I was browsing in Barnes and Noble and saw a few Feng Shui books. I am somewhat intrigued by the philosophy of Feng Shui. I am wondering if any of you have tried Fend Shui? Did it bring harmony of your abode and increase the chi, the life force, in your domain?
11 hits and not a single response. No guppy ever used Feng-Shui? Or you just believe in lighting a few agarbattis and dhooni? :D
I have an aunty who swears by it, don't know about validity, but it sure looks good.
And maybe the whole no-culture thing really does do wonders.
And in my pind they stick to chasing goats for their mental harmony.
I went back to B&N to pick up the books. After reading a few chapters, I have to admit that the prescribed methologies are indeed sound, to some even common sense.
The philosophy enunciates harmonious flow of energy hence if you lived in such an environment...
It's about time I gave my place a make over.
BTW hiccup, if Feng Shui doesn't work for me, I'll let you know. You and I can chase goats in your pind. :D
Luxury Item
I am not sure of the whole flow of Chi and what nots, what I do know is that taking clues from teh basics of feng shi in setting up a home or an office makes it more practical, flowing, and thus open, and more serene.
so from a stylistic guide it is a pretty sound approach, more than that.. I dont know.
**Luxury Item, I know which books
you're talking about. You hear so much of that Feng
Shui stuff that even I was compelled to pick one up and
read. Our ladies though are firm believers that the
harmonious environment, layout and decoration stuff
works. Here are a few excerpts from some texts we have.
Decide for yourself :-)
From Feng Shui by J.M. Sertori
Green has many meanings to the Chinese, confused still
further by the Chinese language's own confusion with the
color. Some Chinese "greens" are actually blue, a problem
which probably began when someone defined green as the
color of jade, without realizing that jade runs through a
gamut of shades, including green and blue. Green is the
color of Wood (the Wood element includes plants), and,
in modern times, the color of the American dollar, and hence
a symbol for money and wealth.
Now here's an excerpt from a book called
Symbols of Islam by Malek Chebel.
*Green is the color of Islam, since Green was firstly
the color of the Banner of the Prophet (SAW) and of the
Robe of 'Ali (d. 66I), the fourth Caliph of Islam. Since
then, the Prophet's descendants (sharif) have considered
green as the mark of their reign, the color being one of the
links, however indirect, with the Prophetic period.
In daily life, green plays a part which confirms and reinforces
a symbolic significance gained over the course of time. In
Syria, it is said of a person who has the baraka that they
have a "green hand." This person is a good omen.
The symbol of springtime renewal, another sign of life,
green is the color of joy, success and happiness. Arabic
has an extensive vocabulary for the different shades of
green. It flourishes in the Qur'an, permeates the language
of theology and is an essential in literature as in classical
poetry. Finally, a significant number of professions-
dyeing, decoration, illumination, chemistry, botany,
horticulture and agriculture-accord it particularly prominence.
Even if there is no real link with the Creator, green is so
revered that some very pious Muslims hesitate to pray
on a green carpet for fear of offending Islam.
On the contrary, in order to express faith and attachment
to the teachings, and since green symbolises hope and peace,
mosques, catafalques, house interior and royal, tribal and
family emblems are often painted green.
Finally, the domination of green in heraldic symbolism
and in the content of national flags is well known. Examples
include the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Libya, Pakistan, the
Comoro Islands and Mauritania. It also figures prominently
in numerous other flags: the Sherif's star on the Moroccan
flag, the horizontal or vertical stripes on the flags of Algeria,
Kuwait, Jordan, Iraq, Iran etc...*
That's just one example.
If you read the stuff it is rather interesting.
The similarities are sometimes eye catching.
You can get both of these books, and more
at your local book store, I'm sure.**
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I went back to B&N to pick up the books. After reading a few chapters, I have to admit that the prescribed methologies are indeed sound, to some even common sense.
The philosophy enunciates harmonious flow of energy hence if you lived in such an environment...
It's about time I gave my place a make over.
BTW hiccup, if Feng Shui doesn't work for me, I'll let you know. You and I can chase goats in your pind. :D
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Me, my goats and feng shui are not mutually exclusive sweets.
Speaking of green, reminds me of one of this line my coworkers always blasting...
Don't worry, jandi hari
I went to a seminar with my team on women in management. It was with total amazement that I found myself sitting through a session on Feng Shui.
Very soon, the giggles started.. then they grew louder....soon you could hear my laughter resounding throughout the hall... i knew it was rude but i couldn't help myself.
Here we were - busy high powered professional women taking a day out to reflect on career development and the damn women was telling us that by putting pink flowers instead of red in our office their will be greater romance in our lives..that putting a photo slight to the left (or was it right) of my desk will increase my wealth (or was it health).
It was hysterical and I just couldnt stop myself laughing. In the end I was bent over double so the speaker said ' I can see some of you are sceptical..' the rest of it was drowned because now I was howling with laughter.
Im all for style and aesthetics but increasing wealth, health, happiness by positioning dry red leaves 3 inches high to the left of the centre..hmm...i think not.
why are the goats running hiccup?
incidentally, is your pind in NWFP?