| I was elated to discover this detached house with a | | | | According to my neigbor, every day when this monk |
| big garden that was available for rental in a quiet | | | | returns home, he brings along the bad "chi" from the |
| suburb when I was first transferred to another town to | | | | dead, and which then emants out towards the direction |
| work as an engineer. | | | | of my house. |
| It was located at a cul de sac, the house being the last | | | | A shiver went down my spine when I heard this news. |
| house in the row. I thought it was perfect..quiet, newly | | | | In my imagination, I could almost see evil spirits following |
| constructed and with a good neighbor who was a | | | | this monk and congregating at his home before fanning |
| banker. | | | | out in the direction of my house. |
| Without reservation, I rented the house and my family | | | | But what about my neighbor? How did he protect |
| shifted in a week later. | | | | himself against this bad influence of "chi'? |
| 3 months later, I almost lost my life. I was travelling as | | | | "I hang out a mirror," this chinese scholar said. This |
| a passenger in a friend's car when someone lost | | | | mirror when hung outside reflects and deflects the bad |
| control of his car, and crashed into the Honda car I | | | | chi and mystically protects the inhibitants from ill |
| was travelling in, killing the front seating passenger. I | | | | effects and ward off evil. This is the ancient art of |
| was at the back and had a smashed face, and was | | | | feng shui at work", he added. |
| warded in the hospital and had to stay another month | | | | Three months after the accident I recovered fully |
| for medical treatment. | | | | without the further need for follow-up treatment at the |
| But how is this related to the house I was staying in | | | | hospital. I was not ready to remain a day longer in that |
| then? | | | | rented house. I did not hang out a mirror. I had enough |
| In fact, I was never a fan of feng shui, the ancient | | | | and the solution was to just shift house. We moved |
| chinese art of geomancy. | | | | out! |
| When I was warded in the hospital, my neighbor who | | | | I met my banker neighbor friend 5 years down the |
| was a banker and also a chinese scholar, visited me | | | | road. I asked how he was. " I have never been better," |
| and began to spill the beans. | | | | he replied, " and my mirror has always done its job". |
| The house where I was staying was facing bad "chi" | | | | Yes, we can protect our house, ourselves and |
| or an aura of bad atmosphere was emancing from | | | | belongings with the most sophisticated security alarm |
| the house that was facing directly opposite my house. | | | | systems. But apart from this, where we choose to |
| The occupant of that house was a monk who works | | | | believe in the anciet art of feng shui, we need a simple |
| as a "chanter" who performs the chanting ceremony | | | | mirror to be hung outside our house to ward off bad |
| over the dead. This is a chinese practise for those | | | | "chi" and evil. |
| who have died, the chanting being akin to prayer to | | | | Are you a believer of the ancient chinese art of feng |
| make the way easier for the dead spirits to depart. | | | | shui? |