Post by Goth on Aug 1, 2007 11:59:29 GMT 1
"Feng Shui" literally means wind and water. It is an ancient Chinese system about the relationship between humans and their environment.
Feng shui is an ancient and wise approach to the way our environment affects us. The way we feel and the way we act is affected in a great amount by the environment which surrounds us. Therefore, by learning how to properly organize what surrounds us, we can improve our lives, and that is what feng shui is about.
By organizing our environment randomly, we do not take control of how it affects us and give it the chance to become an obstacle without even realizing of it. Feng shui teaches us that the spaces where we live or work should be thoughtfully disposed in order to take the best advantage of them and make them be a help to us rather than an obstacle.
Feng shui shows us how our spaces can be designed and re-arranged in order to provide us the right balance and harmony. Simple things such as the position in which we place our desk, can become determinative to the harmony we feel in that space, and affect factors such as the concentration we may have when working in that space.
Among the most important feng shui concepts is the one of bagua. Bagua is a term employed to denominate the map of feng shui which is the tool we can use to evaluate each living or working space. This map's shape is an octagon which is divided in nine different areas. Each area correspond to nine main areas of life and allow us to identify the position of each one of those areas in the space we are evaluating..
Feng shui manages five main elements which we should always have in mind when harmonizing our environment: water, wood, fire, earth and metal. Each one of these five elements move in a different way and make the energy of the environment vary depending on it.
The term chi denominates the energy, which is always changing and moving and depends on the five elements. Feng shui studies the way chi moves and acts as an invisible force determining the kind of energy that objects, and everything that surrounds us, contain.
As we can see, feng shui can provide us a very rich and wise new world to explore. By acquiring the knowledge it has to provide, we can understand and improve our environment or space, whatever its nature is. This way, feng shui allow us to improve our life style and our energy by maximizing the environment in which we are.
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Some Feng Shui Tips for the Home:
1) There should be no shoes or slippers lying around outside the main door of your house. Remove them if you can. Allow that space at the main door to be free and clear. The chi (energy) rides with the wind and will collect all the smell of those shoes and slippers into your house causing sickness. Ch’i then travels about in your house looking for water to stay but if there are no water fountains or fish tanks, then the Ch’i will be dispersed by wind.
2) There should be no television sets in your bedrooms: If you cannot get rid of that habit then after watching the television cover it with a plastic table cloth. Remember it has to be plastic and not simply cloth.
3) In the garden try and use lots of the colour red (the most popular Chinese colour) because it's vibrant and strong. Always remove dead plants and heads of flowers and steer clear of flowers with sharp points.
4) Place an indoor water fountain in your home, position in a favourable area to attract whatever you want in your life.
5) If you already have a fish tank in your house, be careful. A fish tank placed correctly can bring about greater fortune, as you will tap on the "Divine Water Dragon's Den". But if you tap wrongly, it can cause you to have lawsuits, bankruptcy, work pressure, troubles and problems. If you noticed any of these after placing the fish tank for approximately four months, shift your fish tank to another location.
6) In your kitchen, ensure that opposite your stove there is no refrigerator, washing machine, washbasin and toilet. The fire and water crash causing family members to have disagreements.
7) Try not to allow children to sleep on mattresses on the floor. Yes, this allows young children not to fall off beds but it also causes young children to fall sick frequently. The reason is: chi is not able to flow underneath the bed. Ideally, chi should circulate around the mattress where our children sleep to allow them to be healthy.
8) For young children, try to have their back to the wall when they write. It is important there should be a solid wall behind a children's writing table. This allows the child to have support so that he can sit there and study longer rather than for only half an hour and then they tend to move about because there is no solid wall behind their back. Adjust your writing table.
9) Do not allow children to sleep on double bunk beds even if it means saving space. The child sleeping underneath will not have "fresh chi" and so his health might be weak. But if due to space constraints, then monitor your child's health if not add in a metal 6 rods wind chime or a crystal sphere, to break up the "stale chi" around his bed.
10) Your bed should always have a solid wall behind you. This is important if you wish to have a good rest. A solid wall simply means that you can go into deeper sleep and therefore enabling you to have good rest so that when you wake up in the morning, you will feel fresh and well rested. This also allows you to be able to concentrate on your work better.
11) There should be no beam on top of your bed. The beam above causes chi to be pressured thus enabling you to have pressures in life. Therefore, don't place furniture underneath it or alternatively level the beam. But make sure if you choose the latter, it is important that you have enough height for that space.
12) If you have a lot of work pressure, maybe it's the marble table that you have in your dinning room that causes you to have those problems. Remove that marble table and change to a wooden one or alternatively live with that work pressure!
13) If your child usually falls sick in that bedroom: Then either change them to another bedroom or simply hang a six rod metal wind chime as the metal element will break all the earth energies in that room. After hanging, if the wind could not do the job for you then you will have to "chime" it yourself and then watch for the good results.
14) Do not use a red sofa set: The colour red represent the element of fire. And for Feng Shui, some places simply cannot have the colour red in that sector. For example: the wealth area or some other sectors which without a Feng Shui check would be unable to tell you where it is. A red sofa sets gives rise to heavy work pressure, troubles and obstacles.
15) Always open your bedroom windows at least once 20 minutes a day to allow fresh chi to come in, we do this so that it allows fresh new chi from outside to come into your bedroom, if not you will be sleeping with stale chi every night. And if that happens, then how can you expect your life to bring in more good fortune to come to you? So open that window and never mind if dusts comes in! The great good fortune that you can have will far exceeds the time you take to clean off the dust.
16) Fresh flowers bring yang energy into the home. Never have dying ones in the home around and never display dried flowers.
17) A clear route to your front door is essential in Feng Shui. Hedges, flowers, plant pots etc near the door should be in perfect condition and not left to rot. The path shouldn't be littered or damaged in any way and should be lit so visitors can see the way.
18) Clutter is the first and most important area in the home to look at first. It's everywhere we go and it's hard to avoid. How many draws do you have at home full of bits and bobs and stuff that you never use?
Remove all forms of clutter, bags, rubbish, old clothes, magazines etc so the ch'i can flow smoothly. Check behind the fridge, cupboards and clear out old book shelves.
19) The same goes for emotional clutter. Get rid of old photographs that remind you of an ex-boyfriend or of someone that's hurt you.
20) Avoid harsh lighting, soft lighting is much better and bare light bulbs is bad Feng Shui too.
21) According to feng shui, the focal point of the room is the fire place. As fire represents movement and movement helps the Ch'i to move around freely try and pay attention to this area. The corner or the room is the best place to build a fire as it allows energy to circulate freely.
22) Keep the living room light and use plants to hide darker areas .
23) Mirrors should be clean and at head height and preferably oval. Steer clear of those with fancy patters, they should be simple.
24) Doors are important as they release the Ch'i from room to room. If they stick they will cause irritation and discomfort around the house.
25) Red, white, black and gold are the four most popular colours in feng shui. Try and use a combination of these to improve your home.
26) In the garden there should also be a pace to sit, a place to eat and areas for intrigue and surprise. Compost heaps should be hidden and disguise an unpleasant view with a mirror (this will also make the garden seem bigger).
www.fengshuitips.co.uk/home.htm
www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/newage/feng_shui/feng_shui_house.html
Feng shui is an ancient and wise approach to the way our environment affects us. The way we feel and the way we act is affected in a great amount by the environment which surrounds us. Therefore, by learning how to properly organize what surrounds us, we can improve our lives, and that is what feng shui is about.
By organizing our environment randomly, we do not take control of how it affects us and give it the chance to become an obstacle without even realizing of it. Feng shui teaches us that the spaces where we live or work should be thoughtfully disposed in order to take the best advantage of them and make them be a help to us rather than an obstacle.
Feng shui shows us how our spaces can be designed and re-arranged in order to provide us the right balance and harmony. Simple things such as the position in which we place our desk, can become determinative to the harmony we feel in that space, and affect factors such as the concentration we may have when working in that space.
Among the most important feng shui concepts is the one of bagua. Bagua is a term employed to denominate the map of feng shui which is the tool we can use to evaluate each living or working space. This map's shape is an octagon which is divided in nine different areas. Each area correspond to nine main areas of life and allow us to identify the position of each one of those areas in the space we are evaluating..
Feng shui manages five main elements which we should always have in mind when harmonizing our environment: water, wood, fire, earth and metal. Each one of these five elements move in a different way and make the energy of the environment vary depending on it.
The term chi denominates the energy, which is always changing and moving and depends on the five elements. Feng shui studies the way chi moves and acts as an invisible force determining the kind of energy that objects, and everything that surrounds us, contain.
As we can see, feng shui can provide us a very rich and wise new world to explore. By acquiring the knowledge it has to provide, we can understand and improve our environment or space, whatever its nature is. This way, feng shui allow us to improve our life style and our energy by maximizing the environment in which we are.
www.fengshuicrazy.com/
Some Feng Shui Tips for the Home:
1) There should be no shoes or slippers lying around outside the main door of your house. Remove them if you can. Allow that space at the main door to be free and clear. The chi (energy) rides with the wind and will collect all the smell of those shoes and slippers into your house causing sickness. Ch’i then travels about in your house looking for water to stay but if there are no water fountains or fish tanks, then the Ch’i will be dispersed by wind.
2) There should be no television sets in your bedrooms: If you cannot get rid of that habit then after watching the television cover it with a plastic table cloth. Remember it has to be plastic and not simply cloth.
3) In the garden try and use lots of the colour red (the most popular Chinese colour) because it's vibrant and strong. Always remove dead plants and heads of flowers and steer clear of flowers with sharp points.
4) Place an indoor water fountain in your home, position in a favourable area to attract whatever you want in your life.
5) If you already have a fish tank in your house, be careful. A fish tank placed correctly can bring about greater fortune, as you will tap on the "Divine Water Dragon's Den". But if you tap wrongly, it can cause you to have lawsuits, bankruptcy, work pressure, troubles and problems. If you noticed any of these after placing the fish tank for approximately four months, shift your fish tank to another location.
6) In your kitchen, ensure that opposite your stove there is no refrigerator, washing machine, washbasin and toilet. The fire and water crash causing family members to have disagreements.
7) Try not to allow children to sleep on mattresses on the floor. Yes, this allows young children not to fall off beds but it also causes young children to fall sick frequently. The reason is: chi is not able to flow underneath the bed. Ideally, chi should circulate around the mattress where our children sleep to allow them to be healthy.
8) For young children, try to have their back to the wall when they write. It is important there should be a solid wall behind a children's writing table. This allows the child to have support so that he can sit there and study longer rather than for only half an hour and then they tend to move about because there is no solid wall behind their back. Adjust your writing table.
9) Do not allow children to sleep on double bunk beds even if it means saving space. The child sleeping underneath will not have "fresh chi" and so his health might be weak. But if due to space constraints, then monitor your child's health if not add in a metal 6 rods wind chime or a crystal sphere, to break up the "stale chi" around his bed.
10) Your bed should always have a solid wall behind you. This is important if you wish to have a good rest. A solid wall simply means that you can go into deeper sleep and therefore enabling you to have good rest so that when you wake up in the morning, you will feel fresh and well rested. This also allows you to be able to concentrate on your work better.
11) There should be no beam on top of your bed. The beam above causes chi to be pressured thus enabling you to have pressures in life. Therefore, don't place furniture underneath it or alternatively level the beam. But make sure if you choose the latter, it is important that you have enough height for that space.
12) If you have a lot of work pressure, maybe it's the marble table that you have in your dinning room that causes you to have those problems. Remove that marble table and change to a wooden one or alternatively live with that work pressure!
13) If your child usually falls sick in that bedroom: Then either change them to another bedroom or simply hang a six rod metal wind chime as the metal element will break all the earth energies in that room. After hanging, if the wind could not do the job for you then you will have to "chime" it yourself and then watch for the good results.
14) Do not use a red sofa set: The colour red represent the element of fire. And for Feng Shui, some places simply cannot have the colour red in that sector. For example: the wealth area or some other sectors which without a Feng Shui check would be unable to tell you where it is. A red sofa sets gives rise to heavy work pressure, troubles and obstacles.
15) Always open your bedroom windows at least once 20 minutes a day to allow fresh chi to come in, we do this so that it allows fresh new chi from outside to come into your bedroom, if not you will be sleeping with stale chi every night. And if that happens, then how can you expect your life to bring in more good fortune to come to you? So open that window and never mind if dusts comes in! The great good fortune that you can have will far exceeds the time you take to clean off the dust.
16) Fresh flowers bring yang energy into the home. Never have dying ones in the home around and never display dried flowers.
17) A clear route to your front door is essential in Feng Shui. Hedges, flowers, plant pots etc near the door should be in perfect condition and not left to rot. The path shouldn't be littered or damaged in any way and should be lit so visitors can see the way.
18) Clutter is the first and most important area in the home to look at first. It's everywhere we go and it's hard to avoid. How many draws do you have at home full of bits and bobs and stuff that you never use?
Remove all forms of clutter, bags, rubbish, old clothes, magazines etc so the ch'i can flow smoothly. Check behind the fridge, cupboards and clear out old book shelves.
19) The same goes for emotional clutter. Get rid of old photographs that remind you of an ex-boyfriend or of someone that's hurt you.
20) Avoid harsh lighting, soft lighting is much better and bare light bulbs is bad Feng Shui too.
21) According to feng shui, the focal point of the room is the fire place. As fire represents movement and movement helps the Ch'i to move around freely try and pay attention to this area. The corner or the room is the best place to build a fire as it allows energy to circulate freely.
22) Keep the living room light and use plants to hide darker areas .
23) Mirrors should be clean and at head height and preferably oval. Steer clear of those with fancy patters, they should be simple.
24) Doors are important as they release the Ch'i from room to room. If they stick they will cause irritation and discomfort around the house.
25) Red, white, black and gold are the four most popular colours in feng shui. Try and use a combination of these to improve your home.
26) In the garden there should also be a pace to sit, a place to eat and areas for intrigue and surprise. Compost heaps should be hidden and disguise an unpleasant view with a mirror (this will also make the garden seem bigger).
www.fengshuitips.co.uk/home.htm
www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/newage/feng_shui/feng_shui_house.html
