My Birth Element

[myfs_102857]

Hello!

I'm a person that, after studying Biology and a few Religions, like Cristan, Jewish, Muslim, Budism, Induism and Taoism, as just find out that is best to belive in what Nature tell us. So, now I'm studying Feng Shui, because it seems to be based in Science. I bought some books about Feng Shui, and from what they say I'm suposed to be Metal, based on the fact I was born in 1974.

From your Free Personal Ba Zi 7 Feng Shui Element Report I found that it's true, I'm Metal (my Kua Type) but it also says my Birth Element is Water and you say I'm strong Water, so I should try to control myself.

There are a lot of differences between Metal and Water.So I would like to know wish one Element should I concentrate my study.

I hope you can help me and please forgive my bad English.

Ana Silva

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Ana,

1. Welcome to the understanding of Feng Shui!

2. This is because, in my opinion, Feng Shui is all about understanding rather than "what we see is what we get".

3. About Doctors and would be doctors

4. Several years back, I remembered, distinctively a doctor who started learning or rather practising Feng Shui.

5. Here, although doctors are smart, but, sometimes, every human being(s) are gullible or simple feel that what they read are "real" and can be directly applied.

6. Perhaps, we all canquite understand that doctors or would be doctors have always picked up a book e.g. an anatomy book, and if the book says the heart has 2 values, 3 major veins etc.. This is the bible.

7. Thus, perhaps, it is this salient trust in what we read is what we are suppose to "get" unfortunately brings along many problems or issues.

8. Take for instance this doctor, which I had mentioned. He read somewhere (not in this forum) that, for example, that since the house face north, he (HAS) to paint his gate blue.

9. And he did exactly what was mentioned in some of these basic books. For example, east is wood or green. So, he painted each room based on this colour.

10. But, when he read futher, oops, he realised that what he did was not necessarily the case.

11. Recently, I did an audit for a young man who is near graduating from becoming a doctor. Again, he read too much those books that suggests the purchase of figurines etc.. and he bought these. His writing table is already crammed with books. And crystals were placed at an akward corner.

12. Which commonsense would mean that with the little real estate of this study table, his hands could not move freely since it is littered with lots of such crstals, figurines etc..!

13. Why is your element strong water vs just metal element:-

14. Many of us hear this term "Four pillars".

15. Under this basic simplistic term, each pillar is like a pillar holding up our Ba Zi (Eight character) chart.

16. Therefore, again simply: each pillar represents one variable.

Thus 1st pillar is our Year of birth
2nd pillar is our Month of birth
3rd pillar is our Day of birth
4th pillar is our Hour of birth

17. Therefore, in a basic 4 Pillars chart, the above are the variables in such a chart. The detailed chart that you had mentioned i.e. strong water is based not only with this 4 pillars but also includes the computation of House of Life and House of Conception.

18. In the past, a 4 pillars chart includes two more pillars. But nowadays, unless one went UP-there (heaven) or DOWN-there (hell) no need to look at it.

19. When we look at the distinct difference : WHY METAL vs STRONG WATER? What is the difference?

20. Here, do we compare apples with apples or in this case an apple with an orange?

21. If one looks carefully, usually why one is a METAL is because, it is based soley on perhaps ONE (1) variable = YEAR of birth only.

22. Thus, for the simple reason, the METAL analysis is just based on a YEAR of birth. While under Pillars of Destiny or 4 Pillars, this FIELD has already being included together with ADDITIONAL variables such as YEAR, MONTH, DAY and HOUR of birth.

23. In any study, what is obvious does not necessarily mean that it is true. One has to seriously go to the base or the bottom of each concept and theory - to be able to first UNDERSTAND and not preach once one got some hazy idea.

24. As a beginner, I strongly suggest this rule-of-thumb:

Step 1- Find out the purpose of each concept or idea.

Step 2 - What are it's strengths

Step 3 - What are it's weakness

25. Under Strategic Planning - Management concepts, we use what is known as a

S.W.O.T. analysis

It is similar to "swotting a fly". to gain knowlege or more importantly correct understanding.

S.W.O.T. actually refers to:

Strengths

Weakness

Opportunites

Threats

In the same way where we audit a home, we can also apply this model.

For example, threats to the external of the home e.g. such as poison arrows.

Opportunies such as a Quantum Leap in Feng Shui etc..

The morale of the story is that " Don't take every book literally, but instead, many (many) Feng Shui concepts have a purpose and also many are based on commonsense approach.

Another good direction to follow is to try to classify any Feng Shui concept or idea into three distinctive fields:

The holy trinity of luck

Heaven Luck (What we are born with)

Earth Luck (Feng Shui)

Human Luck (real human luck factors like relationships and fake or sugar coated buying of useless products).

If one can zoom into these, and have a solid foundation, then, one is much better off, knowing what is, and what is not, FS.

Do take note that Feng Shui nowadays is very much commercialised. And do not be conned into what are not Feng Shui. For example, often, when we participate in a forum, more less, we are told to buy this or that.

If so, the forum is not worth participating. I call this simply Bullshit Feng Shui. And giving real Feng Shui a bad name.Unfortunately, selling products are so lucrative. And, many FS practitioners ignore the real stuff. And embark on a journey to "con" us into buying them. Ultimately, these people become filthy rich at our expense. All in the guise of Feng Shui.

Warmest Regards,

Cecil

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On 4/23/2004 1:49:03 AM, Anonymous wrote:

Hello!

I'm a person that, after

studying Biology and a few

Religions, like Cristan,

Jewish, Muslim, Budism,

Induism and Taoism, as just

find out that is best to

belive in what Nature tell us.

So, now I'm studying Feng

Shui, because it seems to be

based in Science. I bought

some books about Feng Shui,

and from what they say I'm

suposed to be Metal, based on

the fact I was born in 1974.

From your Free Personal Ba Zi

7 Feng Shui Element Report I

found that it's true, I'm

Metal (my Kua Type) but it

also says my Birth Element is

Water and you say I'm strong

Water, so I should try to

control myself.

There are a lot of differences

between Metal and

Water.So I would like to

know wish one Element should I

concentrate my study.

I hope you can help me and

please forgive my bad English.

Ana Silva