Book 69 - Household Feng-Shui

When I first arrived in the United States, I resided for some time in the city of Tukwila in the State of Washington. While staying there I noticed a store located at the western end of Strander, the town's main street. This store frequently changed names and had a new owner virtually every month. A "Closed" sign often hung on the door while remodeling took place inside. I was told that this store, located at the end of the road, had undergone twelve different owners in one year. After observing the store and surrounding road patterns, I noticed the classic case of a site being targeted by the destructive energy of an oncoming road.

Strander is a long, straight road with heavy traffic, and the store is located right at the end of this road. The many cars traveling along the street carry with them wave after wave of chi directly aimed at the store. Inside the store, the surging chi is turbulent and unstable. Whatever the business established, the owner would eventually decamp and take flight.

Americans who did not understand feng-shui were puzzled by the fact that so many businesses had failed at this location.

In Honolulu, I was shocked to learn that Mitsukoshi, a large, Japanese-owned department store, had lost its business and closed down. When I took a look, it turned out that this was another case of a site being targeted by the formidable destructive energy of a long, straight, oncoming road.

A house targeted by an oncoming road is analogous to an animal with arrows flying straight towards it. In this feng-shui pattern, known as "arrow piercing heart," it is difficult to keep malevolent energy in check. People with the special ability to observe chi can see the endless agitation of earth chi at such a site; and people living inside such houses are like little dinghies rocking amidst stormy, turbulent waves.

Oftentimes, people living in such houses are very temperamental and accidental deaths, suicides, or homicides may result. If commercial property is built upon the site, then there are often difficulties in making money.

Some people propose erecting a large wall at the end of an onrushing road to ward off destructive energy. They advocate that this be done before any houses are built on the other side of the wall. This building of this dam-like structure is one solution, but would such a large wall at the end of a road not disrupt the aesthetic appearance of the street?

Others have also proposed that the buildings at such sites be designed as circular structures, similar to the designs of some large hotels. This is also a workable solution since cylindrical buildings can indeed minimize the agitation of onrushing chi caused by the approaching road. This is done by dividing and diverting the noxious chi into two streams that flow away to the left and right.

Taoist Master Ch'ing Chen has told me, "The method for common households to counteract the onslaught of energy from a road is to install a semicircular pool in the front yard, with the outside curve facing the oncoming road, and the pool always 80% filled with water." This employs the curvature of a semicircle to ward off the onrushing sha-chi. The water also neutralizes this sha-chi, and residents of the house can thus keep their peace.

Some geomancers have taught people to hang objects such as concave mirrors, bronze bells, or flutes as remedies, but these objects do not have that great a resolving power and can only provide a limited measure of psychological relief.

If one is to build a large structure at the end of an onrushing road, such a structure can be a temple, as the round pillars of a temple can divert and minimize sha-chi from the road. A courthouse or other government buildings that incorporate cylindrical structures into its designs (such as the round columns in front of the White House) are also good solutions. If, in front of the courthouse, city hall, or temple, one adds a fountain, the site is even safer. Fountains are uniquely useful in these situations.

A man asked me what one should do if one's house is at the end of an oncoming road but not enough land is available for one to install a semicircular pond. When I asked him if he could move, he replied that it was not financially feasible for him to relocate.

In principle, when I help someone on feng-shui readings, I offer "countermeasure" methods as a first solution. If the problem cannot be resolved this way, then I suggest relocation. If relocation is not feasible, then I teach them to employ "spiritual remedies."

Taoist Master Ch'ing Chen has instructed, "Find a piece of green bamboo and, after removing the green peel, draw on it a talisman that stops sha-chi from onrushing roads. Select a date marked as 'Ting' on the lunar calendar and bury the talisman in the ground in front of the house." Such a remedy offers a "spiritual solution" to a feng-shui problem.

In my opinion, feng-shui deals specifically with patterns and flow of chi and energy in the land. Both residential and burial site feng-shui are affected by earth chi. Since the elements of feng-shui are a part of nature, one should avoid extensive human interference in changing a site's feng-shui.

As for the "spiritual remedies," they are Taoist solutions that fall under the heading of "shamanistic" or "magical practices" and are separate from general feng-shui knowledge. I, Living Buddha Lian-sheng, understand general feng-shui as well as the Taoist magical practices. This is because feng-shui, the pattern and flow of energy in the land, is inherently the manifestations of yin and yang and the five elements; esoteric and magical practices can thus balance the elements and harmonize yin and yang.

Most geomancers are aware of the adverse patterns of oncoming roads, but opinions differ on how to remedy the situation. The remedies disclosed here are invaluable.

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