What About Water Features

Question: 

By the way, just curious if there is a necessary to do some water features or fountains in order to enhance my house FengShui?

Answer:

Not compulsory, unless for short turnovers of which you will need to pay back. It is very common to hear the XuanKong proponent in activating the annual or monthly Qi using water placement. Qi stimulating is a method for short term gain based mainly on the month's Qi. Coupled with the monthly "luck" in accordance to one's BaZi, everyone using that particular space would experience different effects. A good luck person would experience significant increase of opportunity in the expense of the bad luck person, if there are more then one person using that particular space. Otherwise, such increase in opportunity would means to hasten auspiciousness in the expense that when the person's luck make a dive, such dive would be doubled in effects. It all boils down to the "balance sheet" of one's BaZi. 

Common Enquiry On BaZi Preparatory Workshop

Question: 

May I know the venue of bazi workshop? Is it at KL or Singapore? What about the medium of instruction? Is it in English or Mandarin? Is this course for beginners or advanced learner? My BaZi understanding is limited based on what I have read from books and blogs. By the way, can I know what is included in the 3 days course example foods, course contents? Hope to hear from you.

Answer: 

The venue is in Malaysia. Click HERE for detail. The medium of instruction is bilingual - English + Mandarin. The primary medium is in English, so is the notes. However for clarification he will add on clarification in mandarin as well. So that you will get the correct nuances. Don't worry, it is not Beijing mandarin.

Ok, to maximize your learning, is better you must at least remember the 12 Chinese character of stem branch. Perhaps now there is still time read up some basic of clashes, combination and so on. That will ease your learning when you join the workshop.

This course straddles between beginner and intermediate. He will go briefly on how the chart is constructed. Since there is so much software available he will not be discussing in detail. However he will concentrate more on the cutting off point. Is good that if you do not have preconceived idea to start with.?

The fee covers coursework and lunch only. We may assist you in lodging within the same hotel. Let me know your preferences example, Twin sharing or single bed and so forth. You will have to arrange for your own transportation.?

Question: 

How much deposit do I need to send to secure a place at RMxxxx?  Actually I am signing up based on the reviews on the webpage. Can you please tell me more about the master's skills? Is this the only module or are there more to come?

Answer: 

As places are limited, we do not collect deposit. Just deposit in the full amount to the account number so provided and sends us the proof of deposit either via email. In the event of course termination for unforeseen reason, you will be refunded in FULL. Payment made will not be refunded unless under reasonable grounds. Refund of 100% will be entertained if the request of refund is made under reasonable grounds before 26 October 2010. Refund of 50% will be entertained if the request of refund is made under reasonable grounds before 26 November 2010. After 26 November 2010, no refund will be entertained.

Master Ng seldom teaches. He practices more then he teaches. So you can say this is the only module. He is only willing to impart knowledge to enable his student to read BaZi for themselves and their family members confidently. Why not stranger or famous personality, because he believes that one is able to match real life event to the chart being read and he wants immediate feedback. With consent he may even go to some sensitive matters revealed from the chart and be discuss in the class. The problem with him, he likes to be challenged. He wants his student to know how he derives his hypotheses. If you want to dwell into theory, this is not the class! If you want to be taught to read BaZi and practice it in a practical sense, then this is it!

He couldn't be bothered, even if you have learned from other masters or being send by other master to sit in. That is his least concerned as in his previous class there were also students from other school. However a note of concerns. What you learn is only for you and you are free to communicate with him about your progress. He touches base with every students of his who eventually upgraded to being FengShui practitioners some under the banner of QuanYuan. There is no fuss about it. Unless, he is comfortable to impart more advance knowledge, then there may be future module. Think about it he only teaches twice a year?. As it is, is already a worth investment compared to Module 4 of the other school.

I truly guess he uses this workshop just to build up affinity with his student rather than just making money. However as he is also from the old school, if the breaches are made by the student themselves either in being scrupulous, dishonest, un respectful and ill intention, then there is only God that such student needs to answer to.

I hope this explanation helps in your decision making.

Should I Hang A LuoPan?

Question:

My neighbor has this LuoPan hung above his car porch pointing towards my house. What am I going to do? Should I use a fork and point against it? I thought LuoPan is supposed to be a tool, just liked what you are using to measure my house. 

Answer: 

There are many taboos in relation to the LuoPan. Liked YinYang, it may be true for some aspects, but yet false in other aspects. Like in your case, if you think the LuoPan is just a tool, yes it is a tool as a compass to measure. Yet, beyond that it is also a vessel. Any physical object you see and is empty within is potentially a vessel. Being an empty vessel it is potentially to be occupied by entities. This is not FengShui per se. That is why it is true in some aspect, yet false in the others. Your neighbor has used the LuoPan as a vessel for the residing guardian spirits to protect his house. So, there is nothing you need to do about it.

Saying thus, there is a practice in Yin FengShui, where it is thought that the LuoPan may be possessed if you place it directly on the ground. So, you need a bucket of uncooked rice to rest your LuoPan with. This is again, not FengShui, yet it is true in another aspect. Same goes with the fact that some old masters refuse to open up the LuoPan when the sun is set. There are some truths in that.

In the years of practice, sometimes we are not able to take measurements with our LuoPan for certain unknown reasons. We may blame it to the unstable Qi fluctuations. Yet, there are far more reasons to that. 

How Much Do You Charge For House Selection

Question:

FP charges SGD... for 3 house assessment for selection. That is without the detailed study and advice. How much do you charge? Excluding flight/hotel stay in Singapore?

I take your point about having an on-site audit. Like you said, its a privilege that requires investment.

2nd part, I think FP's audit process is just like yours. There is more serious audit / work after selection (more charges too.. but I have yet to find out) SGD... charged by her is for 3 choices like your Preliminary Audit and Recommendation Phase I think.

How do you charge for the rest of the process?  Setting Up, Completion and Review?
Is the "A detail recommendation (in writing) of the necessary remedy where required for the selected house." the things I need to do during the renovation?

What is the difference between this and "Interior FengShui Setting during and after renovation"

Sorry please bear with my clarifications. After this I think I will understand your audit process a lot clearer!

Answer:

SGD... for 3 houses selection assessment is a reasonable price.

The right selection is always the best line of defense. I am a little curious as to what she meant by without detailed study and advice? Usually the master will tell you, such as if you chose A, this will happen to you..., B, this will happen to you..., C, and so forth. In conclusion, out of the 3 choices, perhaps B may suit you better... and to rectify some of the setbacks, this is what required of you to do.... and so forth.

Remember, a good master will always provide you with choices and recommendations. Through our experiences, Heaven is very fair, at most of the time, the conditions are quite neutral. Meaning the positive Qi is quite balance out the negative Sha. There is always room to fine tune the loose ends, such as example, locking of the water mouth and so forth.

Excluding flight & stay our charges are SGD... per house, for selection only. So, if it is 3 houses, it will be SGD... , more expensive then... Again, if you notice, there is always a choice, for example, if you need more options, you pay more. More options means more opportunity for you to select and more work for the master to do. By such it is always fair to both parties. This fee will include the followings: -

   1. One time BaZi reading for yourself and your spouse.
   2. A detail recommendation (in writing) of the necessary remedy where required for the selected house.
   3. Date selection for moving in.

What is not included: -

   1. Ritualistic requirement for moving in for the Deities (if any). If require, we would recommend our fellow associates.
   2. Interior FengShui Setting during and after renovation which is as prescribed as the 5 phases in the following tread http://fengshuiquanyuanqanda.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-do-you-charge-for-audit.html

On the 2nd part, the same does apply. For instance, once you have decided with an options based on our recommendation, we will delineate to you as to our choice options and what are the matters that need to be improved. In the worst case, you may need to select another location. This, we have not encountered before. In the most preferred case, everything  falls at its correct place. That also we have not encountered before. The closest was a site selection for a bungalow, where the formations are just perfect. Then, so perfect that the owner decided to migrate to the US the next day, because he just got a US contract that worth millions in USD.

Most of the cases we encountered needs a certain degree of ratifications. For such general purposes, you will be looking at the range of SGD3880-8880, depending on the neighborhood you are in, and the disbursement be made in 4 installments as prescribed in http://fengshuiquanyuanqanda.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-do-you-charge-for-audit.html.

Hope this explanation helps,

Should you need further enquiry please do not hesitate to ask for we believe the info we prescribed herewith is sufficient for you to take the next course of action.

How Could I Be Invited Into The Inner Blog?

Question:

Greetings from downunder. I've been following your blog for a few years now until it was closed up from public. It went on for awhile and today I chanced upon it again which leads to this email. I sincerely wish to learn authentic Feng Shui, however, there arean't any 'genuine' teacher in this part of the world. So, I wish to become an invited reader to learn more.

It's ok if I do not fulfil the citeria as one, perhaps you can let me know how can I become one.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to your reply soon.

Answer:

Thanks alot for your interest in our blog. We believed, there are always genuine teachers in downunder. It only needs extra effort on your part to seek them out. Affinity will pave the way.

For your information, Yifengshui may NOT be a good platform for free FengShui lesson. It only works as a platform to provoke thinking and constructive criticisms toward the industry as a whole and specifically, to question some FengShui fundamentals that had been perceived as the truth but has gone so very wrong in applications.

We believed it is very tempting to know more of what the authentic FengShui fundamentals are, however, at this moment, this very industry is not mature enough for mutual knowledge sharing and possible knowledge advancement. They prefers to be shrouded in mystery and secrecy. We shall respect the order of the days.

Saying so, we also allow a window of opportunity for genuine masters and students of Chinese metaphysics to discuss about their findings and case study through our case study folders, currently set as a private platform only. Not until we are comfortable with you and understand your genuine intentions as serious reserachers, students or practitioners of Chinese Metaphysics, only then would we consider inviting you to join in as a member of the folder. You will be surprised as to the actual working of a FengShui principles in practice.

Meanwhile, we hope you could continue to contribute by forewarding your comments or questions to Yifengshui and whenever we have the opportunity we will answer them accordingly and to be shared with the rest of the audiance of our blog.

If affinity strikes, we may be visiting downunder and possibility of you to be our host. That we will leave it for Heaven to decide. Meanwhile, we are glad to know you and your interest in Chinese Metaphysics but we really hoped to know you even better in the coming future.

Cheers

How Do You Charge For An Audit?

Question:

I was referred by my friend about your FengShui services and would like to enquire as to your audit Fees that is way below the market price liked … Does it means to say you guys are under cutting the rest. Would your charges reflect that you guys are equal to those Junior Consultants from …? Would the level of your services be of compromised?

Answer:

First and foremost there is no standard Fee. Second, even if we agree to perform a preliminary audits, that doesn’t mean we ought to provide you a full service. We believed that some prefers to levy a hefty sum of Fee, so that the consumer will feel the pinch and would not go to another master, because of the Fee paid. We however, do not succumb to such a practice. We do not take FengShui as a Business Model, but a model of Humanity.

We only take in cases when: -

1) There is a Affinity between us and the consumer
2) Such work does not hamper our conscience
3) Such work does not results in us breaking other peoples’ FengShui

So, if you think you want to engage us, to test us out in a FengShui war, then kindly look for others. We are not interested.

We usually phase our work through different phases: -

1) Preliminary Audit – We charge by a token sum. Click HERE for enquiry. The reason being your case is also our storehouse of knowledge. We treat each and every case unique. For all purposes the issue raised must fall within our method of diagnosis, until such that it breaks the first hypothesis, and then it is our role, to re investigate such flaws in the first hypothesis. This is part Science of FengShui. We document every case. So, it is not only us doing you a favor, it is you also doing us a favor. That is Affinity. The token sum is only measurable for our means of compensating our out of pocket expenditure such as transportation within the Klang Valley. There is no valid reason why must we charge a hefty sum for such a preliminary audit, unless otherwise for a matter of greed and commercialization?

2) Recommendation Phase – If we see the situation as being on a charity basis, we would even return the token Fee and do it free of charge. This phase usually consists of us making a recommendation to the consumer. It is also a critical phase for us to decide of taking up the job or just denying taking up the job. Affinity again is at play. Here, we charge accordingly to the complexity of the case, Heaven’s will, consumer’s attitude and the affordability of the consumer themselves. We however do not take lump sum. This Fee will be broken down to another 3 installments, with the other 2 being paid at the following phases.

3) Setting Up Phase – We would set up accordingly and follow by a series of consultation with the consumers and their renovators. This also includes a series of email correspondence with even their appointed Architect or ID Consultants. Finally, we will choose a date to commence work. Upon commencement of setting out, the second installment would be paid out.

4) Completion Phase – Upon completion of physical work by the renovators or builders, we will be in presence to verify the setting. If everything goes well, we would follow up with the proposal of a moving in date. Here the final installment is to be paid up.








5) Review Phase – 1-3 reviews depending on case by case basis will be conducted Free of charge.












We practice such, so that at any phases of work, the consumer has the right to engage others if they are not satisfy with our performance. This, rarely happen. Such options may not be the best business model, but we are satisfied as long as we don’t owe anyone and our consciences are cleared. Similarly so, if it happens that we found out the consumers are being not so genuine in their dealings. We may also walk away in that situation. So, the arrangements are mutually beneficial and in no way, we see ourselves as being undercutting.

Again, we do not operate with a Business model that there are Hierarchy of Junior, Intermediate or Senior. Even our representatives are well trained for a specific performance, without the presence of the master. The risk of the lack of comfort would be eliminated by our group practices strategies. Very often than not, we would deliberate options rather than only solution so that quality of works would remain consistent through out.

We hope this will help in your evaluation.

Paradoxes Of Flying The Stars

Question:

I am an avid follower of your Blog. Being a FengShui enthusiast, I had taken up numerous courses in FengShui from various schools. Most of the schools emphasized on the Flying Star methodology as a predictive tool and 8 Mansions as the prescriptions. Honestly, I begin to doubt as both seem as contradictory in applications as one says favorable and the other says not favourable. How am I going to consolidate these differences and make good use out of it? I know, I should have asked in the forum, but it seems to be quiet lately. Then there is this thing between the grid and the pie approach. Which is which? At times, I found it difficult to divide the rooms into some reasonable sectors. Please help.

Answer:

I hesitate to jump into conclusion to say that Flying Stars and 8 Mansions are FLAWED methodology. I may just say, these are all stand alone methodology with very limited applications. In other words, they are just another end user methodology for interior applications. Someone else called it, entry level FengShui, but I stand to differ. The application as prescribed in most of the book available in the stores may seem simple, but the principles behind are complex and complicated. Without appreciating the principle behind this methodology, applications become a constraint as to what is what. So, it is also right to say that in this context, we only see the application and forgotten there is still the body as principles.

First, these 2 methods may be classified as SanYuan, in actual fact; they may not be of the same category. In SanYuan, elements follow the HeTu sequence. However in Flying Star available in the market, the elements are following the LoShu sequence. Worst, 8 mansions methodology followings the SanHe elements. So, how can these methods come from the same parent SanYuan?

So, you will NEVER get a satisfactory conclusion by applying these methods simultaneously. Therefore, it becomes a FLAW system. Yet, it is again taught all over the school.

Saying that these systems are entirely flawed is again, unjustifiable, because there are successful cases based solely on the application of this methodology. The key is in its applications.

As an end user methodology, it is not a full fledge FengShui method but a piecemeal of methods conjoining to make it as a method on its own rights. So there is a lot of patchwork here and there. These successful cases are largely stemmed out of one very singe fundamental approach. That is arraying Yin and Yang, before even the stars are being assigned in. When the YinYang has been established, Qi movement becomes smoother and ultimately things will change for the better.

So, in a nutshell, I don’t even bother to say is the grid or the wedge approach is applicable. Once you understand, what is meant by arraying Yin and Yang, all other things will fall in place. That include among others, taking facing and sitting which are deemed so important to fly or flip the stars.

Click HERE if you need further doses on this.