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Feng Shui
originated in China over five thousand years ago as a way of achieving harmony
between the environment and human beings.
Feng Shui was originally used for agriculture, then for orienting cities,
dwellings, places of business and gravesites, for battle strategies, in fortune
telling and as a tool for personal development.
The success of Feng Shui is assured with a potent combination of architecture,
interior design, philosophy, psychology, spirituality, geography, astronomy,
astrology and most of all, common sense.
We are fortunate to be able to choose the environment in which we live and work.
When our environment supports us, we function better. Working the land and
building dwellings shapes the land to meet our needs. The result is a visible
representation of the way we like to live.
The environment in which we live is thus an extension of ourselves, our
personalities.
In the first instance the environment represents the personality of the people
who live there. This applies to a home, a business, a suburb, or an entire
country.
Feng Shui understands the interactions between human beings and the environment,
providing a complex system to harmonise these forces.
The subtle energies: that which we cannot see (wind) and that which we cannot
grasp (water), comprise the meaning of the words Feng Shui. Wind carries the
vital breath of Qi across the landscape where it accumulates at the boundary of
water. Qi is the energy that breathes life into all things. Veins of Qi flow
through and around all things.
Feng Shui concentrates on grasping the Qi energy that permeates the environment
and containing it.
Contemporary Feng Shui follows strict laws of nature, complex mathematical
calculations and the earth's magnetic field; combining with modern technology to
detect and remedy unwanted influences including electromagnetic radiation,
chemical pollutants and building materials hazardous to health (a study known as
Building Biology).
Also of consideration is the effect of the earth's natural energies and how they
impact on a building (detected with a method known as Geomancy, or Dowsing).
Combined with Feng Shui is Destiny Analysis using the 4 Pillars of Destiny and
the 8 House School of Feng Shui to determine a person's fate and their
compatibility with their home or place of business.
Feng Shui changes in the place in which we live or work and also the time in
which we live there. Advanced Feng Shui determines a building's prosperity
according to ever changing cycles; helping us to be in the right place at the
right time.
Good Feng Shui improves health, wellbeing and environment. In the process
nurturing increased happiness, prosperity and creating Personal Empowerment
Through Placement.
MODERN FENG
SHUI
Feng Shui
developed in ancient China during a time when, in order to survive, one had to
observe and utilise the forces of nature. Every facet of ancient China reflects
a relationship with nature ranging from the arts, paintings, music, dance,
religion, exercise, medicine and of course to architecture (Feng Shui).
Our way of living
has changed significantly since this time. As a result of modernisation, we have
unwittingly increased our exposure to electromagnetic radiation, chemical, air
and water pollution to levels higher than at any time yet seen on this planet.
'Our bodies
simply have not had enough time to genetically adapt to the effects of
modernisation.
Could this be
connected to the growing number of chronic diseases such as Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalitis and various types of cancer that are now plaguing
western civilisation?
Three thousand
years ago when Feng Shui developed, people did not have to contend with TVs,
stereos, microwaves, power lines, electric blankets, plastics, smog, galvanised
pipes, fluoridated water, air conditioners and other modern appliances, thus
this was never incorporated into the philosophy of Feng Shui.
One of the main
concerns I have as a Feng Shui consultant today is what's the use in improving
subtle energies in a home when modern appliances such as air conditioners, meter
boxes near the bedhead, cordless phones, paint fumes and formaldehydes in
carpets are making you sick? Unless the obvious and more measurable factors in
the home are mitigated as described by the principles of Building Biology, the
effect of Traditional Feng Shui alone will be limited.
THE PHILOSOPHY
OF FENG SHUI 1
In this series of
articles, I shall try to show you the depth of the connections that Feng Shui
has with the philosophies which grew up around it. It is important to lay deep
and strong foundations before building up your course of practical Feng Shui
applications. It will all be worth it! At the end of the series you will see all
of the connections and thus be able to explain why Feng Shui is like it is, and
be able to demonstrate in simple terms its symbols and metaphors to the most
sceptical. Incidentally, Feng Shui is like the Law of Gravity, in that you do
not have to believe in it for it to work. It just is! It just does!
So, to understand
Feng Shui, it is essential to know a little about the philosophies surrounding
it. Taoism, Tai Chi, Meditation, Buddhism and Shinto. Much confusion can be
caused if you do not study these basic traditions. From them, their rituals and
their thinking, it becomes obvious what Feng Shui is and how it should be
treated. Taken in isolation, Feng Shui can be seen as just the ramblings of
superstitious minds, when in fact it is much, much more.
At the end of
these articles, you will know a great deal about Feng Shui, how and why it works
and how to apply it to your own and, to your friends' lives.
TAOISM
The particularly
strong characteristics of the earth science known as Feng Shui lie deeply within
the ancient Chinese philosophy known as Taoism, but it also has certain
connections with Confucianism as well as Buddhism and Japanese Shinto. Feng Shui
also links across to Vashtu Shastri in India and even has connections with
Native American Questing and Space Clearing as well as Ancient Egyptian
mythology with wild touches of the Knights Templar, Freemasonry and mystic
Hebrew! Quite a mixture. It also has strong echoes with the eastern martial
arts, in particular Tai Chi and the exercise regime of Chi Kung.
Taoism,
pronounced 'Dowism' is a name which has been applied to a kind of naturalistic
religion and a number of schools of philosophy found in Ancient China. It should
be said however that before Taoism, pictures of animals and symbols connected
with Feng Shui have been found which date back into prehistory. The actual term
Taoism was not used until the Han dynasty in the 2nd century AD. Its main
beliefs and rituals had merged into the main concept of the 'Tao' as being the
unity behind the multiplicity of things. The Tao is 'the way', the nothingness
from which all things are created to take part in 'becoming and unbecoming'--the
constant whirl of life, surrounded by the vibrational energies given off by all
things, known as 'chi'. It is interesting to note that 'becoming and unbecoming'
fits very well into the basic theories of Quantum Physics, i.e., nothing stays
the same---- and with the working of the electromagnetic fields around the earth
known as the Van Allen Belts [which were only discovered in 1958!].
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