The illusionary mind of a young boy in China

   Many people really like to believe in what the others tell them, even if this is done (intentionally or not) only to sooth their momentary psychological needs.

    I remember few years ago in Beijing there was a young boy (in his 20s), who after reading too many martial arts novels, his mind entered into an illusionary world 走火入魔. He gave up everything else in life - study, work, personal life, family, friends... I was there with some Chinese friends and an old taoist, who had some experience in feng shui.  The mother of this boy asked the taoist to check the feng shui of their home, in hope to find out what is the root of her son's problem. The old taoist did his feng shui calculations and he soon replied: "No problem with the feng shui here". But, after we left, he told us that actually there is a problem with feng shui, but as this family is not very rich, they cannot make the needed changes to improve the feng shui in the house. And this was not the major factor influencing the boy. The core of the problem was in the mother who had over-spoiled her son...