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Perfectly Balanced Feng Shui

By Maggie Z. Mathews

When it comes to the very principles of Feng Shui – Qi the life force flows like a river through all bodies and all cultures throughout our universe.

Many if not most cultures pervade that a universal energy – some times called Qi or Chi flows constantly everywhere. Whether it Qi (Chi) in India or Ki in Japan, prana or pranha in India it is all the same. This energy medium of chi flows throughout the universe and the earth just in the same way that it flows throughout the human body, and changes made by nature or humankind will vary its very course. Just as acupuncture, chakra balancing and shiatsu massage can adjust the flow of energy in the body, so can feng shui adjust the flow of energy around us.

Feng Shui literally means (the flow) of “wind” and “water”. The wind disperses the invisible life energy and the water contains it. When you practice feng shui you attract and cultivate positive energy or sheng qi (shung chi) and dispel or eliminate negative energy or sha 1i (shar chi)

Positive sheng qo meanders gently along curved lines while negative sha qo strikes quickly in straight lines. For the qi to be beneficial and nourishing, you need to keep it flowing – not too quickly and not too slowly. Sheng qi comes from nature while corners. Known as “secret arrows” generate sha qi.

Qi should be encouraged to enter a dwelling and its garden and to flow freely and slowly throughout the space. If it is blocked, it will become stagnant and destructive.

In heaven there is tien qi ( nian chi) or heaven qi , on earth there is ren qi ( rem chi) or human chi. Heaven qi is made up of all the forces that heavenly bodies exert on earth such as sun and rain. Earth qi is affected by heaven qi – too much rain will cause flooding, too little will cause plants to die- and then within the earth qi , each person has his or her own qi. The aim of feng shui is to keep harmony and balance between heaven, earth and human qi.

Feng Shui is also referred to as the study of the way of heaven and earth in relation to human. It can also help us choose a way of life and a place to live that is in harmony with our ren tao (rem dao) or the way of being human. The Chinese call this relations san cai (san chie) or the three gifts.

The Chinese believe that everything that exists has qi, and in turn, everything that has qi has yin (passive, masculine) qualities. Yin and Yang are opposites and complementary – one cannot exist without the other. Night does not exist without day, winter without summer nor shadow without sun. Similarly, each quality contains some of the opposites.

When you feel warm, positive and good about a place the Chinese would say that it good Feng Shui because the Yin and Yang are perfectly balanced. Feng Shui.

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Feng Shui : Confused Enough ?

By Kerry A. Francis

As you move into the world of Feng Shui you will find that is not one simple system to apply. Over the centuries, different schools of thought have developed.

For example the “Form School” relies on a great deal of intuitive insight and places great emphasis on the shape and contours of the landscape. Next the

”Compass School” is more concerned with the magnetic effects of the earth’s gravitational fields. , the movement of Qi , and utilizes the eight trigrams of the I Ching.

Solutions within these schools vary as well, as if you were not confused enough already with the concepts and practice of Feng Shui. Within the Compass School, some practitioners use a compass to find their ideal orientations to determine the health relationships or career corners; while others calculate their personal lucky and unlucky areas according to their birth dates.

Each of these systems helps you work out which part of your home need to be balanced. With the help of the concepts of “Bagua” as well as finding your own lucky and unlucky directions. You can further work to balance your own home as well as your life and its directions and stability.

As you apply the concepts of Feng Shui and learn to look at the different approaches that the compass, you will find that these are interchangeable in terms of their shapes and that these are simply and merely different ways of depicting the eight compass directions. Of north, northeast, southwest and northwest and the areas of life that these directions govern.

The ideal site for Feng Shui is said to be the where the descending heaven qi meets the ascending earth qi. There is no hard and fast rule about the perfect site. However there are some general conditions that you can look for.

Generally halfway up a hill facing the sum is considered good feng shui because you will get cool summer breezes and warm winter ones.

Next the ideal Feng Shui spot for a house is called xue or shu. It has an open space in front, the “bright hall” or Ming tang, with four mythical animals or spirits surrounding it. The red bird is the distant front view; the black tortoise is the protective hill at the back; the azure dragon is to the left and the white tiger to the right. Ideally you should have a stream flowing in front of the sine because water is regarded as a source of food and means of transportation. It is also believed that the heavens qi descends down the hill and is contained by the water.

As well in your quest to understand the concepts and complexities of Feng Shui that the idea of this protective, armchair shape can be applied not only to the site of your home, but to the Feng Shui of a particular room, where chairs are placed so that the backs are protected and there is an open space in front of you, or to your garden, where you can plant protective trees at the back if there is not a hill. After all feeling safe and secure is a large part of being happy. Feng Shui!

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