RECAP(3): Focus On The Light

 

As we are counting down to Start of Spring 立春, we had our last and very important session of Annual Fengshui Talk. THANK YOU for packing the Lotus galleries so enthusiastically!

In the last session, we covered TWO very exciting sectors.

First, the INDIRECT WEALTH sector. Or what we commonly call, 偏财, or windfall luck. But it's more than that. It's generally the second source of income. Could be your investments, could be your second career.

 

My recommendation to activate the annual indirect wealth spot, other than lighting the Five Paths of Wealth Incense, you place sandalwood -- beads or pendant, or even sculpture -- at that designated spot.

In case you need a revision, agarwood is to activate direct wealth, and sandalwood is for indirect wealth.

 

To have a sandalwood pendant or a string of sandalwood beads would be a more long-term remedy. You would just need to shift it to the new spot every year. Of course, before you can achieve this, light the Five Paths of Wealth Incense.

The second sector is the SOUTH. Now, you might have read or hearsay from elsewhere that the south sector for 2019 (己亥 Earth-Pig year) is not such a pleasant/positive sector. We at Lotus on Water are more optimistic. And more thorough in our analysis.

The south sector in 2019 is literati energy, especially useful for those who need to be eloquent in their daily work. It also brings progression, and good fame. I strongly encourage you to make good use of this sector in 2019.

 

And there are many ways to activate the south sector energy. Surely, you can light the Five Paths of Wealth Incense there. You can also place either sandalwood or agarwood, or both. There's much to harvest and gain from 2019's south.

And with these two sectors, I covered all NINE sectors of 2019's annual fengshui. But I emphasized: it is not necessary for you to do up all nine sectors immediately, nor would it be efficient.

You got to recognize what is crucial to the configuration of your house and office, and to your situation, your concerns and ambitions for 2019.

 

Another rule-of-thumb you want to bear in mind is, focus on doing something positive, for prosperity and long-term, not just defending. The saying is 一白遮三丑, which means one area of light shall chase away three areas of shadow. Focusing on what you can achieve and prosper is not just a more efficient way of doing fengshui, it is also a more impactful path.

Imagine, a decade later, the gains you achieve every year shall accumulate. And you would have transformed into a much more enriched, prosperous and happy person. This won't happen if you keep focusing on what's bad and how to defend against it.

 

This guiding principle also morphed the way I structured my talk sessions this time round. I like to call them "sets of yin and yang". On one hand, you defend; on the other hand, you go all assertive to achieve.

Here's a summary.

 

To ward off accidents and illnesses, place the big bronze coins and tea hulu; but a more assertive way would be to place your crystal mountain for long-term health and relationship benefits, and have your agarwood too.

 

To smoothen conflicts and problems by malefactors 小人, place the Duanxi Clear Waters Black Inkstones; but a more powerful way would be to have strong benefactors and poise yourself as a victor with the Imperial White Inkstone.

Strive to be better in 2019. Strive to be better every single year. 

HUAT ON.

-- Kan, Executive Director

Are you at the Right Door?

Whenever someone refers me as the-girl-who-got-a-job-offer-immediately-after-walking-out-of-the-gallery, I always end up having mixed feelings about the statement.

Yes, the fact is, it did happen. Like how it did happen to the other clients who struck 4D and TOTO and reaped their winnings after visiting the casino.

And yes, I was drawn into Lotus on Water in the first place because of these instant gratification. I mean, let's face it, while we reap what we sow, isn't it a pleasure to have an occasional windfall without the input of our effort from time to time?

While some of us did received instant gratification, some of us didn't. Instead, we hit a wall. Cold, hard wall.

Your substantial dealings that had been going on for a while was terminated prematurely.
The guy you really liked stopped contacting you all of a sudden.
You lost your only source of livelihood.

We then took 3 steps back and looked up at the cold, hard wall. Some of us frustrated, some of us wept, but most of us just couldn't figure out for the life of us, why.

In life, there are no limit to any paths you can take. You can be an engineer, you can set up your own business, you can be together with anyone you fancy. But in actuality, you are made in a certain way; born to be for a certain reason. Rationally, you can take any door you want, but it might take longer than it should to arrive at your life's goal. But when you wear Lotus items, it do you the favour by shutting the unnecessary doors in your life, so that you will end up at the right one, leading you to your life's biggest dream, faster.

When you think about it, isn't aligning your life with your dreams better than an occasional instant gratification?

So my dear fellow friends from Lotus on Water, always remember- while the door closest to you is shut, it's Lotus items aligning your energy so that you will fully develop your potential.

So, look around you for that remaining opening door. Even if it seem further away from you than you would like it to be, and you thought it might take a long time for you to get there, still, go for it. Because your Lotus fengshui just did you a favour so you don't have to check out door-to-door to find out the right one, and with faith and determination, things don't just turn around, it will be maximise to it's fullest potential.

How is my Sandals related to Sandalwood?

Did you know the history of sandals is older than sandalwood?  Yes, the earliest sandals discovered is 10,000 years ago compared with the earliest known use of sandalwood which is 4,000 years.  Both are equally important.  You and I wear sandals, but we also used sandalwood in our daily lives too.  Such as offering incense, putting on perfume and occasionally applying medicine.

Sandalwood makes us smell nice because it has a natural fragrant oil.  Sandals makes my feet smell nice by preventing my legs from becoming 'Made In Hong Kong' or Athlete's foot.  I wear mine at home to keep my feet warm when the chilly weather makes the floor tiles too cold.

Come to think of the Lifting action, the sandalwood is harvested by uprooting the entire tree fully so that its roots can also be used, just as when we have finished taking our step, we lift our feet fully.

And sandalwood is usually offered while wearing sandals. This is seen on Hindu and Japanese priests, as well as in ancient Egypt and Rome, worn at religious festivities and events.

The Best in Business is Old Mountain sandalwood that has at least 100 years of history backing, similarly to my Birkenstock sandals which has more than 200 years of heritage.  Both costs much more than the ordinary sandals and sandalwood because the Old Mountain sandalwood is known to deliver the best in Windfall luck and Birkenstocks are known to have an extremely comfortable sole contour.

Old Mountain sandalwood Guanyin stepping on a sandal-like leaf

-- Leonard