What
is Feng Shui? Myth or superstition?
To
answer you, it is not. Feng Shui definitely exists. But
it is not as what you seen on TV and movies, possessing
great powers to twist one's fate, to gaining power and
becoming rich over night.
In
actual fact, it is a knowledge, the study and understanding
of the environmental influences. How the "Qi" (metaphysical
forces of nature) in your residing environment actually
affect you. A formula used to enhance one's luck during
timely good luck, to achieve the best possible benefits
and to prevent and minimize losses and misfortune during
untimely ill luck.
It
is just as simple as that. Feng Shui is a very practical
application to allow one to live in harmony with the environment,
to achieve the best possible benefits.
Think
of it this way. Life is always full of up and downs. Just
recall. Haven't you been in the situation where you were
so close to achieving things, to achieving success but
somehow with a twist of luck, lose it? And nevertheless,
experienced times of extreme ill luck, failing in whatever
you do?
To
explain, everyone will goes through a period of good luck
and ill luck in his or her life. This is the law of life.
Whether you are rich or poor, a Chinese or European, you
can never run away from this change of luck. Haven't you
seen many rich who bankrupt over night while some poor
unnoticeably become rich and wealthy?
It
is always one's action that is behind his or her success.
Are you one who always complains about your ill luck but
done nothing to help yourself? Opportunities are always
there. It is just a matter of whether you know how to
grab it.
Many
people have this misconception that Feng Shui brings wealth
and windfall. This is very wrong. It is rather about opportunities;
making use of the understanding of the law or nature and
life to effectively help you make the most of chances
to achieve success and wealth.
Now,
life is fair to everyone. In the path of life, everyone
will have his time of good luck. Feng Shui is there to
help enhance on it, bringing about positive influences
to better your success. And during time of ill luck, to
help minimize losses and misfortune to allow you the opportunities
to turn things over when yours good luck eventually arrives.
With a comfortable and calm environment, surely you will
have the best of health, wisdom and strength to meet the
challenges in life, to advance towards success? This is
what Feng Shui is about.
And
to be talking about Feng Shui, we all know that it is
a traditional skill, which originates from the olden China.
And to be talking about the olden China, it just can't
be helped by many to also think of traditional Chinese
Cultures. Hence when Feng Shui is the topic, many would
naturally relate it with Chinese Cultures or worse, myths
that are passed down from the olden days.
This
is a very wrong concept of thinking. Feng Shui is never
related with Chinese cultures and definitely any myths.
It is never about religion, cultures and needless to be
saying curses, ghost or deities. Feng Shui is never a
superstitious belief.
In
the practice of true classical Feng Shui, there is never
the presence of any legendary belief and practices. To
better correct your thinking, it is a scientific belief;
the wise knowledge of the law of nature.
This
profound knowledge has for this reason got more and more
recognized and today, we can actually see the growth of
different schools of Feng Shui practices. But whatever
differences in Feng Shui practices there may be, the correct
Feng Shui application revolve around the basic principle
of life - The relationship of the 5 Elements, which bring
about the formation of this Universe. They are the Wood,
Fire, Earth, Metal and Water.
All
forms in this Universe belong to either one of the five
elements and are in one way or another, mutually affecting
one another, which in turn affect our life. This is an
ever-going cycle in the law of Nature.
Feng
Shui is a formula, which cleverly work around the law
of Nature.
Based
on the philosophy of the productive and destructive cycle
of the five elements, the application of Feng Shui help
to incorporate one's astrological element accordingly;
to be in harmony with the surrounding, bringing about
beneficial gains.
Now
if you truly understand Feng Shui. Feng Shui is never
about placing of objects and items. It is never an interior
decoration. Remember, in the law of nature, a stone is
just a stone and be it a gold or silver, they are just
metal etc and that is it. Think about it. Do you think
a fake plant and a real plant can bring about the same
influence? If you are destined to meet a mishap in this
life, do you think by simply placing an object in your
house, you can just avoid things?
It
is rather about location, direction and time, knowing
how the "Qi" (the metaphysical forces of nature) in our
residing environment affect us. Knowing how to harness
the correct "Qi" into your residing environment to aid
you. Now, if you are destined to meet with some calamity
in your life, you just have to face it. But with the correct
application of Feng Shui, you can minimize these misfortunes.
Making use of the positive "Qi" in your residing environment,
you can improve and enhance your life destiny and luck.
Instead of meeting with a grave accident, getting away
with some minor ones.
And
note. Different people react differently to the "Qi" surrounding
them. What may be positive for some may just be negative
for you. There can never be a standardized one for all
Feng Shui formation. And why is this so? Because everyone
is born at a different time which mean having a different
personal astrological element. For example, if your personal
element is Fire, do you think an influence of Water element
will benefit or harm you?
Understand
also this. The world is always moving and changing with
time. In life, you can never have the best of luck all
the time. Just like when there is day there is night,
when there are times of good luck, they are times of ill
luck. This is the basic principle of Yin & Yang.
Over
different period of time, your residing environment though
remain unchanged will undergo influences of both good
and ill luck too.
Correct
and true Feng Shui helps to manipulate these influences
for you to be able to meet and handle these ever going
changes; to allow you to wisely and efficiently face the
challenges in life to achieve wealth and success. And
this is just how helpful and practical Feng Shui, a tool
is.
Feng
Shui is never a superstitious belief. It is a profound
skill used to manipulate the metaphysical forces of nature
to help enhance one's well-being, the art of living in
harmony with the nature environment.
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