Feng Shui

Things are forever changing.

Our bodies change, our life situation changes, and our environment changes.

Feng Shui is a way of looking at our current situation ~ together with the changes that are taking place ~ and being organised and orientated so that we can live in harmony and accentuate the positive.

The core of this philosophy is set out in the Chinese Book of Changes, usually known as the I Ching.  This book underpins Feng Shui, acupuncture, Chinese astrology, and many other aspects of Chinese philosophy and understanding. 

The I Ching provides a way of identifying the current situation, the changes which are taking place (or are in the process of manifesting), and appropriate personal action.

In essence it is very simple.  The universe is a great unity, The Tao.  At another level this is divided into two great principles, yang and yin, which are difficult to describe technically but manifest in such forms as summer and winter; day and night, male and female. 

The original meaning of Yang was the bright side of the mountain; and Yin, the shadow side.  In the Malvern area the high hills run north-south, and it is easy to be aware of the difference between yang and yin, as the situation changes dramatically from morning to afternoon, as the sun swings round from east to west.

The I Ching moves on from a simple division between either yang and yin, to a mixture of the two.  The differing amounts of Yang and Yin present at any time continues to be identified until a level of complexity is reached which describes a situation. 

There will be some yang and some yin in all situations.  For example, morning is a yang time, a time of new starts and rising energy, but an autumn morning could be less yang than a summer morning. 

Spring is the time of new growth, and the birth of plants and animals, a yang time.  But not everyone is born in the spring. I was born in the autumn (a yin time), providing an example of there always being some yin within yang (and vice versa).

Within this overall framework there are three main elements to Feng Shui.

Energies that come from 'above'
This includes the affect of change through time, including the seasons, the passage of night and day, and other, longer cycles.  The study of this is usually called Chinese Astrology, and Chinese astrology is closely linked to the I Ching and all other aspects of Feng Shui.

Energies from our immediate environment
This includes the effect on us of the form and shape of the landscape, the shape of the buildings we live and work in, those
that immediately surround us, and the urban environment.  This is usually called 'Form School' Feng Shui.

Energies from the Earth
The earth is undergoing constant change, including movements within the molten core and continental drift.  In addition there are fault lines, underground water courses, and much else, including the traces people leave behind.  Energies from the earth can be detrimental or beneficial to us, and dowsing can be used to detect such energies, so that they can be transformed.  In the west this is usually referred to as 'Earth Energies', of which the subject of  Geopathic Stress is a part.

Feng Shui is a huge subject, and more information concerning Feng Shui will be added to this web site over the coming months.

Other information on the subject can be found on the website of the Feng Shui Society at www.fengshuisociety.org.uk

For information on Ced Jackson's involvement with Feng Shui see Ced Jackson