The Chinese believe that the practice of Feng Shui has an impact on the success and productivity levels of small businesses. Everything from where desks are positioned to the type of lighting used is considered important, according to the masters of Feng Shui. Read on to learn more ...
Learn how the ancient Chinese practice of Feng Shui can help you have a more successful business.
What is Feng Shui?
Feng Shui (pronounced “phung schway”) is a study of the environment, specifically the spaces of home and work. It is part of an ancient Chinese philosophy of nature and put simply means, ‘Wind and Water.’ The Chinese believed that there was a type of underlying essence of forces that tended to be banished at the chance of wind while checked at the chance of water.
What Is It All About?
Feng Shui relates to all that people consider of importance in their lives- that is their environment, people, places, time and the interaction between these factors. The notion behind the practice is that our lives are deeply affected by our physical and emotional environments. If we surround ourselves with elements that symbolize death, such as contempt, indifference toward life and nature, violence, noises and different forms of ugliness, we will in so doing, corrupt ourselves. If on the other hand, we surround ourselves with beauty, gentleness, empathy, happiness, thoughtfulness, music and various expressions of the joys of life, we glorify ourselves and the environment in which we live and work.
Masters of Feng Shui
Masters of Feng Shui are those who understand the “Five Elements” (Earth, Fire, Metal, Water and Wood), which lay the foundation for the balance that characterizes the practice, and the two energies, Chi (universal life force/ positive energy) and Sha (hard, negative energy, the opposite of Chi). These experts are often employed by homeowners and small business people to consider landscapes and/or buildings and use their metaphysical sensors to detect the flow of both good and bad energy in the air. These “masters for hire” are helpful in determining which way doorways should face, where bathrooms should go, where mirrors should hang, which room needs green plants and which one needs red flowers, etc. Their decisions are based on their feel for the flow of Chi, electromagnetic fields or whatever other kinds of energy the client is concerned about.