them that their descendants are there.
Depends on the family tradition, sometimes you will see the family members putting on gold and silver-colored paper over the grave. This is to symbolize the patching up of their ancestor’s home in the after-world. Sometimes you will find multi-colored papers as well. This is just in case the water-heater needs servicing or the roof-top needs to be repaired, etc. Consider this as maintenance work for their homes in afterlife.
Sometimes you will also find the descendants burning what looks like bank notes or money, paper shirts, and paper shoes. This is all symbolic to signify the offerings of ‘buying’ new shirts and shoes and giving their ancestors cash allowances to spend in their world. The value on the bank notes ranges from the smallest denomination to millions. Nowadays, you can find mobile phone, laptop computers and modern luxuries being offered to their ancestors. Whether they know how to use it is another story altogether.
When I was there one morning to follow the Qing Ming rituals, there were also other families who burn firecrackers, pretty much like during the Chinese New Year.
After all the prayers are carried out, the family members world feast on the food and drink they brought for the worship to signify family reunion with the ancestors.
Over a period of twelve months, there will be rain and the earth, sand over the grave may get washed away. A depressed, crater-like grave does not look very ‘healthy’. Thus, it is also a time to ‘top-up’ the earth to create a small ‘hump’ over the grave. There are also services being offered to plant carpet-grass over the grave. It is nice idea that not only makes the grave look nice, it will also hold the earth from being washed away by the rain.
Traditionally, if one follows the way of Taoist practice, the first thing to do after arriving at the cemetery is to proceed to the main temple that governs the whole graveyard. One would offer prayers before proceeding to the grave of their ancestors.
Once at the ancestor’s grave, the descendants would clean up the grave and start to offer prayers. If you have been to a Chinese grave, you will notice a small tablet on the side of the grave, usually on the right if facing it. This is the God of the Earth and the descendant would first pray to the God of the Earth, request permission and to summon their ancestors, informing them that their descendants are there.
Depends on the family tradition, sometimes you will see the family members putting on gold and silver-colored paper over the grave. This is to symbolize the patching up of their ancestor’s home in the after-world. Sometimes you will find multi-colored papers as well. This is just in case the water-heater needs servicing or the roof-top needs to be repaired, etc. Consider this as maintenance work for their homes in afterlife.
Sometimes you will also find the descendants burning what looks like bank notes or money, paper shirts, and paper shoes. This is all symbolic to signify the offerings of ‘buying’ new shirts and shoes and giving their ancestors cash allowances to spend in their world. The value on the bank notes ranges from the smallest denomination to millions. Nowadays, you can find mobile phone, laptop computers and modern luxuries being offered to their ancestors. Whether they know how to use it is another story altogether.
When I was there one morning to follow the Qing Ming rituals, there were also other families who burn firecrackers, pretty much like during the Chinese New Year.
After all the prayers are carried out, the family members world feast on the food and drink they brought for the worship to signify family reunion with the ancestors.
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