WATER-THE ESSENCE OF FENG SHUI.
Water, along with the female and the infant, is a symbol of Tai Chi. Water is a strong symbol in Taoism. Water is also used as an enchancement in Feng Shui, helping with career, health and wealth when positioned properly. Not only does the chi differ in each compass position, each chi represents different aspects of your whole life. North is career, north east is learning and knowledge, east is health,longevity and the family, south east is wealth, south is fame and public recognition, south west, physical relationships, west, the area of children, pleasure and creativity, new projects, whilst the north west is the sector of mentors, important meetings and new beginnings. Have in mind then, the importance of water in the symbolistic approach within Feng Shui, where water represents prosperity and growth and remember the importance of water in early Feng Shui when siting graves.
'Empty yourself of everything,so that you can be filled.'
Taoism and Buddhism state that extremes cannot be maintained. So it is with Feng Shui, dominance is dangerous! Go too far and you get the opposite of what you are searching for. A little medicine is good and needed, overdo it and it becomes poison. Water can be energising---overdo its use and it becomes an enemy, not a friend! In my Feng Shui work, I advise clients on what to place and where-----but, it must never be overdone. Water, overdone in bathrooms, kitchens and especially in bedrooms can be very damaging to the harmony of the environment and therefore to the A-B-C, the awareness, balance, control and calmness, the harmony of the people living in that environment.Going back to Tai Chi, the original movements were separated from each other, then at some unknown point they were joined together in a 'form'. The moves were observations of nature, the movements of water, animals, birds, snakes, trees and smoke. The same masters were observing nature for the basic rules of Feng Shui. The original moves of these exercises have been lost, no one can say what they were like. In much the same way, some of the original thoughts of Feng Shui have been shrouded in the mists of time and have developed over many centuries, sometimes into contradictions. |
