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| back to feng shui | What is Feng Shui? by Master of Feng Shui
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. | |||