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    Feng Shui - The Key Concepts
    Feng Shui - The Key Concepts
    Feng Shui - The Key Concepts
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    Feng Shui - The Key Concepts

    By George Birdsall

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    Feng Shui - The Key Concepts has sold over 50,000 paperback copies since first published in 1995. The easy to read book overviews all the ideas of feng shui, gives examples of how you can apply it successfully and tells stories about clients who have applied the concepts and found some wonderful "coincidental" changes happen in their lives. You can improve your wealth, relationship & and career.
    The chapters include
    1. History of Geomancy & Feng Shui
    2. Elements of Geomancy
    3. Feng Shui Defined
    4. Feng Shui and the External Environment
    5. Shape and Feng Shui
    6. Nine Basic Cures
    7. Classical Feng Shui Concepts & Rules
    8. Clutter, Energy & Maintenance
    plus information on other Feng Shui concepts, Electromagnetic Fields,Natural Earth Energies and Dowsing.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeorge Birdsall
    Release dateJul 22, 2011
    ISBN9781465767226
    Feng Shui - The Key Concepts
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    George Birdsall

    George Birdsall is a professional engineer who provides consultations and gives seminars on feng shui. He lives in Australia.

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      Feng Shui - The Key Concepts - George Birdsall

      Feng Shui

      THE KEY CONCEPTS

      George Birdsall

      Copyright © 1995 George Birdsall

      All rights reserved, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written per- mission of the publisher.

      Published by Waterwood Management Proprietary Limited (A.C.N. 003 529 057)

      First Published 1995 Reprinted 1995, 1996, 1997, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001 Revised Edition 2010

      A Catalogue Record of this book is available from the National Library of Australia

      Edited by Shelley Neller Cover Design by Ingrid Urh, Reno Design Group Illustrations by Wayne Boyd, Reno Design Group

      Book Enquiries 0411 42 0006

      Smashwords Edition

      About the Author

      George Birdsall provides Project Management, Feng Shui, Geomancy, Building, Renovation, Remodeling, Home Improvement & Design Consultations and Advice, Seminars and Talks. He offers his services anywhere in the world via Skype. His websites are:-

      http://www.georgebirdsall.com:

      http://www.fengshuicompanion.com:

      http://www.therenovationplan.com

      He can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In

      If you would like to receive further information about George and his work or to order further copies of this book:

      Telephone 61 (0) 411 420006 or email George at george@georgebirdsall.com

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to all the people who have inspired this book’s production.

      Contents

      PREFACE

      INTRODUCTION

      1 History of Feng Shui and Geomancy

      2 Elements of Geomancy

      3 Feng Shui Defined

      4 Feng Shui and the External Environment

      5 Shape & Feng Shui

      6 Nine Basic Cures

      7 Classic Feng Shui Concepts & Rules

      8 Clutter, Energy & Maintenance

      CONCLUSION

      APPENDIX A Associated Feng Shui Concepts

      APPENDIX B Electromagnetic Energies

      APPENDIX C Natural Earth Energies

      APPENDIX D Dowsing

      BIBLIOGRAPHY

      Preface

      I first became aware of feng shui about 10 years ago when a $20 million project I was building in Sydney’s Chinatown district was assessed by a Chinese geomancer and feng shui practitioner. His major recommendations included the realignment of the escalators so that the wealth did not flow out and a delay of one week before we could start demolition and construction. We were allowed to start on a particular day, at a particular time and to demolish only three bricks before going off to have a celebratory lunch with Chinese dignitaries. We started proper demolition the next day.

      Like most Westerners this seemed strange to me at the time as my focus was on more practical concerns, but we went along with it as we were advised that the Chinese community would not lease a building with bad feng shui.

      My subsequent experiences have demonstrated that feng shui can have a clear and definable use in business development, commercial building, home and interior design in modern western culture. It can be applied in both new and existing buildings, often without significant cost. In buildings where the principles have been applied people have reported coincidental changes to various aspects of their fortune and health.

      The aim of this book is to provide a starting point for any- one with an interest in feng shui or Chinese geomancy. It has been written to give the layman an understanding of feng shui and bridge the gap to the more advanced books written by various authors. It has come about because I have been constantly asked during my feng shui seminars and consultations to recommend a book on feng shui, which could clearly explain the key concepts to anyone with a interest in the subject.

      I hope this book will inspire you to apply the key concepts of feng shui in ways that may allow your life to flow more easily. What feng shui and geomancy provide is one method for enhancing your life. Do not expect feng shui to give you all the answers to your problems. If you apply it wisely, with some humour and discernment, you can achieve better results than if you are too serious or greedy about the application. I would also add that even greater benefits often appear to flow for people who are simultaneously developing the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of their lives.

      The bottom line is to trust your intuition, enjoy applying feng shui and geomancy and use this ancient knowledge prudently in your modern situation. Remember: Put a little feng shui and geomancy into your life, not your life into feng shui and geomancy.

      Introduction

      Feng shui is an ancient Chinese system of rules, concepts and principles that endeavours to explain the impact on people’s lives, of the layout and design of their homes and businesses, and the environment around them. It is about creating a living and working environment that is balanced and harmonious. In Chinese language feng shui literally means wind and water. The wind pro- vides the movement or flow of universal energy or chi which affects everything. The water provides the container or receiver of chi. Feng shui principles are designed to harmonise the wind and water influences.

      Feng shui is also known as Chinese geomancy. It encompasses what Eastern philosophy refers to as the chi flow or energy flow within a building. This concept is not dissimilar to the chi flow within the human body upon which acupuncture is based. According to this philosophy if chi flows evenly through your body, you are generally healthy. Therefore if chi gently flows through your home or business, then your life appears to flow more easily and luck, fortune or good coincidences come your way.

      One purpose of applying feng shui concepts is to create a place where you want to spend time, rather than a one from which you are constantly trying to escape because something doesn’t feel right. If the places where you spend a lot of time feel pleasant, this will have an affect on your general attitude to life, and on everyone who comes to your home or business.

      You may intuitively know something feels wrong about a place, but are at a loss to explain those feelings. You may also have observed situations in which peoples’ luck or health altered following a change of home or business premises. Feng shui proposes some answers to why these situations occur. It also provides some simple solutions to improve the flow, balance, harmony, wealth, health, fame, relationships, career and creative aspects of people’s lives. Seemingly inconsequential feng shui adjustments can sometimes radically affect how you feel about your surroundings.

      Exactly why feng shui works, continues to be a mystery to our twentieth century minds and anyone approaching the use of this knowledge from a logical or left brain approach is bound to be disappointed. Feng shui involves a more right brain approach, using intuition and feelings. Remember that the application, of feng shui principles are based mostly on observation, reflection and common sense. Feng shui offers us techniques to express what we are feeling intuitively about a place. So when you walk into a place which doesn’t feel right, instead of dismissing that intuitive feeling, you should be able to look around and assess what might be contributing to your feelings of unease. If it is a place that you can change, then make the appropriate feng shui alterations, and then observe over time the impact of these changes, whether profound or subtle. Also note how your friends or customers react. Many people report that after making feng shui changes, friends or clients have walked into their homes or business and insisted that the place has been renovated, painted or had some other major physical change. The visitors can feel the change, but because of their conditioning, they are looking for physical signs of the change, rather than understanding that subtle inexpensive changes can also have an impact. This idea of the impact of the visible as well as the invisible environment on our lives will be discussed in chapter three.

      The following chapters contain stories about the significant changes experienced by various clients after a feng shui consultation. However, not everyone has had large changes occur, and some of the changes are so subtle, that without someone else independently commenting about the changes, you may not even notice them. Sometimes the application of feng shui has done no more than make the persons house feel like a home or allow them to get a good night’s sleep.

      This book does not delve into great depth about every situation that could possibly arise, as it would be impossible to do that; rather it is intended as an introduction to the key concepts so that you can begin to apply them to your place in an intuitively personal way. Rather than asking you to adhere to the rule book for specific solutions to every feng shui problem you encounter, this book should be seen as a basis and guideline for

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