I’ve often wondered why our perceptions of a landscape are ones of acceptance or denial. No doubt our senses (sight, sound, smell, taste and touch) ”read the site” and relay its values to us. If we sustain a positive acceptance to the site, there should be some guiding influences encouraging us to do so. I’m sure our education and experiences have something to do with it.

Natural chi energies cannot be quantified be seen or touched. They come to us through perceptions to our surroundings and attribute acceptance as to what feelings emulate. For example, feelings such as peacefulness, a sense of place and connectiveness, tranquil thoughts and harmony. These responses surely are important values to incorporate into a site design concept.

Designing a landscape using natural chi energies as a design tool could be an exciting addition to the portfolio. I term such an option as positive energy accumulation (PEA). PEA treats the site as an evolving structure influenced by change and change is influenced by the elements that make up the site and their relationships with each other. Applying PEA breaks the site into positive and negative influences.

Charting of chi flow can be undertaken to support a PEA application. Charting chi flow helps establish chi energy points, barriers to chi flow and movement, destinations for chi flow, chi energy boundaries and locations where harmonious or beneficial (sheng) chi can enter and accumulate. The process potentially nullifies negative chi influences and helps to build upon positive energy influences. Feng Shui tools such as Yin and Yang oscillation and five element balance are two worthwhile applications to compliment chi flow charting.

Personally, I see great merit in applying my 8 elements of light, shadow, shape, colour, sound, smell, movement and temperature. When each is harmonised and the 8 collectively harmonise, the site takes on a harmonious appeal. Accepting harmony isn’t a permanent feature of the site but a feature worth incorporating for its opportunities in harmonious design. The 8 elements incorporated with Yin and Yang oscillation and five element balance make up a powerful combination and introduce the site as a dynamic entity responding to its influences including climate and seasonality. The site is in a constant state of flux and acceptance of that premise offers connectiveness.

PEA to me offers a unique opportunity to monitor change and respond to it. Change the necessary evil to a landscapes evolution. PEA can hopefully nullify sha (detrimental) chi energies from accumulating and their taking away opportunities for harmonious experiences. When we visit a natural area, we encompass PEA in action. Nature guides chi energy flow through interaction and acceptance of the components that make the site up and their adaptation to the site e.g., native plants, birds, animals and insects. In the manmade landscape we can model nature and set into place some checks and balances to ensure chi flow is balanced and negative influences aren’t encouraged to dominate.

Author Bio: I hope you enjoyed reading my article as much as I enjoyed pondering over and writing it. For more related topics and complete eBook Publications, please visit my website Feng Shui Garden – a Modern and Unique Concept to Feng Shui in the Garden and Harmonious Chi (Qi) Within Our Lives. Drop by and pick up your Free Feng Shui Ebooks Sample today!! Regards, Ross Lamond

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