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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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