Classical Eastern Feng Shui vs Western New Age

Hey guys, welcome to Learn Feng Shui, where you'll learn Feng Shui from a classical point of view taken out the myth and superstition. If you like weekly tips as well as fun folklore tales, you'll enjoy learning Feng Shui with me. Hey guys, let's look at the differences between Eastern Feng Shui and Western Feng Shui. All right, so I always hint to, but I talk about it a lot that I practice classical Feng Shui, which does not use items, but rather it's the way you use your space, not what is in it. And so I wanted to talk a little bit about the differences between a classical Feng Shui and a little bit more Westernized version of Feng Shui.

All right, so classical Feng Shui, it actually is based on Feng Shui formulas in a sense it's actually geomancy. I talk about this a lot when I talk about the five arts, you know, it's one called Fisingonomy, which is the study of the way it is shaped. And this is why Feng Shui, you know, there's a saying that forms supersede formula, that's the saying and the forms are really just the way your space is set up. So that's why I always tell people whenever they're looking to start with Feng Shui, which should they start with I tell them start with Feng Shui forms. And really that's going to be like your bed position, your desk position, you know, looking around you making sure that your external environment has a nice, you know, contour is to the land, what's in that environment.

That is really where you start with Feng Shui. And one of the main differences I think between a classical Feng Shui and a new age or more Western view of Feng Shui. Let's look a little bit about where the both styles came from. The classical Eastern view of Feng Shui actually came from these Feng Shui masters that would perform burial rights. And so it was really based on where the person was buried at.

And what they believed back in these, you know, back in the ancient days is that your Feng Shui of your grave actually impacted your descendants. And they still actually believed that a lot of people still practice what is called the in-house Feng Shui. And so the theory was that these Feng Shui masters actually started applying it to what is called the Yang House Feng Shui or Feng Shui for the living. And so it kind of just went on from there. One of the coolest things that I think I've learned about classical Feng Shui is that it said that a Feng Shui master actually doesn't need to even look at directions to know where their stars are because you can see mountains and water in the mountains and water form underneath the energies of the heavenly influences, which I think is so cool.

One of the biggest differences also is actually the way that the areas measured out or the cheese kind of measured in space. So Western Feng Shui focuses more on having a fixed life areas. They say that there's nine life areas. And they kind of affixed it to what is called a bogua. And so the bogua what happens is when you walk in the door, you know, it's the rooms kind of divided up into three or just to nine different areas as is the house.

And with a classical Feng Shui, it focuses more on the exact compass degree that your space is facing classical Feng Shui also doesn't have what is called a life area. So whereas BTV Feng Shui has something called life areas. And so they associate each area with your home to an area or a life aspiration, which be romance your health your career. And hopefully people and children think there's you know the different life areas like that. However, classical Feng Shui focuses more on your personal energy and attaching it to the space to kind of enhance the areas that connect to you personally using your Chinese astrology.

And again, the direction and the natural elements in each space. So BTV style in Western style Feng Shui actually came from a gentleman named Professor Lin Yun who was a professor at Berkeley. And in the early 80s to my understanding, he brought Feng Shui to America and was determined really to simplify it a whole lot. And I think it was more of his style which caught on amazingly well because I mean, of course, people still practice it to this day. And I've met actually people who have studied underneath him through the international Feng Shui Guild, which is of course the guild I'm a part of.

And they have some really cool stories about Professor Lin Yun. Anyways, what happened is in an attempt to simplify it. I guess like I said, he created his own style and he incorporated a lot of Buddhist traditions and a lot of intention mantras and incorporating some of the deities and stuff like that from Buddhism into Feng Shui. And so BTV actually stands for a black hat tantric sect Buddhism. Right now, I've seen a little bit of almost emergence of the Western and Eastern Feng Shui.

And that's kind of where I started learning from. So when I started learning, I did take the compass directions, but I was still, like, it's still incorporated with life areas. So for example, you can lay the pie shaped compass, Bago over your home, but some practitioners still go with the life areas and they'll say the Southwest is relationships, the East is your ancestors and South is your fame and so on and so forth. And there's a little bit of emergence now, especially in the US of the two kind of together. And really that's why I started this podcast to kind of dispel some of the, like, I guess where, you know, each one comes from and kind of make a distinction between them, whichever one you practice to choose.

And I think that your eyes will be opened and that it will be definitely be a shift in your mindset. And if you want to go on to finish learning classical Feng Shui, which is a giant study, I welcome you in. So I made this episode because I do feel like within the Feng Shui community, it's one of those things. So have you ever seen like a meme or like a little thing going through social media and it says, what's a super niche industry you're involved in that is super petty. And gosh, I'm going to get my butt kicked for this.

It's Feng Shui for me. I see a lot of petty news, especially within the classical community on our part where certain students are super rigid, especially when it comes to their Feng Shui master and their Feng Shui style. And I think there could be room for flexibility on both ends there guys. So I think as long as it works for you when you're learning and it's something that connects with you, then keep practicing it. So I don't think one is actually better than the other.

But one of the reasons again, I started this podcast was just to talk a little bit more about the difference between the two and focus more on classical Feng Shui. Anyway, I hope you guys got a lot from this. And again, if you want to learn more about a classical Feng Shui and you would like to learn how to activate some of these energies in your home. Remember for the month of April, I'm hosting a Feng Shui workshop that talks about activating the Sun Noble. So what the Sun Noble does is that whenever you activate something weird in your home or you have some crap going on or something wrong going on, or you need a little extra boost of help, you can activate what is called the Sun Noble for the year.

And it should give your home a boost. So we'll talk about that for the month of April, 18th of course, at 4 p.m. Central Standard Time. I hope to see you there. Be sure to support the podcast by hitting that subscribe button and sharing with your family and friends who you think may be interested as well as leaving a review.

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