Essential Feng Shui Tips: Philosophy of Feng Shui- The Ch’i in Everything is Changing
Inner Feng Shui
If you could change anything about your inner environment, what would it be? Say you have a tendency to be stingy and judgmental with yourself. Well, now is the time to become more generous and forgiving. To remind yourself of your new inner change, you could place an abundant arrangement of fresh flowers in your living room, symbolizing generosity and self-love. Affirm your positive inner change by saying, “I AM ALWAYS CHANGING FOR THE BETTER.. CHANGE BRINGS MAGNIFICENT INNER AND OUTER EXPERIENCES INTO MY LIFE. I EMBRACE CHANGE, AND CHANGE LOVINGLY EMBRACES ME.”
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Essential Feng Shui Tips: Philosophy of Feng Shui- The Ch’i in Everything is Changing
Feng Shui Definitions
The third Feng Shui principle states that the Ch’i in every person, place, and thing is constantly changing. In fact, the one constant in our physical universe is change. And it becomes a gift when we embrace it as a force that can improve our lives.
Embracing change is often resisted in our Western culture. We want to look 25 forever, buy furniture only once, and have one career that lasts a lifetime. As we all know, life doesn’t work that way. Change happens. As we grow older and hopefully wiser, we may marry, have children, divorce, change careers, move, make new friends, remarry, and through it all, experience tremendous inner and outer changes. When we fully join the dance of change and “let it happen,” we grow in wisdom and experience, and our homes reflect these changes.
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Essential Feng Shui Tips: Philosophy of Feng Shui- Everything is Connected by Ch’i
Inner Feng Shui
Take a few moments to consider whether you have some unfriendly points of view about yourself or others. Your outer environment may include neighbors you dislike, alienated family members, or co-workers who are troublesome. Knowing how connected you are to other people, it’s time to reinstate harmony and balance in all relationships, including your relationship with yourself. Contemplate the meaning of healthy relationships, and practice generosity, compassion, honesty, and forgiveness, knowing that the quality of your life depends on it.
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Everything is Connected by Ch’i
Feng Shui Definitions
The second basic principle of Feng Shui is that everything is connected by Ch’i: Every person, place, and thing. Although our connections are usually strongest with the people, places, and things that are close by, we are essentially in relationship with everyone and everything on Earth.
Conflicting relationships can diminish or damage the quality of Ch’i in our lives. When we recognize that we cannot isolate ourselves, we see the importance of resolving our conflicts and cultivating good relationships. Because everything is connected, resolving relationship problems greatly improves the overall quality of our lives.
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Feng Shui Kitchens
Feng Shui Definitions
Food symbolizes health and wealth in Feng Shui. When money is flowing, we can afford to buy the best food to sustain good health. Because food bridges these two treasures, special attention is given to the place where food is prepared—the kitchen.
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Alive with Ch’i
Feng Shui Definitions
The first principle in the Feng Shui philosophy is that every person, place, and thing is alive with Ch’i, or vital energy (see Ch’i). Along with being molecularly alive, our material possessions are subjectively alive with our thoughts, feelings, and associations. This concept is all-inclusive and tends to throw a monkey wrench into how we’ve viewed the world to date. It changes our physical existence from a world “that” is largely inanimate to a world “who” is completely alive.
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