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Feng Shui
Feng Shui, pronounced as ‘Feng Shway’ is an ancient Chinese knowledge that examines the natural and ‘built’ environment. Literally meaning wind and water, the world of Feng Shui is an amalgamation of ancient Chinese mathematics, interior design, architecture and simple rules of good housekeeping. It is a popular practice that is being applied to home and work places in order to create a balanced environment. Read up on this ancient practice and pick up a few Feng shui tips. Find out more on home and office decoration. Understand the significance of various Feng shui products.
Feng Shui Tip for Career
The Chinese Dragon ( Dom Jang) is a popular Feng shui symbol that is said to create cosmic chi that is the harbinger of good fortune. The Dragon along with moving water such as a water fountain can be a potent combination. The crystal globe is considered a powerful energizer, especially for those in the fields of education, literature, publishing, media and communications.
Feng Shui Tip for Wealth
A ship laden with cargo is symbolic of excellent opportunities for new sources of income. But be sure to point the ship inwards or you might just see your wealth moving out! Birds have always been considered bearers of glad tidings. In Chinese Feng shui too, a bird such as robin or oriole is a symbol of wealth. A popular symbol of luck for income is the 3-legged toad. Placing a dollar bill under a toad or a coin in its mouth can bring you lots of moneymaking luck.
Feng Shui Tip for Web Site
Feng shui has some interesting tips for web site designers. Following these principles, you can create a modern yet auspicious design. The top of the web page should prominently display your company name and logo. Rounded and curved shapes have an edge over sharp and angular ones. If your company logo has inauspicious elements, these should either be changed. If that is not possible, you can ensure that these elements do not point to your company name and logo.
Feng Shui Tip for your House
Don’t overlook your garden when you are ensuring the flow of positive energy in your house. The tenet of balance holds good here too. Storage solutions such as shelves and overhead cupboards are a feng shui no-no. Discuss with your feng-shui consultant before going in for remodeling or decoration. The ideal place for the kitchen is in the back of your house. Hide your trash bins as discarded items emanate foul smell and can cause negative chi. Avoid clashing elements like water and fire in the same location. This can lead to quarrels.
Cancave Mirror Ba ‘Gua
8 sided Flat mirror with 9 Guas (representing the 9 treasures of life or sectors) signifying specific meaning to a part of our life. The mirrors serve to deflect negative energies or poison arrows.
Feng Shui Bedroom
A Feng shui bedroom must have a bed that is larger than yourself or for the two of you. Sleeping on a bed that is small will restrict your success potential. Having a headboard or wall behind offers good support. Paintings of fierce animals and warships or objects with sharp edges are best avoided. It is a good feng shui practice to sleep with a picture of mountains behind you. Soft lighting creates an ambience that is just right for the bedroom and can be placed on bedside tables. Feng shui practitioners do not place photographs of loved ones in the bedroom. Some Feng shui bedroom basics:
- Do not place live plants, live fish and large mirrors in the bedroom
- Never place clutter under the bed
- Don’t have reflective surfaces facing the bed
- Pink or red color systems enhance your romantic luck
Feng Shui Decorating
When embarking on Feng shui decorating, either at home or office, you can incorporate various elements such as lighting, placement of furniture, mirrors and landscaping to optimize the human potential in a healthy environment. Feng shui cures help in decorating with objects and products that can balance the energy levels and redirect harmful energy. Sharp corners and angles are never a part of Feng shui decoration since they are considered a destructive influence. A simple bamboo plant that is evergreen is a good luck symbol and is popularly used in Feng shui decorations.
World of Feng Shui
Feng shui aims at balancing the energy in the environment, both natural and structural. The energy or ‘chi’, which the Japanese call as ‘Ki’ – possibly the equivalent of what the Indians call as ‘Prana’, flows through our home and office and affects all aspects of our life. Chi is the stream of energy, positive and negative that constantly moves and is a result of the Yin and Yang theory. Chi is constantly coursing through the earth and has palpable
manifestations. Chi can be balanced by properly placed objects so as to improve well-being, relationships and prosperity. This ancient Chinese philosophy is based on the premise that the world is completely alive - all things have universal life energy.
Life energy is organized into five elements – metal, fire, water, wood and earth. These energy forms are constantly moving at unique wavelengths. Since energy can neither be created nor destroyed, the environment around us is connected and has the potential to affect our well being.
A bagua can be likened to a Feng shui road map. A bagua is an eight-sided map that identifies all the 9 different areas of life and personality. The Eight Trigrams are the basis for Feng Shui analysis and calculations. It divides the home into nine sections or ‘guas’. Each gua corresponds to an important area of your life – prosperity, family, wisdom, fame, health,
career, relationships, creativity and children and people and travel.
Placement of objects involves changing or channelizing the flow of chi in order to achieve desired personal transformation. Clutter and untidiness causes constriction and inertia in the corresponding aspects of life. The principles of Feng shui
are based on the Yin and Yang theory. Yang represents health and light whereas Yin represents cold and darkness. This has a profound impact on balance and harmony.
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