Balance and Natural Forces

Since ancient times, different civilizations –the Chinese is one of them- considered the Earth as a living being, which counted on a nervous system linked to its magnetic field, with power nodes (spots), similar to acupuncture spots on human bodies, lines connecting those nodes and invisibly crossing the entire terrestrial surface. The words feng shui are translated as wind and water, representing a profound blend of knowledge that is rooted on the observation of forces and shapes in nature. Feng Shui is defined by ancient masters as the art of channeling and preserving the Chi, Qi or vital energy, trying to improve environmental conditions that promote life, health and general harmony. These principles were summarized in a discipline named geomancy, which became popular in the past and was based on the empirical observation of natural phenomena and the experience of farmers dedicated to agriculture and stockbreeding.

Master Guo Pu (276-324 A.D.) expressed in a classic text on Chinese geomancy entitled Zangshu: "Chi (Qi or energy), travels and flows with the wind, but it stops in the presence of water". This phrase clarifies the origin of term feng shui (wind and water), which means the art of channeling and preserving the chi. The systematic and serious study of feng shui can take us closer to the comprehension of environmental energy and its multiple aspects, which will help us to find healthy places to live and work, or build them. A place with good feng shui promotes the flow of positive currents to the habitat or environment, it influences the life of its inhabitants, which is rendered in good health, mind and spiritual stability and family harmony, success in initiatives or works carried out, or what some people call "good luck." It’s obvious that personal fate isn’t inflexibly marked by the external environment because there are deeper events in the life of each person. Feng shui shares its lessons, methods and ways with human beings and they are called to be the architects and authors of their own lives. And human beings, supported by feng shui, will decide the course of the vessel.