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Dear Anita,

Thanks for bring up this interesting question.

We will first begin by looking at the `history' of Feng Shui in China.

In the past, Chinese were mostly into agricuture (farmers ) and live-stock
rearing.

What this means is that food was obtain from the land. Eaten, and left overs
were `re-cycled' e.g. as some of them they rear pigs, these "garbage" were
given to the pigs to be eaten. Manure or other `solid' wastes were used to
fertilise the land.

From the above, you will notice that they (ancient Chinese) do not have what
we have now... " garbage " in the form of non-biodegradable products
etc.....

Overall, Feng Shui is used to assess: in the above case of a home: the
Landscape, the site, if you are living in an apartment the apartment
building and then the home. One should thus pay more attention to Feng Shui
relatiing to the above and up to an individual apartment.

Things like how to discard garbage can be considered " peanuts " Feng Shui
or
the least important issues of Feng Shui. So long as we are hygenic i.e.
reguarly empty the garbage and if it is placed outside our house ensure that
stray animals do not get to it, this will be fine. Such issues are even less
important in daily Feng Shui living and if some one were to come up with
such a routine; it no longer becomes Feng Shui but rather `relates to '
superstitious
belief.

Real Feng Shui does not have a routine.

The key issue for a home is that in the past, Chinese homes do not have a
toilet in their house but a distance away. This `solid' waste is more
important consideration.

Even today, it is inauspicious to have sewerage pipes/channels running under
the house or crossing (especially the bed rooms).

The above two issues are more important than any `fixed' routine on
discarding garbage.

Therefore, in my opinion, real Feng Shui is concerned for example of proper
`sitting' or `placement' rather
than nitty gritty of how to dispose of garbage etc..

We have to be careful and like yourself, each of us are in search of the
`truth'.

The sad thing about Feng Shui in my country is that there is no licensing
authority and many dubious people carry on calling themselves " Master ".
But many people simply do not question them but automatically given such
people recognition thinking that a Doctor is but a Doctor.

Like any disciplines, even if one calls himself/herself a " Master ", they
may not be skilled in all areas of Feng Shui and Chinese Divinity. Just like
a Doctor, there are General Practioners, Specialist Doctors etc...

I hope that if you are reading this, if you ever engage a FS practioner,
don't always take what they say.. times have changed, infact, ask them for
the rationale for giving such and such an advice.

Warmest Regards,
Cecil











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Date: Saturday, April 24, 1999 12:51 AM
Subject: where to throw the garbage at home?


>From: "Anita Agarwal"
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>please tell me where to discar4d the garbage at home?