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Feng shui (literally "wind water") is part of an ancient Chinese philosophy of nature. Feng shui is often identified as a form of geomancy, divination by geographic features, but it is mainly concerned with understanding the relationships between nature and ourselves so that we might live in harmony within our environment. Feng shui is related to the very sensible notion that living with rather than against nature benefits both humans and our environment. It is also related to the equally sensible notion that our lives are deeply affected by our physical and emotional environs. If we surround ourselves with symbols of death, contempt, and indifference toward life and nature, with noise and various forms of ugliness, we will corrupt ourselves in the process. If we surround ourselves with beauty, gentleness, kindness, sympathy, music, and with various expressions of the sweetness of life, we ennoble ourselves as well as our environment. In short, feng shui has become an
aspect of interior decorating in the Western world and alleged masters
of feng shui now hire themselves out for hefty sums to tell people such
as Donald Trump which way his doors and other things should hang. Feng
shui has also become another New Age "energy" scam with arrays of
metaphysical products from paper cutouts of half moons and planets to
octagonal mirrors to wooden flutes offered for sale to help you improve
your health, maximize your potential, and guarantee fulfillment of some
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