Was told today that it could be a good idea to organise my house in a certain way,colours and the direction things point etc.
Any ideas forum members


Geronimo

p.s. do you know anyone who does this

no I don't. There are plenty of books and the interior design industy has gone nuts on it.

Personally I do not see how it can work in the west. It's source and founding principals are based on the energies on the orient and are probably not applicable.

But that is just my opinion I guess. Whatever floats your boat.

Moon

Arrange it so you feel comfortable in yourself with it. Then your OWN ying and yang will be balanced. It doesn't matter what the Chinese think.

I'm waiting till the magnet flip happen. :thumbsup:

In the words of Billy Connolly.... Feng Shooey?! F***ing carpet cleaning!

Yes Moon Maiden, the man mentioned about a compass so I guess what you said about it only working in the west could have something to it. But why not the other directions i.e. up and down. Confused

Intrinsic natural energy is in everything and not just limited to China.

The Chinese do have a long history of the study and personal development of energy (they call it Chi) ... but they don't own it.

I think fenq shui is all about arranging your environment to create the best posible energy flow.

Energy flow = health and abundance ... but then that's not really a typical western world view.

yeah but my point was that the energy signatures are unqiue to that area.

For example vodoo. It can and will work in the uk but the natural ingredients and path are found in other countries.
Native american practises - are unqique to their area and work better in their country of origin.

Moon Maiden

Originally posted by Jamie
Intrinsic natural energy is in everything and not just limited to China.

The Chinese do have a long history of the study and personal development of energy (they call it Chi) ... but they don't own it.

I think fenq shui is all about arranging your environment to create the best posible energy flow.

Energy flow = health and abundance ... but then that's not really a typical western world view.

Yes but surely the direction things should point is relative to where ever you are. Bit like Muslims always pointing to Mecca when they pray.

Sure.

I think any culture's belief system and model of how they see the world and energy ... is largely influenced by their environment and each place on the planet will not quite be the same ... so some things will work better in some areas than others.

I just see things in a very pragmatic way ... and that ultimately everything is energy in one form or another and it's just basically understanding the energies in your immediate environment and arranging your environment (physical objects etc) to acheive the best possible energy flow.

aka Geomancy.

It's no secret that careful placement of things around the house and office can make considerable differences to your perception of the environment.

The objective of Feng Shui ('fung shway') is to promote a smooth and sinuous movement of chi.

This is by removing blockages and obstructions, but not allowing the chi to simply stream straight through the place.

It's akin to placing and replacing round pebbles in a stream, trying to slow the water down as much as possible without disrupting the flow, stopping it or causing turbulence.

The use of natural materials, particularly wood and water is very effective in enhancing sinous chi and also gives almost anywhere that rather precocious 'western zen' look.

Avoid having doors and windows directly opposite one another as chi will fly straight through. Place plants in corners of rooms with only one entrance to prevent stagnating chi

Placement of round and wooden objects, decorative and non-angular, can divert streaming chi into a more sinous pattern.

Try and smooth off all sharp corners, especially things like square pillars and filing cabinets, as these produce 'cutting chi' which is generally regarded as a negative thing.

Whether the notion of chi is an actual thing or merely, like mathematics - a method of modelling that yields concrete results, remains to be seen.

Oh yes, fish, in round bowls is very good Feng Shui

There's a plethora of crap coffee table books on the subject, you'd be better advised to find a credible source on the web.

The victorians were particularly practiced in the art of geomancy (some of them at least) but they were definitely working the 'black hat' side of things

Feng Shui can work (my mother believes in it and it seems to work for her)... Basics will involve finding the compass directions of doors and entrances in to/out of the building. Then you will need to find your own 'aspect' - this will depend on the Chinese year you are born in...

Phan's given you excellent general advice and the most important thing is to think of the energy as movement. Sharp corners and objects (Shahs) will send negative energy in the direction they point so try moving them so they don't face any seats, doors or beds. Or just cover them with, say, hangings. Electricity also moves energy around in most modern transcriptions... Plenty of books available!!

Worth mentioning, if you're interested in such things, that Feng Shui is based on Taoist (pronounced Dow-ist) philosophy, so read the I-Ching for the 'original' concepts...

Have got a compass from my mate, but it wont stop moving around. When it goes left and I try to look at it it goes off on one , how daft is that! Seriously though if the entrance to the house needs to be in another place,i.e. 45 degrees to where it was im well f..ck.d
p.s. arnt all Goldfish in round bowls?