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.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Using Feng Shui to Improve Family Life

One of the most appealing aspects of Feng Shui's potency is the way it can be harnessed to vastly improve family life. By this one refers not only to overall harmony within the family, but also it can be used to correct potentially tragic situations.

Thus, there are special Feng Shui orientations that can be activated:

  • to produce children to childless couples;
  • to increase affections between husband and wife;
  • to reduce areas of friction between members of a family;
  • to entice home a way-ward son or daughter;
  • to entice home a way-ward husband or wife;
  • to bring about a marriage or a birth in the family;
  • to improve the health of any sickly member of the family;
  • to effect reconciliation between quarrelling members of the family;

There are formulas for activating all and each of the "family happiness" situations mentioned. These involve the use of the Lo-Shu numbers and the compass direction orientations. The Lo-Shu numbers that correspond to the Yen Nien (relationship) position and directions are the most effective creating family type "happiness" situations. Thus depending on which member of the family is affected and depending on what aspect of the situation is to be activated, the practitioner can make changes to the sleeping position or to the direction of the stove-mouth. Or changes can be made to room locations of the children who appear to be creating "problems" for the family.

If there are problems relating to the health of any member of the family, then it is the Tien Yi (health) number(s) that should be activated. Tien Yi is conducive to bringing about the return to health of ailing family member. Once again it is the sleeping position or the direction of the stove-mouth that could be altered.

One very difficult problem that afflicts modern day families is the appearance sometimes of a third party from outside who threatens to break up the family. Usually a situation like this would never arise if the Feng Shui of the house had been oriented correctly in the first place, particularly the location of the bedroom and/or the sleeping direction of the husband and wife.

Another common problem facing families pertains to way-ward or disobedient children; or to juveniles who have a hard time taking their schoolwork seriously. Such children often mix with unsuitable peer groups or indulge in other anti-establishment type behaviour. Once again Feng Shui can often "cure" the situation. The recommendation given is such cases are to activate the child's Yen Nien direction (which will bring him/her closer to the family); or to activate his Sheng Qi (success) direction (which will make him mores serious in his work). Often, if the Sheng Qi can be effectively tapped by changing the sleeping and sitting directions, a change can be seen and felt quite speedily.



Autor: Alyn Ooi

Alyn Ooi is a Metaphysic enthusiastic. She has spent more than 10 years in research on how to apply Metaphysics science in self development and has created this website http://www.101selfdevelopment.com to share her research.


Added: December 1, 2009
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