Qualifying For Success

The artistry of Feng Shui revolves around re-arranging your indoors so that you have un-obstrusive energy flow in your house or office. When translated to western english, it stands for “wind and water”. This divine art was originally developed by the Chinese. The Chinese originally utilized it to create divine graves for their ancestors and kings. As culture progressed, the artwork was employed in architecting government offices and palaces. Finally, whole cities were built employing the powerful artwork and skill of feng shui.

Feng shui theories are utilized in approximately 90% of building in the city of Hong Kong. This indicates the importance of feng shui in eastern culture. A legendary myth is that Bank of China was sued by the businesses in its locality because of its knowing anti-feng-shui architecture.

By late twentieth century, feng shui began acquiring popularity in US culture. By the 1990s, feng shui became the buzz news among the elite members of society in New York and Los Angeles.

Water fountain is one of the most standard feng shui . A soothing slate wall fountain has many feng shui attributes. Slate is conceived to be an element of earth. In feng shui terms, earth element is feminine by nature. It solaces your spirit by its very presence. Element of earth also reflects stability and reliableness because of its substantial frame. A slate fountain makes an ideal feng shui fountain because its divine consolidative components of water and earth.

Yet another common legend dealing with the origins of the Chinese Lantern Festival speaks of a beautiful bird that flew from heaven down to earth, it was hunted and killed by some villagers. This angered the Jade Emperor in Heaven as the bird was his favorite. He then planned a storm of fire aiming to destroy the village on the 15th lunar day. The Jade Emperor’s daughter heard of this, warning villagers of her father’s plan to destroy the village. The village was then in turmoil simply because no one knew how should they escape the village’s imminent destruction. A wise man from another village suggested that each family should hang red lanterns around their houses, set up bonfires on the streets, and explode firecrackers on the 14th, 15th, and 16th lunar days, giving the village the appearance of already being on fire to the Jade Emperor. On the 15th lunar day, troops were sent down from heaven, their mission was to destroy the village. They saw the village was already ablaze and returned to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor was satisfied and decided not to burn down the village. From that day on, people celebrate the anniversary on the 15th lunar day every year by carrying red lanterns on the streets and exploding firecrackers and fireworks.

Part One

I tell you a legend of long ago
Of the sunken city of La Laguna de Paca,
(Where I had met a lingering ghost)
Within this region of Huancayo–Peru;
Truth lies, but only the soul knows.

Part Two

So the legend goes, of long ago:
During the rising of the full moon
The Mermaid of La Laguna de Paca, appears
And to the nearby towns folks, she echoes…
Echoes: her cries and moans!!

Then when one thinks all is well–
The enchanting rings, the rings…!
Of the bells, the Great Bells, bells
Of the sunken church of La Laguna de Paca
Are heard by the folks of the town.

Part Three

But there is more to this legend:
For it is said, wherein the dark night
(The ink dark macabre star-lit nights)
Wherein the Errieness of the full moon
Ebbs across the Laguna Paca, gives birth,
To the Great Bull,who scrotches the hillside

Scrotches the foliage to its bones…!
Scrotches its with fire and brimstone.

Part Four

And now I tell you of my tale–
A tale of that took place but a few days ago,
By an embankmnment along the Laguna de Paca.

Here I stood, stood within its grip,trance:
Aloft in the eldritch dark it lingered
This shadowy configuration of the Gaul,
The gaul of the lake, Laguna de Paca–.

And there in the giant eucaliptus (tree)
It shifted and swayed, looking at me…
Then at forth glance, it disappeared,
As if it sank in to the great lake…
La Laguna de Paca!…

#624 (4-13-05)

Poet-Author Dennis L. Siluk