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Feng Shui Secrets for the Work Place

Modern science has only recently discovered that the earth's

atmosphere is crowded with powerful but invisible energy waves

and lines that enable us to enjoy telephones and radios, fax

machines and satellite communications. The ancient Chinese

scientists discovered the existence of these energy lines many

centuries ago. They described these invisible atmospheric lines

of energy in symbolic terms, referring to them as the Dragon's

cosmic breath if they were beneficial and as its killing breath if

they were unfavorable.

For those that are interested, we offer a basic overview and

history of Feng Shui. This information is not necessary to

implement the Feng Shui changes. For those of you that are

anxious to get started, just skip to the “Secrets” section.

Understanding Feng Shui

Feng Shui was the name given to the practice of beneficially

harnessing these energy forces. People of Chinese origin have

long known about Feng Shui. Over the centuries it has been

passed by word of mouth from generation to generation, so that

those ignorant of its philosophical underpinnings, have come to

regard it as superstitious practice.

Feng Shui is the art of living in harmony with the land, such that

one derives the greatest benefits, peace and prosperity from

being in perfect equilibrium with Nature. Feng Shui holds out the

promise of a life of meaningful abundance to those who follow

its principles and precepts when building their homes and

workplaces.

Perhaps it is knowledge and practice of this ancient science that

has enabled Chinese immigrants and their families all over the

world to succeed and flourish, building respectable businesses

for themselves, and living in harmonious interface with their

neighbors in their adoptive lands.

Feng Shui cannot be viewed narrowly either as a science, with

"magical" formulae, nor as an art based totally on instincts. It is

a flexible mixture of both, and to practice it effectively,

conceptual principles extracted from ancient classical manuals

must be applied in consonance with the thinking man's intuition

and personal judgments.

To further complicate the practice, there are also elements of

superstitious beliefs superimposed on the whole body of Feng

Shi principles. These cannot be ignored nor forgotten. Indeed,

today's Feng Shui veterans frequently and successfully employ

symbolism and village-type superstition.

Brief Feng Shui History

Feng Shui has been practiced in China at least since the Tang

Dynasty. The most ancient master in this art is generally

believed to be Yang Yun Sang who is universally acknowledged

as the Founder of Feng Shui.

Master Yang left a legacy of classics that have been preserved

and continuously studied to this day. He was the principal

advisor of the court of the Emperor Hi Tsang (A.D. 888), and his

books on Feng Shui made up the major texts on which

succeeding generations of practitioners based their art.

Master Yang's emphasis was on the shape of the mountains,

the direction of water courses, and above all, on locating and

understanding the influence of the Dragon, Cha's most revered

celestial creature. His doctrines were detailed in three famous

classic works that wholly describe Feng Shui practice in terms

of colorful Dragon metaphors.

The first of these, "Han Lung Ching", contains the "Art of

Rousing the Dragon". The second, "Ching Nang Ao Chih",

comprises the methods of determining the location of the

Dragon's lair. While the third book is "I Lung Ching", translated

under the title "Canons approximating Dragons". This third book

provides the methods and techniques on how to find the Dragon

in areas where they do not prominently stand forth.

The Form and Compass Schools

Master Yang's principles came to be regarded as the "Form

School" of Feng Shui, which rationalizes good or bad sites in

terms of Dragon symbolism. According to this school, good

Feng Shui locations require the presence of the Dragon, and

where there is the true Dragon, there will also be found the

White Tiger.

Feng Shui Masters who subscribe to the Form School begin

their search for favorable locations by first searching for the

Dragon. Emphasis was thus put on landforms, shapes of hills

and mountains, waterways, their orientations and directions.

While Dragon symbolism was the principle mainstay of the Form

School, there eventually emerged a second major system that

approached the practice of Feng Shui from quite different

perspectives. This second system laid stress on metaphysical

speculations, using the symbols of the I Ching - or Book of

Changes, and the Trigrams and the Hexagrams - three and six-

lined symbols to calculate good and bad Feng Shui.

The Trigrams were placed around an eight-sided octagonal

symbol called the Pa Kua, and according to where each of

these eight Trigrams were placed, other corresponding

attributes and symbols were further identified. These refer to

colors, to different members of the family, to specific compass

directions, to one of the five elements and to other attributes.

Each of these symbols and attributes were supposed to offer

"clues" for designing homes, for allocating different rooms, for

different purposes and for assigning different members of the

family to different corners of the home in order to maximize

auspicious Feng Shui for the entire family.

This second major system came to be collectively referred to as

the Compass School of Feng Shui, and depending on which

branch of this school is being practiced, the calculations took on

different equations and methods.

Certain branches of Compass School also emphasized the

influence of the planets on the quality of locations. In contrast to

the Form School, it assigned only minor importance to

landscape configurations, relying heavily instead on complex

calculations of actual dimensions, compass directions and

sectors of main entrances and important rooms.

By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, however, the two

schools had merged completely. Theories of the Form School

including beliefs in Dragon symbolism gained wider acceptability

and practice amongst followers of the Compass School. Today,

Feng Shui practitioners in Hong Kong and Taiwan customarily

practice a hazy combination of both schools.

Between the two schools, the Form School, with its heavy

emphasis on the natural landscape, requires a greater amount

of intuitive insight. It is therefore considered harder to practice

even though the Green Dragon/White Tiger symbolisms are

relatively easy to comprehend. The Compass School method is

harder to learn and its formulae more difficult to grasp, but once

mastered, is considered easier to practice due to its more

precise methodologies.

Poison Arrows

Feng Shui also warns against Shar Chi or the killing breath. This

brings misfortune and a great deal of bad luck, and is caused by

the presence of secret Poison Arrows.

Pointed, angled and sharp objects that seem to be aimed

directly at a house, and especially at its main front door create

poison Arrows. And the foul energy that emanate from them

travel in straight lines, carrying with them ill fortune and other

odious effects. Feng Shui experts strenuously warn against

sleeping, sitting, working, eating and living in places that are hit

or attacked by these invisible pernicious forces.

When one's main door or sitting and sleeping positions lie in the

path of such energy forces, the consequences are believed to

be extremely negative, and sometimes even disastrous, causing

grave misfortune to the residents or individuals affected. The

sharper and more threatening the poison Arrow, the more dire

are the repercussions of being "hit" by these Poison Arrows.

Misfortune caused by such arrows takes the form of illness,

missed opportunities, lawsuits, quarrels, financial losses, and

other forms of bad luck. Feng Shui offer a variety of solutions to

combat or avoid Poison Arrows, and knowledge of Feng Shui

enables practitioners to both diagnose and take proper

precautions against Poison Arrows.

Examples of Poison Arrows are straight roads, rivers or railways

lines that seem to be aimed directly at one's main front door. Or

they could be caused by the triangular shaped rooflines caused

by neighbors' homes. Or by the sharp edge of big buildings.

These are very strong Poison Arrows that can cause severe bad

luck that manifest in the form of ill health, sickness, and even

death.

Examples of other Arrows that can affect households are when

a single tree trunk, a telephone pole, or a transmission tower

which is located directly in front of the main door. The pernicious

effect of all these Poison Arrows must be deflected, dissolved or

diffused. Feng Shui recommends several ways of doing this,

and they have to do with blocking or redirecting the Shar hi

away from the house. Thus main door directions can be shifted,

trees can be planted, or walls can be built to combat Poison

Arrows.

Here are records of unsuitable site conditions for

commercial buildings:

• when the ground is made up of sandy and wet ground

• When grass or plants cannot grow

• When the ground at the back is lower than that in front

• When the south side of the site is high and the north side

is low

• When the surrounding ground is high and the actual site

is sunken

• When the ground is filled with sand

• When the ground is a deserted piece of land especially

after a fire outbreak

When the site is at the end of a cul-de-sac or T-junction

Five Elements of Feng Shui

Feng Shui is heavily influenced by the theory of the Elements. In

the Chinese scheme of the Universe, there are Five of these

Elements, i.e. Wood, Fire, Metal, Earth and Water. All Chinese

astrological sciences including the tines, years, and dates of

birth are categorized as one of these elements. The five

Elements are also associated with colors, seasons, directions,

and planets. Thus for example:

FIRE is red, an auspicious color. Fire is also summer and is

South. The color black represents WATER. It is also the North

and Winder. WOOD is the East. It is represented by the color

Green METAL is white or sometimes gold. Metal symbolizes the

West. EARTH is Yellow. Earth is also the Center

For Feng Shui and divination purposes, it is necessary to know

that these Five Elements have a mutually productive cycle and

a mutually destructive cycle.

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