Feng Shui- Accumulating Merits


A rich man bought a piece of land, and he repaired the villa within, which had a more than one-hundred-year-old lychee tree in the backyard. He loved this place because of the lychee tree, and because his wife likes lychee.

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During the renovation, a friend advised him to check with a feng shui master so as not to commit evil. Initially, he did not believe in feng shui. However, he had a change of heart and agreed to his friend’s suggestion. He made a special trip to Hong Kong to invite a master. The Master’s surname was De, who had engaged in this line of work for more than 30 years, and he had an excellent reputation.

He picked up the master at the train station; he took him to his house after lunch. The rich man kept giving way for any cars that wanted to pass him along the way.

The master laughed: “Your driving is quite sturdy.” The Hong Kong master observed everything.

The rich man laughed: ” Those who want to overtake us must have an urgent matter to take care of, and we should not delay them.”

As they reached the town, the rich man began to slow down because the streets were narrower.

A child laughed and rushed out of the alley; the rich man stepped on the brake to avoid hitting the child. Instead of stepping on the gas immediately after, he looked at the alley and seemed to be waiting for something. A moment later, another child rushed out and chased the first child.

The master was puzzled and asked: “How do you know there were more children?”

The rich man shrugged, “the children are chasing each other, no one would laugh so happy alone.”

The master gave a thumbs-up and laughed: “You have a kind heart.”

Arriving at the rich man’s villa, he got out of the car and held the key to open the door, when suddenly seven or eight birds flew up from the backyard. Seeing this, he stopped at the door and apologetically said to the master, “Please wait a moment.”

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“What’s the matter?” The master was again puzzled.

“There must be children in the backcourt to pick our lychee, if we go in now, the children will be panic and fall, and that won’t be good. Let them pick for a while; we can look around outside first.” The rich man answered with a smile.

The master was silent for a moment and said: “You can send me back to the train station, I do not need to check the feng shui for this house.”

This time the rich man was puzzled: “Why do you say so?”

“Yes, sir, wherever you are, is a good feng shui place.”

This is a true story, in fact, of how people’s behavior is geomantic. No matter how hard the self-serving and selfish person works, perhaps it is only futile.

“You are the root of all.”

一位富豪買了塊地,建了別墅,後院更有多棵百年荔枝樹,當初買地時他看中的正是這些荔枝樹,因為他老婆喜歡吃荔枝。

裝修期間,朋友勸富豪找個風水先生看看,以免犯煞。原本不怎麼信這套的他,這次居然表示贊同,專程去香港請了一位風水大師。大師姓德,從事此行三十餘年,圈內很有名氣。

在火車站接德大師吃過午飯後,富豪開車載著大師前往自己的住宅。一路上,如果後頭有車要超,先生都是一再避讓。

德大師笑道:“開車挺穩當呢”。

富豪哈哈一笑:
“要超車的多半有急事,可不能耽誤他們”。

行至鎮上,街道更狹窄了,富豪放慢車速。

只見一個小孩嬉笑著從巷子裡衝了出來,富豪腳踏剎車堪堪避開,小孩笑嘻嘻的跑過去之後,富豪並沒有踩油門繼續前行,而是看著巷子口,似乎在等著什麼?片刻,又有一個小孩衝了出來,追趕著先前那名小孩遠去。

德大師訝然問道:
“你怎麼知道後面還有小孩?”

富豪聳聳肩說道:
“小孩子都是追追打打,光是一個人他不會笑得這麼開心。”

德大師豎起了大拇指,笑道:“真有心!”

富豪到了自家別墅,下車,拿著門匙準備開門,後院突然飛起七八隻鳥,見狀,富豪停在門口,抱歉的向德大師說道:“麻煩大師稍稍等一會。”

“有什麼事嗎?”德大師再次訝然。

“後院肯定有小孩在偷摘我的荔枝,我們現在進去,小孩自然驚慌,萬一掉下來出事就不好了,先讓小孩摘一會兒,我們在外邊先看看再說吧!”富豪笑著說道。

德大師默然片刻:
“你送我回火車站吧,這房子的風水不用看了。”

這次輪到富豪訝然了:“大師何出此言?”

“是的,先生,有您在的地方,都是風水吉地。”

“……….”。

這是一個真實的故事,其實人的行為就是風水,也是命運…沒有品行、自私自利之人,再怎麼勤奮努力奔波,也許只有徒勞。

“ 你是一切的根源 ”

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