FENG SHUI
The Japanese way to improve Home living, Health, attract Money and Happiness
By
Sarah Emmerson
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Wht I Fng Shui - A Sin r Blif?
O vr th r, I hv ut frth th viw tht Clil Fng Shui i a intifi rti. Nw, I hv ud tht viw f Fng Shui ll vr th wrld, whn I th Fng Shui, BZi nd Min Xing t minr. S I w vr lntl urrid t find ut tht m mmnt hd rtd a buzzing dbt vr th utin f wht rtur Fng Shui i - i it intifi rti? Pud-in? Or url blif? Hn, I thught I wuld ddr thi iu in mr dth nd xlr th intifi id f Clil Fng Shui.
Yu hv t Bliv in Fng Shui, it' nt in.
Wit a minut - u l hv t bliv in ur dtr, bfr u g nd him r hr. Yu l hv t bliv in ur lwr bfr u int him t dfnd u in a . D tht mn tht th ntir bd f mdil in i nt vlid if u dn't bliv ur dtr' digni? Of ur nt.
Whn l xhrt tht Fng Shui i nt a in r nt intifi, th rblm i, l m nt undrtnd wht in i t bgin with. Th wrd 'in' m frm th Ltin wrd inti, whih mn knwldg. Arding t Wikidi, in n b dfind iml "n tmti fild f tud r th knwldg gind frm it". S, hw d Fng Shui mur u gint thi dfinitin?
Thr i n dubt tht Clil Fng Shui i a tmti fild f tud: b tmti I mn it h bi mdl, bi rinil, miril vidn nd mt imrtntl, dumntd brvtin. It i nt md u. It i nt thi td, tht tmrrw. It i nt withut lgil xlntin.
Hw d intit rriv t intifi nluin? Th ndut xrimnt, brv th utm, rt th xrimnt if nr t nur a nitnt utm nd thn dumnt thir brvtin. Fng Shui h bi mdl nd rinil: th Fiv Elmnt, Yin nd Yng, th H Tu, th L Shu, th rinil f Cmi Trinit r xml f rinil t th r f Fng Shui nd mn Chin Mthil rti. Wht but miril vidn? Thi h bn umulting in th Tng Dnt! Anint li ntin nt nl dritin f lndfrm nd th rinil f Qi, but drwing f muntin nd wtr.
Nw bk nd nw thri n Fng Shui, djutd t th mdrn wrld tht w liv in, r ntntl ublihd nd writtn in Hng Kng nd Tiwn. Th tud, nd th bd f knwldg, i ntntl grwing, nt unlik intifi rti lik mdiin nd nginring.
In n in, a ritil mnnt i brvtin. Fng Shui i a mnnt f Phignm, whih i n f th Chin Fiv Art. It i knwn a in f brvtin f th nvirnmnt. Mn f th rinil in Fng Shui r th rult f brvtin b rtitinr in th Tng Dnt, whih r thn dumntd int li lik Qing Nng Jing (Grn Sthl), Ru Di Yn (Entring Erth E) nd Zi Bi Ju (Purl Whit Vr). Sm f th li tht frm th bi f Fng Shui tud r nt riginl li tht rund nw id, but wd ut th brvtin tht did nt n ut nd th n tht did. Fng Shui until th rl 1900 w xluivl fr Imril u nl. S th rrh w ftn rrid ut frm n gnrtin t nthr, withut brkg r u. Thi nbld brvtin f wht wrkd nd wht didn't, vr th n f vrl hundrd r.
Td, whilt nt ll Fng Shui mtr n lim ffilitin t ling, th tht d, dumnt thir xtnivl nd thrughl, tht th bd f knwldg lltd during thir liftim, n b d n t th nxt gnrtin f th ling, tht th m ntinu t brv th utm, nd grw th bd f knwldg.
Sin i nt jut hi, hmitr nd bilg. Tht i n xtrml nrrw mindd rtin f in. Sin nm mngt thr thing, il in lik nthrlg nd ilg, rth in lik ggrh (trditinll rivd n 'rt' ubjt in Mli) nd lid in uh nginring, mutr in nd hlg.
Yu n't tuh it, u n't it, hw d u mur it?
Mn l l int ut tht it i hrd t t Fng Shui a in bu it i nt ibl t mur Qi. Agin, tht i a flwd rtin.
Bfr Mihl Frd (1831-79), ltriit nd mgnti fr uldn't b murd. D tht mn tht until Frd' tim, ltriit nd mgnti fr did nt xit? Eltrn mir hld inr th fild f virlg r th tud f viru. But d tht mn bfr tht, viru did nt xit? Qur nd blkhl nnt t b tull murd but n n dibliv Sthn Hwking whn h tlk but th wrmhl in th univr, vn if n n h tull n n t knw hw it wrk, xt n Str Trk.
Cn u mur bld rur with a tth? Of ur nt. W tnd t um tht ll thing in ur wrld nd univr r murbl b rulr, tt tub nd ltrni dvi tht w rd but r hv hrd but. But if tht wr th , thn thr wuld b n nd t dign il tl fr murmnt r brvtin in nw fild lik xlrtin r untum mhni. Until th Hubbl tl, mn tudid th tr nd th univr thrugh observation nl. W hd t build th Hubbl. Jut lik t xlr , w hd t build th rkt.
S, whn w tlk but muring Qi, w mut k: wht i th dvi fr thi rtiulr t f rti? Ar w nt bl t mur it bu w r nt uing th right dvi?
Th Chin lrd hd dvi t mur Qi. Th Slr nd Lunr lndr, th Lu Pn nd brvtin kill - uing n' t tud th nvirnmnt. Of ur, nwd, m f u u Ggl Erth. And u n bu n ltrni Lu Pn. And ltting Fling Str r D Gu lultin ( mthd fr untifing nd idntifing t f Qi) n b dn ltrnill with a mutr th d, r vn a Plm rgrm. S wh tht Qi i nt murbl? It i iml tht Qi i nt murbl thrugh th dvi r mn in whih l um r ud t mur vrthing in thi univr, frm g t int. Yu dn't u a tth t mur bld rur ftr ll, right?
Art in vr in
Th thr dbt vr Fng Shui i whthr it i n rt r a in. Lt m thrw ut a tntill bld uggtin: In vr in, thr i rt. I think if u k a dtr r a dntit, th will mt rtinl tll u tht thr i n rt, t th in tht th rti. Thi rt i judgmnt. It i ubtl lmnt tht m with xrin nd litin f knwldg in diffrnt . Evn in th urt in, th Qun f Sin, Mthmti, thr i but nd thti!
Sin nl ffrd u th ur litin. Art i wht nbl a rn trind in a intifi rti t mk a diin t whih thniu t l, nd in wht intn a thniu n r nnt b ud. Thi i tru in Clil Fng Shui wll. Thr r univrl rinil in Fng Shui, nd frmul. Thi i th in. But hing th right intn t l th intrrttin, r ulifing th intn whn a frmul n b ud, thi i th rt bhind th in. Similrl, nvirnmntl frmtin, muntin nd wtr, r uniu in h nvirnmnt. S whil th will nfrm t rtin bi rul (fr xml, muntin lw t t wtr) nd fll within a luth f mr hititd rul, hw th Qi i bt td nd utilid, bd n th trutur (hu, ffi building, rrt) i th rt.
It mk n if u nidr thi ll within th Yin nd Yng ntxt tht i a bdrk rinil f Fng Shui nd ll Chin Mthi. Yin nd Yng mbli bln, rftin. Within in, tht whih i grundd in trit rinil, thr i rm fr intrrttin, r rtiti litin. Yin nd Yng.
Thinking Mthil
Mthi td i mtim itd with kk rti lik th ult but thi ignr th vr vnrbl hitr f mthi in th Wtrn wrld. Arittl w n f th fmu thinkr itd with Mthi, w Rn Drt nd Albrt Eintin. Wtrn mthi i uit a brin rkr nd I dn't rf t b n xrt in Wtrn mthi. But a urr rh n th Intrnt will rvl tht mthiin r intrtd in utin f xitn (wh r w hr?), th tud f Gd r th divin, lng with undrtnding ulit (wh thing hn), rltinhi nd th univr. It mbin rning nd lgi, with hilhil id.
Clil Fng Shui nd th Chin Fiv Art wr lw rgnid mthil ubjt b th Chin - in thr wrd, intifi rti with hilhil xitntil iu t it. Mthi i a mr urt mn t drib Fng Shui, BZi nd Min Xing (lthugh thi dn't dtrt frm it intifi ntur) bu th intifi rti rigintd ut f a dir b th Chin t undrtnd iu f dtin, th univr, ft, xitn nd idntit, whih r ntill mthil r hilhil iu. Fng Shui, BZi nd Min Xing hv hilhil nnttin t thir intifi finding bu th ntill r in in whih t undrtnd a rn' lif.
Nw, I'm a Fng Shui rtitinr nd trinr. I'm nt a hilhr nd I'm rtinl nt n xrt n mthi r in. M gl in thi rtil h bn t giv u n inkling f hw I hv rrivd t m nluin f Fng Shui a intifi rti. I d nt xt l t immditl b nvind f m viwint but I bliv tht gtting t th truth i nvr but wht n rn think, but but ning ur mind t ibiliti bfr w rriv t nluin. Stimulting dbt, ning th dr t diuin nd utting ut ltrntiv rtiv i rt f th w in whih nw id n b td.
Fr th lngt tim, l blivd Fng Shui w but urtitin, ulturl blif (mbl nd trinkt) r rligin. L nd l l think tht td. Jut lik thund f r g, l thught th wrld w flt. Pl m nt b nvind tht Fng Shui i a in r intifi rti, but if th n thir mind t th ibilit, jut lik Glil nd mind t th ibilit tht th rth w rund, I hv dn m jb!
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