When I first arrived in the United States, I stayed for awhile in the city of Tukwila in the State of Washington. While I was there I noticed a store, located at the western end of Strander, which was the town's main street. This store frequently changed names. It had a new owner virtually every month and a "Closed" sign was often posted at the door, while remodelling went on inside.

I was told that this store located at the end of the road had undergone twelve different owners in one year. Practically no one had had any success in this location. After looking at the store and the road pattern, I found that it was a classic case of a site being targeted by the destructive energy of an onrushing road.

Strander is a long, straight road with heavy traffic and the store sits right at one end. The many cars travelling on the street carry with them wave after waver of chi which is directed at the store. Inside the store, the surging chi is turbulent and unstable. It did not matter what kind of business opened there, the owner finally had to decamp and take flight.

Americans may not know about feng-shui, yet they were puzzled by the fact that no one had been able to build up a successful business at this location.

In Honolulu, I was shocked to learn that Michimishi, 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, onrushing road.

A house being targeted by an onrushing road is analogous to an animal having an arrow flying straight towards it. In this feng-shui pattern known as "arrow piercing heart," it would be difficult to keep the malevolent energy in check. People with a special faculty to observe chi can see the endless agitation of earth chi in such a site; and people living inside the house are like little dinghies rocking amid stormy waves that are unable to calm down.

Oftentimes, people living in such houses are unable to control their moods, which can result in accidental deaths, suicides, or homicides. If it is a commercial property, then there is difficulty in making money.

Some people propose erecting a large wall at the end of an onrushing road to ward off the destructive energy. They advocate that this be done before building any houses on the other side of the wall. This suggestion of a dam-like structure is one solution, but would such a large wall at the end of a road disrupt the aesthetic appearance of the streets?

At such sites, some people also have proposed that the buildings be designed as circular structures, such as some large hotels. This is also a workable solution since a cylindrical building can, indeed, minimize the agitation of chi caused by the onrushing road. It does this by diverting the noxious chi into two separate streams that flow to each side.

Taoist Master Ch'ing Chen has told me, "The method for a common household 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 kept 80% filled with water." This is to employ the curvature of a semicircle to ward off the onrushing sha-chi. When sha-chi is neutralized by the water, residents in the house can thus keep their peace.

Some geomancers have taught people to hang objects such as concave mirrors, bronze bells, or flutes as a remedy, but these objects do not have that great a resolving power in them 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, it can be temple-shaped, as the round pillars of a temple can divert and minimize sha-chi from the road. A courthouse or other government building that incorporates 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, then the site will be 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 onrushing road, but there is just not enough land in front 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 in feng-shui readings, I offer "countermeasure" methods as a first solution. If the problem cannot be resolved this way, then I will suggest relocation. If relocation is not feasible, then I will teach them to employ a "spiritual remedy."

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 'Ding' 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 flows of chi and energy in the land. Both residential and burial site feng-shui are affected by the chi in the earth. Since the elements of feng-shui are part of nature, one should, therefore, avoid too extensive humna interference in changing the feng-shui of a place.

As for the "spiritual remedies," they are Taoist solutions and fall under the heading of "shamanistic" or "magical practices" and are different 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 workings of yin and yang and the five elements, and esoteric and magical practices can balance the elements and harmonize yin and yang.

Everybody is aware of the adverse pattern of an onrushing road, but opinions differ on how to remedy the situation. The remedy I have disclosed here is invaluable.

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