tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-136855902024-02-04T02:37:41.496+08:00Feng Shui SecretsGideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-12872940908690658982017-11-23T10:38:00.001+08:002017-11-23T10:38:37.626+08:00窗户的设计<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>在许多方面,窗户的设计应与门的设计大致相同,<wbr>并且已经提到防止气门从大门流出,直接从后门或窗户流出。</div><div><br></div><div>房间内的物品和物品的布置应该是这样的,<wbr>以促进进入和离开房间的气的畅通。为防止气流迅速流失,<wbr>如果发生这种情况,我们可以在一定程度上提及建议的补救措施,<wbr>比如窗帘是用窗帘盖住的,即使窗帘只是用花边做的。</div><div><br></div><div>一般的原则是,窗户(和门)不应该靠近房间的角落,<wbr>因为这样可以使气走得太快。<wbr>如果把前面提到的8个点叠加在房间上,<wbr>就会发现在哪个类别中会有气味丧失,<wbr>从而对你生活的某个方面产生负面影响。</div><div><br></div><div>例如,如果气在儿童所在的地点迅速流入和流出房间,<wbr>那么在你个人生活的这个方面可能会遇到一些困难。</div></div> </div><br></div> Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-75024441832423477392007-03-17T14:24:00.000+08:002007-03-17T14:36:20.975+08:00Dealing with windowsIn many respects, windows should be considered in much the same light as doors, and some mention has already been made of preventing chi flowing in at the main door and straight out of the back door or a window.<br /><br />The arrangement of a room and the articles within it should be so to promote the smooth flow of chi entering and leaving the room. To prevent the rapid loss of chi, should this be happening, we can to some extent refer to the remedies suggested alreadysuch as covering the window with a curtain, even if the curtain is made only of lace.<br /><br />A general principle is that windows (and doors) should not be sited near to the corner of a room as this enables the chi to move out of the room too quickly. If the eight points (mentioned earlier) are superimposed on the room, it will be seen in which category there will be a loss of chi and therefore a negative effect on one aspect of your life.<br /><br />If, for example the chi flows quickly through and out of the room at the point where the area for children is situated, then one may expect some difficulties in that aspect of your personal life.<br /><br />This room clearly also has some negative features with regard to the friends aspect and the confining nature of the door. This will need some remedial action as it is better not to have doors or windows at the corners of rooms - in this case there is a danger of losing chi, too rapidly in the area of friends.<br /><br />To counteract the rapid exit of chi through the side window, a simple lace curtain and perhaps a small vase of flowers would provide the ideal solution. A relatively simple action can have a proportionately far greater positive effect.<br /><br />It is probably the standard, but windows are best opening outwards but if they happen to open inwards, it is a good idea to determine what sort of chi is being admitted.<br /><br />If the chi is negative and disruptive — that is, sha chi — it can be diverted or blocked by the use of a vase of flowers at the window, hanging wind chimes or something similar, or a strategically placed mirror if the configuration of the room permits this.<br /><br />Many windows do not open completely, either because they are sash windows where at most one half of the aperture is covered, or because they are modern UPVC double glazed units that have a fixed lower panel and an opening upper panel. In these cases it will help to place flowers at the lower closed part of the window.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-16274915568932145522007-03-10T15:01:00.000+08:002007-03-17T15:09:58.780+08:00The Eight Point methodThis method is used by many practitioners of Feng Shui. In this case the eight-fold grid comprises eight points or areas covering such aspects as, finance, eminence (or reputation), wisdom (or knowledge), career and so on.<br /><br />Once again the grid is placed over the ground plan of the house in question and the wall that contains the main door should also contain the points for knowledge, career and friends. The grid can also be placed over individual rooms and this is often necessary if a house has an unusual ground plan.<br /><br />The placing of the eight points is achieved by standing at the door and imagining that you are <strong>looking in</strong>, thus eminence is furthest away and finance is away in the left-hand corner. Where the outline of a room does not readily fit with the regular arrangement of points, and many rooms will fall into this category, there are a number of procedures suggested to obtain the best possible placing of points: The boundary of the room can be projected until a more regular shape is created upon which the points can be placed.<br /><br />However this does not necessarily clarify the placing of points. Where spaces, say in two adjoining rooms, clearly do not accommodate the eight points, it is better to treat them as separate rooms, applying the same principles and standing in each doorway, looking in, to place the points. In this case there is no place for finance and wisdom because they are outside the room boundary.<br /><br />However, if the smaller extension is treated as a separate room then all the points can be applied quite easily. Other rooms may have an irregular shape, which presents you with more than one option for placing the eight points.<br /><br />In this case the points can either be placed to include as much of the space of the room as possible or the room can be divided as described above, to create more manageable shapes. If necessary, walls can temporarily be created by the use of partitions thus enabling the points to be placed.<br /><br />These and the previously discussed methods are used in Feng Shui to analyse and correct situations where the chi is not quite correct. The following posts will look at a variety of topics from doors and windows to gardens, pointing out what can be done to make the room or environment a more harmonious one in which to live.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-28530234158272448072007-03-08T14:57:00.000+08:002007-03-17T15:01:56.658+08:00The endowment methodThis derives its name from the aspect of a person's house.<br /><br />The direction in which it faces en-riches the house in a particular way, thus north represents harmonious relationships and east understanding, as listed:<br /><ul><li>North:harmonious relationships</li><li>North East: family </li><li>East: understanding</li><li>South East: money</li><li>South: eminence</li><li>South West: contentment</li><li>West: pleasure</li><li>North West: developments and progress</li></ul>By studying a house plan with reference to the grid, it is possible to determine which rooms/areas fall under which particular influence and how best this combination can be altered or improved.<br /><br />The grid should always be placed facing south even if the main door to the house does not. The position of the door and its direction of facing is quite important and will be considered in a later section.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-18911306422193122432007-03-06T14:50:00.000+08:002007-03-17T14:57:52.548+08:00Methods used In Feng ShuiWhen an individual appraises their home using Feng Shui or when a consultant is called in to a home or office, there are several methods that can be used to sort out the problems.<br /><br />In all cases the result is that the layout of the room will almost certainly be altered and additional items will be installed, as summarised in the preceding section. One method of analysis commonly used is based upon the octagonal structure of the Pah Kwa (see Seasons and Trigrams). There are two techniques based upon this basic configuration, one called the <strong>eight point method</strong> and the other, <strong>the eight enrichments or endowment method</strong>.<br /><ul><li>The latter consists of laying over the plan of the house in question the octagonal grid and this enables the problem areas to be determined and improvements to be suggested (for convenience this has been shown with the north area to the top). </li><li>The eight point method involves placing a star made up of eight lines over the plan of the house or individual rooms to see where the lines impinge upon the walls. </li></ul>Both techniques will be de-scribed briefly and their application will then be encountered later.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-72360146759171889972007-03-03T15:23:00.000+08:002007-03-17T15:24:49.959+08:00Application of the Celestial AnimalIn front of the house, the ground should gently fall away. If it is too sudden then it is believed that the red bird would fall off and this would adversely affect your fortune in the world.<br /><br />With this configuration in mind, the back of the house would be the area of the black tortoise or turtle. This is the area of mystery, but can perhaps be more logically interpreted as the realm of private matters, including marriage and family concerns.<br /><br />The hills behind the house are necessary to provide protection and keep close at hand all that is of importance at this personal level. To the east ideally there should be hills of the green dragon representing good luck and also hope. To the west is the realm of the white tiger.<br /><br />The land to the west should be flat. Anything else may generate bad luck — hills will mean that the white tiger will be strong with an abundance of the characteristics listed above. This could only lead to problems and difficulties. If the ground to the west rapidly slopes away, then the tiger's effect will be minimal and this can lead to an existence without interest or any excitement. This is the ideal situation but, since this is out of reach for most of us, the Feng Shui of our home interior is important in counteracting any negative aspects outside. This is dealt with later.<br /><br />The symbolic animals are also used with reference to the walls of the house and the directions in which they face. In a house facing south, the entrance wall is attributed to the bird (compass direction south) but the interior wall facing the entrance is also designated by the bird.<br /><br />However, the outside of that same wall is in the realm of the tortoise because it faces north. By the same token, the other walls can be attributed to the other animals, each being allocated one internal and one external wall dependent upon the direction of facing.<br /><br />Thus, from this perspective, the best configuration for a house is where the four symbolic animals can be discerned in the outlines of the scenery round about the site.<br /><br />The dragon is regarded as the most important and at the very least it is hoped that a hill to the east can be taken to represent the green dragon. When one of the four animals can be identified in the scenery, then the directions of the other three can obviously be established, even if there are no physical signs of them.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-69115481608942781562007-03-01T15:10:00.000+08:002007-03-17T15:23:20.016+08:00Symbolic animalsIn addition to all the other factors involved in Feng Shui there are aspects of astrology and astronomy involved.<br /><br />Four terms derived from Chinese astronomy are used in Feng Shui, being placed at the points of the compass. These four animals, the tortoise (or turtle), bird, dragon and tiger are also associated with directions as applied to a house, and with the seasons.<br /><br />Each animal (often called a celestial animal) has particular associations in terms of character and emotions. These animal symbols are used to assess the Feng Shui of a house with respect to its position.<br /><br />When a house faces south, into the realm of the red phoenix, then the terms front, back, etc. coincide with the compass directions, i.e. looking out of the house to the south means you are also facing away from the front. Leaving your house to go into the realm of the red bird is supposed to bring good luck and good fortune.<br /><br />In China it is common practice for people to seek a house that is either south or south-east facing. This is an auspicious set-up as it al-lows into the house the good fortune of the bird (for south facing) and in addition the wisdom of the dragon (for south-east facing).<br /><ul><li>Tortoise: north, winter, back black, mysterious, hidden, sleepy, caring</li><li>Bird: south, summer, front, red, happy, jovial, lucky, fortunate, Outward-going</li><li>Dragon: east, spring, right, green, wise, kind, safe guarding, polite, good luck</li><li>Tiger: west, autumn, left, white, sudden, strong, angry, violent, unpredictable</li></ul>Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-32256846428121238952007-02-23T15:24:00.000+08:002007-03-17T15:50:00.248+08:00Restorative action 4<strong>Static elements</strong><br />This generally applies to features outside where it may become necessary to slow down the flow of chi. This may be the case in a garden and any large object will help compensate. This may be a rock, statue or something similar that slows the chi. If a statue is used it should blend in with the surroundings and with the personality of the individual.<br /><br /><strong>Motion</strong><br />The movement of an object can help divert or animate chi and the Chinese commonly use items such as flags, ribbons, chimes and mobiles and fountains. Ideally the wind should be the motivating force. Flowing water is helpful in bringing in chi, but it <strong>should not</strong> flow too rapidly.<br /><br /><strong>Equipment</strong><br />This includes all types of machine and items of electrical equipment which can vitalise chi, but it is necessary to ensure that it is <strong>not</strong> overdone. <u>Balance</u> has to be achieved between the electricity which is used in so many modem appliances, from fridges to microwaves to computers, and the chi.<br /><br />The best approach to adopt is to keep such usage to a sensible <strong>minimum</strong>.In later sections, the way in which these actions can be applied to Feng Shui will be described. There are numerous examples of such applications, particularly when a moderating element is required.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-42887690615958945812007-02-20T15:29:00.000+08:002007-03-17T15:50:32.918+08:00Restorative action 3<strong>Linear features</strong><br />When it becomes necessary to divert the flow of chi, as often happens when it moves too quickly, for example, in long corridors, linear features can be very useful. The feature may be a. fan, sword, bamboo tube or one of a number of items that are placed at an angle (across the corridor) to redirect the chi back into rooms.<br /><br /><strong>Acoustic measures</strong><br />Noise, particularly melodic, harmonious sounds, can break up chi that has become sluggish be-cause they generate sound waves in the air. Many people like wind chimes and without appreciating how they can help, suspend them in their porch or kitchen.<br /><br />Wind chimes, bells, mobiles that create some sort of musical tinkling are all useful in this respect. In addition to moving chi, musical noises are also said to foster wealth by attracting lucky chi into a building.<br /><br /><strong>Flora and fauna</strong><br />Living things in general can be very useful to move or slow down chi, and this includes plants and also, for example, fish. Plants can be placed in areas where there is no chi, and in locations where the chi needs to be moved around.<br /><br />Furthermore, large plants will slow down chi when it is moving too quickly. 'Fish in an aquarium can also be useful to slow chi, in addition to providing an interesting and sometimes almost hypnotic focus.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-43486515919469105402007-02-17T15:34:00.000+08:002007-03-17T15:50:57.224+08:00Restorative action 2<strong>Light and mirrors<br /></strong><br />Perhaps the commonest and most used method of restorative action in Feng Shui, is the employment of light, mirrors and other surfaces that may reflect light in a similar way.<br /><br />In general, lights should be quite bright but should not be too glaring. In China, light is often used in thegarden and around the outside of the house.<br /><br />Mirrors can be used just about anywhere and enable dark rooms to be illuminated well, including corners that without a direct source of light would remain dark.<br /><br />Mirrors enable bad chi to be directed back out of a building or by locating them in particular positions, good chi can be brought in by enlightening a particular aspect of the room, or by reflecting a pleasant view from outside, perhaps a snapshot of the garden or a body of water.<br /><br />Chi can be directed into corners and, by the prudent use of light and mirrors, a room can be improved immeasurably. Mirrors also encourage the flow of chi around the room and are therefore positioned in the dead spaces or where the flow of chi would otherwise stop.<br /><br />It should also be remembered that too many mirrors can be a <strong>bad</strong> thing in certain rooms. For example, in the bedroom where there should be a restful atmosphere, too many mirrors can energise the chi too much, causing sleepless nights.<br /><br />Also, a lounge need not have many mirrors. Many people tend to decorate their house with relatively quiet colours and perhaps only the younger generations opt for strong, loud colour schemes. However, colours can be used to help the flow of chi and an area of bright colour in an otherwise dull room can help enormously.<br /><br />The Chinese certainly follow this practice and commonly use <strong>red and black</strong> as these are deemed particularly fortuitous when it comes to <strong>financial</strong> matters.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-34094714407974277262007-02-13T15:43:00.000+08:002007-03-17T15:51:17.759+08:00Restorative action 1When a consultant first assesses a building: they may well use a Feng Shui compass, which consists of a board with a magnetic needle sited at the centre. Around this is a number of concentric circles, commonly over twenty.<br /><br />Contained within each ring is information that is of relevance to the Feng Shui diagnosis. The rings are set in a squarebase board, thus creating a parallel with yin and yang, earth and heaven, square and circle, because the inner circular part is called the <strong>Heaven Plate</strong> and the outer square component is the <strong>Earth Plate</strong>.<br /><br />The compass is used by aligning it with the orientation of the building in question and information is taken from the circular parts. Further information is gleaned after matching the building with the individual's <strong>horoscope</strong>.<br /><br />This results in a pair of readings that usually indicate that some <strong>corrective measures</strong> are necessary. The eight categories may be used independently or together in varying amounts.<br /><br />Methods of restorative action:<br /><ul><li>Light and mirrors </li><li>Colour</li><li>Linear features </li><li>Acoustic measures </li><li>Flora and fauna </li><li>Static elements </li><li>Motion</li><li>Equipment</li></ul>Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-92158165459460892032007-02-10T16:02:00.000+08:002007-03-17T16:05:07.604+08:00Workings of Feng Shui 2When it comes to chi within the building, the primary objective is to encourage the good chi and keep out the sha chi. The chi is meant to flow around the building in a gentle fashion, unhindered by obstacles and general untidiness.<br /><br />The beneficial currents of chi should enter by the main door and circulate throughout the house, leaving by a window or the back entrance. On its way around the house, it should really pass through every room.<br /><br />When checking a house to ensure it has the optimum arrangement for the flow of chi, it should be possible to visualise a flow entering by the main door and then branching and flowing around each floor and up the stairs to the next.<br /><br />As it flows it divides to enter the various rooms with one flow continuing around the house. In this way the chi can go into each room through the door and exit either by a second door or by a window, but not by the same entrance through which it entered the room.<br /><br />Doors should open inwards to encourage the flow (other stipulations concerning doors are considered in the appropriate section). Specific topics and measures are dealt with but a few general principles can be mentioned here.<br /><br />It is important that the chi has the opportunity to flow around the room before leaving - if it leaves too quickly there is little opportunity for the chi to stimulate the room space. The rapid loss of chi can happen in many circumstances:<br /><ul><li>where there are windows at opposite ends of the room</li><li>when the stairs descend directly towards the front door</li><li>when a house is `divided' by a central corridor, with the back door visible from the front </li></ul>Each of these cases, and the necessary remedial action that can be taken, is described in full elsewhere.<br /><br />In addition to losing chi, there are many spaces in buildings that are to all intents and purposes, dead areas. This is when the flow of chi is stopped, either in the corners of rooms or in rooms without windows or a suitable exit point for the chi.<br /><br />The corners of rooms can easily be dealt with, as specifically indicated in other sections, by placing plants, ornaments and similar items in the space.<br /><br />Rooms that are effectively closed systems are best relegated to use as store rooms and cupboards but it does help if the door opens outwards in these cases, the contrary to what is normally required.<br /><br />Quite often garages (those attached to houses) are dead spaces. It will help to have a back door as well as the main entrance.<br /><br />However, if a bedroom is built above a garage which is a dead space there is the possibility that the bedroom will suffer from the dead chi.<br /><br />Other `closed' buildings, such as halls of certain types or cinemas where there are not meant to be any windows, may also suffer in this respect but outward-opening doors will help.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-71559112143666873562007-02-05T15:53:00.000+08:002007-03-17T16:05:39.195+08:00Workings of Feng Shui 1Workings of Feng Shui are relatively straightforward and can be applied logically, different practitioners and groups of practitioners develop particular strengths and ways of working which in time become rules to follow.<br /><br />Because this has led to available accounts of the subject appearing quite different in many respects, we shall in this book attempt to bring together the main ways of working with Feng Shui.<br /><br />Thus, although there may well be additional aspects of a technique that are not covered here or are referred to only in passing, the interested reader will be able to grasp the fundamentals and undertake their own research in depth, using the growing library of books and information sources now available.<br /><br />By studying the various attributes of a living space, its Feng Shui can be determined, good Feng Shui can be enhanced further and bad Feng Shui can be corrected. This can apply equally to the home, garden or business premises.<br /><br />There are a number of techniques and actions that can be adopted and implemented to improve the Feng Shui, including the use of light, colour and linear features. Some Feng Shui consultants call these the eight remedies.<br /><br />In all cases, the aim is to balance the chi, by altering, increasing or reducing it in some way.To redress poor Feng Shui situations, attention can be paid to chi and sha chi and the counter measures that can be employed or the focus can be the five elements, and the need to achieve a<br />balance.<br /><br />The five elements have been considered above, with their inter-relationships and moderating combinations. Some indications have been given of actions that can be taken to correct imbalances and conflicts and from this the general principles and practices can be determined.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-24395189030849593182007-02-02T16:07:00.000+08:002007-03-17T16:09:28.288+08:00Looking around youDepending upon the direction, there will be a different type of chi trained upon your home.<br /><br />It is necessary to look around your immediate area to see whether there is good or bad Feng Shui. Them may be four types of chi involved: yang chi from applying the magic square to checking out the Feng Shui of a building position, the general atmosphere of the area and what it is used for and how it is used that any improvements can be made.<br /><br />For example, there may be improvements in decor, type and placement of furniture and other items that could be made to improve the overall Feng Shui of the area and building.<br /><br />Upon finishing the process at the front door, the ideal situation would be to face south or south-east. But this will usually not be possible. However, this is not critical and there are many aspects to it.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-68170805601783907722007-01-29T16:09:00.000+08:002007-03-17T16:10:30.845+08:00Building ExteriorsWhen contemplating moving house, the opportunity arises to apply Feng Shui in a beneficial way, in much the same way as we improve a house through interior design and decoration.<br /><br />The location and direction of facing is relevant, as is the type of structure in which you live. If a move is not imminent, then it is worth considering anyway, so that remedies can be applied wherever possible.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-1157765339732382382006-09-09T09:26:00.000+08:002007-03-17T13:58:50.212+08:00Thai Election Campaign<embed pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://www.gcast.com/go/gcastplayer?xmlurl=" width="145" height="155" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" colorchoice="0" autoplay="no&repeat="></embed><br /><a href="http://www.gcast.com/htdb/popup/subscribe.html?u=http://www.gcast.com/u/gideonchiong/main.xml">Subscribe Free</a><br /><a href="http://www.gcast.com/htdb/popup/gethtml.html?u=http://www.gcast.com/u/gideonchiong/main.xml">Add to my Page</a>Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13685590.post-1118815737328719152005-06-15T14:07:00.000+08:002005-06-15T14:08:57.330+08:008FengShui.com is launchedAfter years of preparation, 8fenghsui.com is launched.Gideonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633325450461463233noreply@blogger.com0