Feng shui (traditional Chinese: 風水; simplified Chinese: 风水; pinyin: fēng shuǐ; pronounced /ˈfəŋˌʃueɪ/ foong-shoy in Chinese Mandarin, "fheng-schway" in American English) is an ancient Chinese system of aesthetics believed to utilize the Laws of both heaven (astronomy) and Earth (geography) to help one improve life by receiving positive Qi. The original designation for the discipline is Kan Yu (traditional Chinese: 堪輿; simplified Chinese: 堪舆; pinyin: kānyú; literally: Tao of heaven and earth).

The words feng shui literally translate as "wind-water" in English. This is a cultural shorthand taken from the following passage of the Zhangshu (Book of Burial) by Guo Pu of the Jin Dynasty:

Qi rides the wind and scatters, but is retained when encountering water.

Traditional Feng Shui practice always requires an extremely accurate Chinese compass, or Luo Pan, in order to determine the directions in finding any auspicious sector in a desired location.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Improving Your Relationships

Although fate, or Heaven luck as the Chinese put it, may govern your opportunities for meeting suitable life partners, Feng Shui certainly has a strong influence on how these relationship turn out. When moving in with someone, often the nature of a relationship will change in totally unexpected ways, and not just those associated with learning to live in close proximity with a new person. If you are the person doing the moving, ares of your life, such as career or patronage, might suddenly change for no apparent reason. The answer of course is that the movers Feng Shui environment has changed totally, whilst the partner whose flat or home it was originally will still have the same Feng Shui conditions. If both partners move into a totally new home, then both may be affected.

The practitioners claim that if the partnership Feng Shui is correctly positioned and stimulated then the chances of either partner wishing to embark on an outside relationship is fairly limited. One of the classic stimulators of ch'i is the fish tank or fountain. Some practitioners advise the setting up of such a tank near the main door of the house. However if this is placed on the right-hand side of the main door, looking out, it can increase the sort of ch'i which attracts other women to the husband, a development which will not be conducive to a happy marriage. It is for reasons like this that Feng Shui manipulation can not only solve, but can also create problems. A good Feng Shui adviser should however be able to avoid these pitfalls. The key features are not surprisingly:

-The location and layout of the bedroom
-The relative sleeping positions of the couple
-The Southwest sector of the bedroom-the sector of relationship and marriage
-Your personal Nien Yen direction

If there are children, then the West and East sectors of the house are also important because the behaviour of children often affects a relationship. The East is the sector of family relationship.



Autor: Chris Dimitrova

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Added: December 18, 2009
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