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FENG SHUI

Life is hectic in this day and age.  People are looking for new ways to simplify life and reduce stress.   More and more people are turning to alternative methods.  After all, if we continue to do what we have always done, things are going to remain the same.  When one’s home and work place are in balance with the environment it reduces stress.  And one very popular method of putting one’s life in balance is not new at all, but the 5,000-year-old tried and tested Feng Shui.

Feng Shui (pronounced “fung sch-way”) is the Chinese art of placement.  Feng Shui literally means “free flowing wind and water.”  The underlying principle of Feng Shui is to live in harmony with your environment so energy works for you rather than against you.  This life force energy of everything in the universe is what the Chinese call Ch’i, which means “vital breath.”

Feng Shui is like the healing science of acupuncture, and the martial art system of T’ai Chi, as all three have Taoism as their philosophical basis.  Feng Shui is not science, because it cannot be proven by scientific methods.  Neither is it a religion, although some people consider it a part of their religious practice.  Nor is Feng Shui a philosophy, because it also has many practical tools and techniques.

Originally, Feng Shui was developed specifically for use by royalty, and it was against the law for mere peasants to use it.  There are five different schools of Feng Shui:  Compass, Form, Intuitive, Pyramid, and Black Hat.  The Black Hat Tibetan School of Feng Shui was developed as a more practical form for the West.  Original Feng Shui was very mathematical and used precise measurements, whereas, the Black Hat School relies heavily on intuition.

A major tool used in Feng Shui is the Bagua, which is a picture of an 8-sided form that represents all areas of life: career, fame, love/relationships, knowledge/self knowledge, children, ancestors, benefactors/travel, health, and wealth.  The Bagua determines how to enhance each area.

Feng Shui also incorporates the five elements:  fire, metal, water, wood and earth.  It offers nine “cures” to enhance certain life areas.  They include:

BRIGHT OR SHINY OBJECTS:  mirrors, faceted crystal balls, lamps, candles

SOUND:  wind chimes, bells, etc

LIVING OBJECTS:  plants, trees, birds, fish, etc

MOVING OBJECTS:  mobiles, fountains, windsocks, pinwheels, etc

HEAVY OBJECTS:  statues, stones, etc

ELECTRICAL POWER:  stereos, TV’s, computers

BAMBOO FLUTES

COLORS:  Bagua colors or full rainbow spectrum

OTHERS:  red string, pictures, folding screens, images of dragons or tigers, etc.

In applying Feng Shui, one begins by looking at the structure (home or office building) as a whole, and then room-by-room.  Finally, the focus shifts to the property on which the building lies and the surrounding area (“the lay of the land”).