Water in FengShui

Water plays a very important part in fengshui assessment. What often comes up as a topic is the incorporation of water features in gardens. This often takes the forms of fish ponds, water fountains and swimming pools.

Before we talk about the impact of these features, a little knowledge of how the olden masters look at water is good.

From the treatises written by illustrious masters like Zhang JiuYi, Zhiang DaHong, LaiPuYi and the like, the water that was mentioned refers to water courses and natural lakes. Where it comes to homes, there are references to aquariums and wells but this is in the context of the application of qi rather than as water.
The theories and applications may appear different but essentially they apply rules of harmony. Master Zhiang stands out in that he tells of fate in connection with time cycles as well. If we carefully examine each method, we can conclude that they all work on harmony of the primal forces of yin and yang and the natural forces.

When dealing with water, there are two major aspects that are considered. The first is the direction and proximity. The second goes into more detail and calls for the accurate analysis of orientation and features present.

Delving a little, a lake 50 meters from a house will have a totally different effect from one situated 300meteres away. Taking that a little further, the same house with an imposing hillock or structure nearby will add on to the complexity of the fengshui qualities.

When it comes to orientation, it is crucial that the house itself is dimensionally and angularly sound for fengshui (and nature) abhors irregularities. An example of this would be a house with odd shapes and angles, a house built out of ninety degrees and doors positioned at odd angles to each other.

Shadow of a temple

Tip for today is not to buy a house if the shadow of a temple falls over the property. Why?

Temples are gathering places of yin forces. The shadow is caused by a lack of yang. Yin is not inherently good or bad but too much yin together makes it too strong to mange. Living people and houses are yang and should stay that way. When strong opposing forces are present, there will be difficulty striking harmony.

There is another aspect to temples. The convergence of people creates waves of yin yang forces and this amount to huge cyclical movement. Such peaking and troughs of qi is not conducive to homes in general.

However we are talking about temples in a general sense but there are instances where temples or worship places become a good thing for the community. A saint living there for example can only emanate goodwill for the surroundings.

Natural body qi in healing

I read somewhere that the natural energy vibrations from our body contribute to our overall well being. It goes to say that any healing process is better if we do not allow our clothes to constrict us. That goes for tight elastic and synthetic clothing. The writer called it 'wei qi'.

I feel there is some truth to this. In the process of Reiki and hands on healing, the flow seems better when the hands are near the skin. For Reiki workers, I think if you try to lay your hands over or around a belt buckle or wallet, you will feel some blockage in your efforts.

Ever wondered why hospital attire are loose and of cotton? It is due to convenience of course but that is welcomed as it likely to be a contributor to better healing.

I hear too that yogis develop better meditation inversely corresponding to the volume of clothing they have on.

The natural remedy of flower bathing for a multitude of bodily and mental problems too require loose cotton clothes or better still none at all. Perhaps it has a connection?

Forms in Fengshui

It may seem very simple but the basis of good fengshui is about the forms that surrounds us and its impact on our environment. If we fail to note this fundamental point then we have missed the issue completely, never mind that we may have mastered the classics or claim expertise in all the methods or ahve studied under well known teachers or schools.