BY DATO’ JOEY YAP

Back when Feng Shui was a mystical study practiced only by scholars appointed by the Emperor, the primary study of Feng Shui was to study burial spots. At some point in time, the focus of Feng Shui shifted and it is used for the living to study their living spaces and this resulted in the split of the practice of Yang House Feng Shui and Yin House Feng Shui.  Yang House Feng Shui relates to the harnessing and collection of energies for residential homes and business premises. In layman’s term, it is Feng Shui for the living. Yin House Feng Shui, on the other hand, relates to accumulating energies for burial spots or harnessing a living legacy for descendants and successors.

Today, the thought of selecting the right burial spot is still a taboo and superstitious subject as many are still unware of the importance of a good burial plot, much less understand why and how it is done. It may become acceptable for individuals when planning their will and estate but many still find the thought of discussing how they wish to be buried and where a morbid and fearful thought. The very act of discussing one’s legacy acknowledges the fact that we all will die eventually. The fact that you recognize the importance of doing the right thing to ensure your legacy lives on shows that you are a responsible individual who is prepared to educate and inform yourself on ways to design your legacy for your children and their children. Doing this shows your generosity and benevolence in ensuring that your legacy will benefit your family and your descendants and more importantly, helps preserve your legacy.

It is a fallacy to assume that we only need to practice one practice than the other. For without good Yang House Feng Shui, it is impossible to build or expand on a legacy. Without good Yin House Feng Shui, it will also be difficult to maintain and secure that legacy and even sustain it.

Yin and Yang House Feng Shui also share the components – essentially, both practices require the presence of mountains and water formations in order to make the basic criteria of good Feng Shui for even a good burial spot requires mountain and water formations.

For some of you reading this article, you may have the fortunate blessings to be able to leave a legacy for your children and next-of-kin in the form of properties, stocks or even trust fund. The reality is that not everyone is born with a silver spoon in their mouth and attempting to engage in Yin House Feng Shui may seem like an expensive practice. What’s more, not everyone will likely have children. If you are single with no children of your own, you might have to weigh the pros and cons of investing in properties and might be wondering if Yin House Feng Shui matter to you or not.

Singletons think that way because their life is focus only on achieving their personal goals. Oddly enough, for these people, leaving a legacy actually matters more. For these individuals, their legacy is not about who they leave behind but instead what they will leave behind – their namesake, their achievements – that is what makes their legacy. In the case of singletons, using Yin House Feng Shui, would help focus on ensuring that their reputation or name does not just disappear like dust blowing in the wind. But what happens if a person has no money or property as their legacy to leave behind? What happens then?

Yin House Feng Shui grants the individuals the opportunity to provide some fortunate benefit for their descendants. Just because you do not have vast sums of money to leave as your legacy does not mean that you will burden your descendants rightfully. You can engage the practice of Yin House Feng Shui to ensure that you are buried in a place that will not further cause misfortune to the next generation. In fact, you might turn out to be the key that changes the fortunes of your descendants significantly. This can help make the difference between granting good outcome and removing less ideal one for your descendants and harps back to the term ‘being useful in death’.

By taking charge of your legacy and your own Yin House Feng Shui, you are essentially allowing yourself to help your descendants who need it the most and at the very least, they are protected from unwanted problems. This also allows you to determine how you wish to provide any future Feng Shui advantage and opportunities to the next generation.

When properly executed, Yin House Feng Shui supports benefits to the next generation and has more lasting effects that any money or property one owns. But more importantly is that it is also an integral part of making your descendant’s Yang House Feng Shui work at its best. Whether you choose to espouse the benefits of Yin House Feng Shui or not, lies entirely in your hands. You may just draw up a will for your next of kin and leave the rest up to fate. Or you might not even bother and choose to ignore the benefits of Yin House Feng Shui. But if you happen to be a person who has achieved something for themselves , be it financially or otherwise and you have family whom you love dearly, then planning your Yin House Feng Shui should be included as part of your plan to safeguard your legacy for yourself and for your loved ones.

Dato' Joey Yap is one of the leading Feng Shui, BaZi and Face Reading consultant in Asia. He is an international speaker, bestselling author of over 160 books and master trainer in Chinese Metaphysics. He is also the Chief Consultant of Joey Yap Consulting Group and founder of the Mastery Academy of Chinese Metaphysics. To get in touch with him, drop an email to media@joeyyap.com

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