Seham
06-02-04, 01:20 PM
Feng-shui (pronounced: "fung shway") is an ancient Chinese Science of design and placement that helps create balance and harmony in your everyday living environment.
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This science simply helps you to channel the flow of energy around your home or workspace in a harminious and beneficial way. The proper balance of Yin (dark) and Yang (light) energies create a balance in every aspect and area of your life.
A significant portion of Feng Shui practice is based upon interpreting the interaction between the five elements - Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood.
I'll bring information on the general recommendations of this science of design. Then we can visit each section of the house and how best to place your furniture according Feng Shui.
Feng Shui: the way of wind & water
Feng shui can be a combination of common sense and good taste, of intuition and logical thinking. "When you begin to perceive the power of the invisible world," writes William Spear, author of Feng Shui Made Easy, "you may very well explode, too -- with possibilities for a new future!" No, merely owning a Scalamandre striped taffeta-covered sofa won't change your life, but moving it to face the entranceway of your living room will. That's probably how you'd have situated it anyhow, so when you're sitting having an afternoon cocktail you can see who's entering the room. The flow of chi won't be blocked by your wasting energy waiting to be startled.
And? Well, everything is connected: Say your sofa faces away from the room's entrance, which makes you jumpy and nervous, so you snap at your spouse, which brings tension into your marriage, which makes you eat more and gain weight, which brings more tension into your relationship, which affects how you do your job, which means you won't get a very good raise, which means you won't be able to afford a vacation with your family, which means . . . it goes on and on.
But don't worry, you're already practicing a lot of good feng shui, you just don't know it. "Feng shui wants you to be in harmony with nature and the environment," says Tollefson. "It's about things we already do on some level, but we're not consciously aware of why we're doing it."
Bad feng shui may take shape in a thousand ways, but much can be cured using some pretty simple design techniques. Mirrors ("the aspirin of feng shui") can be used to create positive feng shui, to reflect good chi and deflect bad, to correct for misshapen rooms. Make sure, however, that what is reflected is positive, and not the bathroom or garbage. Mirrors must also be kept clean and unchipped, or they will have the exact opposite effect from what you intend. Mirror tiles break up images in too many disconcerting and confusing ways and should be avoided; stay away from smoked mirrors, too, or you'll be seeing yourself, as Spear writes, "amid the haze." Sliding mirrors on your medicine cabinet can be a nightmare, since the first image you'd have of yourself every morning would be split, creating an imbalance that would linger throughout your day.
Using wind chimes will also cure bad feng shui, as they not only warn you when someone is entering your space, but also disperse bad chi and replace it with good. Mobiles and weather vanes work the same way. Live plants and aquariums symbolize life; if plants and fish can thrive in a room, so can you. Even silk flowers are good (if tacky), because you won't have the burden of death hanging over you constantly.
Pictures hung too high imply you'll always be reaching for things; a lower position means that possibilities are endless. Windows should open completely and not slide up and down, which will divide the energy flow and make you noncommittal. Narrow windows will make you narrow-minded and limit your opportunities.
Carefully placed heavy objects, such as statues and boulders, can stabilize an environment, allowing you to maintain your cool under duress as well as hold onto your job or spouse. Lastly, there are bamboo flutes ("that's right, bamboo flutes," says Tollefson), which lift the energy of a space, encouraging the positive flow of chi.
From: http://www.starr-rhapsody.com/journey/newage.html#fengshui
http://www.aa2sbu.org/aaezine/images/F/feng-shui.gif
This science simply helps you to channel the flow of energy around your home or workspace in a harminious and beneficial way. The proper balance of Yin (dark) and Yang (light) energies create a balance in every aspect and area of your life.
A significant portion of Feng Shui practice is based upon interpreting the interaction between the five elements - Fire, Earth, Metal, Water and Wood.
I'll bring information on the general recommendations of this science of design. Then we can visit each section of the house and how best to place your furniture according Feng Shui.
Feng Shui: the way of wind & water
Feng shui can be a combination of common sense and good taste, of intuition and logical thinking. "When you begin to perceive the power of the invisible world," writes William Spear, author of Feng Shui Made Easy, "you may very well explode, too -- with possibilities for a new future!" No, merely owning a Scalamandre striped taffeta-covered sofa won't change your life, but moving it to face the entranceway of your living room will. That's probably how you'd have situated it anyhow, so when you're sitting having an afternoon cocktail you can see who's entering the room. The flow of chi won't be blocked by your wasting energy waiting to be startled.
And? Well, everything is connected: Say your sofa faces away from the room's entrance, which makes you jumpy and nervous, so you snap at your spouse, which brings tension into your marriage, which makes you eat more and gain weight, which brings more tension into your relationship, which affects how you do your job, which means you won't get a very good raise, which means you won't be able to afford a vacation with your family, which means . . . it goes on and on.
But don't worry, you're already practicing a lot of good feng shui, you just don't know it. "Feng shui wants you to be in harmony with nature and the environment," says Tollefson. "It's about things we already do on some level, but we're not consciously aware of why we're doing it."
Bad feng shui may take shape in a thousand ways, but much can be cured using some pretty simple design techniques. Mirrors ("the aspirin of feng shui") can be used to create positive feng shui, to reflect good chi and deflect bad, to correct for misshapen rooms. Make sure, however, that what is reflected is positive, and not the bathroom or garbage. Mirrors must also be kept clean and unchipped, or they will have the exact opposite effect from what you intend. Mirror tiles break up images in too many disconcerting and confusing ways and should be avoided; stay away from smoked mirrors, too, or you'll be seeing yourself, as Spear writes, "amid the haze." Sliding mirrors on your medicine cabinet can be a nightmare, since the first image you'd have of yourself every morning would be split, creating an imbalance that would linger throughout your day.
Using wind chimes will also cure bad feng shui, as they not only warn you when someone is entering your space, but also disperse bad chi and replace it with good. Mobiles and weather vanes work the same way. Live plants and aquariums symbolize life; if plants and fish can thrive in a room, so can you. Even silk flowers are good (if tacky), because you won't have the burden of death hanging over you constantly.
Pictures hung too high imply you'll always be reaching for things; a lower position means that possibilities are endless. Windows should open completely and not slide up and down, which will divide the energy flow and make you noncommittal. Narrow windows will make you narrow-minded and limit your opportunities.
Carefully placed heavy objects, such as statues and boulders, can stabilize an environment, allowing you to maintain your cool under duress as well as hold onto your job or spouse. Lastly, there are bamboo flutes ("that's right, bamboo flutes," says Tollefson), which lift the energy of a space, encouraging the positive flow of chi.
From: http://www.starr-rhapsody.com/journey/newage.html#fengshui