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The Winds, waves and tides are the tools of the ablest navigator. Edward Gibbon

In the big picture of your life – personal change, success, failure, strategy, vulnerability, stuck, moving, pain, joy – where and how does Classical Feng Shui fit in?  Feng Shui is a tool that defines what is affecting you, and how you can change these experiences and events impacting your life, every day, every small and every large life experience has a direct correlation to your environment, whether you believe in it or not.

Western Culture

Chinese culture has a significantly different view of what governs personal affairs and success than that of Western culture.  The accepted definition of success in Western society is “preparation meeting opportunity”.  Working harder, longer, education, studying, affirmations, meditations, prayer, religious practices, networking, actions, thoughts; these are the prerequisites of ‘preparation’.   In other words, your actions and choices are the only factors that prepare you for your success according to the Western psyche.

Chinese Culture

The Chinese culture has a broader consideration of what affects our lives and our opportunity for success.

The Three Factors That Govern Life

The first governing factor is Tien Chi, or Heaven Luck

Heaven Luck is a power beyond than that of man, a Supreme Being, the All Mighty, other deities, a religion, spirit, destiny.   This view has the belief that there is something beyond mortal, a powerful factor governing your life.  This is a spiritual belief in a higher power that affects your success, opportunity, achievement, and life experience.

The second governing factor is Ren Chi, or Man Luck

Man Luck fits the Western approach to success and achievement.  It is the component of preparation meeting opportunity – working, trying, effort, devoting time, belief, spiritual practice, choosing the right contacts and friends.  The Chinese culture also acknowledges the importance and value of hard work, and good choices, but does not limit success solely to effort.

The third governing factor is Tai Chi or Earth Luck

- Earth Luck is man’s connection to his environment, or Feng Shui.  These ancient Chinese sages were observers.  They observed towns, villages, and homes that thrived and were successful, and those that struggled and suffered, and saw patterns in the environments consistent with what people experienced.  They respected the land, considering it to be living – mountain ridges were considered dragon veins, and in Classical Feng Shui Audits (consultations), mountain ridges and city sky lines are still called dragon veins.    When the British came in and tried to build roads through China, workers had to be brought in from India because the Chinese workers refused to cut through the veins in the mountains, and refused to pierce the heart to dig holes for poles.

Yes, indeed, regardless of what you believe, or how hard you work.  Your degree of success and failure depends directly on your environment.  The effect of Tai Chi - your environment – is documented time after time with  Classical Feng Shui audits.  If you really want to make changes in your life, and no longer be vulnerable to these invisible factors, retake control of your life with a Classical Feng Shui Audit.

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