Confusion about different schools of feng shui

[poorvi]

dear cecil,
thanks for your prompt reply, although it's put me in a deep quandary. back in india all we hear about is the 8 point method of feng shui being advocated vociferously even in national newspapers. consequently i have been reading raphel simmons' step by step and jon sandifer and therefore the query since turtles and fishes are being advised as the latest 'miracle cures'. there are FS experts so to say, who are charging per sq. ft., giving public lectures on the fixed template theory, as you call it. what is the school or method that you subscribe to. i'm very eager to gain more knowledge on your system. pl advise me the best books on the subject or any other relevant source.
regards,
niteka.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Niteka,
Currently, to the best of my knowledge, the two main holistic method of Feng Shui are:
1. Traditional School of Feng Shui originated from China. Here, the Shapes and Form and Compass Schools: Eight House and Flying Star.
2. Nine Star Ki. Which is a variant of the Compass School of Feng Shui more popularly adopted in Japan and applied by UK practitioners such as Jon Sandifier.
3. Although Nine Star Ki is one and the same as e.g. Flying Star, it is on its own a holistic approach. Where it can be used to analyse person to a home.
4. However, because Nine Star Ki uses its own methodogy and `packaged' method of finding out things, it is difficult to mix and match piecemeal with Traditional Flying Star Feng Shui used under Para 1.
5. Many people in the world can have ready access to good quality Feng Shui practitioners. If so, just by calling a practitioner and allowing him/her to do a full audit, would be good enough to cover most areas.
6. Because of the above, there are many people who like instant coffee or instant tea want immediate results.
Thus, many people, purchase easy to read Shapes and Form Books. And immediately start practising Feng Shui.
7. If one is lucky, would be able to get a quantum leap in Feng Shui especially if the house has excellent Shapes and Form.
I mentioned also that the neighbourhood and where possible the house itself can be seen under Shapes and Form to be able to "accumulate wealth".
This is the Key success factor. As shown in the past where Feng Shui masters were called in to look at developments for construction of a city. Many Chinese cities such as Canton, Shanghai etc... have been Feng Shuied and found to have good Feng Shui.
At a micro level, if the home or site is good, it will also enjoy good Feng Shui.
Usually, it is about a dragon flowing from the mountain and coming down to the sea. And such `veins' are considered good areas.
8. For those who are less fortunate to avail themselves to good Feng Shui advise naturally, look at simple models such as fixed templates, 8 sectors and due to its simplicity, provide an element of " HOPE " to many.
9. Many people turn to forms of `gambling' such as buying lottery tickets with the hope and expectation that one day, he/she might strike `rich'. Here, the person can then look forward .. to the `future'.
10. There will always be many who turn to simplistic models for `Hope'. Hope is quite a powerful tool and if one is not being cheated by being asked to buy this or that, I believe this is still OK. Especially, if it gives one something to look forward to.
11. Even in Traditional Feng Shui, many people started off with simple FS models such as the use of Eight House and slowly progress into other FS methods such as Flying Star.
It would be worse if one was asked to go into Flying Star immediately and one may instead shun away from FS altogether.
12. However, I always believe that the key sucess factor is not to concentrate all your eggs in one basket. It is best to utilise all know FS techniques: the end result to maximise your `score' with the aim of increasing your Earth Luck (in an overall manner).
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 9/4/00 1:39:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
dear cecil,
thanks for your prompt reply,
although it's put me in a deep
quandary. back in india all we
hear about is the 8 point
method of feng shui being
advocated vociferously even in
national newspapers.
consequently i have been
reading raphel simmons' step
by step and jon sandifer and
therefore the query since
turtles and fishes are being
advised as the latest 'miracle
cures'. there are FS experts
so to say, who are charging
per sq. ft., giving public
lectures on the fixed template
theory, as you call it. what
is the school or method that
you subscribe to. i'm very
eager to gain more knowledge
on your system. pl advise me
the best books on the subject
or any other relevant source.
regards,
niteka.