In the literal translation from Chinese, "feng shui" means "wind and water." In a more general sense, this is a practice based on ancient Chinese teaching, which includes elements of religion and philosophy. Using this practice, you can choose the best place to build a house or a burial place, place trees and bushes in the garden, arrange household items in the room, etc.
At the heart of Feng Shui is the idea of the flow of qi energy, which, like the wind, penetrates the whole space, including both animate and inanimate objects. Moreover, these flows are both favorable for humans and other living beings (harmonious), and adverse (inharmonious). It is impossible to defend against the penetration of an inharmonious flow by any barrier, but you may simply not be in its way. For example, place a desk or bed in another place so that they fall into the range of the flow of harmonious qi energy.
In many Western countries, a real boom in feng shui has recently begun. This happened after ethnic Chinese Thomas Lin Yu, a US citizen, created the so-called "symbolic feng shui." According to him, any living space is divided into zones that are most favorable for any particular type of activity. For example, for work, leisure, sex, talking with children, business operations, etc.
Lin Yu claimed that by going into some zone, or even simply placing some kind of amulet or talisman in it, a person activates it. These statements have become extremely popular, the owners of many companies and private houses began to use the services of specialists of this school to properly arrange furniture, seat staff, etc. Of course, you had to pay for such services, and symbolic Feng Shui turned out to be a very profitable business.
However, the ancient, classical Feng Shui has nothing to do with such a simplified material approach. He never used and never uses concepts such as “zones of love”, “zones of wealth”, etc. Moreover, it does not recognize amulets and talismans. A specialist in classic feng shui will certainly explain to the customer that two completely identical houses do not exist and cannot exist. And therefore, the energy of each particular home must be calculated strictly individually. After all, every point on the surface of the Earth has completely unique properties. The main condition is not to create places of stagnation of qi energy so as not to attract inharmonious flows. Therefore, it is recommended not to arrange long walkways in residential buildings, not to leave corners bare, not lined with furniture, and also to select beautiful, harmonious furniture.
