Decorative items & creativity direction

[myfs_89542]

Dear Cecil,
I am asking these questions because I am puzzled as to what to do because of all the conflicting advice I have got from friends. Maybe I am wondering unnecessarily but I have enough problems already, so maybe I am a bit paranoid about adding to them! Your sensible advice would be most helpful.
# I have an assortment of decorative items that I would like to display, but because they are different animal forms, wanted to know if they have any feng shui importance and if so, which directions should I display them, or this does not matter at all?
The items are: a papier mache red duck, two white ceramic swans, two white soapstone fishes, a green lion head (a replica of the one in Singapore harbour), a small blue ceramic tortoise, two metal tortoises(one is a box and the other a plant holder), a big clay tortoise (also a plant holder), a white teddy bear.
# I also have a lot of small decorative ceramic and clay vases and other things like statues, etc. that I have picked up over the years impulsively. Now will displaying all of them just add to clutter in any particular direction, or it?s okay?
# I have a lot of money plants, some in water and some potted, around the house? Okay or not?
# I have a bathroom and toilet in the NW direction of the house. I was told that since this is the children and creativity direction, a good cure would be to put up the picture of a baby on the wall between the bathroom and the toilet, but to avoid even a hint of the colour red. Is this true? Would also like to know because by profession I work as a freelance writer.
# Do you have any special section on watches and clocks, specially decorative clocks (eg. ones with a mickey mouse motif, a dolphin base, etc) and their feng shui importance anywhere on the site?
Many thanks.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Anon,
The clue here is to understand what is:
Heaven Luck
Earth Luck
and most importantly what is Human (Man) Luck
In general:
1. In the old, Feng Shui was used to look at locations for a city, town etc...
2. The most used word in the English dictionary are words like: I , me, my etc...
3. Here, we can draw a parallel to many of us. How do we improve our homes.
4. More importantly, the key success of any home is: Location, location and location.
5. Therefore: MACRO Feng Shui is the MOST important factor.
6. Commercial products
6.1 Often, what "corrupts" a Feng Shui practitioner, book author of Feng Shui etc... are commercial products.
6.2 In my opinion, usually, if one follows the history of some practitioners, they eventually succumb to the `temptation' of making money by `glorifying' products.
7. I often use a simple illustration. For example, a three-legged toad figurine can easily be manufactured in China for a small amount. But, it can be sold in Singapore for as much as US$300 or more.
8. Who makes such profit? If one goes to majority of Feng Shui consultant's site: one can easily see a section full of such " Feng Shui products ".
9. As I always mentioned, Geomancy.net can easily make tons of money from selling such items. But as long as I am alive and handling this site; I will never sell any physical products.
10. Often, such profit motive, can fall to temptation by any practitioner which `clouds' their mind when doing Feng Shui consulations or services.
11. What you had mentioned belong therefore belong to "commercial products".
12. Here, the trend is that more and more Feng Shui practitioners turn to selling such products - to enrich themselves. And I refer to them as Human Luck or Man Luck practitioners.
13. Calling these people Human (man) luck practitioners is not exactly a good term. But rather Human (Man) Luck vultures.
14. What is really Human (Man) Luck? Does it costs money?
In fact, rather than purchase these commercial goods; it would be best to save the money for a rainy day. Or, spent more quality time with the family i.e. family bonding.
Does it cost money to hug one's child? Does it cost money to give a listening ear to your spouse? Or be romantic. Even bringing out the entire family to dinner is money well spent:)
15. Often, after buying a product, do we see dust gathering on it? How much effort to clean up these clutter. How often do we buy something (useless) and later, do not know where to put it or put it aside?
16. If these goods e.g. three-legged toad has magical qualities; how come they do not come with a certificate of guarantee? For example, the certificate could say: After buying the product from us, within the next 14 days, you will touch a minimum amount of $15,000 dollars lottery?
17. Please ponder over some of these points.
18. So far, many rich person who has large houses don't cluster our homes with such silly things. (Other, as a decorative piece e.g. they love it so much).
19. Many of us own smaller homes and yet, do the silly thing of congesting or cluttering our homes with lots of these things.
20. For example, in Singapore, I often find many typical Chinese speaking owners of 3 room government housing cluttering their homes with one or more laughing buddha and many more such items. Yet, it takes only less than ten steps or less to reach the other side of the living room.
21. It is no wonder that, I am sad to say such mentality only leads to this saying: " the poor, always will remain poor!".
22. It is best not to emulate such situations. Frankly, a house that has less clutter has an even better success than one that has all these items.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 7/9/2003 2:10:32 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Dear Cecil,
I am asking these questions
because I am puzzled as to
what to do because of all the
conflicting advice I have got
from friends. Maybe I am
wondering unnecessarily but I
have enough problems already,
so maybe I am a bit paranoid
about adding to them! Your
sensible advice would be most
helpful.
# I have an assortment of
decorative items that I would
like to display, but because
they are different animal
forms, wanted to know if they
have any feng shui importance
and if so, which directions
should I display them, or this
does not matter at all?
The items are: a papier mache
red duck, two white ceramic
swans, two white soapstone
fishes, a green lion head (a
replica of the one in
Singapore harbour), a small
blue ceramic tortoise, two
metal tortoises(one is a box
and the other a plant holder),
a big clay tortoise (also a
plant holder), a white teddy
bear.
# I also have a lot of small
decorative ceramic and clay
vases and other things like
statues, etc. that I have
picked up over the years
impulsively. Now will
displaying all of them just
add to clutter in any
particular direction, or it?s
okay?
# I have a lot of money
plants, some in water and some
potted, around the house? Okay
or not?
# I have a bathroom and toilet
in the NW direction of the
house. I was told that since
this is the children and
creativity direction, a good
cure would be to put up the
picture of a baby on the wall
between the bathroom and the
toilet, but to avoid even a
hint of the colour red. Is
this true? Would also like to
know because by profession I
work as a freelance writer.
# Do you have any special
section on watches and clocks,
specially decorative clocks
(eg. ones with a mickey mouse
motif, a dolphin base, etc)
and their feng shui importance
anywhere on the site?
Many thanks.