Feng Shui and Buddha Placement

Problem: Mr Chow was facing financial difficulties with his business. An honest and hardworking man, he treated his staffs and clients well. But despite however hard he works to bring in business deals, the wealth just doesn't stay and gradually cash flow wasn't enough to cover the business expenses (clearly the business was losing money).

A believer in feng shui, he engaged the services of a feng shui master when setting up his company, an auspicious date selected for the opening of his business. The very first month see poor business flow and business remained bad. Even though during certain months, there were some big business deals but then again, money would be gone in no time. Mr Chow was worried and being a strong believer in feng shui, it naturally hit him if something was wrong with the feng shui of his company. Through advice and recommendation from his friend (a customer of mine), he decided to seek a second opinion.

I visited Mr Chow's 2 storey building office and found no major problems with the feng shui layout of his office (it was pretty well done up). I asked Mr Chow for the auspicious date and timing that was given for his business opening and it was indeed good in view of the company and also Mr Chow's personal birth data.

What went wrong? In professional conscientiousness as feng shui masters, when something goes wrong, for sure something somewhere must be wrong. I assessed carefully every corners and close in on the placement of the Buddha altar and God of Wealth statue being the likely cause.

"How long has the Buddha altar and the God of Wealth statue been placed in here?" I asked Mr Chow. He replied that they were placed in together when setting up the business, the feng shui master he engaged advises him on these locations as the best positions. "Pardon my asking Mr Chow, your business suffered bad financial loss during the year 2014, worst typically around the period of May and Jun?" He replied that things were indeed the case, business was still manageable the other months but May and Jun period see great financial loss and he admitted he made a careless mistake that causes the business a huge sum of money which is hard to cover back.

With the honest reply from Mr Chow, I confirmed what went wrong. I told Mr Chow that the feng shui layout of his office is alright except for the placement of the Buddha altar and the God of Wealth statue which was wrong. Being a devoted Buddhist, "Isn't Buddha there to bless you even if placed wrongly as long as you are sincere?" he asked. "In Buddhism teachings, yes", I replied. But then again, you must also make sure that they are placed in locations of reverence. Picture a basketball player being placed in a soccer team, would he be able to perform?"

Solution: I could feel that Mr Chow is somewhat still doubtful. Nonetheless, I advise him on the locations for the placement for the Buddha altar and the God of Wealth statue and provided him an auspicious timing within that week.

He added that he also has a Buddha altar and God of Wealth statue back at his home which was placed as advised by the feng shui master he engaged, asking if I would be able to help him reassess his house's feng shui. I visited Mr Chow at his place the following day. On assessment, amazingly it was the same case for his home i.e. all else was alright except for the placement of the Buddha altar and the God of Wealth statue. Correspondingly, I advise Mr Chow on the placement of the Buddha altar and God of Wealth statue.

Result: A week passed by and Mr Chow called me saying he felt some improvement. I told him not to go into too much thought and wait for another week to see if things really improve. The following week, he called and updated that he closes a big business deal and he could see that things are improving. Mr Chow continues to witness improvement and his business has been since doing well.

Comments: Feng Shui is never about religion but still, the placement of regarded statues (Buddha/God of Wealth etc) is important, they must be placed in locations of reverence i.e. how can the gods bless and protect you when they are not properly settled in. The wrong placement of them can bring about undesired influences to the occupants.

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