- The beginning of the nonfiction book Feng Shui 101 by Stefan Emunds -
Think Energy! "'You have found the spot,' he said. I did not understand him at first, but he assured me again that the place where I had fallen asleep was the spot in question. He again asked me how I felt lying there. …I asked him if each of the two spots had a special name. He said that the good one was called the sito and the bad one the enemy; he said these two places were the key to a man’s well-being, especially for a man, who was pursuing knowledge. The sheer act of sitting on one’s spot created superior strength; on the other hand, the enemy weakened a man and could even cause his death. He said I had replenished my energy, which I had spent lavishly the night before, by taking a nap on my spot. He also said that the colors I had seen in association with each specific spot had the same overall effect of giving strength or of curtailing it." - The Teaching of Don Juan, A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, page 3.
How To Live In Harmony With Nature’s Finer Forces? According to the string theory, the state of the art concept of physics, atoms are made of tiny, fast-moving, vibrating strings with vast spaces between them. Things are tangible energy matrices. We are bouquets of vibes. We live in a grand illusion, a cosmic play of energy. Have you embraced the concept of Gaia, that nature is a living matrix? Energies and forces have (subconscious) intelligence and resonate with human mentality. Energies are amenable to suggestion. The subconscious interaction between physical and mental energies is the essence of Feng Shui. Feng Shui shows how energies behave, how your mentality impacts them, how energies impact your state of mind, and how you can align your mind with the cosmic energy flows. Don’t swim against cosmic currents! Luckily, nature’s finer forces are just twenty-two (twelve zodiacs and ten planets). They are cataloged and you can calculate their rhythmic progression. While Feng Shui has been part of the Chinese culture for thousands of years, Christian cultures lost this art a long time ago. In the Middle Ages the clergy associated geomancy with witchcraft and prosecuted those who practiced it. Feng Shui is an ageless art and stands the test of modernity. Companies like Intel, Dreamworks, Citibank, and the hotel chain Hilton use Feng Shui to design their buildings and offices. Feng Shui agrees beautifully with modern designs as the illustrations in this book will demonstrate.
How Can We Harness Energies? Feng Shui shows us how to live in harmony with the energies flowing through our home. Feng Shui is not a problem solver. All it does is boosting mental and physical energies. It neutralizes weaknesses caused by either a lack or excess of energy. Balance is the key. You need to use your mind to solve problems. However, problem solving is easier if your mind is strong. And a mind is strongest when it exists in harmony with its environment. A sailor maneuvers with the winds, not against them. After all, the strongest factor of your Feng Shui is you!
Yin and Yang Yin and Yang symbolize the harmonious interaction of the cosmic male and cosmic female. Don’t think of gender, think of Yin as an active and driving force and of Yang as a restricting and forming force. This concept is part of all religions, even Christianity. Check out the first verses of the Genesis: "At the beginning of time, spirit [Yin] was hovering over an abyss of waters [Yang] and there was light [Chi]."
When Yin and Yang embrace each other in a harmonious, rhythmic flow - dancing that is, they produce vitality - Chi that is. You want Chi in your home, a lot of Chi. And you want it to flow freely through your living space. Feng Shui means wind-water. Feng, wind, is a manifestation of the cosmic Yin. It is a fast, free-flowing energy that moves above ground like wind. Psychic people can see it and how it carries electromagnetic-charged particles. Shui, water, is a manifestation of the cosmic Yang. It moves inside the earth and in a building’s structure. It is slow, gravitates, and psychic people can see it as a cool, blue energy.
How to Avoid Superstition? The bad news: Feng Shui has mingled with superstition. The good news: It is easy to expose that. Objects have no power on their own. If someone suggests buying this or that figure or picture, don’t bother. Exception: things that can channel, focus, or dissipate energy, like gems or crystals. For example, a crystal chandelier in the health section of your house is auspicious, because the crystals fan out energy. Another exception: Some objects can exert a positive influence on your mind - a positive suggestion that is. Like a Buddha figure or an inspiring picture. Such figures or pictures have no power on their own either, but they can kindle dormant energies inside you. By all means, avoid the crude separation between good luck and bad luck. Feng Shui has nothing to do with gambling. It is the art of boosting or diminishing energies. Luck is a blur anyway. Bad luck takes us to the next level since we only learn from failures. And good luck can lead to disasters, for example, when it makes us cocky - you get the picture.
Think Energy!
"'You have found the spot,' he said. I did not understand him at first, but he assured me again that the place where I had fallen asleep was the spot in question. He again asked me how I felt lying there. …I asked him if each of the two spots had a special name. He said that the good one was called the sito and the bad one the enemy; he said these two places were the key to a man’s well-being, especially for a man, who was pursuing knowledge. The sheer act of sitting on one’s spot created superior strength; on the other hand, the enemy weakened a man and could even cause his death. He said I had replenished my energy, which I had spent lavishly the night before, by taking a nap on my spot. He also said that the colors I had seen in association with each specific spot had the same overall effect of giving strength or of curtailing it."
- The Teaching of Don Juan, A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, page 3.
How To Live In Harmony With Nature’s Finer Forces?
According to the string theory, the state of the art concept of physics, atoms are made of tiny, fast-moving, vibrating strings with vast spaces between them. Things are tangible energy matrices. We are bouquets of vibes.
We live in a grand illusion, a cosmic play of energy.
Have you embraced the concept of Gaia, that nature is a living matrix? Energies and forces have (subconscious) intelligence and resonate with human mentality.
Energies are amenable to suggestion.
The subconscious interaction between physical and mental energies is the essence of Feng Shui. Feng Shui shows how energies behave, how your mentality impacts them, how energies impact your state of mind, and how you can align your mind with the cosmic energy flows.
Don’t swim against cosmic currents!
Luckily, nature’s finer forces are just twenty-two (twelve zodiacs and ten planets). They are cataloged and you can calculate their rhythmic progression.
While Feng Shui has been part of the Chinese culture for thousands of years, Christian cultures lost this art a long time ago. In the Middle Ages the clergy associated geomancy with witchcraft and prosecuted those who practiced it.
Feng Shui is an ageless art and stands the test of modernity. Companies like Intel, Dreamworks, Citibank, and the hotel chain Hilton use Feng Shui to design their buildings and offices. Feng Shui agrees beautifully with modern designs as the illustrations in this book will demonstrate.
How Can We Harness Energies?
Feng Shui shows us how to live in harmony with the energies flowing through our home.
Feng Shui is not a problem solver. All it does is boosting mental and physical energies. It neutralizes weaknesses caused by either a lack or excess of energy. Balance is the key.
You need to use your mind to solve problems. However, problem solving is easier if your mind is strong. And a mind is strongest when it exists in harmony with its environment.
A sailor maneuvers with the winds, not against them. After all, the strongest factor of your Feng Shui is you!
Yin and Yang
Yin and Yang symbolize the harmonious interaction of the cosmic male and cosmic female. Don’t think of gender, think of Yin as an active and driving force and of Yang as a restricting and forming force.
This concept is part of all religions, even Christianity. Check out the first verses of the Genesis: "At the beginning of time, spirit [Yin] was hovering over an abyss of waters [Yang] and there was light [Chi]."
When Yin and Yang embrace each other in a harmonious, rhythmic flow - dancing that is, they produce vitality - Chi that is.
You want Chi in your home, a lot of Chi. And you want it to flow freely through your living space.
Feng Shui means wind-water. Feng, wind, is a manifestation of the cosmic Yin. It is a fast, free-flowing energy that moves above ground like wind. Psychic people can see it and how it carries electromagnetic-charged particles. Shui, water, is a manifestation of the cosmic Yang. It moves inside the earth and in a building’s structure. It is slow, gravitates, and psychic people can see it as a cool, blue energy.
How to Avoid Superstition?
The bad news: Feng Shui has mingled with superstition. The good news: It is easy to expose that.
Objects have no power on their own. If someone suggests buying this or that figure or picture, don’t bother. Exception: things that can channel, focus, or dissipate energy, like gems or crystals. For example, a crystal chandelier in the health section of your house is auspicious, because the crystals fan out energy.
Another exception: Some objects can exert a positive influence on your mind - a positive suggestion that is. Like a Buddha figure or an inspiring picture. Such figures or pictures have no power on their own either, but they can kindle dormant energies inside you.
By all means, avoid the crude separation between good luck and bad luck. Feng Shui has nothing to do with gambling. It is the art of boosting or diminishing energies.
Luck is a blur anyway. Bad luck takes us to the next level since we only learn from failures. And good luck can lead to disasters, for example, when it makes us cocky - you get the picture.