April 2025

𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗼  Today, I pause and listen. The Earth speaks, though never with words. Her language is the same as the Dao — silent, unforced, ever-present. Here on DiTianTai, the harmonious place where Heaven and Earth unite, I am reminded of Laozi’s wisdom: “Man follows Earth. Earth follows […]

 The Mountain and the Way One of my greatest joys is to sail the open seas and wander amidst the mountains. Yet living in the West, I often encounter a familiar mindset — one that sees both nature and life’s challenges as something to overcome – a world that teaches us to conquer, to summit,

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗞𝗘𝗦 𝗪𝗜𝗦𝗗𝗢𝗠 𝗗𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗶-𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 Although Cyclone Tam has now weakened to a lower category, she lingers in her parting, cloaking the land in thunderstorms and an expansive rain band as she tracks south toward Auckland. 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗧𝗮𝗺 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸: Winds

Listening to Nature’s Symphony There’s a rhythm to nature that only reveals itself when you learn to listen. Living here, I’ve come to know her quiet sighs, her restless whispers, and even her wildest tempests — all part of nature’s symphonic masterpiece. Far beyond the horizon, the sea is the first to answer the summons

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 The first whisper of change did not come from the sky, nor from the forecasts, but from the sea. Long before the storm clouds gathered, Arielle herself felt it. Her hull, usually sleek and clean, wore a cloak of weed in a very short time — a telling

𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗡’𝗦 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛 — 𝗥𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗺 Cyclone Tam has been raging, unleashing her full force across Northland today.  From the protection of the Kauri Dragon at Ditiantai, we are shielded from her fiercest. We watch the dark clouds race by obscuring the midday sun, white foam build along Ocean Beach whipping the

The Approaching Storm As one who lives the Feng Shui lifestyle, I’ve learned to listen deeply to nature – to hear quiet sighs, and to her rising fury.   Today, I invite you to share this moment with me, as the approaching storm reveals her shifting mood. Master Boon🌈💜 At this very moment, as the low

Soaking in the hot tub at dusk, our daily pause, a tranquil unwind…   Hot tubbing at dusk.   As twilight fades…one by one the stars awake, as moonlight bathes the night in silver grace.

𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝟭: 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 – 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗶 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 What if your family’s destiny had been shaped long ago… by the precise location of your ancestor’s final resting place? In my recent post, I spoke about how the Feng Shui of ancestral burial sites can anchor the fortunes—or misfortunes—of future

THE HIDDEN POWER OF ANCESTORS: BURIAL SITES AND FENG SHUI Have you ever wondered why some family lines seem destined for greatness—generation after generation—while others suffer hardship and descend into ruin?The answer may lie beneath the surface… quite literally. During Qing Ming, as we honour and tend to the resting places of our ancestors, we