Mirror, Mirror on the Wall….!

Mirror, mirror on the wall, what can Feng Shui do to make you feel AWE?!

In today’s new age Feng Shui application, the modern usage of mirrors is to ward off ‘sha’ qi or killing force or “poison” arrow. This mirror is also use by those who are more spiritually inclined to ward off ‘evil’ from coming into the house .

If you are a keen observer, you will notice that in some houses, the tenants would place an octagon-shaped plaque with a mirror in the center just above the main door. This super mirror is known as a Ba Gua mirror. Sometimes a regular mirror is used as a Ba Gua mirror.

The Ba Gua mirror comes in two shapes i.e. Concave-shaped and Convex-shaped. Typical application can be found in apartments or condominiums where the main door of two units is facing each other, divided by a corridor. If one neighbour puts a concave-shaped Ba Gua mirror, the opposite neighbour will put a convex-shaped Ba Gua to ‘counter-act’ the concave Ba Gua. Does this really help? We need to ask the two neighbours.

Put this into perspective. If one neighbour is antagonising the other to the extent that the other neighbour needs to counter-act its action, is this going to create a peaceful environment?

In another application, if you find a tree, a flag-pole, a road or a lamp-post located right in front of your main door, a Ba Gua mirror is used to neutralised the so-called sha qi as mentioned above. Imagine a mirror of about 3 inches in diameter neutralising a sha qi such a road, (if it is indeed a sha qi, but that is another story)…..? :-(

In yet another application, mirrors are recommended next to the dining table or somewhere near the dining table. The reason is to double or triple the amount of food for the household or to ensure that there will always be abundance of food on the dining table.

Sometimes we wonder how all these comes about……anybody wants to be in mirror-making industry?

Mirrors, in Feng Shui application, has its usage but not in the way the new age Feng Shui practitioner promotes it. How to use mirror to your advantage? This is a story for another day… ;-)