Is feng shui rational ?
Feng Shui has been an interesting experience in my life. Most of my friends are non-belivers but they still listen 2 any advice i have 2 give. I never thought I would start consulting on the subject. It was only an interest which took a life of its own.
The most common question my friends have for me is that how can this be a rational science.
You see so many articles in newspapers and magzines talking about oriental words such as 'chi' and 'qua', your intellect can easily disregard this as glibberish.
So I present my argument here.
We start with defining what is rational ?
I can go into endless argument over this but I think we can keep it simple. What ever can be logically explained in terms of cause and effect is rational. Also the casue should always produce the same effect.
If we consider and experiement in the molecular level we can easily see how sensitive a molecule or an atom is to its environement. A slight difference in tempertature or pressure make all the difference.
Each particle is very sensitive to its enironment. An science students accepts this when he/she goes through the tedious chemistry classes or the physics experiments concering a magnet.
Yet articles such as color, water, light in a room or a house do not get percieved as an environment for an object such as the human being. What about direction ? Does direction affect a magnet ? Does direction affect a moving magnet (human object in motion) ?
Can such an environment affect cause a shift in the state of mind ?
These are almost rehtoric questions. The mind or mental acitivity can be compared to an electric powerhouse and i would say always has a balance state of energy.
What we call depression/elation are states of mind, as well as pride and confidence.
Each one of us understand at some primary level that other humans definetly affect us.
But inanimate objects ?
I say they do, as an inanimate object does not have life as in human life but it still has energy. It is made up of atoms in constant motion. That energy is emitted and affects other atoms near us. The result of this emition and absorbition of energy is relative to what is emitting and what object is observing.
So at a basic level i believe we are affected by what is around us.
Now we come to the question how can such can affects events in our lives.
The answer is simple, it does not affect our future or events in our lives directly but it affects us and we make our future.
So I believe feng shui does make life better and definitely livable.
There are many articles out there with strict rules as what is considered good and what is bad. All I can say is incomplete knowledge is worse that no knowledge at all.
I remember going to a my friends house and her mother told me she had read in the newspaper that keeping water at the entrance is good fengshui. When I went to see it i realized the whole objective of the excercise was not realized. She had filled a mug and kept it near the door. True your adding water element but this will not make you feel better.
Never add anything impractical to your surroundings. You should not be knocking on something each time you walk by. You should always have an environment which is pleasing to your eye.
Ground rule 'always follow your intution'.
We come back to our topic. Can feng shui be rational ?
Cause and effect was the basis of my argument. The cause is energy (u can call it atomic or subamtomic)
and the effect is shift in state.
I rest my case.
The most common question my friends have for me is that how can this be a rational science.
You see so many articles in newspapers and magzines talking about oriental words such as 'chi' and 'qua', your intellect can easily disregard this as glibberish.
So I present my argument here.
We start with defining what is rational ?
I can go into endless argument over this but I think we can keep it simple. What ever can be logically explained in terms of cause and effect is rational. Also the casue should always produce the same effect.
If we consider and experiement in the molecular level we can easily see how sensitive a molecule or an atom is to its environement. A slight difference in tempertature or pressure make all the difference.
Each particle is very sensitive to its enironment. An science students accepts this when he/she goes through the tedious chemistry classes or the physics experiments concering a magnet.
Yet articles such as color, water, light in a room or a house do not get percieved as an environment for an object such as the human being. What about direction ? Does direction affect a magnet ? Does direction affect a moving magnet (human object in motion) ?
Can such an environment affect cause a shift in the state of mind ?
These are almost rehtoric questions. The mind or mental acitivity can be compared to an electric powerhouse and i would say always has a balance state of energy.
What we call depression/elation are states of mind, as well as pride and confidence.
Each one of us understand at some primary level that other humans definetly affect us.
But inanimate objects ?
I say they do, as an inanimate object does not have life as in human life but it still has energy. It is made up of atoms in constant motion. That energy is emitted and affects other atoms near us. The result of this emition and absorbition of energy is relative to what is emitting and what object is observing.
So at a basic level i believe we are affected by what is around us.
Now we come to the question how can such can affects events in our lives.
The answer is simple, it does not affect our future or events in our lives directly but it affects us and we make our future.
So I believe feng shui does make life better and definitely livable.
There are many articles out there with strict rules as what is considered good and what is bad. All I can say is incomplete knowledge is worse that no knowledge at all.
I remember going to a my friends house and her mother told me she had read in the newspaper that keeping water at the entrance is good fengshui. When I went to see it i realized the whole objective of the excercise was not realized. She had filled a mug and kept it near the door. True your adding water element but this will not make you feel better.
Never add anything impractical to your surroundings. You should not be knocking on something each time you walk by. You should always have an environment which is pleasing to your eye.
Ground rule 'always follow your intution'.
We come back to our topic. Can feng shui be rational ?
Cause and effect was the basis of my argument. The cause is energy (u can call it atomic or subamtomic)
and the effect is shift in state.
I rest my case.
posted by Poornima at 7:35 PM
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