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Sunday, May 28, 2006
Feng Shui Talk by Mr. Simon Soh
One of more mystic topic ... "Feng shui" literally means "wind and water" in Chinese, shared by a true practitioner whose interest lies here... Mr. Simon Soh, a professional trainer. This subject is indeed interesting that it lasted for almost two hours. Just to recap a short summary of the session:
Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to attempt to achieve harmony with the environment that has its origins from Taoism. Proper Feng Shui is a set of general guidelines for the creation of beautiful architecture and comfortable interior decoration not superstition as it has become for some now day.Traditional feng shui uses a specialized compass called a Luopan, and a comprehensive array of calculations involving mathematical iterations.The original trigrams of the Yijing, known popularly as the eight digrams or "Ba Gua,".
We are surrounded with an all-encompassing life giving energy called Qi. Qi can be further separated into Yang Qi and Yin Qi. This energy can be found in various forms and these are identified as 5 elements. They are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. This is production cycle as Fire burns and produces Earth. Earth produces Metal in its bowels. Metal when heated flows like Water. Water nourishes Wood. Wood is the fuel for Fire. Furthermore, that is controlling cycle where Fire melts Metal. Metal (axe) cuts Wood. Wood controls Earth with its roots. Earth restricts the flow of Water. Water extinguishes Fire.
The 'Ba Gua'
In feng shui terminology, we identify these two diagrams as the Ho Tu and the Lo Shu squares and they are mathematical because they comprise arrangements of numbers that unlock many of the secrets of time and space feng shui. The diagram of dots was changed into four sets of 2-number combinations in the cardinal directions of North, South, East and West. Thus 9 in the South paired with 4. And 3 in the East paired with 8. Then 1 in the North paired with 6. And 7 in the West paired with 2. In the center was the number 5. Any three numbers in the arrangement added vertically, horizontally or diagonally, adds up to 15, which is the number of nights it takes for the new moon to become the full moon. Is this getting too technical? So, which square are you in?