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An Introduction To Feng Shui |
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Written by Webmaster
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By Patrik Karlsson
 Energy balancing, or feng shui, is a ancient Chinese art that has attracted the modern world mentality by its diversity of applications for life enhancement. However, when you look at it, it may seem very basic, feng shui is pretty hard to describe as it involves difficult knowledge of the elements, the environment, the energetic structure of the body at the same time as of the main beliefs governing the functions of the universe.
"Feng" means "wind" and "shui" is "water" in Chinese; these two elements, gentle wind and clear water are symbols of fulfillment in terms of fortune, health and wealth. People talk about "good feng shui" and "bad feng shui" depending on the way the energies are respected and put to work for you.
The centre for feng shui is to completely know about the rules of nature but also the taoist vision, both embracing the idea that everything is full of the life energy or light, called "chi" or "qui" (in Chinese) or "ki" (in Japanese). The central factors that may influence a feng shui analysis of a
location, person or situation incorporate the five elements and the yin and yang rule. Feng shui is created on the ancient symbols present in I Ching, the ancient Chinese oracle. These symbols are used in the octagonal grid, the Ba-Gua, that tells you how to understand or determine the different relations between the feng shui locations in the office or home and the various parts of your life.
Feng shui is common to many different schools, and it involves several levels of learning and understanding, depending on the complexity of the information you have access to and actually get to internalize. Feng shui offer some cures for life improvement and those vary from the use of:
* fountains,
* aquariums and crystals
* energy improvement by means of clocks, colors and mirrors.
Light and colors make an important combination by the power they can bring to a certain location. Most places characterized by "bad feng shui" suffer from lack of light and color.
The relations of the universal elements is another crucial aspect of feng shui; wood, fire, water, earth and metal can produce productive or destructive circles depending on the preponderance they have in one's space. Each of the elements has a corresponding color; it is basic feng shui knowledge to know how to complement colors and balance an environment. The location of the elements in a space is not randomly done as it has to be determined by the octagonal grid, the Ba-Gua.
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Patrik Karlsson
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