The Religion Of Fengshui

Over the years many Fengshui masters has define Fengshui to his or her own benefits cultivating a cult of followers ranging from the traditionalist to the new age movements, one cursing the other for the lack of integrity, lineage and best of all, referring to the wrong doctrine by salvaging the rot carcass of the classics written by sages of the past in cryptic rhyme in those versions that had gone beyond recognition of outright plagiarism, distortion and artistic abuse. Such mysterious act resulted in the manifestation of various school of thoughts, capitalized by the American as portray in the pseudo-documentary called “Bull Shit”, the outright fallacy of Fengshui from an Art of sophisticated Chinese philosophy to mere art of modern Conman-ship. Interesting enough, we were dished visuals of “foreigner” to the Chinese Traditional upbringing, providing Fengshui consultancy, at an utmost vulgar manner without given due recognition to some really outstanding Masters now living, practicing and residing in the Eastern region of the Globe. If by metaphorically speaking, of explaining how sweet sugar is to someone who has not tasted sugar, I would say explaining how sweet SALT is to someone has not tasted both at all.

By opening an argument of what Fengshui is with reference to DAO or the way, in LaoTze owns word it would be gravely misleading as the opening passage of Dao De Ching says, the dao that is expressed by words is not the eternal Dao. So, not to waste to dwell in the realm of Dao that is inexpressible.

Fengshui is a religion. There is a fine line defining the Chinese 5 arts where the principle lay in the fundamental of dualism and the interaction of the 5 processes applying in philosophy, the human bodies, geomancy, spiritual, astronomy, martial arts and others. In fact, it is all blended up as a holistic whole. It is defining a beginning and an end to an infinite circle of existence. Defining it will be futile. This is Dao. Thus, it is almost outreach for someone who does not live, speak, think and eat the Chinese Way to even master the art, let alone practicing it. It is therefore a religion, not by faith but by upbringing as in the way of life.

If the cross is significant to the Catholic, the Luopan is both the bible and the tool for Fengshui religion. It is an indispensible tool. It contains the summary of the formulae besides showing directions. It is a reference point bridging the eternal environment to the formulae. Being the link for the physical external, it is also a bridge to the spiritual dimensions. Reading in context of a theoretical physic parallel dimension, if it is able to identify the Qi connection of the physical it will potentially able to identify connection of Qi of the spiritual. In this context the Luopan becomes the vehicle. Another food for thought, dead and emptiness lines are the worst of its kind. What does it really means when it is found within the wall or the door? A passage way to another dimension?
In summary, Fengshui masters of the old used to travel alone into uncharted forested areas and cemetery in search for the dragon spot (searching the dragon dotting the meridian), they may be facing with various obstacles from wild animals to spirits. It is common that they master the arts of self defense, healing and spiritualism, beside their core expertise of Fengshui. So the question is Fengshui a religion is indeed of a modern concerned. So, does it really matters if it is indeed a religion?

Ar. David Yek Tak Wai