Mythologies and Feng Shui

What is Feng Shui?

Feng Shui or Kanyu is the art of putting and situating a building to create harmony situation. According to Feng Shui cultural and social issues are influenced by natural, metaphysical and cosmological factors. Feng Shui is an ancient art related to the law and order of the universe and the power of nature. It was first developed some 6,000 years ago. It's a system based on the elements of astronomy, astrology, geology, physics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology and intuition.

Feng Shui is related to be all that matter a great deal to people: their environment, places, people, time and the interaction between the potential factors. Through the knowledge of Feng Shui, people are believed to be able to make themselves more compatible with nature, their surroundings and their own everyday life, so that they can make an impact on their finances, health, and emotions. Obviously, it's a theory to trigger awareness of the relations between human beings and nature. Only when the world is well-manipulated, can it be well availed of and become productive and favorable to humans.

'Feng Shui' is Chinese term that simply means 'Wind and Water.' The concept of them goes throughout the theory and its practice. The ancient Chinese believed a kind of underlying essence of force of things that tends to be dispelled at the chance of wind, while checked at the chance of water.

In ancient China, people would act in virtue of the theory in the hope of promoting prosperity, good health and relationships. Here are some ways Feng Shui is supposed to be able to help you:

· getting a job, raise or promotion;

· improving health;

· getting married;

· getting pregnant or preventing miscarriages;

· protecting a couple from divorce;

· creating more harmonious family relationships;

· feeling free from job impression;

· improving business better;

· preventing accidents;

· Feeling safer in life.

((Nadya)

Chinese Creation Myths

TThere are five major views of creation in China:

• The first, and most consistent historically, is that no myth exists. This is not to say there were none existing at all, only that there is no evidence showing an attempt to explain the world's origin.
• The second view is very indirect. It is merely based on a question of a dialog in an earlier reference. The idea in the question implies that the heavens and the earth separated from one another.
• The third view is the one perpetuated by Taoism by the nature of its philosophy. It appears "relatively" late in Chinese history. In it, Tao is described as the ultimate force behind the creation. With Tao, nothingness gave rise to existence, existence gave rise to yin and yang, and yin and yang gave rise to everything. Due to the ambiguous nature of this myth, it could be compatible with the first myth (and therefore say nothing). But it could, like its antithesis, be explained in a way to better fit the modern scientific view of the creation of universe.
• The fourth view is the relatively late myth of Pangu. This was an explanation offered by Taoist monks hundreds of years after Laozi; probably around 200 CE. In this story, the universe begins as a cosmic egg. A god named Pangu, born inside the egg, broke it into two halves: The upper half became the sky, the lower half became the earth. As the god grew taller, the sky and the earth grew thicker and were separated further. Finally the god died and his body parts became different parts of the earth.
• The fifth view would be tribal accounts that vary widely and not necessarily connect to a system of belief. (Silvia C)

4 vs 8

The Chinese are paying great importance when it comes to numbers in their lives. They believe that it is possible to change their lives by using certain numbers. The Chinese choose telephone numbers, house number, business numbers, car number plates and anything that has numbers in very carefully way.
Number 8 is considered to be very auspicious as it sounds like "prosperous" in Cantonese. That is why the Chinese try hard on having a phone number, bank account, car license plate, mobile phone number, etc. That ends with a number 8. The number eight is the only number where the top half is the same as the bottom half so in the West it represents the concept "as above so below". This number has come to represent money and power and manifesting your ideas (above) in your world (below).

Number 4 is considered inauspicious in traditional feng shui because it sounds like "death" in Cantonese. Knowing that, it is perfectly understandable why number 4 is considered unlucky in traditional Chinese feng shui circles. The number 4 in it's written form (Chinese) looks like a combination of the words "sun" and "eight" which is interpreted as the sun blocked by the clouds. So the number 4 is not considered lucky. In the West 4 represent stability, like the four legs of a table. The energy of the number 4 is reminiscent of the symbol of Saturn, which represents hard work and striving for success.

In Feng Shui, numbers are also divided into Yin and Yang numbers. Yin numbers represent negative or feminine energy, such as 2, 4, 6, and 8. In the other hand, Yang numbers represent masculine or positive energy, such as 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9. 0 is a neutral number. Traditionally Yang numbers are considered to be stronger and luckier than Yin numbers. However, Yin numbers are very useful when softer, gentler energy is needed. Another way that numbers can be used is by combining them together. In Cantonese numbers have the following meanings.

1 = unity
2 = easy
3 = liveliness
4 = death
5 = nothing
6 = profitable
7 = certainty
8 = prosperous
9 = longevity, enough (Miranda)