The next time you walk into an office for a meeting, try to sit in a location where no sharp corner such as the corner of a desk, coffee table or filing cabinet is pointing at you . Why? It keeps you out of cutting chi, which will make you feel more comfortable, help you think more clearly and, perhaps, even be more creative.Chi is one of the principles of feng shui, [fung shway] and means "wind and water" in Chinese and is an ancient Chinese science devoted to positioning buildings in the environment and objects within buildings to take advantage (or avoid the harmful effects) of chi, a form of energy which flows among all things in the universe. You radiate your own chi, and it collects within you and your surroundings.
Cutting chi is caused when a flow of chi energy passes a sharp corner, which causes it to eddy and swirl. If you're positioned within this swirl, it causes your personal chi to swirl as well, creating confusion, lowering your ability to think at your best.
There are four aspects - environment, structure, occupants and time. A feng shui consultant usually does considerable work with floorplans and compass readings to develop an analysis of a building and its effect on its inhabitants.
The building must be well-placed in its setting to protect the occupants from negative or stagnant chi, as well as from fast-flowing chi. The placement and use of rooms within the building, and furniture within the rooms, have their positive or negative effects on chi as well.
Feng shui uses a chart called the bagua that relates the points of the compass to sets of elements: the seasons, the major elements of fire, water, metal, soil and tree, the colors of the spectrum and the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Psychology, ecology, philosophy ergonomics, and thoughtful design are at the base of feng shui principles. At the center of the bagua is the yin-yang symbol, which expresses the idea that elements are opposite but not opposed.
The yin and the yang teach balance - hard and soft elements, masculine and feminine. Your workspace should balance and blend. And you should balance your life as well - working to the point of burnout doesn't pay off, either.
Some feng shui advice follows here …
More cultist nonesense. What star sign are you James? I am preparing my annual predictions....
ReplyDeleteCityunslicker you are such a Phillistine. You like that bloke Tim Worstofall. Of course Feng Shui works. I suppose you don't believe in spiritual healing, reflexology, graphology, colour therapy et al.
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Just thought I'd try it out to see what reaction it got.
ReplyDeleteI know someone who had Feng Shui and swears by it. The following week she landed a new job and is much happier and reckons FS played a contributory factor.
ReplyDeleteI'm "blogging off" for a few days now, btw, I wish you a merry Christmas, though I know it is not your favourite time of the year. I'll be back soon, when I have completed the bulk of my festive studies.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteIf Feng Shui is supposed to make you richer, and Feng Shui comes from China, then how come the Chinese aren't very rich?
ReplyDeleteSome clever clogs designed a fantastic building, with very sharp edges. It is an amazing building, which as you drive over from East Coast Parkway, it appears that it is flat. The only problem was that all the sharp edges meant that no Chinese business would take space, because the Feng Shui is all wrong. It is full of international businesses, presumably paying vastly reduced rent.
ReplyDeleteI should add that it is in Singapore just over the road from Suntec City, a very succesful Feng Shui Correct Complex.
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