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Dear Anon,

Please see below:-

On 4/7/2003 8:35:32 PM, Anonymous wrote:
>hi i would like to ask a few
>questions.

1)can a person
>sleep with his head pointing
>towards the door

1. It is not preferred to do so. The worst senario is to have the legs face the door. As this is considered as a `coffin' position. As Chinese (dead body) is often placed facing the main door. And during the funeral procession, it is carried out of the down (legs first).

2. As for the head pointing towards the door, this is still as bad. Other than, the concept that one cannot see who enters the room. (Symbolic of a thief coming into the room holding a knife). This second point or para 2, dwells on a commonsense approach.

>and under a
>window?

Often, to fully utilise the bedroom, the bed can be placed against a wall and the head pointing towards the window.

This is acceptable as often light filters into the room. And for those who love to lie on the bed to read, this light source is comforting to the eyes.

The only `drawback' is based on commonsense approach i.e. if one lives in an apartment: and if there is no safety grille, a bed next to or close to a window can be dangers to a young infant child who could have climbed it and fall out of the window. Otherwise, this is not a major issue.

2) i have read that
>sitting with your back facing
>a window is bad because it
>means lack of support. the
>remedy given is to cover the
>window using a shade. however
>if there is no shade, can i
>just close the window?

Recently, I heard from a friend that, this senior officer of a company, who feared that he could be retrenched seeked a Feng Shui practitioner to look at his office.

It was really shocking to learn that the practititoner advised him to block the back (windows) and infact surround his entire room will `walls' i.e. high partitions. The only remaining space happens to be the door into this room.

This is quite ridiculous senario, just because, he has a back row cabinet and a window behind his desk.

Guess what == not long after he followed the advise, he was retrenched anyway!

Often in a house, there is still a wall followed by the window. And one still has backing of such a `wall'. No issue.

And often this layout makes sense because, natural light filters into the room, making reading or work more comfortable. What could be worse if one's study room faces west. And it is akin to wearing a pair of sun glasses to work.

>) if
>i am 'big wood', sleeping in a
>room full of electrical
>appliances is better or
>sleeping in a room full of
>metal shelves?

Often this is not an issue. We are on this earth for a limited span of time i.e. 60 to 90 years old. And, why not enjoy all the creature comforts?

Many of us have our tolerance level.

For example, it is often said that when we sleep, our spirit leave our body. If it sees a mirror, it will get a shock! But what happens if the spirit, leaves the body, wants to `comb' hair before going off?

This is like the tale of - not allowing a TV set in the bedroom. So far, we have not read that someone or known cases of people dying just because a tv set was placed in-front of them.

4)i have read
>that it is not advisable to
>sleep with a mirror facing or
>near me. does a computer
>monitor consider a mirror? if
>yes, can i remedy by using a
>cloth to cover it?

As mentioned above, this is all about tolerance level.

5) is
>there any 'harm' done if i sit
>with a fan mounting on a wall
>behind me blowing across the
>room?

If a room has lots of electrical items, the room can be quite warm. It is fine to have a fan circulate in the room.

However, for the Chinese, it is often said that one should not have a fan continously blowing against one's body. No good (or wind). But having a fan circulating in a room or house is good. In fact, this is a key success factor in a home.

This is where, one can perfectly place our furniture etc.. optimum based on Feng Shui but if there is no `air' circulating in the home, many of the locations become dead qi.

This is why, some of the richer people, do turn on aircon. With proper maintenance of aircon, the air circulated by a well maintained aircon can help circulate qi all around a house.

Perhaps, more importantly, I would say " taboos are around us everywhere. It is what we choose to make out of our lives is more important ".

I often have a distaste of people, buying all sorts of figurines etc... for example, 3 legged toad, laughing buddha etc... more importantly, it does not cost anything or (much) to hug one's child, or have a friendly family atmosphere!

Warmest Regards,
Cecil