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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Latest Feng Shui Hammer-- Tilt-O-matic?

In my 2007 blog article "Feng Shui Hammer and Xuan Kong Flying Stars", I had written:

"If you give a kid a hammer, pretty soon he will try to do everything with a hammer...In the Feng Shui world today, the Feng Shui hammer is Xuan Kong Flying Stars (Feng Shui). To some people, XK Feng Shui is the universal key to any Feng Shui problem."

Six years later, I have discovered a new trend for another version of "Feng Shui Hammer" that is not restricted to one Feng Shui school or method.

This "hammer" generalizes the Feng Shui remedy of door-tilting to different aspects of Feng Shui. I call this method "tilt-O-matic" because its core method is tilting anything towards the so-called "auspicious qi" or angle.

Door-tilting itself is no major secret and easy to understand-- if your door sits on an inauspicious angle, you tilt it to the nearest available auspicious angle. Ideally the nearest angle to the current one will match the requirements for as many Feng Shui methods (like Bazhai, San-He, XKDG and etc.) as possible.

In certain southeastern Asian countries where large population of ethnic Chinese reside, you can see tilted doors easily. My Feng Shui pals in these countries told me that door-tilting is almost a must in any Feng Shui audit or your clients will think they don't get their money's worth.

The next derivative from door-tilting is stove-tilting, used mainly in Bazhai Feng Shui.

Some inventive folks out there bring out the "tilt-around-the-house" motto and generalize this method to tilt balcony doors,sliding doors,apartment doors, doors inside a house or office or even tilt a balcony-- applying tilting to whatever Feng Shui methods like Flying Star, XKDG and the like.

Their next top secret invention probably will be tilting house windows and maybe even garden walls. I guess toilet seat, fridge door, bath tub and water basin are all fair games for them.

"Ken, how valid is this tilting approach?"

I don't know when I do not get paid to answer or argue for controversial topics like this one. But I can tell you that when I visit many ancient towns and villages in China,including the emperor's home (Forbidden City), I have not seen a tilted door yet.

I have seen tilted doors that were done in the last 10- 20 years in China and Hong Kong.

Chinese Feng Shui emphasizes balance and symmetry. Anything tilted will disrupt the balance state. Tilting does not seem to match these basic Feng Shui principles.

In Feng Shui, main door represent the mouth of a house. A tilted door is like a person with a crooked mouth. It is the "form" for stroke resulting in a crooked mouth.

There are teachers who swear by the tilted door remedy and also the ones who are apprehensive of door-tilting. My own sifu are mostly against using it for aesthetic and safety reasons. Non-residential buildings probably can have tilted doors because people do not stay there longer than 8- 10 hours and likely are moving around. My sifu do not recommend tilting door for residential properties because people sleep there at night and absorb whatever qi coming in.

On a psychological level, a tilted door is a constant reminder to the residents that "this is an auspicious door that will bring me good luck". This daily positive affirmation will enhance the intention power of the residents to make things "happen".

"Ken, do you do door-tilting Feng Shui remedy?"

Yes, I do "green tilting" that does no damage to the wall or environment and does not need a carpenter. However, I do it only when there is no alternative.

"Can you elaborate? Does it work?"

Sorry, I cannot elaborate. This is a little secret in my school. Somehow it works too.

Ken Lai

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Sunday, August 5, 2007

QMDJ case: divination vs. making things happen

Note: The following blog was written on Sept. 22, 2005

Everyone is great here and entitles to his/ her own opinions.

Maybe I become an "establishment pig" or getting too old to argue with you guys here, so I wish you all
have a good run and great time here.

However, I guess list members may want to see the philosophical difference between "making things
happen" side and the divination side of QMDJ, so I share with you a case here.

During a morning of last December, Tim, a relative of mine who lives in Toronto, hit an old lady with his
car while driving to work.  The old lady was hospitalized for a few weeks.

The accident happened due to a sun glare that blindsTim temporarily.  He admitted guilt himself privately.
The police has charged him "reckless driving".

In Canada, it is popular to get a paralegal to "fight" trafffic tickets.  So Tim got one.

Their trick of the trade is simple-- bargain with prosecutor for a lesser charge.  Tim had agreed to
plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of some sort.

Tim had called me about the case---- this moment could have been a QMDJ time for doing divination, to figure
out if he'll be found guilty, fines, jail and etc.

But I do not like predicting the future, so I did something else instead.  I set up the hour-pan (chart)
for his court day and calculate the direction for that hour that may help him win the case.

I set him to walk in a certain direction (Xiu-Men or Rest Gate with certain stars) and stay at a certain
tai-ji during the court day.

Everyone in the court was expecting a cookie cutter case that should take no longer than 5 minutes.  Everyone
was thrown out of balance when Tim suddenly pleaded "NOT GUILTY".

So the Judge called the witnesses, prosecutor and the victim to testify for more than 2 hours.  Tim had not
said even one word after pleading not guilty.

Somehow the victim was too eager to prove her injury. She first said she was knocked unconscious by the car.
Then she said she saw someone take her wallet.

The judge the checked some law case books for twenty some minutes. Then he declared that Tim is not guilty.

Everyone in court was stunned.

But more to come....

Last month, the old lady has filed a Canadian$1.5 Million lawsuit against Tim for physical injury and
emotional distress. If Tim had pleaded guilty to the lesser charge, he'll have a tough time fighting this
civil lawsuit.

You may ask, if the old lady ask you to help in this case, what will you advise her?

I'll not show the detail here of how to do it, but she might have roasted Tim's behind if she use Shang-men
(Hurt gate) with some other stars.

There are also some minor Qi-men tricks for litigation, like wearing certain color clothing or
bring along people with certain animal signs.

QMDJ is JAM (Just Another Method), not another "Feng Shui Hammer".


Ken Lai
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