Thursday, April 24, 2008

Self-Development (12)

Analyse Your Thoughts...
When we talk about the inner world, there are a lot of different thoughts, or different minds... Those thoughts and actions which ultimately bring happiness, they are positive. Those thoughts and actions which ultimately bring suffering, they are negative.

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Saturday, November 3, 2007

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

Friday, November 2, 2007

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

Monday, October 29, 2007

Self-Development (10)

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

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Sunday, October 28, 2007

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

Friday, October 26, 2007

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

Thursday, October 25, 2007

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.”

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Self-Development (07)

Overcoming Difficulties
" Tolerance is very important. If you have tolerance, you can easily overcome difficulties. If you have little tolerance or are without it, then the smallest thing immediately irritates you. "

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

28. Sitting The House Auspiciously

Plan the sitting of the house carefully. Do not place the house too far in front, nor too far behind when "positioning" it onto a plot of land. The ideal is to site the house in a way that allows balanced dimensions to be maintained, while at the same time creating the effect of a bright hall in front of the main door. When the bright hall is completely missing, chi energy cannot accumulate and wealth luck becomes squeezed. The bright hall can be a garden or a small foyer-like area in front of the main door.

Source: Lilian Too's 365 Feng Shui Tips

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Self-Development (06)

Learn From Your Enemy
" It is the enemy who can try and teach us to practise the virtues of compassion and tolerance. You can try learn about the importance of being patient. However, the actual practice of implementing patience comes when meeting with an enemy. "

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

27. Regular Shaped Houses Are The Best

Avoid living in or building houses that are irregular in shape as this causes imbalances due to missing corners. L-shaped houses can be potentially dangerous if the auspicious corners of the house are "missing". U-shaped houses cause strife and discord between the spouses and such homes suffer from unhappy marriages caused by non-stop quarrelling. Irregular shapes caused by extensions to the main house or extra rooms that jut out certain corners are also generally not a good idea.

So it is best to keep houses either square or rectangular in shape. This also makes it easier for residents to benefit from the application of powerful compass formula feng shui.

Source: Lilian Too's 365 Feng Shui Tips

Monday, October 22, 2007

Self-Development (05)

The Importance Of Motivation
" The prime mover of every human action is motivation... Our motivation should be simple and sincere. Whether we achieve the goal or not does not matter so long as our motivation is very sincere and we make the attempt. "

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

26. House Colours To Avoid

Houses that face North must avoid being predominantly yellow or blue.

Houses that face South must avoid being predominantly yellow or green.

Houses that face East or Southeast must avoid being predominantly red or blue.

Houses that face West or Northwest must avoid being predominantly red or white.

Houses that face Northeast or Southwest must avoid being predominantly green or white.


Source: Lilian Too's 365 Feng Shui Tips

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Self-Development (04)

Thoughts Shape Events
" All things first originate in the mind. Things and events depend heavily on motivation. "

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

25. Best Colours For Houses And Buildings

Houses and buildings should be colour coordinated according to their element.

Buildings that face North are auspicious when they are predominantly red or green in colour. This is based on the house sitting direction. When the house faces North, it is sitting South.

Building that face South and thus sit North, are auspicious when they are predominantly white or blue in colour.

Buildings that face East and Southeast are auspicious when they are predominantly white or yellow in colour.

Buildings that face West and Northwest are auspicious when they are predominantly green or blue in colour.

Buildings that face Southwest and Northeast are auspicious when they are predominantly yellow or red in colour.

Source: Lilian Too's 365 Feng Shui Tips

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Self-Development (03)

Self Mastery
" If someone who easily gets angry tries to control his or her anger, in time it can be controlled. The same is true for a very selfish person. "

Source: His Holiness the Dalai Lama