You have to be fit as a fiddle when you are a Feng Shui consultant. As a consultant, you’re not only doing profiling study of your clients and their homes, you must also do case studies on mountain trails, rivers and topography. I remembered when a prominent Feng Shui old master from China came to KL for a brief visit, I had made a special request to ask if I could join him to walk the mountains (dragons) and search for the QI spot (Dragon’s breath). The old man was delighted and said to me let us start at 6 am in the morning.
I just stood gaping with my mouth open when I saw the master take flighty steps as if effortless. He is definitely fitter than I am. At 70 plus, I asked the old Master, how does he keep himself fit and healthy. QI Gong exercise, good diet and lots of rest. I wondered if I could follow his regime. He doesn’t eat a lot, he eat small morsels of plain vegetable, fish and rice. He doesn’t smoke or drink excessively. Moderation is the key… And the old master’s complexion is still as young as a man in his early 40s. I wish to seek that kind of elixir! He told me, “It’s the Qi that makes me young. So young man, if you wish to look like 40 when you are 70, start taking care of what you eat now and do your Qi Gong exercise regularly!” A good advice from an old Feng Shui master.
So we went to the Semenyih at about 6 am and we set foot… walking along the trails and foot path. Around 7 am, we came to a clearing and we could see the beautiful morning sky and crisp air. And he pointed to some mountain ranges. “Let’s follow these dragons and see where it leads too” and off we went. After a good 2 hours of hiking and walking, we came upon another clearing, He asked me to look the opposite direction and view, Sure enough, I see a kind of pattern or formation that looked very familiar in the Feng Shui manual. He asked me to refer this formation to the manual which he took along tucked in his knapsack. Yes.. it’s one of the formation of auspcious mountain ranges and spot. So we back tracked and made our way to a clearing so we can take directions.
As I was busy taking directions from each point of the mountain, Old Master stood like a tiger, checking on the surrounding environment. With sharp eyes, he pointed out to me some formation formulas and how the trail ends with the dragon’s breath’s location. So off we went again to the point of the Breath. As we came to the point, sure enough; there were some graves site. He smiled and beckoned me to go to the centre of the spot. The spot was empty there were no graves on the dragon’s breath. “You see young man! Can you see why these graves although they were buried near the spot, why is it no one comes back to worship and tidy up the graves?” I answered that it cld be their descendant picked the spot and didn’t really do some homework on the site prior to buying the piece of land… So the old Master said: Too bad, too bad. If grave A, was burined a couple of meters nearer to the spot, It would have benefit it’s descendants.
I took my luopan and took measuring of the tombstone and the water exit near the Ming Tang of the grave site. True enough; the energy that is emitted there is strong but not as strong as the breath’s spot. We walked closer and he squat down and took some soil samples, rubbed in his hands.. We both looked at the soil conditions, it looked like it has 5 types of colors. The vegetation along the spot was green and healthy. We also spotted a river creek and another river that passes through the spot.
“So, young man, have you figured out where the dragon’s breathe is? I said yes and no… He asked “Why don’t you know this? It’s right in front of you… can’t you feel the QI?” So I closed my eyes and calm myself… in a while, I felt this tingling vibration that came right from my spine to my nerves.. So this is how QI feels like… Old master just laughed. Come, we have a few more trails to go and search for the sister mountain range. By the time, the old masters arrived back at the hotel. I was totally exhausted. That trip was the best open air classroom I’ve ever attended. Truly you have to walk the mountains till you find the spot!
