Royal Academic Institute

Agony of Despairs


Most people use their own knowledge to review the common “fortunes and misfortunesâ€‌. This method would not propose any problem when examining the regular Feng Shui case; however, contradicting scenario would arise when encountering special cases.

Of course, it would not be difficult for an individual to solve the puzzle by learning from others before being a master; but after becoming a famous master, who would be willing to tell others that his/her teaching materials are fraudulent theories? As a result, the so-called “masterâ€‌ would lie to the public and hide the true problems from the students.

From a personal or business perspective, the reactions of those masters cannot be viewed as doubtful behaviour. Who would agree to destroy one’s own path and start all over again? And who would have the courage to lower one’s own dignity and accept the consequences from others’ contempt?

From an educational point of view, these kinds of reaction would cause harms to the knowledge.

Throughout history, I only recall Master Tam Yeung Wu (???) had publicly announced his doubts on his own Feng Shui knowledge. However, at a very old age, he was unable to do anything to correct the mistakes – one thing that he was very regretful about.

From Master Tam’s incident, it reminded me a conversation that I had with my Chinese Calligraphy teacher. He told me there was once an individual who wants to study Chinese Calligraphy with him; this individual even brought his work to the teacher and claimed that he has been practicing for 30 years. My teacher took a look and slightly said, “Very good, keep up with your practiceâ€‌.

Although this individual had been practicing Chinese Calligraphy for 30 years, his method of writing was wrong – not a single stroke was right.

My teacher was very humble and considerate, he didn’t want to destroy that individual’s confidence and dignity; hence, he just told this individual to keep on practice.

Let’s think about this in a logical way: before pen was introduced to China, most Chinese used Calligraphy brush to write. Though there were many neat and organized writings, how come there are only a few Chinese Calligraphy Specialists or Artists?

The negative impact of a wrong Chinese Calligraphy writing method is unable to become a Chinese Calligraphy Professional, but the words could still be organized and eye-appealing. What about Feng Shui? If a Feng Shui practitioner uses the wrong method, it will affect him/herself and others – causing extermination of a family.

For a few dollars and praises within a small circle, are you willing to walk on the slaughter’s path of no return?