Five the most popular myths about feng shui.

Feng shui is a kind of religious mysticism

     It is quite a prolate misbelief. Feng shui has nothing to do with the mysticism, religions and sects. Most of the Chinese are rather pragmatic people. When the first missionaries arrived to China, they faced distinguished difficulty: there were neither «God» word in Chinese language nor even the very God concept. In order to implant the God concept in the mind of the Chinese, they had to invent a «heavenly emperor» expression. So the mysticism was brought to China by Western gospellers. Initially in ancient China feng shui was considered a science in the same way as physics and chemistry. There are absolutely rational reasons of a wholesome effect of a correctly arranged space exerted on a person.

Feng shui is when Chinese souvenirs are hanged all over the house

    Even though feng shui originated from China as a space arrangement science, it does not mean that the correct interior is an interior in Chinese decorated with Chinese coins threaded along a red string, golden dragons and pot-bellied Budais. The most essential principles of feng shui are the harmony and interfacing with the world, sense of proportion, practicalness and expediency. In case some article disturbs obviously the whole harmony and looks misplaced, it will hardly improve feng shui in your house irrespective of a country of its production.

You shall believe in feng shui otherwise it will not work

    It is a myth. Nothing will change regardless of belief or disbelief in the same manner as the gravitation law is independent of our faith in it. The effect of the proper feng shui is not a placebo effect. Feng shui is based on in-depth researches of mechanics, various materials’ properties, colour and sound. Knowledge of the nature’s basic laws let us model optimum outside conditions favouring the objectives set and corresponding to individual peculiarities of dwellers. In case you don’t know the how and why of feng shui but just collect every bit of old and unused items from all your chests and boxes and throw them away as well as wipe any and all your flat’s corners from dust, air our well and let more light through your house, then positive changes will not take long to happen in your life.

Ii is imperative that the house shall be of a regular square shape

    It is not exactly a myth. The same is really true for most city dwellers. A regular rectangle or square accurately orientated along cardinal directions is the best shape for a dwelling place. But there are exceptions to every rule. For instance, one French lady settled down in Kanyakumari in South India and had her round-shaped house built right by the ocean. All her friends were astonished and told her that it was incorrect shape for a house. But still she wanted it to be like that. As a result the mentioned lady … overslept the tsunami, which walloped South India in December 2004 and swept off thousands. She woke up by accidentally lowering her hand down from the bad and discovered that there was water all over the house. The round shape of her house saved her life and that tsunami did no harm both to her and her dwelling.

Feng shui is a solution to all problems
 
   This myth is also based on the groundless attitude towards feng shui as to the mysticism. Feng shui is a well-composed system of scientific knowledge of hidden principles of energies and consciousness functioning. The study and application of these principles neither disturb the nature laws nor depress them but get synchronized with them. Therefore, feng shui involves nothing supernatural. It is really true that proper feng shui influences amazingly the circumstances beyond our control. So the sequence of unexpected and heartwarming events and meetings with people sought-for seems to be some kind of a miracle. But a dualistic nature of the material world represented laconically by Chinese sign «Yin-Yang» reminds us of the fact that there are both fair and dark sides in life and nothing will change the same. Feng shui just helps a person to strike his happy medium and not to let chances coming up on his way go by.