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PEOPLE are often curious about how a feng shui audit is done, partly because by
understanding how a professional consultant approaches his task, it is easier for
laypersons to gauge the extent they can undertake the same task themselves.

How else can you learn how to feng shui it yourself but by seeing how it is done by a
professional? I always say to my students, do not be worried about what you cannot do –
focus on what you can. So keep that in mind as you read through this article. Using feng
shui is more than just hiring a feng shui master – it is about being committed to helping
yourself and using feng shui as a tool to achieve that end.

Hence, today’s article will share with you the “trade secrets” on how feng shui consultants
go about auditing and evaluating a property, to determine if it is good. To help you “see” the
feng shui, I have also included several pictures of the area.

See mountains

Often, people say they cannot see mountains (or Dragons) in their area. So, here are two
pictures of mountains taken in the vicinity of the house I audited recently. Picture A shows a
“Jue Men” Huge Door Mountain. Also in the vicinity is a “Tan Lang” Greedy Wolf Mountain.

POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT: Focus on looking for an area or house with mountains like these, which
do not emit vicious qi butare pleasant and noble looking. — Pictures courtesy of JOEY YAP

Now, I won’t go into the specifics of where these forms ideally should be as there are
complex formulas dealing with these issues. For now, focus on looking for an area or
house with mountains like these, which do not emit vicious qi but are pleasant and noble
looking. These are the facilitators of qi in our natural environment.

Preferably, the front mountain or “An Shan” Table Mountain should not be too high. An
easy way to find out is to stand at the Main Door and extend your hand naturally. If the
mountain is higher than your extended hand, it’s too high. The mountain at the rear should

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have three “layers”, referring to mountain ranges extending behind the nearest mountain. If
pressed, just make sure there is a higher mountain at the area or higher ground at least.
Where these natural features are found, there would be circulation of positive qi.

Look for the Bright Hall

Generally, we want a nice big broad area in front of the house to act as a Ming Tang or
Bright Hall to collect the qi. The ideal is to have three layers of Bright Halls, so that one
conforms to the “San Fen San He” Three Harmony Three Divide principle of feng shui.
Take a look at picture B.

THREELAYERS:Betweenthemountainrange infront of thehouse, andthe house,there is alarge


BrightHall, andthen asmaller oneinside thelargerBright Hall.The third isin front ofthe house.

Firstly, between the mountain range in front of the house, and the house, there is a large
Bright Hall, and then a smaller one inside the larger Bright Hall. So, where’s the third? It’s in
front of the house.

GOOD FRONT: This house has a broad, wide and high space in the front. Now, when you have a
nicebroad Bright Hall in the macro environment, you want to ‘mimic’ this in the micro environment.

Now, look at Picture C. Notice that this house has a broad, wide and high space in the
front? Now, when you have a nice broad Bright Hall in the macro environment, we want to
“mimic” this in the micro environment, as represented by the property itself. A tight Bright
Hall squeezes the qi. Also, if the Main Door itself is a little high, it will make it hard for qi to
enter the property. However, this can easily be rectified if the overall environment is good.
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So the owner of such a house can benefit from the qi, but perhaps will find it is a modicum
harder, because he’s not getting all of the Sheng Qi due to the tight entrance.

Find the water – look at the roads

Now, the perfect environment in feng shui requires a mixture of both the Yin and the Yang.
When mountains are present, the Yin element of the environment is already there. So, next
we must look for Water or the Yang element. Remember, qi gathers at the boundaries of
Water. Roads act as carriers of qi in the modern world that we live in. So, look at the roads
in the area. A little bit of detail-consciousness is required, especially when the tilt of angle
of the roads is very subtle. But if you look hard, you can see it.

Picture D shows a road meandering into a house. Notice that it is not a sudden steep
incline? As it reaches the level of the house, it curves gently. Qi has gathered here. So all
the owner has to do is tap the qi, either by opening a door or adjusting the position of the
house gate.

FLOWING IN: A road curving gently into a house. Qi has gathered here, so all the owner has to do is
tapthe qi, either by opening a door or adjusting the position of the house gate.

The house also taps into the qi brought down by the roads from higher ground. Again,
notice that the roads meander down from higher ground, and do not incline steeply. Qi likes
to meander and move slowly, and not gush down the road; otherwise, it becomes Sha Qi.
Now, this house has a slight advantage of a broad Bright Hall, so the owner just has to open
the main gate at the correct angle to tap the qi.

In my next article, I’ll talk about how to handle Sha Qi in a house audit, using the same
example.

Joey Yap is the founder, CEO and Master Trainer of the Mastery Academy of Chinese
Metaphysics. Call 03-22841213 or visit www.joeyyap.com for further information.

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