Feng Shui Setup or Spiritual Help which is the Priority?

Received a call from a long time client about 3 weeks ago. He told me that he is now experiencing hard times. He have just moved the 4th times to an office. His first and 2nd office was audited by me. Currently his business also cannot make enough to pay for his staff salary. He has no where to turn to except trying his luck to ask for my help.

When I audited his business office, he made decent profit and business was growing. That was the condition he was in when I last met him. He did not engage me on his 3rd time moving, and to me that was normal because maybe he finds that luck was on his side and my services was not needed anymore.

I have decided to helped him out due to his past standing as good client. He told me he cannot afford to pay my fees however he will be willing to pay me once he is stable again.
Cleared my appointment on the nearest availability and decided to audit his place as fast as possible.

When I arrived on to audit his current office, the first thing I noticed was there was quite a number of Taoist spiritual implements inside his office. I checked the site with my Loupan and discovered that the front door location and direction is actually not bad for his type of business.

However once inside, all the Feng Shui setup was wrong. From his sitting location, his staff sitting location, enhancing the qi for the type of business plus even the water exits within is all not conducive for his business.

No wonder he is in such a mess.  His personal space within the office has a lot of Taoist spiritual implements from sword to flags to even ancient chinese coins below the desk and a whole lot more.

I advised him to relocate those spiritual items, consolidate some of it while others that cannot be use to be place in storage. He looked at me with a puzzling look. I am not surprised, because in all those years of him knowing me and conducted 2 audits for his office, never once did I mentioned to him about using spiritual implements nor about my Taoist background.

Seeing his puzzling look, I knew if I did not elaborate on my Taoist background he was not going to remove those items. I continue to explained to him that one of the talisman which he painstakingly went to a South Thailand Taoist Temple to obtain is actually one of my Taoist lineage. I further briefly informed him on 2 more Taoist lineage that I am holding, and the reason spiritually why he should relocate those items and consolidate them.

I always believe, if a Feng Shui Master is good at what he is doing, he does not need to use other fields of knowledge to solve the Feng Shui problem. Example, adding spiritual context into solving a Feng Shui problem. On the other hand, if a Taoist Master is good at what he is doing, he does not need to add Feng Shui into solving spiritual matters. Using spiritual method alone will be able to solve the spiritual problems.

Furthermore, I do not like to confuse my client on who are they actually hiring, The Feng Shui Master or the Taoist Master? If in doubt, usually I assure them that you are hiring a practical logical Feng Shui Master who have strong Taoist religious belief. This rarely happen because 90% of my client knows me as a Feng Shui master or practitioner only.

After advicing on the recommendations, finally I gave him some talisman to solve his existing pressing business problem. Because to wait for the Feng Shui setup to run its course requires at least 10 days in which the time he does not have at the moment. Told him the spiritual help is pro-bono but make sure he pays my Feng Shui due fees when he is ok again.

Moral of the story -
1. Remember your Feng Shui Master when you are having a good run.
2. Spiritual methods will work once your environment setup is done correctly. Or else the spiritual help will be like trying to push a heavy cart uphill, you cannot continuously use spiritual method to solve a basic Feng Shui environmental mistake.
3. Remember your Feng Shui Master when you are having a good run. (its not a typo repeat)

TRAVEL Feng Shui - Chiang Mai City

I was in Chiang Mai on 17-20 November for our family vacation. Even though on vacation, there is much Feng Shui to talk about and explore.

with wife and kids at Chedi Luang Temple

Arriving in Chiang Mai city airport for the first time, the first thing that struck me was the beautiful mountain that is near the city. As a Feng Shui practitioner, it is one of our occupational habit to look at mountains and rivers!

Chiang Mai city has a beautiful Broken Army Mountain 破軍山 behind its city. It is almost as magnificent as the one in Yuen Long , Hong Kong.

View of the Mountain at the back of Chiang Mai City

Chiang Mai Province is a former capital of the Kingdom of Lanna (1296–1768). Only later it was integrated in the formation of Thailand from Siam.

As our tour brings us around the city, and with explanation from our excellent local guide. The city does owe its history and also current development to this single magnificent mountains and the qi it bestows on the city.
I come a San Yuan Feng Shui 三元地理 lineage. 三元 San Yuan means the 3 factors which is Yin Yang 陰陽, Direction/Location 方向／方位 and Timing 時.

Whereas San He 三合風水 are more concern with Yin Yang陰陽 and Direction/Location.

If you are interested to know more about my lineage, I have written and article about it in 2007 http://gkham.com/content/index.phpoption=com_content&task=view&id=29&Itemid=27 in rebuttal towards a certain writer mis-informed idea and history towards what San Yuan Lineage is truly about.

Often newbies are mistaken to think that San Yuan Feng Shui is the same as San Yuan Flying Star 三元飛星, San Yuan 三元in Flying Stars means Upper Period 上元，Middle Period 中元 and Lower Period 下元. 

San Yuan Flying Star is an off-shoot branch from San Yuan Di Li, using the combination of Later Heaven Ba Gua 后天八卦 as way of analyzing the events of a particular Feng Shui setup (if you don't know what I mean, don't worry, in simple terms it just means that San Yuan Feng Shui is NOT San Yuan Flying Star).

So what makes Chiang Mai city enjoying its good Feng Shui currently? It is the magnificent Broken Army Mountain 破軍山. As I have briefly explained, in San Yuan Feng Shui there is a strong emphasis on Timing. Meaning that even though landform formations may be good, it does have a timing to it. Whereas San He Feng Shui system does not place emphasis on this factor.

Chiang Mai Province most notable prosperity was 700 years ago, then it experienced a period of decline and in this 20 years or so, it has become prosperous again. Why?

In San Yuan Feng Shui, we classified Mountains/Landforms under 2 Periods which is Upper Period and Lower Period. Each period will last for 90 Years.Broken Army Mountain belongs to the Lower Period mountains 下元山， which will only exudes prosperous influence on Lower Period timings. Currently we are in the Lower Period until 2043. I believe it had also prosper in between all the Lower Periods in the past.

Then what happens in the Upper Period? Having a Lower Period landform in a Upper Period timing will only enhances its negative factors.
What are Broken Army Mountain's negative factor? Well as the name implies, some of its factor will include war, violence and brutality. If you research Northern Thailand's history, it has long conflicts with Burma (now known as Myanmar). Even elephants are used to engaged in the battles between 2 countries.
The Broken Army Mountain is also classified as a Metal Element. What makes Chiang Mai Broken Army mountain strong in Qi is also its location. It is located in the West side of the city. This fulfills part what we would call 9 Stars Return Landform Formation 九星歸位. However Chiang Mai only has 1 of the Mountain in the correct location, nevertheless its influence has made Chiang Mai now known as the Culture Centre of Thailand. Main economy for Chiang Mai is tourism, with approx 2 Million tourist a year.
 

Top View of Chiang Mai City. Image from Google Earth. Mountain is located on the West of the city.

Why would I say that it will prosperous until 2043, it is because Broken Army Mountain is also the governing mountain for all the Lower Period Mountains.

 

Photo taken from mid of the mountain at Doi Suthep Temple

Some would then ask, how come only the prosperity of Chiang Mai is evident now and not 30 years ago. The answer is because of 2 factors.

1. Upper and Lower Period does take some time for the landform to exudes strong influence. It is works as what we see on a Bell graph.
2. In previous Lower Period, it may have been more evident and faster, but now looking at flow of Maenam Ping (Ping River) that runs through the city, the flow is very slow. Faster flow increase in the Qi that runs through the city thereby increasing the hustle and bustle activities, however this itself, from my perspective is a blessing, as slower river means a more laid back lifestyle for local community. It also creates people who are more gentle in character and thought.

Overall, a great place to relax, shopping, enjoy the culture and also take in its mountain Feng Shui!