I was in Taipei earlier this week for a '4 days 3 night' tour. The package included a 1-day guided city tour. The tour guide took the opportunity to bring us to a Feng Shui Master, hoping to sell us some geomancy services.
The talk by the Feng Shui Master went against logical thinking. He sold the idea that, depending on when a person is born, he has a certain 'good-luck' colour, number, direction (i.e. North, South, East West), etc, etc.
While I have written about Qigong a few times in this blog, and I believe that we can improve our health by cultivating 'Qi', I do not find Geomancy believable. There is no end to these wishy washy ideas! Believe in Feng Shui, and you will end up choosing your life-partner based on compatibility of birthdates, or choosing friends based on the compatibility of the names.
There are only 4 forces to determine and direct our fate:
first is ourselves and our free will,
second is the forces of people around us,
third is the force of nature, and
fourth is the will of God.
We can choose to strive to work hard and choose what we want to do with our lives.
The people around us, our parents, our government, can influence what we do with our lives.
Nature can cause disasters, such as earthquakes, lightnings, floods and fires, and frustrate or hurt us.
God or gods can help us, guard us, and bless us.
But Feng Shui - Wind and Water - is not religion. It has no bases in controlling our lives.
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