What is Feng Shui? How Chi or Life Force Energy Can Harmonize Your Environment to Make it Healthier, Wealthier and Filled with Happiness...

Feng Shui is the ancient science of harmonising the life force energies within nature. The Chinese believe that "Chi" or the naturally occuring life force energy within the environment is able to be harnessed to bring good fortune and create healthy, beneficial conditions. Whether it be Feng Shui for the Home, Feng Shui for the Office, Feng Shui for the Bedroom or your desk at work, the subtle energies of Feng Shui (ie arranging the 'Chi') can help you to harmonise with the environment to create a better life.

Literally translated, the words "Feng Shui" mean 'wind and water' and this describes the way in which these subtle life force energies will flow within the environment to shape the land. The Chinese believed that:

"The Energy Dissipated by the Wind...
Stops at the Boundary of Water..."

Ultimately, this means that the subtle life force energy called 'Chi' can be gathered and harnessed to bring good fortune and this is not untrue. The Ancient Chinese Masters of Feng Shui recognised that 'Chi' was naturally occuring in all living things. For instance, acupuncture is based upon the understanding that 'Chi' flows through our meridians or the invisible lines of energy within the body that governs the health of the body. Martial Arts recognises that 'Chi' can be harnessed to deflect and protect against attacks. Likewise, the ancient Masters of Feng Shui recognised that when man aligned himself with the naturally occurring forces of good 'Chi' energy in nature, he would experience 'Good Fortune' and when he aligned himself with disturbed, negative or stagnant 'Chi' energy, he would experience Bad Luck, difficulty and obstacles. Therefore, the aim of Feng Shui is to harmonise the life force (within an environment) and the objective is to harness these enhanced energies so that they can flow favourably around us and increase the good fortune in people's lives.

In reality, Feng Shui is based upon using the principles the Ancient Masters of Feng Shui observed and discovered thousands of years ago.

These principles include the use of Feng Shui Astrology to harmonise the flow of Chi; the 'art of arrangement' within the environment; the organisation, grouping and aligning of people and objects so that they can receive this increased positive energy from the environment.

Ultimately, the study of Feng Shui includes determining the form and shape within an environment: how the life force travels, distributes, gathers as well as the more intricate understandings of the Lo Pan compass, Feng Shui Astrology (for people) and how the time and space elements to Feng Shui will influence the environment.

Feng Shui encourages proper alignment to the environmental forces and it uses Feng Shui tools such as Feng Shui arrangement, placement, harmonising and re-balancing to create the best conditions for each person uniquely.

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