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Chapter 11 - An Arrow Into The Heart In the United States, I noticed an avenue in the city of Tukwila, called Strander, going all the way to the west end of the city. At the end of the road, there was a shop whose name, I found, was often changed. There was a new owner each month, who would close down the shop for renovations. I was told that since the shop was exposed to the negative forces of the avenue, there had been twelve bosses in one year, but nobody could ever improve the business. I studied the shop and concluded that it was suffering from the negative forces of the avenue. The avenue was long and straight, with the shop at the end. Racing cars and lorries came and went, carrying with them the gusts of wind which rushed right into the shop. The wind inside became tempestuous, like surging waves, which never got calm for a moment. No shop could stand such rushing winds. The owner had to run away. The Americans don't know anything about geomancy. They were puzzled by the fact that nobody could ever manage this shop with reasonable success. When I visited Honolulu in Hawaii, I saw a big department store run by a Japanese that closed down. I was startled when I studied its location - it was also exposed to the negative forces of the road. Road forces are indeed terrible. I can tell my readers that the negative forces of a road are like an arrow that goes right into the house. It is like shooting an arrow into the heart - something that no house can very well resist. A good geomancer can see the surging land forces that are forever on the move. People inside the house can never sit still, very much like standing in a little boat on the sea in stormy weather. Houses subject to the negative forces of the roads are often exposed to unexpected calamities, such as suicide, homicide and murder. People in these houses can not control themselves. No businessmen can make any money there. Some people suggest that at the end of a long, straight road, a huge wall can be put up to stop the strong winds from the road. Houses can then be built on the other side of this wall. This wall functions like a dam, which I think will serve the purpose. However, doesn't a wall like that produce a bad effect on the appearance of the city? Other people suggest that at the end of the road a cylinder building can be put up, such as a hotel for sight-seeing. This suggestion is good, for cylinder buildings can contain the evil forces coming from the road, breaking them up into two, which go away from both sides. Master Qing Zhen told me: "The way to check evil forces from the road is to dig up a pond of semicircle shape, like a new moon, with its curving side towards the road. The pond should be 80% full. The curve of the semicircle facing the road bears the brunt and the water in the pond can dissolve the evil forces so as to give the house peace and luck. Some geomancy masters tell other people to hang up a mirror, or a concave mirror, or a bronze bell, or a vertical bamboo flute, to dissolve the evil forces from the road. This is sheer nonsense, nothing more than a mental comfort. (These things cannot very well dissolve the evils forces.) However, at the end of such roads, huge buildings may be put up. A monastery, for instance, may be erected there with huge pillars to dissolve the evil forces, or a law court also with pillars in front, or the municipal government building (such as the White House in the United States) also using pillars. If a fountain stands in front of the monastery, or law court or the municipal government, it keeps things peaceful and quiet. Fountains work wonders! Someone once told me that his house was subject to evil winds from the road, but there was no room around for a semicircle pond. What could he do? I asked him if he could move somewhere else. He told me that he couldn't afford to move. The principle I follow is like this: in studying a house, I first teach the owner some methods to dissolve or avert the evil forces; if nothing can be done, I advise him to move; if he can't even move, I teach him to pray to the gods. Master Qing Zheng told me: "Get a piece of green bamboo, peel off the green covering, draw the magic figures on it to expel the evil spirits, choose a special date on which to plant the bamboo in front of the house." This is a Taoist trick, not part of geomancy. I, Living Buddha Lian Shen, believe that geomancy is a branch of inquiry about land forces and land spirits and concerns with residences and graveyards since they both have to do with land forces. Geomancy deals with natural things. To change geomanic features, we have to do it naturally. Methods of praying to gods to avert evil forces belong to Taoist tricks, not part of geomancy. I know both geomancy and Taoist tricks. Geomancy discusses the intricate relations between Yin and Yang and among the Five Elements, while Taoist tricks are used to mediate among contradicting forces. Everyone knows that it is a taboo for a house to be exposed to the evil forces of a road, but different people have different methods to dissolve these forces. The methods I disclose here are priceless!
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