Chapter 9 - Within The Bow Or Without It

We raise a bow and put the arrow on the string; the place the arrow points to is a place without the bow.

We raise a bow and put the arrow on the string; the section of the arrow that is within the bow is a place within the bow.

In simple terms, the bow is actually a curve or a radian. The place is called within the bow if it is inside the curve and is called without the bow if it is outside the curve.

If we draw a circle and the house is inside it, then it is within the bow from any direction. If it is outside the circle, it is without the bow.

In topography a place can have water without the bow, roads without the bow or building without the bow.

• Water without the bow - a river winds through your neighbourhood and forms a curve in front of your house, and your house is outside it.

• A road without the bow - a road meanders in front of your house and your house is outside its curve.

• A building without the bow - any round building such as a stadium or gymnasium; all houses near it are subject to its rebounding forces.

In geomancy, all houses that inside the curve or radian of something either natural or man-made are within the bow. These houses have affection and will see great development.

All houses that are subject to the rebounding forces of the curve or radian of something either natural or man-made are without the bow. Such houses are without affection, which means sure decline.

All places belong to one of these categories: within the bow, without the bow, or straight.

What is straight? A river passes your door-step in a straight line. A straight road goes in front of your house. None of the buildings near your house have curves. This is a straight house.

Masters of geomancy would prefer places within the bow for building houses, never favouring places without the bow. The reason is simple: places outside the bow will be targets of the arrow and are subject to the negative forces from the ten directions. In terms of land spirits, these places bear the brunt of the negative forces from all directions and are likely to meet unexpected calamities.

I, Living Buddha Lian Shen, have noticed that in our modern society many luxurious houses are built in places that are precisely the targets of the arrow. I often utter a sigh at the sight of this. These luxurious houses turned out to be masterpieces of some "great" geomancers. What a shame! These ignorant geomancers make people shudder.

Some rich people who were very successful in business began to suffer from one misfortune after another once they had moved into houses outside the curve of something. Unexpected calamities followed immediately, such as car accidents with people injured. Their business was like a fire that was going out, with orders going down sharply, staff swindling money out of them. Before long, they had to leave the building. What a shame with the houses standing there empty, idle!

Modern geomancers seem to pay more attention to the direction of the house, preferring the main gate facing southeast, south or east. They believe that it is bad luck to have the main gate facing southwest, northwest or west, while the northwest and north are neither good or bad. They play tricks with all these directions.

I would rather think that those directions are important, since they have to do with the direction of the magnetic field. It is more important, however, to see if the house is outside the curve or inside the curve of something.

I stress once more:

Inside the curve - good luck!

Outside the curve - bad luck!

If someone has built his house on a plot that is directly the target of the arrow, what to do to eradicate the possibility of misfortune? There are two ways:

First, "tit for tat" - if you live near a huge round building, you can design your house along the curve of that bow. The curved design will absorb the negative effects of the bow edge. In other words, two identical curves smooth out their negative forces.

Second, "an eye for an eye" - if you live near a huge round building, you can design a round building with the same curve. Thus they are the targets of each other's arrows, with their negative effects canceling out each other.

I feel deeply that to be with affection and without it and within the bow and without it is very important, for they have to do with principles about the land spirits. This is my own experience. These levels of study are quite complex in geomancy, but careful analysis will reveal fine distinctions regarding within the bow, without the bow and straight rivers and roads.

Some careful study of all this will also reveal that the relations among Heaven, Earth and Man are complex and subtle and are worth exploring.

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