SIMPLY stated, feng shui is a study of how humans interact with and respond to their environment. Its principles are focused on selecting, creating, and adjusting homes and offices to support your potential with quality living.
Whether you realize it or not, your brain reacts and your body responds spontaneously to your environment. We’ve all heard the saying "out of sight, out of mind." The opposite is also true - what is in sight every day goes in your mind and affects you. Whether you have supportive or defeating images around you, the images subconsciously impact your mental and physical condition. If defeating images are not removed, over time they will have a serious impact on your relationships, health, self-esteem, or career.
Everyone is born with the innate ability to distinguish beauty, but what defines beauty? The qualities of balance, symmetry, and proportion all appeal to your inborn sense of beauty. Studies have shown that babies gazed upon photos of balanced and symmetrical female faces with content expressions, while photos of disproportioned facial features elicited crying or despondence. Similarly, images of violence raised blood pressure, while images of nature lowered blood pressure.
It is clear that your environment is a direct reflection of your energy. Just as your environment can reveal your true nature, it can also be utilized to transform you. One of the most popular facets of feng shui these days is decluttering and interior design. It’s true that the basic act of removing or storing items can have a huge impact on your living space, however, it is the detailed application of feng shui principles to interior design that trigger deep transformation. A vital detail of which is the selection of art you choose to display.
Art in its various forms of painting, sculpture, or craft represents one of the most sublime forms of human potential. A universal language, art allows the human genius to be fully expressed. Because artists have various aptitudes and intentions, you must pay attention to messages your subconscious receives from the art. The art that you are drawn to is a reflection of you.
For instance, if you want to find a partner, putting up art depicting single people does not support attracting a mate. In one case, a husband selected art that showed an image of a man surrounded by several women. It was later revealed that he had been having an affair. It is crucial to take care in selecting art that positively supports you in the areas you want to improve.
Grand Master Chi Jen Liu has a profound understanding of how art reveals and affects us. His Chi Art is an elevated example of the transformational power of art.
This painting, "Wise Eyes," is a Taoist charm best suited for promoting a child’s genius towards success and fame. The trees, representing constant growth, serve as antennae that are connected to the four planets of intelligence. The number four is associated to the wood element, which represents scholarship. The four planets transmit their message through the purple dragons to the trees. Purple is a color of enlightenment.
On the sides are two equilateral triangles with three eyes each. They represent the power to see the present, past, and future and inspire children to see the world with an open mind, delving into the subconscious and higher dimensions; all of which are equally important. The rows of ten eyes are symbolic of vision in all ten directions: the eight compass directions, plus heaven above and earth below. The arch in the center is a symbol of uplifting energies.
At the bottom, the combination of the nine planets, three eyes, and the balance of the male and female gods is a key component of the power of this Taoist charm. It connotes that the basic power of intelligence comes from understanding the connection of universal energies, the ability to see in all directions, and maintaining balance.
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Jenny Liu holds a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Design from UC Berkeley and a Masters Degree in Architecture from UCLA. She is an expert in Feng Shui who shares her knowledge through seminars, periodicals, and the Internet. Awarded for her Master’s Thesis on Feng Shui, Ms. Liu is a fourth generation practitioner with her own consulting firm. For more information, please see Liu-FengShui.com or call Jenny at (626) 272-4901.
( Published May 8, 2010 in Asian Journal Los Angeles p. C4 )
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