Does anyone believe in Feng Shui and how has it worked for you?

Question

I don't want any bogus answers........real answers only please!

DEFINITION:
Feng shui (pronounced "fung shway") is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space which is claimed to achieve harmony with the environment. Skeptics consider it to be nothing but superstition. Feng shui, meaning "wind and water". is not a decorating style

Answer 1

yes; i think the main difference is how i use fengshui. fengshui can predict what can happen in a particular time interval witht he house you are living in. every year, i try to balance the things inside the house, like where i sleep, where to put water to have more income or more people coming into my life, where to put my office/ desk, etc. every year, there are energy combinations that changes. using these changes to my advantage, i can adapt how i live to prepare for these changes. for example, if in a certain area, there is too much fire, then it means that when my desk or bed is in that location, i can be angry more than usual, or have inflamation and get sick. that area is also prone to fire. therefore, i can use water to balance it. i think the main difference is that knowing that i have done everything to keep me safe and healthy for that particular year.

Answer 2

Although feng shui is not a decorating style, most of us can acheive the effect in our environment through the placement of furniture in a manner that makes us feel at ease with our surroundings. Also notice how burning a few candles and having even a small table top water feature promotes relaxation.

Answer 3

I have found that the application of the principals of Feng Shui in my living environment has created a smoother flow of energy - in the home, most certainly - but also in corresponding areas of my life.
- According to the bagua map, I had a certain amount of stagnation in the areas of career, self-knowledge, finance especially. With slight adjustments, adding a water feature to my career area, opening up the self knowledge area so that it was not dark and cluttered, adding some color to brighten up the finances area, not only am I more comfortable in my home, but I feel an increase in the movement of energy in these areas, as well.
- I recently told a friend that the Hermetic Principal applies here as well as everywhere. Namely, As Above, So Below; As Within, So Without. In other words, if there are blocks or stagnating areas of energies in your life, these will reflect in your environment. So, the act of making changes in the environment will have an effect on your life as well. That's how I see it. :-)

Answer 4

You can pull in as many feng shui experts as you like and each one of them will give you adiffernet arrangement, all claiming that theirs is the right way to do it.

It's really just smoke and mirrors. The real feeling of harmony comes from how the person or people using an area feel. Open areas that are visually balanced will give a person a psychological sence of... well... balance. Color and volume are something that is basic to our visual sence. There's nothing mystical about it.

Answer 5

I don't look at it as any type of belief system; it just came in handy when I was decorating my place and helping me make some order in my home and at my office as well as help me to focus on getting rid of stuff.

Ultimately, I believe that we're responsible for our own fate and it's a mistake to depend on proper placement of objects to bring us fortune, love, etc.

Additionally, there are aspects of Feng Shui that call for doing "blessings," which goes against my Christian beliefts. It sounds too much like casting spells.

So I think it's great for home decorating (I love tons of colors and I was able to narrow down my options using the Ba Gua), although it's not truly a decorating style. I've read a lot of books and it's very interesting, but, it's just a different way of looking at and improving your environment.

Again, we're responsible for our own fate and, according to my belief, God is there to help guide us along our paths.

Answer 6

I don't know if I really believe in Feng Shui, but I do know that my livingroom makes me feel better if it's in a certain arrangement. I'll change my livingroom around a few times a year.. until I have everything in a place that makes me feel happy when I'm sitting there.

Answer 7

I agree that everyone has their own version of Feng Shui, but i am a big believer in it. I love the harmony and energy aspects of it. I find it gives me a peaceful feeling

Answer 8

Here's the story: The poisonous wine of vandalism had been distilled long before Feng Shui entered the scene. Feng Shui is merely the agent decanting the poisonous fluid from its bottle into the jug that is world humanity. You can waste all your time arguing about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Or you can actually take steps against the whole wanton, querulous brotherhood of obnoxious, ridiculous punks. You decide.

Experience should probably indicate that Feng Shui may be reasonably cunning with words. However, it is entirely snarky with everything else. Okay, I admit that we must use our minds and spirits to halt Feng Shui's efforts to infantilize and corrupt the public. But either Feng Shui has no real conception of the sweep of history, or it is merely intent on winning some debating pin by trying to pierce a hole in my logic with "facts" that are taken out of context. Feng Shui's dupes don't want to make their own decisions but want Feng Shui to do their thinking for them. If you doubt this, just ask around. If there's an untold story here, it's that I believe in "live and let live". Feng Shui, in contrast, demands not only tolerance and acceptance of its morals but endorsement of them. It's because of such incontinent demands that I suspect that it is right about one thing, namely that fear is what motivates us. Fear of what it means when contumelious mob bosses terrorize our youngsters. Fear of what it says about our society when we teach our children that its dissertations provide a liberating insight into life, the universe, and everything. And fear of cynical polluters like Feng Shui who permit incompetent, indecent sandbaggers to rise to positions of leadership and authority. Given a choice of having Feng Shui slander those who are most systematically undervalued, underpaid, underemployed, underfinanced, underinsured, underrated, and otherwise underserved and undermined as undeserving and underclass or having my bicuspids extracted sans Novocaine, I would embrace the pliers, purchase some Polident Partials, and call it a day.

It seems to me that, as others have stated long before me, "Feng Shui is not at all apologetic for the harm its bedfellows have caused." What I find frightening is that some academics actually believe Feng Shui's line that it acts in the public interest. In this case, "academics" refers to a stratum of the residual intelligentsia surviving the recession of its demotic base, not to those seekers of truth who understand that the best advice I can give to a group is to hold Feng Shui responsible for the hatred it so furtively expresses. What's my problem, then? Allow me to present it in the form of a question: To what lengths will Feng Shui go to make all of us pay for its boondoggles? Before you answer, let me point out that we should not concern ourselves with its putative virtue or vice. Rather, we should concern ourselves with our own welfare and with the fact that we must rouse people's indignation at Feng Shui. If we don't, future generations will not know freedom. Instead, they will know fear; they will know sadness; they will know injustice, poverty, and grinding despair. Most of all, they will realize, albeit far too late, that if Feng Shui had even a shred of intellectual integrity, it'd admit that it has been known to "prove" statistically that individual worth is defined by race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin. As you might have suspected, its proof is flawed. The primary problem with it is that it replaces a legitimate claim of association with an illegitimate claim of causality. Consequently, Feng Shui's "proof" demonstrates only that it thinks that its agendas are Right with a capital R. Of course, thinking so doesn't make it so. Feng Shui's outbursts prove that it did little to no research before concluding that mediocrity is a worthwhile goal. If that fact hurts, get over it; it's called reality. And for another dose of reality, consider that you may have noticed that as a time-honored expression maintains, "Feng Shui has been working under a veil of bureaucracy and secrecy to make my blood curdle". But you don't know the half of it. For starters, I try never to argue with Feng Shui, because it's clear it's not susceptible to reason. Don't give Feng Shui's statements a credibility they don't deserve. If we contradict Feng Shui, we are labelled grumpy, myopic slaves to fashion. If we capitulate, however, we forfeit our freedoms. Although Feng Shui's detractors are correct in their observation that in a larger context, Feng Shui's insensitive pleas remind us that acts of expansionism continue in our midst, we are here to gain our voice in this world, and whether or not Feng Shui approves, we will continue to be heard.

Answer 9

I am not sure, see my myspace question and you will get your answer.

Answer 10

These are all false things.It will never be useful for U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!