This thread will discuss the relationship between the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui and high end audio. I will be building this first post on the subject during the day and perhaps over the next couple of days so please check in to see how it's coming along. At any time you may respond with comments or questions. So, without further ado, here is the introduction to Feng Shui and how Feng Shui can be use to improve the sound of your audio system. One thing we will explore is whether Feng Shui Masters and practitioners - like audiophiles - mistake electromagnetic fields for information fields. This is not to say that electromagnetic fields do not exist or do not influence audio systems but that electromagnetic fields CAN'T be the whole answer. We often mistakenly blame EMI/RFI for many of our audio woes, ignoring information fields. Thus it is with Feng Shui. Some Feng Shui Masters and practitioners see an electromagnetic filled behind every tree. And so do audiophiles. this will be an attempt to describe a Unified Field Theory as it were relating Feng Shui energy fields and Information Fields.
First I will describe what Femg Shui practitioners believe Feng Shui consists of and what it is normally used to achieve. These first paragraphs will be followed by the connection between Feng Shui and high end audio and will draw parallels between many Feng Shui concepts and many high end audio concepts, even rather ordinary audio concepts. The quantum mechanics connection will be explored as well as the Morphic Resonance connection. Text in quotes is not my own words.
"The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui
Welcome to the new feng shui site for the book, The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui. All other books on feng shui talk about “how to” apply feng shui and how feng shui cures affect the chi in living and working spaces. The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui is the first book to describe how feng shui actually works. This one-of-a-kind resource is the first feng shui book to explain chi in terms of the quantum particle field in a way that is easy to understand.
What is the quantum field?
The quantum field is a vast sea of energy that exists throughout the universe and consists of vibrating subatomic particles that are omnipresent and independent of space and time. The quantum particle field is the fundamental resource that Chinese chi gong (gigong, chi kung) masters influence through breathing and intention to promote health in the body and to effect healing. This very same quantum field is what we interact with when we apply feng shui cures; it is what allows the chi in our bodies to interact with the chi in our surroundings.
The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui explains the role of chi in feng shui. How does placing a fountain near a doorway or using certain colors influence the human body? Exactly how do the unseen energies (quantum particles) actually improve our health, our relationships, our prosperity? All of these questions and more are answered by The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui, a book that is a journey into the hidden energies of the quantum field as well as the inner energetic workings of our body, our mind, and our living and working spaces."
PART 1 - Setting the Stage (From Biktashev, Feng Shui master)
"Western Intellectual Heritage and the Holy Grail
Since ancient times, philosophers and scientists have searched for the Holy Grail of Knowledge: the origin, structure, and order of the universe. With each new discovery, myths were dispelled and replaced by new “truths,” which often carried over into successive centuries, becoming firmly rooted in our collective consciousness. Over the past 2,500 years, there has been an impressive roster of individuals whose scientific discoveries or philosophical ideas changed the way we view the world. Here is a brief overview of those who have helped to form our rational, separatist mindset:
• The Greek Age : We can credit Pythagoras (560-500 b.c.e .) and Aristotle (384-322 b.c.e .) with instituting scientific methods based on logic and reason. These methods of deductive and inductive reasoning still play a role today in scientific thinking.
• The Newtonian Age : English physicist Sir Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) universe was black and white. Now called “classical” or “mechanical” physics, Newton's belief was that simple and permanent mechanical laws governed the universe. He maintained that we are separate from nature and thus are able to observe the world objectively.
• The Enlightenment Age : Coined by German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), the term “enlightenment” took God out of the scientific equation, viewing natural phenomena entirely as a mechanical scheme. According to Kant, the universe cannot be fully understood using sensory perception. Because of these limitations, a rational system like mathematics must be used.
• The Darwinian Age : Postulated in his book, On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859), Darwin's (1809-1882) groundbreaking and controversial theory of evolution and natural selection caused much discord between the scientific and religious factions.
The above examples demonstrate how we have learned to rationalize, separate, and isolate information as a means of understanding the totality of the universe and its inhabitants. As a result, we have effectively disengaged, separating science, religion, mind, and body into distinct and fortified camps—a mindset that would be shattered with twentieth-century science."
TBS
Geoff Kait
Machina Dynamica
This thread will discuss the relationship between the ancient Chinese art of Feng Shui and high end audio. I will be building this first post on the subject during the day and perhaps over the next couple of days so please check in to see how it's coming along. At any time you may respond with comments or questions. So, without further ado, here is the introduction to Feng Shui and how Feng Shui can be use to improve the sound of your audio system. One thing we will explore is whether Feng Shui Masters and practitioners - like audiophiles - mistake electromagnetic fields for information fields. This is not to say that electromagnetic fields do not exist or do not influence audio systems but that electromagnetic fields CAN'T be the whole answer. We often mistakenly blame EMI/RFI for many of our audio woes, ignoring information fields. Thus it is with Feng Shui. Some Feng Shui Masters and practitioners see an electromagnetic filled behind every tree. And so do audiophiles. this will be an attempt to describe a Unified Field Theory as it were relating Feng Shui energy fields and Information Fields.
First I will describe what Femg Shui practitioners believe Feng Shui consists of and what it is normally used to achieve. These first paragraphs will be followed by the connection between Feng Shui and high end audio and will draw parallels between many Feng Shui concepts and many high end audio concepts, even rather ordinary audio concepts. The quantum mechanics connection will be explored as well as the Morphic Resonance connection. Text in quotes is not my own words.
"The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui
Welcome to the new feng shui site for the book, The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui. All other books on feng shui talk about “how to” apply feng shui and how feng shui cures affect the chi in living and working spaces. The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui is the first book to describe how feng shui actually works. This one-of-a-kind resource is the first feng shui book to explain chi in terms of the quantum particle field in a way that is easy to understand.
What is the quantum field?
The quantum field is a vast sea of energy that exists throughout the universe and consists of vibrating subatomic particles that are omnipresent and independent of space and time. The quantum particle field is the fundamental resource that Chinese chi gong (gigong, chi kung) masters influence through breathing and intention to promote health in the body and to effect healing. This very same quantum field is what we interact with when we apply feng shui cures; it is what allows the chi in our bodies to interact with the chi in our surroundings.
The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui explains the role of chi in feng shui. How does placing a fountain near a doorway or using certain colors influence the human body? Exactly how do the unseen energies (quantum particles) actually improve our health, our relationships, our prosperity? All of these questions and more are answered by The Hidden Energies Behind Feng Shui, a book that is a journey into the hidden energies of the quantum field as well as the inner energetic workings of our body, our mind, and our living and working spaces."
PART 1 - Setting the Stage (From Biktashev, Feng Shui master)
"Western Intellectual Heritage and the Holy Grail
Since ancient times, philosophers and scientists have searched for the Holy Grail of Knowledge: the origin, structure, and order of the universe. With each new discovery, myths were dispelled and replaced by new “truths,” which often carried over into successive centuries, becoming firmly rooted in our collective consciousness. Over the past 2,500 years, there has been an impressive roster of individuals whose scientific discoveries or philosophical ideas changed the way we view the world. Here is a brief overview of those who have helped to form our rational, separatist mindset:
• The Greek Age : We can credit Pythagoras (560-500 b.c.e .) and Aristotle (384-322 b.c.e .) with instituting scientific methods based on logic and reason. These methods of deductive and inductive reasoning still play a role today in scientific thinking.
• The Newtonian Age : English physicist Sir Isaac Newton's (1642-1727) universe was black and white. Now called “classical” or “mechanical” physics, Newton's belief was that simple and permanent mechanical laws governed the universe. He maintained that we are separate from nature and thus are able to observe the world objectively.
• The Enlightenment Age : Coined by German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), the term “enlightenment” took God out of the scientific equation, viewing natural phenomena entirely as a mechanical scheme. According to Kant, the universe cannot be fully understood using sensory perception. Because of these limitations, a rational system like mathematics must be used.
• The Darwinian Age : Postulated in his book, On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859), Darwin's (1809-1882) groundbreaking and controversial theory of evolution and natural selection caused much discord between the scientific and religious factions.
The above examples demonstrate how we have learned to rationalize, separate, and isolate information as a means of understanding the totality of the universe and its inhabitants. As a result, we have effectively disengaged, separating science, religion, mind, and body into distinct and fortified camps—a mindset that would be shattered with twentieth-century science."
TBS
Geoff Kait
Machina Dynamica