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The 7 Schools Of Feng Shui

By Ron King

Everyone has heard of Feng Shui, but what exactly is it? Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese belief that involves the study of both the natural and the created environments. To achieve a balance between the 2 affects the energy of a room.

7 Schools Of Feng Shui

There are many different versions of Feng Shui, each influenced by culture, geography, and religion. There are 7 predominant types or schools of Feng Shui:

1. The Compass School uses the 8 trigrams of the I-Ching. They are known collectively as Pa Kua, which is based on the 8 main directions of a compass. Each direction is associated with a specific chi. For example, southern is vibrant energy.

2. The Form School, based on the landscape’s shape, uses 4 symbolic animals to identify the landscape. Easy to use, the Form School (along with the Compass School) increases chi both in and out of the home.

3. The Black Hat Sect uses a fixed entry point to determine the area. Although similar to the Compass School philosophy, it has differences. The Black Hat Sect also consists of psychology, Buddhism and basic design principles.

4. 8 Mansion School, also known as the 8 House Feng Shui, is based on the individual number of the person living in the home. That number is used to bring harmony and balance to the home. People who use this system have both lucky and unlucky numbers, with the west numbers being 2, 6, 7, and 8 and the east numbers being 1, 3, 4, and 9.

5. The 9 Star Key School uses stars to help identify lucky and unlucky days. This school of thought uses complicated math formulas to pinpoint when a person will get married and the astrological sign of the future marriage partners. It will also tell the practitioner how to live based on his house.

6. The most common form of Feng Shui, based on astrology and numerology, is the Flying Star Philosophy. Difficult to understand and learn, it is also based on mathematical principals and is used to determine a person’s fate.

7. Four Pillars, the final school of thought, is not very common. Based on astrology tied to the person’s date of birth right down to the minutes, this form of Feng Shui is also used to determine a person’s fate.

5 Elements Of Feng Shui

After determining which school of thought is best for an individual, it is important to understand the 5 elements of Feng Shui. They are: Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, and Wood. Balance and harmony can be created in a home through the use of these elements. If used incorrectly, however, the energy can be lessened or even destroyed.

Each of the 5 elements is also associated with a direction:

Earth — Southwest

Fire — South

Water — North

Metal — West

Wood — East

Beauty And Balance

In a Feng Shui home, all rooms should achieve a balance of these elements, although some items may weigh heavier than others. A chair might score 3 times more than a throw pillow, for example, because of the size difference.

Properly applied, Feng Shui brings both beauty and balance to the home or office.

About the Author: Visit http://www.fengshui4u.info to learn more. Ron King is a full-time researcher, writer, and web developer, visit his website at http://www.ronxking.com Copyright 2005 Ron King. This article may be reprinted if the resource box is left intact and the links live.

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Feng Shui To You!

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By Kerry A. Francis

What is Feng Shui? Feng Shui ( which is pronounced properly “FEIING SWEE” in the Cantonese Chinese dialect” is a way and means of creating harmony between humans and their environment to enhance well being. An ancient Chinese theory of design and placement, Feng Shui grew from observations that people are affected – both positively as well as negatively by their surroundings. You may well have noticed that some places seem always to impart luck on their environments whereas some people seem to always have happiness and health imparted by their surroundings.

In your home and environs, good Feng Shui helps create harmonious family relationships, fosters good health, revives energy and enthusiasm and even encourages fertility and good sex drive. In business it encourages prosperity and success. By changing your surroundings Feng Shui allows you to change your life for the better.

Because there are so many elements contributing to your environments, applying Feng Shui may initially seem to be a complex matter. However there are some basic, time honored remedies which will not involve anything more than simple efforts and little expense.

In some cases Feng Shui can be as simple as moving furniture around, changing the colors of your d

What Is Feng Shui?

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By Lorraine Simpson

Feng Shui means “Wind and Water” – literally it refers to the topography of our planet and the way these forces of nature have shaped our landscape. It is a mystical practice blending ancient Chinese wisdom dating back at least 4000 years with cultural superstitions. This wisdom lays down guidelines for identifying and establishing favourable and unfavourable land sites and provides instructions on designing home layouts to dramatically enhance quality of life.

In the home Feng Shui features create harmonious relationships between partners, between parents and children, promotes good health and prosperity. In the workplace good Feng Shui creates opportunities for growth, attracts customers, increases profits and elevates prestige. An aura of goodwill pervades promoting good working relationships.

Good Feng Shui exists when the winds and water surrounding your home or workplace are well-balanced. Bad Feng Shui brings disasters, accidents, illness, lost opportunities and damaged reputations. Most of all bad Feng Shui causes unhappiness.

Feng Shui promotes living in harmony with the earth and it’s energies. It contends that the environment is full of powerful invisible energy lines, usually referred to as Sheng Chi – the Dragon’s Cosmic Breath. Some of these lines are auspicious while others are hostile. Feng Shui dictates ways of arranging you living or work space so that these energy lines create harmony rather than discord. The energy lines are harnessed to ensure they travel gently through the home and then gather and settle to bring good fortune. Inauspicious energy lines, Shar Chi, represent the killing breath. Feng Shui strongly warns against living or working in places hit by these hostile energy lines.

While the theory of Feng Shui is based on the Chinese view of the Universe the fundamentals are easily understood and applied. It’s laws relate to basic concepts of harmony and balance in the environment. There are two major schools of thought in Feng Shui; the Form School which diagnoses balance in terms of the shape and form of the terrain and the Compass School which takes a more precise view and uses the Luo Pan Compass extensively. Both schools of thought are equally important and both should be used to get the best from Feng Shui.

At it’s most basic Feng Shui is about the balance of opposites described as the Yin and the Yang – terms that most of us are now familiar with. According to Chinese wisdom all things are either the female Yin or the male Yang. Together these opposites make up the Universe and give each other meaning. One cannot exist without the other, for example without the Yin of darkness there cannot be the light of Yang. Feng Shui always includes an analysis of surroundings. Rooms that are too Yin lack sufficient energies to bring prosperity. Rooms that are too Yang have too much energy causing accidents and misfortune. A home must have balanced Yin and Yang to be auspicious and will be even more so if there is balanced Yin and Yang outside the home as well.

Buildings built too near hospitals, abattoirs, graveyards or prisons are too Yin because of the associations with death these places have. Also places of worship (churches, mosques, temples) give out too much Yin because of the mourning rituals associated with them. Rooms that have little sunlight or that are decorated in blue or grey, narrow or cramped rooms or rooms which have been occupied by a long time by a sick person have too much Yin.

Buildings constantly exposed to bright sunlight or heat, too near an electrical transmitter or large factory chimneys are too Yang. Rooms which have constant noise and that are painted in bright red, orange or yellow are too Yang.

A room should have elements of both Yin and Yang but never too much of one or the other. Black and white colour schemes are an example of Yin and Yang harmony but sounds and activity are also important. A silent room is too Yin, a noisy one too Yang. Remember that Feng Shui is a subtle blend of complimentary opposite energies and that is what you should strive to create.

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Strengthening the Connection With Reiki and Meditation

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By Ryan J Bell

People who are just beginning to learn how to use Reiki to heal themselves and others can gain practical momentum through meditation. Regardless of whether you’re earning your first degree or have already become a Master after graduating from a third degree course, meditating pushes you to the next plateau. In fact, many practitioners who have faithfully adhered to the practice’s underlying principles claim they began to see a new level of progress only after meditating regularly.

Below, we’ll explore the ways in which finding quiet and solitude on a regular basis can strengthen the connection you feel with the Reiki energy. I’ll explain the fundamentals of meditation and how you train yourself to schedule time for it. I’ll also describe a 3-week program that you can use to contemplate your goals and seek answers.

What Does It Mean To Meditate?

Many people confuse prayer with meditation. It’s worth clarifying the difference. Prayer is speaking with God. To meditate is to embark on something entirely different. It is the act of quieting your mind and listening to what God has to tell you. Many Reiki practitioners prefer to begin each day by meditating on how they should use the universal energy into which they tap.

But, it’s a mistake to think that meditating must be done according to a schedule. In truth, many of the most revelatory moments are experienced during spontaneous meditation. A lot of Reiki devotees find themselves tapping into hidden stores of spirituality even while doing mundane things like driving, washing the dishes, or exercising. The key is to appreciate the meaning behind meditation and how it fortifies your connection with the Reiki energy.

Finding The Time

There will always be reasons to procrastinate meditating. Our lives are busier than ever and time is a valuable commodity. It’s too easy to keep telling yourself that you’ll meditate later in the day after you’ve accomplished everything on your “to do” list. But, that seldom happens. Other things will continue getting in the way.

This is one of the reasons why many Reiki Masters devote time during the early morning to their meditation. They realize that spending time alone and communing with God is critical to being able to focus on their spiritual growth. In doing so, they gain a better understanding about the healing nature of Reiki and the relationship they share with the universe.

A 3-Week Program To Strengthen The Connection

To be sure, there are many approaches to developing the habit of meditation. The program that follows is used by many practitioners because it helps them build the habit while strengthening their focus and spiritual empowerment. It is a 3-week process through which you can open your mind to your connection with the universe’s healing energy.

Week 1 – During the first week, you’ll concentrate on the Usui symbol of power. Each day will start with a specific question. Find a quiet, secluded place and meditate on the symbol for 20 minutes. Keep a small legal pad nearby to write down any notes that form in your mind during your session. They can include words or symbols. It is not important that you understand your notes; rather, it is important that you record them.

Week 2 – The second week will focus on the mental and emotional symbols of Usui. Each day will begin with another question. As before, meditate on the symbols for 20 minutes in a secluded area where you will not be disturbed. Keep your legal pad nearby and record any thoughts or images that appear in your mind.

Week 3 – The last week focuses on the distant healing symbol of Usui. You’ll spend the entire week meditating on this symbol for 20 minutes each day. Write down any notes on your legal pad.

Ideally, the above program should be used by students and practitioners who have passed the second degree of training. Those who have become Reiki Masters can add to the program by including additional symbols. Remember, the first step is building the habit. Only then can you truly connect with the universe and explore that connection with the Reiki energy.

About the Author: This article was provided by Programs of Light, a provider of reiki training courses and animal reiki programs. Check them out online at http://www.ProgramsOfLight.com

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Mindfulness Meditation by Jon Kabat Zinn

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By Ben Sanderson

One thing that many people have in common is the fact that they’ve been told to live in the future rather than the moment. You’ve more than likely heard it growing up: “Look ahead! Plan for the future! Know what you want!” Okay, knowing what you want might be a good idea, but if you ever find yourself planning conversations with people in your mind rather than actually having the conversation with them, you might have a bit of a problem.

So how do you go about living in the present? The future is important, but you need to understand that the way the present plays out today will affect how the future unfolds tomorrow! Mindfulness Meditation is a course that will teach you to live your life as it unfolds rather than living in the future! There are a few misconceptions regarding meditation, one of them being thee fact that mediation is intended to ‘blank’ the mind. In Mindfulness Meditation by Jon Kabat Zinn you will find that meditation can be used to experience life to the fullest, and change the way you perceive your problems.

The idea of course is to ensure that your fears and your problems do NOT control you. Rather you should be in control of THEM, and you should have the ability to transform your relationships, understand life, and strengthen your creativity. Another misconception you might have at this point is that you are using this method to run away from your problems. Running away is never the solution, and Mindfulness Mediation is more about facing your problems, and ensuring that you can transform them into something useful.

With Mindfulness Meditation you will be able to access your own deep inner resources for learning, enrich your day to day experience, and even reduce stress levels. As you probably know, stress is responsible for a number of different problems which range from trouble with relationships and even issues with job performance. Do you feel you have limitations? Do you believe they are keeping you from performing your job? If so, then there may be a way to fix them, but for now you can learn to work within those limitations, ultimately creating a better environment for yourself.

Finally, you can reduce or even completely overcome addictive behaviors that are holding you back! This is the control over your live that you’ve always wanted. You can operate far beyond automatic reactions, and you can find yourself growing like never before! These are revelations and advancements that many people will only DREAM of, and with Mindfulness Meditation you can take hold of those achievements and run all the way to home.

Are you ready to live a better life? Do you have what it takes to be the person you’ve always dreamed you could be? If so, then now would be a great time to take a look at this course and determine what it can actually do for you. It may not be too long before you’ve finally carved a path into the great unknown, ready to start this adventure called life.

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Exploring Mindfulness And Meditation

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By Roy Thomsitt

In our every day lives, we are all guilty of neglecting our minds, allowing our brains to be lulled into a lazy, neglected, and unaware state. It is as if we are allowing ourselves to be sculpted by bland and repetitive consumerism, our individuality being chiselled away by a tedium we cannot even be bothered to challenge with any will.

Life need not be like that. We are each blessed with a powerful mind; but normally people have forgotten or, most likely, never even knew how, to use it. It is such a waste of our own greatest resource.

One way to start to extricate ourselves from the mindless quicksand is to gently exercise our minds, using mindfulness and meditation as a way of bringing ourselves more emphatically into the real world, and start the process of exercising control over our minds and our lives.

Creating a mindfulness meditation is a gentle but powerful exercise. But how do you go about it?

A Simple Mindfulness Meditation Exercise

As with any meditation session, you need to get into a relaxed and comfortable position, eyes closed, and then commence with deep nasal breathing, focusing your thoughts on the breathing to ease yourself into a meditative state.

Once you feel that you are calmed by your breathing and that your breath is under your rhythmic control, then you can move on to focusing on your own body, a part at a time. I was first taught this at yoga class, where we were taught to concentrate first of all on the left foot, focusing on it from a position above ourselves. Then move up the body slowly, left ankle, knee, thigh and so on. When reaching your head, you then do the same in reverse on the other side of the body: right shoulder, right elbow, right hand and so on.

Once you have completed your tour of your own body, as if you were someone else examining it, then it is time to open your eyes and increase your mindfulness of your surroundings.

To do this, focus on any object in the room; it does not have to be anything special: a cup on the coffee table, a vase, a plastic flower, anything. Try to maintain that focus for half a minute, and then move on to any other object. You can repeat this several times, always maintaining a focus on your own body and your own breathing, creating a triple harmony with each object on which you focus.

By using this simple mindfulness meditation you are increasing awareness both of yourself and your surroundings, in a very gentle and easy way. It can serve as a prelude to some mental task, as well as being part of an ongoing mindfulness campaign to strengthen and expand the use of your own mind.

For example, most days I write, but sometimes I just do not seem able to concentrate on what I am supposed to be writing about. I find this type of exercise, even just for 10 minutes, will snap me out of that inexplicable malaise, and I can get right on and write what I should have written earlier.

About the Author: This meditation and mindfulness article was written by Roy Thomsitt, owner and part author of the Routes To Self Improvement website.

Good Feng Shui Begets Better Feng Shui

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By Amy U. Goodmann

Some people seem to have everything going in their way. It can be said that they have the “Midas touch”. Everything they handle or are involved with – every relationship, every business venture or relationship seems to turn to gold. Yet is a positive image, or does luck seem to follow these privileged people around. Is it the chicken or the egg?

If the mind did not matter then why is the head attached to the body? In the practice and customs of Feng Shui “Mindset draws Chi”. Overall it can be more than said and emphasized that having a positive mindset and along with that the real intention and intentions to follow through with your actions and endeavors is the greatest magnet for success and popularity overall. You can count on it.

Having a positive outlook and the intention to create the life and career that you want and desire, to attract love into your life, will definitely work towards improving your career, will draw more wealth and riches for you and towards you, and toward the direction of yourself, your family and close friends. On top of that wealth, riches and even power is like a snowball rolling down the hill, getting bigger and bigger as well as gaining more and more speed as well as momentum. Good Feng Shui ponders even better and greater levels of Feng Shui.

It can be said that Feng Shui is much like liquid water. It’s all about starting motion, direction, movement and direct ion in the correct chosen manner and paths. Once you “prime the pump” of a well, water will flow incessantly and almost without much efforts on your part and parts. Before most drivers start their automobile most kick or punch the pedal to the metal a few times and in essence prime the gas pump of their car , so that they can depend that their vehicle will power up in a flash., predictably , and in a most powerful manner.

If you have ever used a pump handle to draw water, you will know that it works in the same way. Some of the time you actually have to pour water down the pump itself. In essence you are making an initial investment of precious water to get more and greater amounts of water down the line, in the future.

In the same way and manner your thoughts and intentions can be seen as an analogy to pushing downwards hard on the gas pedal , or pouring water into a pump.

It can be said that you are setting the stage for your Feng Shui to cry out and seek the vital kinds of energy you wish and desire for your eventual path down the road of your personal success – be it wealth, love, riches, friends or simple contentment in life. It’s all about focus – in the correct direction, directions and proper path. Focus and applications of your tools and powers that you intrinsically have or have come to possess.

Onwards to a live of your wildest dreams and ambitions. Feng Shui!

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Feng Shui Beginners: How to Use Feng Shui to Enhance Your Luck

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By Lynn Lee

Feng Shui is not a dish best served warm with some oyster sauce. It is the art of tuning you in with Mother Nature, so that she may notice you, stroke your head gently and impart upon you all of nature’s secret energies of wisdom, love, power, luck and wealth. People all over the world, including Chinese people have turned into the more antiquated recesses of history and have been using feng shui to enhance their prosperity and ensure their longevity. This is some literature for those not in the know, a feng shui for beginners so to speak – instructing all on how to use feng shui to enhance your luck.

Feng shui is using the power of colours, arrangement and design structures to make any living or working space sort of a tuning fork or sponge that can absorb as much good energy as it can to give you prosperity, luck and wisdom. Adversely, you could be stuck in a situation where the reverse is true, bad colours and odious arrangements make for the ‘scarecrow’ effect – driving away ‘Chi’ or good energy.

What we are concentrating here is on luck and I will explain a bit on that as well. Ancient masters of old China, well schooled in the arts of feng shui have divided luck into three bite sized and packaged portions. ‘Tien’, also known as luck of the heavens, ‘Ti’, a luck spawned from earth and ‘Ren’, the best luck of all, created from the tools of humanity and the individual.

Now Tien is the preset luck, it all depends on time of birth, location and family history. Ti and Ren however are entirely up to you. Ti or Earth Luck is the one you have the most control over. This luck is resonant with the energies of nature and they flow within the world we live in at every turn. This is also where feng shui is most applicable because these are the very energies or ‘Chi’ that you must tune to enjoy a lifetime of good luck and prosperity. The totality of the approach is this, what colours you use and how your house is arranged will decide how much and how often these energies will call on you and make themselves comfortable in your abode.

What you put in your house is also very important. Dried flowers, fake plants or anything with thorns or sharp jagged edges may just cut a swathe into the good energies and chase them away. Feng Shui identifies eight segments of life – career, relationship, health, travel, children, family, education and fame. Each of them has a place in any living and working space and anyone can use what they have or Feng Shui specific objects like crystals and stones to augment and control the amount of ‘Chi’ travelling through the house as well as balance the yin (masculine) and the yang (feminine) energies of the house – maintaining a balance that is ideal for wealth, luck and prosperity to grow. So use this feng shui for beginners guide as your first step towards enhancing your luck today.

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What is Reiki?

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Reiki is stress reduction and relaxation technique which promotes healing. It is Japanese technique. It is a technique which involves “laying on hands” and it relies on the idea that an unseen “life force energy” flows through our body and it keeps us alive and is the cause us to be alive. Reduction in one’s life force energy is low, we tend to get sick and get stresses and an increase in Reiki energy would help us lead a happy and healthy life.

Reiki is a combination of two Japanese words, Rei- which means “god’s wisdom or the higher power” and ki which is “life force energy”. So, succinctly, Reiki means “spiritually guided life force energy. A Reiki session would give you a wonderful glowing radiance which flows through and all around you. Reiki treatment is beneficial and effects and gives rise to relaxation and feelings of peace, security, and wellbeing. Being a simple, natural and safe method of spiritual healing and self-improvement, therefore it is popular among everyone. Every illness and malady was effectively cured by Reiki and was always beneficial in every aspect. Reiki has been coupled with all other medical and therapeutic techniques to get rid of side effects and help in recovery of every illness.
Reiki is not usually taught in the usual sense but is transferred to the student during any Reiki class “attunement”, is the way in which the Reiki ability is passed by a Reiki master to a student to tap into an unlimited supply of “life force energy” to improve one’s health and their quality of life.

Reiki can be learned by everyone as it is simple, natural and safe method. Reiki does not depend on one’s intellectual capacity or their spiritual background or development. It can be easily learned by all and is taught to thousands of people of all ages and backgrounds. Reiki has been known to treat many diseases like multiple sclerosis, heart disease, and cancer, skin problems, cuts, bruises, broken bones, headache, colds, flu, sore throat, sunburn, fatigue, insomnia, impotence, poor memory, lack of confidence. The other major effects Reiki has on people and medical treatment is that it reduces negative side effects, shortens healing time, reduces and eliminates pains, reduces stress and most of all it helps create optimism. Reiki is guided by higher intelligence and it knows exactly where to go and how to respond to restrictions in the flow of Ki.

What is Mindfulness

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A spiritual faculty which is considered to be of great importance and which will lead to the path of enlightenment is called mindfulness. It is based on the teaching of the Buddha. It is also described as attentive awareness of the reality of things and is an antidote to delusion and is also considered as such power. Being on the seven factors of enlightenment , “correct” or “right” mindfulness is the seventh element of noble eightfold path. Buddha wanted everyone to establish mindfulness on everyone’s daily life. He preached that all should maintain as much as possible a calm awareness of one’s bodily function, sensation(feelings), objects of consciousness( thoughts and perceptions), and consciousness itself.

Mindfulness is paying attention “on purpose”, involving a conscious direction of our awareness. You should be totally aware of yourself, in order to be mindful and it should not be vague. For example, knowing that you’re breathing is not the same as breathing mindfully. When you are aware of breathing, you become aware of the process of breathing right from respiration till expiration. And when you become aware that your mind wanders, you almost immediately switch and pay attention to breathing. Purposefulness is really important part of mindfulness. If there is no conscious attempt to bring our attention to the act we are currently doing, then the mind wanders in an unrestricted way and therefore there is no purposefulness.

The basic goal of mindfulness is to increase your baseline of clarity and balance through the entire day and not to achieve a short state of balance and clarity. A temporary state in consciousness is not the purpose of mindfulness but it should involve the development of certain abiding traits inconsciousness.

Mindfulness will help to be free from suffering which arises due to physical discomfort, any kind of emotional discomfort also. Mindfulness will help to derive great fulfilment from physical pleasure. It would help to dispel habitual behaviours that have negative consequences like substance abuse, food behaviours, expressions of emotion that are inappropriate in kind or intensity , delay and so on. Mindfulness will help to understand oneself profoundly and it will help us realise the reason and purpose of our existence. Mindfulness will help each and every one to happily serve our fellow beings. Mindfulness will eventually help in the proper functioning of society and its people and their behavioural pattern and habits. Moreover, mindfulness dramatically increases the concentration ability.