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Hi, I have read Satori post and realise how similar her case to my case is, and I am wondering if anyone can help me as well. I am looking for a property and it's opposite of primary school, and next to the school is a cemetery. The road in front of the house is a busy road so i think this is abit different to Satori's problem and I would like to know if this is good or bad to have such an extreme collision of Yin (cemetery) and Yang (busy road and school) in front of your house.
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Re: House near cemetery
Sun, July 15, 2007 - 10:25 PMThe good thing about the property is the presence of the primary school. Except for school breaks, it will be bursting with Yang activity of children. No need to worry for this case since the cemetery is not located exactly beside your place. It reminds me of why we have pets in the house, play music, dance or hold parties and bring friends over. We need to offset the Yin with by balancing it with activity.
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Re: House near cemetery
Sun, July 15, 2007 - 10:36 PMThe problems with a cemetery apply to the ancient world and not to the modern one. Many myths about feng shui arise from such confusion. Similar confusions are about toilets and kitchens. The origins of feng shui are 5,000 years old. Then, there were no indoor toilets and the wealthy -- who were the ones who benefited from feng shui -- did not even have cooking areas indoors often. Their food was brought to them by servants.
The ancient rule of avoiding cemeteries near habitations was because of diseases and rot that could be carried via ground water into drinking water. Also, those ideas about Yin of temples and cemeteries are steeped in superstition. Try explaining to many Chinese that a cross atop a church is no more evil than any other tall object such as a telephone pole and you may have a fight on your hands the origins of which are many centuries old and more about religious oppression than about feng shui.
Long story short: Don't worry about the cemetery. The dead, who are now well-sealed and embalmed by law cannot harm you in the" Yin" way. However, the school is another matter. Think of all the parents bringing the children to school in the morning and picking them up in the afternoon and all the traffic it may involve. Could be a practical or logistical problem.
There is a term called Ling Shen/Zheng Shen. It is about what areas should be still (closed) and what areas active (open). It is difficult to say how this would apply in your situation. In a very general way these directions should be still, closed, no water, no road: East, Southeast, Southwest. These areas should be active, open, water, road: W, NW, NE.
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Re: House near cemetery
Tue, July 17, 2007 - 12:38 AMThank you everyone. I will probably bring my compass to reinspect the place to make sure the school is not on the east side of the house
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Re: House near cemetery
Mon, July 23, 2007 - 6:24 AMHi Laura
For Australia, do we need to reverse the North/South direction?
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Re: House near cemetery
Tue, July 24, 2007 - 12:57 PMI wish I understood the North Hemisphere and South Hemisphere thing. I had enough trouble just understanding NH. I really avoided learning the SH part because I didn't want to get confused. I think I could tell you where you could get the info, but I don't know if we are allowed to post links to other fora.
My inclination is to say don't reverse. Flipping the chart or reversing it doesn't really get it because the sun still moves from East to West. There are more complex methods to do SH. You might google a fellow named Boyler who has many interesting theories and has made his share of enemies.
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