Feng Shui: Southern SS2

Small consolationIf it is any consolation, the wind disturbance is less near train stations because trains have to slow down before coming to a halt, and take some time to accelerate as they depart.

Another minus afflicting this area is the high-tension power lines. These cables generate an electromagnetic field which permeates the surrounding area. The debate continues to rage regarding the potential health risks of living close to power lines. There is a strong suspicion that it is related to higher incidences of leukaemia although critics insist there is no solid evidence.

Whatever the case may be, we believe electromagnetic fields can affect humans, at least on a subtle level. We have magnetic sensors (found behind our eyes); our nervous system functions through electric impulses; and our blood is rich in iron.

The ancient sages may not have had to deal with high-tension electricity cables, but electromagnetic radiation occurs naturally in space. Visible light forms part of the electromagnetic spectrum. If visible light can affect us (our eyes are sensitive enough to detect that bandwidth) and infrared can be detected as “heat”, then other bandwidths of energy are also likely to influence us in one way or another even if the effects are not immediately obvious or acute.

On the northern side of Jalan SS2/3, properties tend to fare slightly better because they have high land on their backs. However, they are still very close to the LRT and high-tension cables, which are likely to exert a less-than-favourable influence on them.

Taman or park?

SMK Taman SEA sits at the foot of a slope. The best orientation is south or south-west, which is downhill. This school is commonly known as SEA Park School due to its proximity to SEA Park, and it is obvious that Taman SEA is a direct literal translation.

When we wrote about SEA Park some months ago, we received several e-mail from indignant residents of nearby Taman SEA castigating us for brazenly equating SEA Park (Section 21) with Taman SEA (SS23). SEA Park School (also known as SMK Taman SEA) pre-dates SS23, and it is plausible that the developers of SS23 adopted that moniker to help buyers identify the location of the then-new housing estate.

Sigh! Everyone was happily using Taman SEA and SEA Park interchangeably until SS23 came about.

Jalan SS2/3 connects to SS4A/1 near the LRT station. There are three rows of shophouses here: two in SS4A and one in SS2.

LDP convex

Despite easy access to the highway, businesses are likely to struggle because of the landform. First, the high-tension cables and LRT tracks are close by.

Second, these shophouses are located at the convex of the LDP. Third, the LDP is elevated and becomes a new “mountain” that generates fast-moving earth energy. Shophouses on the west side of Jalan SS4A/1 appear sunken – they have a high front and low back – which is not conducive.

Part of this row of shops sits at the intersection between SS4A/1 and SS2/3. This spot also happens to be embraced by SS4A/1. This is a good landform and suitable for certain businesses. It can mitigate some of the other negative elements, although not too much.

Shops on the east side of Jalan SS4A/1 have a lower front, which is good but the effects of the LRT, LDP and HTC (high-tension cables) will likely combine to make things difficult, too.

Jalan SS2/5, 7, 9 and 11 branch out from SS2/3. The first three are sufficiently close to the LRT station where wind turbulence is weaker. The land still slopes downhill from north to south, which means most of the properties here have a sideways slope.

Properties with sideways slopes are tricky because the landform impacts certain members of the family.

*What will 2012 hold for us? Find out more at the MINGS 2012 Outlook Talk on Nov 20 at the KL Convention Centre. For more information, visit www.mingsweb.org

*This series on Feng Shui and real estate properties appears courtesy of the Malaysia Institute of Geomancy Sciences (MINGS). David Koh is the founder of MINGS and has been a Feng Shui master and teacher for the past 36 years.

Butterfly effect

Come every Chinese New Year, the people of Hong Kong make it a point to go for a drive or walkabout to “look at things”. It is considered a cultural practice but few know how this originated.

In Feng Shui, there is a practice called Qi Men Dun Jia which is often wrongly translated or interpreted as fortune telling. It actually refers to the ability to predict the occurrence of certain phenomena based on current conditions.

It is something akin to the butterfly effect, where a small change at one place can lead to big changes later. Things that we do now can result in the occurrence of something else that seems totally unrelated.

Qi Men Dun Jia can be applied in many instances, such as “igniting” or re-energising a house or office, defusing harmful effects of governing planets and choosing the right date and time to re-open business after the Chinese New Year, or “welcoming” the “God of Prosperity”.

If this is done correctly at the right time, then a series of phenomena can be observed. Somehow, like the butterfly effect, they will occur within the next 24 hours. Therefore, if you can see at least 50% of these phenomena, you have done the procedure correctly.

If these do not occur, the procedure must be repeated at another specific time with another list of observable phenomena.

This is the purpose of going “sightseeing” during the Chinese New Year – to spot these phenomena.

At the MINGS’ annual outlook talks, we put Qi Men Dun Jia into practice, with some specific advice on what and when to do certain things and the accompanying observable phenomena.

Next , we will share a story of how a Feng Shui master in Penang applied this technique.