Feng Shui is an exciting component of ancient Chinese wisdom – a science that goes back at least 4,000 years to the days of the emperors and mythical legends. That it has so brilliantly survived the centuries bears testimony to its potency. In recent years there has been an extensive revival of interest in its practice, particularly in the West, where the study of Feng Shui began as a New Age phenomenon, but has now attracted mainstream attention.
The current popularity of Feng Shui stems from the widespread appeal of its simple logic. While its many theories and guidelines are based on the Chinese view of the universe, the fundamentals are easily understood and widely applicable. Its laws and tenets relate to simple basic concepts that advocate living harmoniously with the environment, creating balance in the living space, and blending in with the natural landscapes of the world: the contours of the land, the terrain of the earth, the rivers and waterways of the world, sunlight and moonlight, vegetation, orientations, and directions – in short the winds and waters of the living earth that surrounds us.
Note
Words in bold have their own entries in the dictionary which the reader can refer to for further explanation.
Feng Shui …
… advocates living in harmony with the earth’s environment and energy lines so that there is balance with the forces of nature.
… contends that the environment is crowded with powerful, but invisible energy lines.
… says that some of these energy lines are auspicious, bringing great good fortune, while some are pernicious and hostile, bringing death and the destruction of happiness.
… offers ways of arranging the home so that these energy lines become harmonious and bring prosperity and harmony, rather than loss and discord.
… instructs us in the clever harnessing of auspicious energy lines – generally referred to as Sheng Chi, the dragon’s cosmic breath – making sure they meander gently through the home and accumulate and settle, thereby bringing good fortune.
… teaches us to avoid, deflect and dissolve inauspicious energy lines – also know as Shar Chi – which represent the killing breath caused by secret poison arrows in the surroundings.
… strenuously warns against sleeping, working, sitting, eating, and generally living in places that are hit by these pernicious hostile energy lines.
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