Feng Shui Principles
When you take apart the word Feng Shui, "Feng" means "wind" and “Shui” translates to "water." Wind and water are two elements of nature out of the five that are often part of the Feng Shui equation. The Chinese have always viewed water and calming winds with a bountiful harvest and health.
There is a Taoist view of the environment that every living thing is filled with a special energy. Feng Shui is based on this particular visionary concept. You will discover as you delve deeper into this ancient Chinese concept that yin and yang (passive and active energy forces) are derived from this Taoist view as well as the five elements found in nature, all philosophies that are used in Feng Shui principles.
THE INVISIBLE ENERGY FIELD - A MODERN SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION
One of the principles upon which feng shui is ground is the belief of an invisible energy field. It’s the very basis of feng shui. The energies that are being generated and are flowing through your home are part of this invisible field. It’s been a concept of Eastern philosophy and religion for thousands of years. And up until very recently the Western scientific community scoffed at the notion. But within the last several decades even these folks are taking a second – and third – look at the concept. They are looking at this "force field" that the East calls the Akashic field and wondering if it has any relationship to their "theory of everything." The two, some are now thinking that perhaps the two are really one and the same. No less than one of the greatest scientific minds of all time, Albert Einstein (one of the very few physicists whose name is a household word!) held a deep and abiding belief in nature’s inherent harmony. More than 100 years ago, he introduced his theory of relativity. Mass, this amazing theory states, is nothing more than a form of energy. He also understood that space and time were not two separate entities – as had always been assumed. Instead, he envisioned (and rightly so!) that the two are intimately connected to form a dimension simply called "space-time." This genius in fact was convinced that this wasn’t the only aspect of the universe hiding in plain view, as it were. He spent the last 30 years of his life in an attempt to unify the four fundamental forces of the universe – gravity, electromagnetism, and the two nuclear forces simply known as the weak and the strong force.
An Invisible "String" Connecting Us All
While he failed in his quest, a new generation of scientists continues the search. Today, the "Super String" theory proposes that every piece of matter in the universes is composed of vibrating strings. The easiest way to explain this is by comparing these invisible subatomic strings to a violin string (a really big violin string!). Each note on a violin string vibrates differently,creating a different resonance or note. You can think of subatomic particles as notes on this "super string" each with their own pitch and tone. Granted, this theory hardly validates the ancient art of feng shui principles, but it certainly goes a long way in explaining the underlying forces that may make it an effective tool for your every day life.
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