Properties from a feng shui perspective: Part 119
By David Koh | Dec 11, 2009
Green Seputeh
In our previous article on the Seputeh area, we branched off Jalan Seputeh to explore several properties that could be seen from the Federal Highway. These properties are located in a general conducive area although the positive effects are somewhat dampened by the access roads, which are mostly dead-end roads.
Properties along such roads or cul-de-sacs generally do not thrive in the long term because they lack the infusion of fresh energy that comes from circulating traffic. Humans induce energy or “chi”, and places that disrupt movements of people eventually become void of such energy and experience a decline in fortunes.
Thus, in cul-de-sacs, houses at the end of the road (where traffic is less) tend to fare poorly compared with their neighbours nearer the entrance. It is not a coincidence.
Jalan Seputeh is the main access road into Taman Seputeh, Bukit Seputeh and Desa Seputeh. This road runs south-west along the foot of two small hills, one of which separates Robson Condominium and the Sri Tiara condo. (For Google map reference, please log on to http://maps.google.co.uk/ and search for “Kuala Lumpur”.)
The road then bends south-easterly following the contour of the second hill.
As we enter Jalan Seputeh, we find a lush green forest on the east side to our left. This is quite a unique sight as one would expect developers to jump at the chance of building yet another few condominiums with “breathtaking” or “spectacular” views. Apart from the solitary Sri Tiara Condominium, there is mainly greenery on this side of the road.
OPPOSITION STRONGHOLD
Perhaps the gradient of the slope was too steep to build, for economic or even safety reasons. Perhaps this area was under the control of the opposition party. Teresa Kok has been the parliamentarian for Seputeh since the 1999 general election. Such a development would have attracted a lot of unwanted attention and protests, for example.
Whatever the reason, we are happy that this green lung remains untouched. If there were buildings constructed here, the best direction to face would be west as this creates a high back and low front, with a river to boot. Interestingly, this would be the “natural” orientation as it faces the main road.
On the opposite side, properties should also face west, but this would go against the “natural” order. Most buildings would typically face the main access road, which in this case, would be to face the hill and have their backs to the river.
In environology, we learned that earth energy travels from high land to low. It is something like vibration and adopts similar properties to waves. It is akin to water flowing in a river. The flow of the water affects the shape of the river, and the river’s shape determines the flow of the water. They are always in equilibrium.
The water is constantly trying to change the resisting riverbank. Where it is strong, the ground will yield while the force of the water flow diminishes in the process. Where the water flow is weak, the ground will stand firm while the river conforms to its shape.
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Ancient sages drew up guidelines for burial grounds.
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WATER AND ENERGY
Earth energy behaves in a similar manner. It is like the water while the ground is the river. Where earth energy is stronger, it can change the shape of the land, such as create mountains, hills, mounds and so forth. This depletes the energy, making it gentler.
When the energy is weakened, it then takes on the shape of the land, often collecting in valleys and near riverbanks. Having travelled so far and expending much of it trying to reshape the land, it only makes sense that the energy is slower and gentler.
This is why, if one were to travel from mountain ranges to the sea, he would find subsequent hills become smaller and smaller until finally near the sea, there are no more hills. The plains are a sign of the energy’s force being depleted. The energy is still there, but it’s not too strong or overwhelming. It is attractive to life and conducive for success.
Ancient sages observed and recorded this over 3,000 years ago. Thus, they drew up guidelines for burial grounds, and subsequently, living spaces. Macabre as it may sound, this progression of thought makes sense. To bury a person, one needs to determine a precise spot in the ground where the energy is conducive. To construct a building, there is a much larger space to work with and small deviations are tolerable.
Often, people pooh-pooh the idea of grave selection, brushing it off as mere superstition. How can the dead influence us? Are there such things as ghosts or supernatural forces? Our job is not to delve into the X-Files and we will leave that to others to prove or disprove it.
CARBON DATING
However, do consider these points. We are aware that living beings are affected by energy. Our tour of the Klang Valley has consistently proven this. We do know that living beings accumulate small amounts of radioisotopes throughout life and when they die, they emit radiation. This forms the basis for carbon dating.
When a living being dies, it no longer accumulates carbon-14. This will decay and reduce by half every 5,730 years. By estimating how much carbon-14 a living being would accumulate over its lifetime and calculating the amount detected in a fossilised sample, they can estimate how old it is.
Radiation can be in the form of alpha, beta and gamma waves. The first two are weak but gamma is powerful enough to penetrate solid objects. If a person’s remains are buried in a place that is infused with good energy, it is possible that the remains’ radiation or signals would be amplified.
Each of us has a unique DNA signature, and we pass on this trait to our offspring – half from either parent to form a new person. It follows reason that an individual would radiate gamma radiation with a unique identifier, possibly based on his genetic code. And this frequency or key could affect his immediate offspring due to the similarity in their genes.
Buried in a good spot, a person’s remains may amplify the “transmission” and thus benefit the next generation. Put in a bad spot, it could spell calamity and ruin to the next generation!
This bears further research and is beyond the scope of our series. However, it means that we should not summarily dismiss this as mere superstition. Neither should we dismiss the impact of a poor orientation.
FAST-MOVING ENERGY
Properties too close to steep slopes are constantly bombarded by fast-moving energy. This is not conducive under most circumstances. That is why civilisations sprang from plains and valleys, near embracing rivers.
The standard textbook explanation is the fertility of alluvial soil, easy access to water and convenience of transportation. All true, no doubt, but there could also be another, less obvious factor.
Further along Jalan Seputeh, Jalan Bukit Raja branches off into a small enclave made up of smaller roads. All these roads are dead-end roads, which help guarantee privacy and offer some measure of security. Strangers who wander into this area stick out like a sore thumb.
This small section is located on sloping terrain, from east to west. We are a little concerned that the roads are dead-ends as it limits the movement or flow of human energy. Nonetheless, properties facing west are likely to do better than those facing east.
The Regency Park condominium is also cleverly located to face west. Its access road runs beside Jalan Syed Putra, which “naturally” makes the complex face that highway and the Klang River. This is not necessarily a happy happenstance. The developers are likely to have put the road in-between to create a bigger set-back from the highway, and reduce pollution from the highway.
DEAD-ENDED
But the same cannot be said in the case of Sri Seputeh condo, off Jalan Taman Seputeh 1. The road is another dead-end road and runs parallel to the highway. But the complex is located between the road and highway. Thus, it faces east, with its back either to the river or against the flow of the river. Neither is considered good or conducive in environology.
On the opposite side, there is a row of terraced houses built on a slope. Their backs are against the hill and they face a valley. This is a much more conducive orientation and the occupants should do better, relatively speaking.
Above these houses, there is the Japan Club of Kuala Lumpur. The location of the entrances – west and south – is good.
Jalan Taman Seputeh 2 and 3 branch off Jalan Seputeh, and they are connected by Jalan Taman Seputeh 4 to form a loop. This is a much better layout as it permits the circulation of traffic.
Houses on the west side of both roads face east and they are not conducive, environologically speaking. Worse, some are even located on the outer elbow or convex of the roads. Their opposite neighbours, facing west, are likely to do much better.
Houses on Jalan Seputeh 4 face north, towards a hill, which is not ideal.
Menara Seputeh condo is situated in a very unusual location, off the exit ramp from Old Klang Road to the East-West Link expressway. It faces uphill and two train tracks – one services the regular KTM service and the other the KLIA Express.
Apart from the noise, we are concerned about the trains as they have the ability to drain the vicinity of energy. Furthermore, the condo is sited on the outer bend of these tracks. So, while it is good to be in the embrace of the exit ramp, this good point is offset by its uphill-facing orientation and the railway track’s proximity and outer convex, to boot.
*This series on feng shui and real estate properties appear courtesy of the Malaysia Institute of Geomancy Sciences (MINGS). David Koh is the founder of MINGS and has been a feng shui master and teacher for the past 36 years.
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