33. Auspicious Colours For Main Doors

Main doors that face South can be painted red
Main doors that face North can be painted blue
Main doors that face East or Southeast can be painted green
Main doors that face West or Northwest can be painted white
Main doors that face Southwest or Northeast can be painted yellow

Source: Lilian Too's 365 Feng Shui Tips

Self-Development (11)

Inner Visions Create Outer Reality
" If we want a beautiful garden, we must first have a blueprint in the imagination, a vision. Then that idea can be implemented and the external garden can be materialised. "

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

32. Auspicious Features Of A Main Door

Main doors should never open inside onto a toilet, a staircase, a solid wall or a cramped space. These are said to create blockages for the household residents, causing their luck to get conscripted and squeezed. The best is for the main door to open to a bright hall. In the old days, large family mansions would place an auspicious screen to face the main door and this served the purpose of welcoming in the good chi. It also causes the energy to flow round the screen into the living room, which is also the bright hall of the home. If you place a screen in front of the door, make sure it does not tower over the door.

Source: Lilian Too's 365 Feng Shui Tips

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The Key To Success
" Determination, with an optimistic attitude, is the key factor for success. "

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

31. Main Doors Should Be Solid And Authoritative

The main door of the house should always be solid and authoritative. It should be the largest door in the house and ideally it should face the direction that the house faces. If this is not possible, it is not a big negative. But residents must be aware that there is a difference between the facing direction of the main door and the facing direction of the house. If the main door is not auspicious for any resident in the house, they should use a side door to enter into the house. Generally, the main door should be auspicious for the main bread winner of the house. The auspiciousness of the door directions is based on the KUA numbers of individuals and this is founded upon the Eight Mansions formula.

Source: Lilian Too's 365 Feng Shui Tips

Self-Development (09)

Strike A Balance
" There should be a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved through the principles based on love and compassion. "

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

30. Driveways Should Be Friendly

Good feng shui is brought into the home when the driveway is non-threatening. This means that there should not be a long driveway leading straight at the front door of the houses. This seems to be so popular with many country mansions in the West and it often brings disastrous results to the family. Instead, driveways should either be placed by the side of the house, or they should be gentle curving. Never allow the driveway to become transformed into a poison arrow.

Driveways should also not "narrow" out or in, as this has a limiting effect on the business and finance luck of residents. Lights placed along the driveway create good feng shui for careers.

Source: Lilian Too's 365 Feng Shui Tips

Self-Development (08)

The Human Cost Of Consumer Culture
" One of the principal factors that hinder us from fully appreciating our interdependence is our undue emphasis on material development. We have become so engrossed in its pursuit that, unknowingly, we have neglected the most basic qualities of compassion, caring and cooperation. "

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

29. Houses Must Have Yin Yang Balance

Your house should be designed to receive adequate sunshine and light. When houses are too dark, negative yin energy tends to build up with bad results. At night, lighting should also be adequate. At all times, the yin and yang energy must be well maintained. This means that when lights get excessively bright, it is also not a good idea. So at all times, be aware of the need for this vital balance.

Source: Lilian Too's 365 Feng Shui Tips

Students Check Out Building Site

By VIVIENNE PAL
Photos by CHUA KOK HWA

WITH dark skies looming in the horizon, rain seemed imminent yet the feng shui practitioners were determined to go on with their site audit.

Armed with their notes and luo-pan, the 30 practitioners – all students of the Feng Shui Mastery programme conducted by feng shui consultant and best-selling author Joey Yap – pressed on with the final part of their programme.


Site audit: Yap (in front, in shirt and tie) surveying the land with his students.

The students came from all over the world, including Poland, South Africa and Singapore, and were given about an hour to survey the landscape before returning to present their findings to Yap.

The site audit was conducted at the construction site of the semi-detached Villa Green 3A fairway villas in Damansara Indah.

The 86 units are being built on 4.05 hectares (10 acres) of land by Damansara Impian Sdn Bhd, a joint venture company between the Di-jaya Group and PKNS.

Each fairway villa consists of eight rooms and bathrooms housed within three storeys and a built-up area of 540 sq m (6,000 sq ft).

According to Yap, the case study was a vital part of the programme, as external feng shui is more important than internal feng shui.


Feng shui practice: Students consulting the luopan during the case study in Damansara Indah.

“Knowing the land contour and formation is very important in feng shui, because the feng shui within the home should be tapped to the external,” said Yap.

“I always say, don't sweat the small stuff. If you get the big things right, then you don't have to worry so much about the small things; if the feng shui within is tapped to the external, then you can do anything you want inside the house.”

In spite of the blazing sun which came out immediately after the rain, the students went on doggedly with their task, and were seen discussing their findings in groups.

“It's not easy, but I am very interested in feng shui and have been doing it on a part-time basis,” said Sonice Chau from Singapore.

“This is our graduating class, and I am determined to succeed.”