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The ways of the Eastern world have gained more acceptance in the West. Perhaps this is because the more we have, the less happy we seem to be. Feng Shui provides a tactical view on harmony and energy that can help nudge your life in the right direction. Feng Shui is the creation of harmony through the strategic placement of physical items to create a flow of energy and harmony. Originiating long ago in China, the basic idea is your environment influences your life, so you should influence it first. Oddly, this philosophy was originally known by the name Kan You, not Feng Shui. As it became the dominant philosophy in the China regions, it was renamed Feng Shui and took on a huge political and societal role. Given the minimize role of Feng Shui today, you might be surprised to learn that ancient China ran primarily on it. Politics were ruled by it and every city was designed using Feng Shui as applied to the position of celestial bodies. The dominance of the theory ran from a period of from five thousand to two thousand years ago and is easily noted in archelogical digs and reseach given the orderly procession of structures from cities to individual spaces. In modern times, the influence of the philosophy is a shadow of its former self. One has to wonder if this is a good thing given the urban sprawl we see in many countries and the overall strife and unhappiness in the world. In truth, modern Feng Shui has gone local. The largest applications are no longer cities, but individual projects where the purchase of land and building upon it are determined using the philosophy. On a person level, Feng Shui can be implemented in and around your personal spaces at home and work to create harmony with the immediate environment. This, in turn, creates positive energy which attracts harmony in the rest of your life as well. Perhaps the oddest fact about Feng Shui has to do with China. Why? It is forbidden by the communist government. The versions you and I are familiar with are actually from schools of thought based in the UK and USA. So, is Feng Shui a passing fringe trend or something more? Given the fact it has existed longer than Christianity and makes the Chinese Communist Government nervous enough to ban it, it would seem to be here to stay.
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Aazdak Alisimo writes about feng shui for FengShuiMonk.com.
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