Science or Supertition
Science or Supertition
Feng Shui, originating in China more than 2,000 years ago, has gained widespread popularity around the world. Very quickly, it has become a favoured living skill that incorporated seamlessly into architecture, interior decoration, building development and home living.
A lot has been written about feng shui recently and newspapers in many countries now carry regular columns on feng shui, in the same way that astrology and zodiac updates have been featured for many many years ago.
So, what is this practice that recommends the avoidance of sharp edges and open shelves; that suggest that water features must be placed correctly and advise using metal objects in your home as symbolic cures for specially identified afflictions?
Feng shui recommendations can sometimes sound strange and can often appear contradictory. In the confusion created by many practitioners’ opinions, the amateur enthusiast new to the subject can be forgiven for feeling be mused, even bewildered by upstart definitions.
Is feng shui a carry over of old superstition? Or can we practice it as a science – based on the fact that it requires accurate readings of directions and dimensions?
Feng shui is a knowledge that has developed over a period of some thousand years. Originally, it was the exclusive preserve of the court meteorologists of Imperial China. The meteorologist studied medicine, geomancy, astrology and other esoteric arts and they protected their knowledge so people of the time knew little about it. Many commoner heard about feng shui, but knowledge outside the Emperor’s palace was mainly hearsay. Eventually the knowledge spread, but only to selected families. Early feng shui masters used their expertise to help common people and many passed their skills to worthy sons and disciples. Over the past thousand years, this tradition has continued. With each succeeding generation, however, feng shui knowledge evolved and permutated and today, popularized versions of feng shui have developed and found their way to countries outside China.
Today’s feng shui practice is coloured by inputs from many traditions and cultures, when cultural inputs get seamlessly absorbed into the practice of feng shui, we should not be stubborn about dogma but instead adopt a practical approach.
In the end, whether it is science of superstition, cultural or theoretical, it is what works and what makes you feel good that should be the final arbiter of right or wrong practice.Feng Shui is not directly based on any religion or mysticism. For those who use the formula schools of feng shui, it even seems like a mathematical science.
Feng Shui, originating in China more than 2,000 years ago, has gained widespread popularity around the world. Very quickly, it has become a favoured living skill that incorporated seamlessly into architecture, interior decoration, building development and home living.
A lot has been written about feng shui recently and newspapers in many countries now carry regular columns on feng shui, in the same way that astrology and zodiac updates have been featured for many many years ago.
So, what is this practice that recommends the avoidance of sharp edges and open shelves; that suggest that water features must be placed correctly and advise using metal objects in your home as symbolic cures for specially identified afflictions?
Feng shui recommendations can sometimes sound strange and can often appear contradictory. In the confusion created by many practitioners’ opinions, the amateur enthusiast new to the subject can be forgiven for feeling be mused, even bewildered by upstart definitions.
Is feng shui a carry over of old superstition? Or can we practice it as a science – based on the fact that it requires accurate readings of directions and dimensions?
Feng shui is a knowledge that has developed over a period of some thousand years. Originally, it was the exclusive preserve of the court meteorologists of Imperial China. The meteorologist studied medicine, geomancy, astrology and other esoteric arts and they protected their knowledge so people of the time knew little about it. Many commoner heard about feng shui, but knowledge outside the Emperor’s palace was mainly hearsay. Eventually the knowledge spread, but only to selected families. Early feng shui masters used their expertise to help common people and many passed their skills to worthy sons and disciples. Over the past thousand years, this tradition has continued. With each succeeding generation, however, feng shui knowledge evolved and permutated and today, popularized versions of feng shui have developed and found their way to countries outside China.
Today’s feng shui practice is coloured by inputs from many traditions and cultures, when cultural inputs get seamlessly absorbed into the practice of feng shui, we should not be stubborn about dogma but instead adopt a practical approach.
In the end, whether it is science of superstition, cultural or theoretical, it is what works and what makes you feel good that should be the final arbiter of right or wrong practice.Feng Shui is not directly based on any religion or mysticism. For those who use the formula schools of feng shui, it even seems like a mathematical science.
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