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Balancing nature
with your chi and ha
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By Nicholas Smith
news@barnstablepatnot.com
eng-Shui? That's some
kind of martial arts,
right?" This is what
Marstons Mills resident
and professional cook , Craig
Leblanc, said when asked if he
practiced Feng-Shui.
Leblanc 's response is typ ical of the
kind of rumors that are circulating about
the 3.000 year-old Chinese disci pline.
Feng-Shui (pronounced "fung schwee,"
literall y meaning "wind-water ") is one
of those practices that is often miscon-
strued because of its association with
the mystical.
According to the American Feng Shui
Institute , a school that teaches classes
on the ancient Chinese art. Feng-Shui is
based on scientifi c princi ples and is not
related to any religion or belief system.
It is a scientifi c disci pline based on the
anal ysis of energy.
Essentiall y. Feng-Shui is concerned
with our relationshi ps with nature and
our environment , so we can live in
harmony with our surroundings. Feng-
Shui dictates that we should live with
the powers of nature as opposed to
against them.
At its bare bones , Feng-Shui assigns
energy, like "chi ," the harmonious en-
ergy, and "ha " the hard energy, to all the
things that surround us in our lives. For
instance the placement of the television
set or where the door is positioned in a
particular room of the house. The core
princi ple of Feng-Shui is to arrange all
the things in our Iives-from material
possessions to the colors of the walls
- in a positive , enlivening and insp ir-
ing manner.
There are, of course , vary ing degrees
of dedication and devotion to the Feng-
Shui philosoph y. Some Feng-Shui mas-
ters claim to have visions that describe
to them the energ ies of all things - a
cactus plant , for example , in the corner
of the room mi ght radiate a violent ,
black energy and therefore should be
removed from the room.
In fact , there are plenty of Feng-Shui
masters for hire that will come to your
home and evaluate the situation, di-
agnose any bad energy and provide a
recommended remed y. Donald Trump is
a famous reci pient of such services.
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