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Here is an interesting article from Suffolk Times about Feng Shui and your home. It’s a nice little primer on the subject, and raises some good questions and points, especially for people who are just starting out on Feng Shui. I particularly like the way that she compares stale air to stale energy. Clearly if the air cannot flow, the energy likely does not flow either. The article is certainly some interesting Feng Shui reading.
This is a very interesting story for supports of Feng Shui. It seem that Chinese senior official Wang Yinfeng from Chongqing municipality objected strongly to a building project in his area last year because it would hurt the feng shui of other buildings in the are and bring bad chi into the region. He was very agressive in his campaign, and he ordered a stop to the development. Some people felt that this would be a sort of career suicide. Well, the good chi must have been rolling his way, because this official has been promoted to deputy secretary-general of Chongqing municipal government. It seems that supporting feng shui can really bring good fortune!
Feng Shui has many influences on our every day lives. Using Feng Shui to bring good chi into our lives while pushing away negative or bad chi is very key. It isn’t just to bring us personal luck or to improve our business, it can also be to improve our overall lives and especially out family lives. I found this interesting feng shui article about family life and health. Clearly, using Feng Shui to bring better energy into your life can help everyone around you, bringing a positive energy into all that you do. In turn, this positive chi can help you to live a better and more balanced life, which can help with your long term health as well. Read the full article here.
Spring Festival time is almost upon us again, and 2011 is the year of the Rabbit (Metal Rabbit, to be exact). People born in the Year of the Rabbit are articulate, talented, and ambitious. They are virtuous, reserved, and have excellent taste. Rabbit people are admired, trusted, and are often financially lucky. They are fond of gossip but are tactful and generally kind. Rabbit people seldom lose their temper. They are clever at business and being conscientious, never back out of a contract. They would make good gamblers for they have the uncanny gift of choosing the right thing. However, they seldom gamble, as they are conservative and wise. They are most compatible with those born in the years of the Sheep, Pig, and Dog. According to Chinese tradition, the Rabbit brings a year in which you can catch your breath and calm your nerves. It is a time for negotiation. Don’t try to force issues, because if you do you will ultimately fail. To gain the greatest benefits from this time, focus on home, family, security, diplomacy, and your relationships with women and children. Make it a goal to create a safe, peaceful lifestyle, so you will be able to calmly deal with any problem that may arise.
Happy Year of the Rabbit 2011 and enjoy your Spring Festival!
As the Christmas season is upon us, there are often questions as to what is appropriate for Christmas decorations, keeping to good Feng Shui principals. About has a pretty good article here that includes some very good information, such as keeping light colors warm and bright (to keep things positive, and maybe to fend off the dark nights of winter), but at the same time to look for balance, not to over heat your house with took much fire element stuff. The principals of feng shui still apply! Also some interesting tips here about shape and color.
The Western Guide to Feng Shui: Room by Room
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Sort of a weird story, where it is reported that construction in Chongqing was stopped by an official concern for the effects of the new construction on the feng shui of existing Government buildings:
A RECORDING clip on the Internet allegedly showing a government official talking about fengshui has sparked controversy as it seemed to suggest the construction of a building was halted because the official believed it would disturb the fengshui of a nearby government compound.
Several versions of the recording have been uploaded onto the Internet. In the longest recording, lasting 31 minutes, a man alleged to be Wang Yinfeng, Party chief of Jiangjin district in south-west China’s Chongqing Municipality, said the under-construction building would block the government building and asked men said to be representatives from the real estate companies: ‘Do you know what fengshui is?’
Few places in the world have been touched by Feng Shui as much as Hong Kong. Buildings are arranged, places designed, and traffic flows all with help from Feng Shui. Even one building near the water front has a large hole in the middle of it, so the dragons can drink from the sea. For some people, this would see like excess, but in Hong Kong, where chi, luck, and power come together in interesting ways, Feng Shui is an integral part of life.
I search around looking for interesting tips and suck, and this article from Yourhome.ca has some very good and useful tips to quickly implement some basic concepts of feng shui into your home that really seem to help. Most importantly, this shows that the basic ideas of Feng Shui are easy to understand, and set up some simple and basic rules that can actually make your whole life better.
This is rather an interesting story that shows how Feng Shui can effect a business. It seems that Marks & Spencer decide to move into the mainland Chinese marketplace, and bought land and built a new 40,000 square foot store in Shanghai. But since opening, the store has had a rash of problems, including supply and such, but also the death of a customer (who fell four stories from the atrium to the ground floor) as well as large crowds who didn’t seem inclined to part with a month’s salary for a V-neck shirt.
There are strong whispers by rivals that the store has poor Feng Shui, and that the location itself is poor for various reasons, which explains why this lot (and the one next to it) were left empty in an otherwise booming area of Shanghai.
Feng Shui is something that can touch every part of your life. It isn’t just something that happens at home, the chi, the energy is all over the world, at all times. In many places, office buildings and commercial spaces are created to be in harmony with nature and to have positive energy. Well, you can do the same thing for your workspace, turning your cubicle into a better place to work.
