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What On Earth Is Feng Shui?
Feng
Shui Explained & Demystified
Most people who hear the name “Feng Shui”
for the first time think that it is a special Chinese food
dish! Well, they are actually half right. It’s not food, but
it has roots in China. Feng Shui is a combination of art and
science that originated several thousand years ago in ancient
China. It is an intricate combination of knowledge from art
and science that works together to equalize the energy in your
surroundings so that you are assured prosperity, good health
and fortune in all things in life.
When you take apart the word Feng Shui, “Feng” means “wind”
and “Shui” translates to “water.” Wind and water are two elements
of nature out of the five that are often part of the Feng Shui
equation. The Chinese have always viewed water and calming
winds with a bountiful harvest and health.
There is a Taoist view of the environment that every living
thing is filled with a special energy. Feng Shui is based on
this particular visionary concept. You will discover as you
delve deeper into this ancient Chinese concept that yin and
yang (passive and active energy forces) are derived from this
Taoist view as well as the five elements found in nature, all
philosophies that are used in Feng Shui principles.
The five
elements in nature that Feng Shui refers to are wood,
fire, water, earth and metal. These elements interact with
each other in nature and even in your home and work areas.
In addition, these elements are each related to particular
colors which embody the essence of each element. For example,
the element fire has red, orange, deep yellow and purple associated
with it. Water has blue and black while the wood element has
green and brown. For earth, a light yellow or brown corresponds
to that element while white and gray refer to the metal element.
Practitioners of Feng Shui have a number of tools that they
use in order to better assess information pertaining to a particular
living or work space. The first tool is called the Ba-Gua and
is a map with an octagonal grid with various symbols from an
ancient prophesies. This map is the most tried and true way
to determine Feng Shui in the home.
The Lo-Pan is a compass for Feng Shui that provides direction
to dig deeper into a home or other building. Like compasses
that Boy Scouts use, this one does have a magnetic needle.
However, the similarities stop there. This Feng Shui compass
has concentric rings in bands arranged around the needle. There
are a few different variations of this compass with some having
as many as thirty to forty rings around it. Each ring provides
information that you would then use in tandem with the Ba-Gua
and in interpretation of the five elements.
Feng Shui is used to change the balance of energy (or chi)
in your living and work environments to ensure a more pleasing
and beneficial environment that in turn, leads to positive
changes in your health, family life, marriage, wealth and even
recognition. Feng Shui may seem like metaphysical mumbo jumbo
but it is a practice that has proven its validity time and
again, starting with the ancient Chinese.
While it lost favor for a while, Feng Shui is becoming a force
to be reckoned with in architecture and interior design. In
fact, there are different schools of Feng Shui that sometimes
take years of stuffy before you are truly knowledgeable in
the ways of this ancient Chinese method. However, you do not
have to be an expert in order to make a few positive changes
in your life using Feng Shui. Even a few followed principles
can make a huge impact on your life.
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