Moving vs. stationary metal remedies

[myfs_98354]

Mr. Lee:
From my initial read-through of my Flying Star report, I note that 7 out of 9 rooms need metal remedies! This is quite a general question, as I do not have a floor plan drawn up yet, but trust me, we have a small house (1,200 sq. feet.)
An American Feng Shui consultant I hired a few years ago was obsessed with moving metal. That was the only remedy she was willing to discuss. (I nixed the idea of a chiming clock - all the remedies in the world are not helpful if one is awakened every hour of the night.) She said a ticking noise would be just fine.
Theoretically, then, I could just place a clock in each room, but finding a nice one, without a wooden case, or whatever is really hard on any kind of a budget. The practitioner said that anything that ticked would be fine, as obviously, the important "moving" parts of the clock would be made out of metal, regardless of the case. But in one of your replies to a question re wind chimes, you stated that no more than two of the elements should be present in a remedy. Am I being too picky when I suggest that unless the case of the clock were metal (hard to find), then there would be three elements to the clock: e.g., metal, glass, wood??? And that I should go for a strictly metal clock?
So much for the clock issue. Wind chimes. We already have one hanging up so that the tag brushes the front door when the door opens. It makes a pleasant sound, and as my piano students walk in and out - I feel secure knowing when the door has been opened. Is this acceptable for a room needing metal? The door it is on does face the Southwest, which you indicated might be a problem.
Chinese coins........saltwater. How to keep the cats from drinking the saltwater. You indicate these are effective cures. Why, since they are not moving? What is the origin of the moving metal idea. Did the ancient Chinese have moving clocks, or is the clock idea a Western version of the wind chime? If moving metal is more effective, then moving metal it is!!! Please explain this fascinating concept. Moving metal seems related to the idea that a water cure should have movement, to avoid stagnant Qi. Am I somewhat on track here? But again, coins do not move.
Another idea which has troubled me is the balance of the elements in one room. Americans have STUFF. I'm sitting in a room looking at metal picture frames, clay pots, a ceramic bunny, a huge rock my daughter brought in and won't take back outside, well - you get the idea - an awful lot of ceramics and miscellaneous metal.
If a room needs a metal cure, and one is placed, is there then any reason to cart out all the clay, ceramics, red candles, glass vases, wooden candlesticks? (It's beginning to sound like I run a second-hand store.) Or does the remedy placed stand on its own. I do know that under the production cycle, earth produces metal, so I wouldn't think that the clay pots are a bad thing.
Lastly, does a computer, stereo, etc., count as a moving metal remedy. Or is that pushing it? It has been suggested to me that keeping a radio on all days works as a remedy.
Thanks so much.

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Regina,
Wow, nowadays, questions are very detailed and often comes very long.
So goes Part I: (see below)

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On 1/8/2004 4:40:50 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Another idea which has troubled me is the balance of the elements in one room. Americans have STUFF. I'm sitting in a room looking at metal picture frames, clay pots, a ceramic bunny, a huge rock my daughter brought in and won't take back outside, well - you get the idea - an awful lot of ceramics and miscellaneous metal.
Yes, this is in-deed a very good observation:)
If one looks at this statement: "All white and everything MUST be white"? Is this true?

Well, this is frankly a simplistic view of Feng Shui.
For example, in the past, I had mentioned what I termed "THE TAI-CHI APPROACH TO FENG SHUI"
A glimpse can be found in this "old" resource: Para question: Q2 "a question posted by Oasis".
The gist of the information under this resource simply tells us that, if we are unable to use simply : METAL cure, all is not lost.
We can instead use all five elements! Or at least 4 elements with the existing bad element.
For example, in many of my past messages: I mentioned that if one looked out of the window; and see a lamp post, this is considered a sha qi or poison arrow.
Under the Hong Kong style of Feng Shui, this lamp post (can be made of metal or wood) but ulitmately, it is considered as a Wood element (much like a tree trunk)
For those who use tunnel vision, may simply bring an axe (METAL) and chop it down! But here, we may go against the law!
If this is really the trunk of a tree; if we have an "evil" heart, simply go out and buy a cheap bottle of bleach and pour it onto the tree. It will surely die! But don't get caught doing this!
Terms like cutting down has to do with the destructive cycle.
This is where, we are looking at "metal cures" since these are correctly called "cures".
BUT WAIT A MINUTE!
For those who have actually seen Jackie Chan's style of Kung Fu, one will understand that this style is fluid.
In a documentary about himself, he had described that he is totally unlike the late Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee's style is direct force, to hit and disable (most likely kill the fella) in one fell sweep!
While, hey! Jackie Chan's style is often like `liquid' bending away the attacker's blows by moving away, turning body etc...
THE TAI QI OR TAI CHI APPROACH
Look at the resource : question 2: Oasis carefully:-
http://www.geomancy.net/resources/art/arowanafish.htm
Here, one can introduce all five elements or at least the missing 4 elements to create a flow.
In the earlier example: If the THREAT is WOOD (lamp post or tree trunk), then under Hong Kong Feng Shui:
a fish tank can be introduced where:
Water = real water in the tank
Goldfish or dragon fish = belongs to the metal element
Rectangular fish tank = represents earth element
Lighting or pink or red fishes represents fire.
Thus, if the threat is WOOD, we can introduce the other "missing" 4 elements to create a flow.
Sometimes, we can introduce three elements, or more and it is equally effective.
For example, check out what elements the "Suntec City" fountain has e.g. Rings = metal etc... read this from the article.
For parents who are at a loss as to "OH one must introduce METAL" could alternatively buy Disney bedsheets etc... here, most likely, these cartoon type of elements have a range of primary colours like red, black / blue and or green!
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

[Cecil Lee]

Part II - Further to what I had mentioned, if one open's one's eye, big and wide, one can find that there are even more varied cures in Feng Shui.
For example:
1. Use of Lighting
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In modern times, Feng Shui cures includes the use of lights e.g. some FS practitioners request their clients use 5 bulbs to represent the 5 elements or in some hotels, they ask them to use circular lights e.g. in areas light tea room etc...
2. Drowning bad stars
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External Feng Shui is very important. And for those who live in a landed property and provided, if it is feasible, could drown bad stars immediately outside their sector instead of using e.g. metal cures.
Here, in some situations, water can be used to drown bad earth stars.
In fact, there are many more examples, in this forum, itself - if one search "hard" enough.
Wow, frankly, nowadays, questions seems to come in lengths of not only a few centimetres length but looks to me more like at least a foot long on my screen... well, if the question(s) are relevant, I will try to answer them. But do not expect, direct spoon feeding... try to exercise, your fingers.... via search... more...
Warmest Regards,
Cecil