The Aftermath
I write on Hinduraf also don't get so many comments. But I flame Fung Shui and its like pulling pubic hairs from certain readers. Below are the passionate responses. Please note that I use profanity NOT in the form of a personal attack but rather for emphasis and clarity, and cause that's the way you speak when speaking passionately, or being pissed off. No apologies cause its my blog and should not adhere to any writing standards imposed by others. Anyway, great to hear from the readers below, no hard feelings - hey, we may disagree on one thing, that's very small in the whole scheme of things. Cheers...-
xatomic said... Haha I couldnt agree with you more. Education and the wealth of knowledge on the Internet has made me increasingly sceptical and beginning to question customs. We Chinese are one hell of the most superstitious lot
The most BS thing is probably burning things for the dead. There are probably 100 reasons why I think it doesnt make any sense at all..For a start, god don't the rules of economics work down there? (if it even exists) Infinite money supply and still expect hell money to have value? hah
and our famed Feng Shui businesswoman in Msia still manage to expand and maintain the business. IPO soon? :)
- zentrader said...
Not sure BS or not but they said Uncle Lim got 8 Feng Shui Master to sort thing out for him :)
LKY I think also have one Feng Shui Monk ... :)
They said our PM also got one based in Penang ... :) - Salvatore_Dali said...
zen,
like i said, they did it for pragmatic reasons, wealth protection and maybe design issues...
do u think LKY would be NOT SUCCESSFUL without the FS monk? u can put LKY in Langkawi or HK or NZ n he would have made a dramatic change.. FS is for asthetics
same for PM, where were the FS when they were building their career,... to me FS masters are pricey like latour 62 and just as unecessary ... you won't be having one when you are building your career... you got rich... then you indulge in superflous stuff like fine wine and bad FS masters - Salvatore_Dali said...
as for genting, pls la... gamblers will say they LOST becos uncle lim placed the door entrance in a certain degree, and the building looks like a claw trapping them... u know what you fucking gamblers are entering the casinos (with or without yr red underwear) yrself, you ARE BOUND TO LOSE cause mathematically u will... its a casino, early casinos in vegas without FS design ALSO same result... just the fact that they r trendy and I am sure the 2 IRs will use FS consultants does not legitimise them... its a CASINO, its yr own fault u lose money..
- geoff said...
Well, Dali, for once i'll disagree with you on this one. I think FS was invented not 100 years ago but way way back. It is the chinese way of harmonising human with nature. to me, it is a lot more to do with science than superstitious. There is no way to verify by using the western scientific way. it is a chinese way of life. just like chi in kung fu or qigong. U cannot scientifically prove it but it exists. I think the common misconception with modern fs is that ppl thinks that it is a one stop solution to all their problems. Also there are too many unqualified masters out there (see the similarity with investment advises?).
- zentrader said...
The 'Chi' was tested scientifically by western researcher I think the conclusion was that the Kung Fu monk really can control the flow of chi.
In the same Discovery Series it said that the way they controlled the chi and then the release of the energy, it was calculated to be the power of a shotgun so don't play play with those shaolin monk :) - Long said...
While I agree most of the facts you posted, but for this one, I think to some extend, you might not get it correctly.
You seemed to put too much blame of chinese culture 'believe' into FS. Which means, you didn't really know the true knowledge or arts of FS.
Mind you, animal years and fan-tai-shui believe are nothing to do with FS. You are right in saying there are really a lot of bull-shitter around who make living in FS by misleading its value to accustome market demand.
And because of this many ppl have got wrong impression of FS, where unfortunately, including you.
If you want to know the root of FS, go for 'yi jing'. The fundamentals, not the god, semi-god or whatever incorrect believe that polluted by business world today. - Salvatore_Dali said...
zentrader,
i believe in the chi, i belive in hei kung ... don't get me wrong... i also believe in ghosts, spirits and voodoo ... just becos something has been around for 3,500 years does not mean its valid.... certain witchcraft and God's Sticks have been around also for even longer ... no empirical evidence la...
I put up so many points, you all just never attack them but stick onto yr views like a religious zeaLOT... c'mon , do better. - Salvatore_Dali said...
long,
accussing someone of not knowing the true art form of FS, is in itself BS ... its like accussingsomeone who did not embrace Christianity as not knowing the full true way of Christianity... everyone bloody school of thot will say theirs is the way... by saying its fundamentals of FS does not make them more correct..., like I said, some of the stuff are just common sense
LOOK at the bloody property mkts in HK and Singapore, face here face there, but when property mktsa are bad , you face backside also no use... aha, the FS master will say cannot evade tei wan (land luck) even though you did all the FS precautions ... how to fight against the NEVER CAN BE WRONG FUCKERS - Salvatore_Dali said...
geoff n zen,
like i said, i believe in the chi n hei kung.... harnessing it should not cost 10,000 ringgit per reading session...
do you think i am helping ppl to harness better wealth understanding and wealth accumulation ... well, i didn't charge any fuckers 10,000 ringgit per session... the whole shebang just smacks of overkill and over zealous money making, turning the entire thing into a long drawn out scam... yes there is chi, here go harness it, thanks goodbye... dont make it out to be something that needs 25 years of studying and white bear gurus here and there, making the art so secretive... that only the chosen ones can know the secrets, please... - Roden said...
FS at least has more than 500 years, in the ancient time, the selection of building town or capital all base on FS, that fit to harmonize the mankind and environment, they become chief planner for the townhall. That definitely has unqualified FS master in the market, those really good one keep very low profile. We have to learn the fundenmental FS before we heard their interpretation, just ignore those guru comment or prediction on next year, that are general statement, sure correct, just like Dali said your mother probably is woman, hahaha...if someone really not believe FS, let try to whack your ancestor tomb then simply build again, or challenge FS, choose the lousy date and time to bury your ancestor, then see what would happen. good FS master keep need not publishing book, articles or sell those funny "toy", got to understand that is just business and supply to general need. One of the FS master told me, they would not "disclose" their skill or secret on book, those already disclose are really insignificant. FS can help people and lead someone into disaster, this is the knowledge pass down from ancient, some said it doesn't make sense, but I said probably we just not enough knowledge to understand it and no time to understand it. Just beware, a lot of unorthedox FS master taking advantage on people when they believe them.
- Salvatore_Dali said...
roden,
fair comment...
zentrader n geoff,
i think we all made some points for both sides ... can go on arguing till cown really knock on our doors, so just let it slide... to each his own, since we have all said what we wanted. Tks for a nice debate..lol - sickput said...
Thank you for the write up on feng shui. i will have to look for a new profession now as previously, I used to "chase" bad luck from pretty lady investors who lost money in the market.
best way to get ladies plus cash for doing something you really like.
Due to mu skill, needless to say, there were very few repeat customers.
After your comment, I doubt there will be many who will fall for my scam. - oceanblue said...
I think you should read up more on FS before you comment. And I also think that you are against those so-called "modern FS master" than FS itself.
As for burning "paper maney" for the dead, do you really think it is for the dead? It is more for those who alive, who give (burn) the money, to feel better psychologically! - Salvatore_Dali said...
oceanblue,
am i an expert , no... have i read up on FS, yes... but probably not. ARE YOU TELLING ME I NEED TO GET A DEGREE IN FS before I can comment? Then nobody in the world can say anything to anyone. If your wife scold you for being lazy.. you can always say to your wife you need to read up more on me and why I am lazy before calling me lazy. Your defence comes up again and again by those who defend FS, because every one thinks they aree THE ONLY ONES practising the ONE TRUE WAY... how many ONE TRUE WAYS are there?
Its an inexact science that is near impossible to prove wrong, hence it will flourish and the ones with the best argument or most persuasive arguments will get more followers.
Think first, why study FS? For greedy reasons? Look at the FS masters ... they are also greedy bastards. I am not against people being greedy, but if its a NOBLE ART form and helps people to harness chi, why the excessive monetary compensations? Compare HEI KUNG with FS, there are many true masters of HEI KUNG and it works empirically speaking - but you dont see the master charging 5,000 for a training session... the ends justify the means?
The shameless amount of money bandied around taints the whole bloody thing.
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It is quite ironic that the topic on FS generated a lot of 'chi'. :)
Good work sifu Dali.
Dali,
To me FS is just a common sense thing applied on a specific location & its surroundings.
Or the so called 'harmonious environment'.
The problem is common sense are not so common after all. Worst still most of the ppl don't even has the common sense.
This is also why most of Bursa's retailers lost money.
Blame it on bad FS ??? Ha Ha
There is one old FS trick to tell whether or not a new home has good FS. Just bring a 3yr old kid to the new home, if they seem to like the place & running & playing around there most likely it has good FS on it. Maybe common sense after all. :)
zen,
lol... good observation
Guys and gals, why don't any of you test the effectiveness of feng shui by doing a statistical analysis? Look at past advice, look at current outcome. Compile it based on master, topic etc.
This is the only way to settle the dispute.
hi dali, would like to ask u gamuda. according to clsa research it maintains a target strong buy with target price 5.5. how about u in analysis in gamuda?
my analysis for gamuda sees it fully valued at 4.6 but does not include any new projects they got in the past week
Hi,
Superstitions in any culture, however old or developed it may be, will never die as long as humans continue to breathe. If there is plenty of moolah to be made by sustaining those beliefs, why kill the golden goose by rational analysis?
Having said that, there are some aspects of FS that appeals to common sense. And these are also accepted in the Indian verson of FS.
Rask
To add to the various comments on FS, there are good FS practitioners and lousy ones.
Most are lousy ones, hence the bad name associated with FS. Many of what people associate with FS today did not exist say even 30 yrs ago but FS has been around for centuries. For e.g. the question of raring an Arowana fish has nothing to do with FS or placing some figurines at the doorway etc.
Because of this, FS gets a bad name generally and due to the commercialisation of it, FS has been seen as a "quick fix" which again goes against the very nature of FS.
I know a family which believes in FS to the extent that when the so-called sifoo said their house had a bad FS, they moved to another house within a few weeks. Through the very same sifoo, they purchased a new semi-d sitting atop a hill and are going to move again soon. And for your information, the family financial condition is not really good. What I meant to bring up is that one must live within one's financial means. Moving to another house, or soon a semi-d with better FS won't necessarily change your financial condition unless your change the way you manage money.
I very long struggled with this problem, have tried set of preparations and only Propecia to me have helped, and without any by-effects.
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