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Feng Shui Lessons

Ever heard of Feng Shui? Think you know what it is, maybe the oriental art of Placement or something about Chinese good luck? A lot of what is currently in the market place is what my Grand Master calls " the instant noodle" version of Feng Shui. Classical Feng Shui is an ancient and respectable science. It does not have anything to do with decorating, Chinese superstition, old wives tales or any religion!

So what is it?
Feng Shui (pronounced Fung Schway) is actually the Chinese art and science of reading the land. It comes under the division of Physiognomy in Chinese Philosophy/Metaphysics. Feng Shui is a science that teaches how to recognize and tap into the energy of the living environment to assist in all endeavors of life. It is about the flow of yin and yang on your property, your land. Yang, higher, sunny ground assist with creating peaks in career and wealth and yin, lower shady ground assist with the energy of health and relationships.

Where does the study begin?
With the land, that old successful business saying, location, location, location, is the first step in determining your Feng Shui. Location and direction are the two most important factors in the quality of your Feng Shui. With a name like wind and water feng meaning wind and shui meaning water why would anyone think that the study begins with the inside of a structure?

What kind of location should I be looking for?
That depends on where you live. In Luan Tou or Form School Feng Shui there are three ways to look at the land. First there is flat land dragon, the next in mid level dragon and the third is high level dragon. When the land is flat - with no mountain forms, the structure that rises above the others will stand out and collect the qi or the energy. When the land is high, it will be the mountain that collects the qi.

What is a dragon?
The classical reference to dragon means the mountain or mountain ranges in your environment; it describes pattern, formation and the movement of mountains, hills, or rises in your environment. In Feng Shui Mountains are the carriers of qi. In a flat land dragon areas it is referring to any rises in the landscape, a rise is one foot higher or more than the surrounding land.

What about water, I keep hearing about how important water is in Feng Shui?
Water is the second factor that determines good Feng Shui! Where is the closest water to your structure? Is it clean, or stagnate, is it gentle or destructive. In Feng Shui we want clean, gently meandering

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