
Chapter 25 - The Importance Of The Workshop
In the United States, many houses have a workshop among the various
rooms. I have seen that many Westerners have their workshop connected
with their garage. In the garage, apart from the car, there are
usually tools of all kinds kept there.
Because of the high rate of pay in the States, the ordinary repairs
are usually done by oneself, such as car repairs, water and electricity
repairs, moving and painting. The furniture one buys has to be assembled
piece by piece by oneself according to the drawings.
As a result, the workshop is very important.
As there is a lot of "movement" and "noise"
in the workshop, its location has a big influence. Since there is
a lot of beating and striking there, it exerts influence on the
future of the residence.
Those who have a basement can make their workshop down there, preferably
in the northwestern direction of the whole residence building, or
on the dragon side at the back. As the workshop is in a mess in
most cases, it should not be located at the top or at the front;
it is best located in the northwest, at the bottom or at the back.
It is common that the garage serves as the workshop as well. If
the garage is in the northwest, it is most suitable to be the workshop
as well. It will not be very good if it is located in the northeast
or the southwest. If the workshop is situated in the wrong direction,
there may be unexpected happenings, or one's work may not go smoothly
or there is discord in the family.
Some houses in the States are joined with the garage. The garage
is part of the house. There are many houses that are separate from
their garage. If the garage is not part of the house, it is preferably
not in front of the tiger side (the left side), because the opening
of the garage will be the mouth of the tiger. A tiger's mouth that
is so long and high does not look very pleasing and may incur unexpected
events.
If the garage is joined with the house, it must not be very conspicuous;
it is preferably on a lower place on the tiger side. At any event
the dragon side should not be dominated by the powers of the tiger
side. Every household in the States has a garage. The garage is
important. It serves both as a car park and as a workshop.
When I was in Taiwan, I noticed that many of the rich people did
not have a garage. Occasionally they put up a simple shed as their
garage. I would like to make a special note here concerning sheds:
please pay special attention to which side of the house the shed
is going to be on: the dragon side or the tiger side. If it is on
the wrong side, misfortune is inevitable, for a car shed can carry
strong negative forces.
A car shed outside the house is a "powerful object".
A "powerful object" is a special, conspicuous object.
In the past, I studied many factories. A workshop in a residence
building is like the location of machines in a factory. If the machines
are suitably located, they operate well. If they are not properly
located, they go wrong for no reason at all; when the repair men
are called in, no trouble can be found.
Machines in a factory constitute the front line, on which the quality
of products depends. So they are of primary importance.
Once I studied a huge machine, bringing with me some salt and some
rice, plus a magic writing of a mantra on ceaseless operation.
The machine was installed in a wrong place. So it broke down very
frequently, which gave the workers endless headache. Even the foreign
technicians could not do anything about it.
At the end, they came to ask me to have a look. I told them, "The
machine is set right on the teeth of the tiger and is often stopped
by the teeth. The best way out is to move the machine away."
The owner told me, "It is such a huge thing that this building
was specially designed for it when it was first installed. The expenses
to move away would be staggering. Is there any alternative?"
The owner was pleading.
So I tossed the rice and salt onto the machine and put up the written
mantra on a special day.
Strange to say, on the following day after the mantra was put up,
the machine started working. And once it started running, it never
stopped. All workers were beside themselves with excitement.
The foreign technician, shaking his head, was greatly puzzled.
Someone asked me, "How did it happen?"
I replied, "I sprinkled the rice and salt into the tiger's
mouth. When the tiger shut his mouth, it spat the machine out. It
is as simple as that. Aha!"
I, Living Buddha Lian Shen, hold that the workshop, the garage
and the machine room are all places with "movement", which
can change the geomanic features of the residence, resulting in
strange happenings. Geomancers cannot afford to overlook any of
the three places. The slightest error may bring about your complete
failure.
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