Our Mission
Registered in Canada, Feng Shui Institute is formed
by a group of professionals who dedicate their time to fighting
myths, misunderstandings, superstitions and discriminations against
Feng Shui practice. We promote the practice of authentic and
traditional Chinese Feng Shui. Our mission is to show people
what authentic Chinese Feng Shui is and to fight the so-called
Contemporary Feng Shui, the superstitions and myths in Feng Shui.
For example, some people
copied some theories from
Feng Shui without knowing
its principles, added their
own stuff to it and called
it ‘contemporary’ Feng Shui.
There is a book talking
about ‘contemporary Feng
Shui’, the author said it is
not good to place a single
lamp post in front of a bed,
as it means ‘One Night
Stand’; which is not good
for getting or maintaining a
stable relationship.
The author simply used the
‘homophonic’ words – ‘One
Light Stand’ to ‘One Night
Stand’. Many people
would find this funny and
accept the interpretation of
it. This is purely the
imagination of the author
and he makes it related to
Feng Shui. Definitely it is
not Feng Shui. First of all,
there is no such thing as
‘one night stand’ in ancient
time. More
importantly, the rhyme ‘one
night stand’ is based on
English words, not Chinese.
Definitely this kind of
interpretation is not the
authentic Chinese Feng Shui.
In authentic Feng Shui, a
single lamp post in Feng
Shui may represent the
trigram 1, since it is
single (only 1) and 1
represents Water. It
may also represent Fire as
the nature of light and
electricity is Fire.
The shape of the post may
represent Wood, as it is a
long pole. The colour
of the post also represents
one of the five elements.
Education makes people
understand the authentic Feng
Shui theories, and this is
our job. |