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/throws down gauntlet
That's it. Okay, you red-necked mayo sandwich-eating John Cougar Mellencamp-listening Kentucky-dwelling pansy - it's go time.
- M4H
Bring it on! I'll knock you into next Tuesday. Or Wednesday. Hold on, let me get my Day-Planner.
- M4H
I don't believe Feng-shui is right, but I know that harmony and nicely arranged furniture can actually make people feel better. Dezign always matters. Some things are so cool/good/nice/beautiful that they make people feel better.
Is that the pink one with the flowers all over it??
I saw it the other day and saw you start your period this weekend, too. Bummer.
Originally posted by: conjur
Is that the pink one with the flowers all over it??
I saw it the other day and saw you start your period this weekend, too. Bummer.
Yeah, and it's high time you earned your red wings. Get over here, bitch. :evil:
- M4H
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: conjur
Is that the pink one with the flowers all over it??
I saw it the other day and saw you start your period this weekend, too. Bummer.
Yeah, and it's high time you earned your red wings. Get over here, bitch. :evil:
- M4H
/me bats his eyes
You're asking a room of skeptics if something that doesn't totally confine to hard scientific fact (or their perception of facts) "works?" As far as feng shui goes, I wouldn't ask if it "works" or not.. Does it work for you? In other words, is it appealing to your own senses? My niece's nursery was done "feng shui" and I do feel more calm in there, but it could be because there's a cute baby in there! My sister's mom in law (famous decorator who worked for Christina Aguilera among others) knows her stuff and decided to go feng shui because she likes the design philosophy not because of any health benefit..
> but as an ancient art form/belief, shouldn't there be some underlying truth/validity to it?
"every legend has a grain of truth"?
maybe, but the grain might be "don't block the entrance to a room and people will be able to enter it freely," not "purple makes the spirits all tingly!"
That Penn & Teller show is great. The bottled water segment was even more LOL funny though :evil:
"every legend has a grain of truth"?
maybe, but the grain might be "don't block the entrance to a room and people will be able to enter it freely," not "purple makes the spirits all tingly!"
That Penn & Teller show is great. The bottled water segment was even more LOL funny though
:evil:It's pretty stupid, especially with regard to how your house is aligned. Some people were talking about it on the radio, and were saying that since they lived on a court, everyboyd faced a different direction, so only a few people actually could have good "vibes", or whatever.
I put a plant on top of my toilet tank, which is supposed to bring money in. First off, it filtered the toxic air in the bathroom. Second off, I got a job a few days later. Coincidence? Perhaps.
No, that was Jupiter moving into the third house of Sagitarius you fool! It's the stars that control your destiny, not the leafy plants!
I actually saw the P&T "feng shui" and "bottled water" episodes... not bad, esp. the bottled water one. As for the feng shui one, all their "experts" were sketchy.
I wouldn't hire anyone to do it, I was thinking about researching the topic and doing it myself.
From my friend Izzy:
"Lately, I've been studying feng shui. It's the ancient art of rearranging your living space to change your fortunes in different areas of your life. It kind of annoys me that it's gotten so popular that a lot of people are talking about it, and it seems like the new-age yuppie thing to do.
I've always felt, as a minority straddling two worlds, that America continually appropriates from other cultures, without ever making the attempt to understand what they're appropriating. Take Panda Express, for example. What a crock of sh!t to say that you can get the best Chinese food there. Or PF Chang's. Both restaurant chains were created for the SOLE purpose of serving white America. The food is definitely not REAL chinese food. I grew up eating the real deal and I still go to ethnic restaurants that serve the real thing. So yea, it does annoy me when someone ignorant says "OH, PF Chang's serves the best chinese food. Just like mom used to make." Jesus fvcking CHRIST. My last name is CHANG, and no, my mom would laugh at their menu.
White America DOES not know jack sh!t about other cultures. Yes, you heard me. I'm not talking about a small minority of whites that actually do understand and care to make an effort to learn. How many times have I watched blonde women walk around wearing Indian or chinese inspired clothing, and yet they don't have a single minority as a friend, not an East indian or Asian?
As for feng shui, my father knows a great deal about it, having been raised with the philosophy. What sucks is the fact that he didn't pass his knowledge on to us kids, since he was never around, and my mom, with her Westernized Taiwanese family, barely passed on old-fashioned Chinese traditions at all. But lately, I've been doing research on it, trying to distinguish the real stuff from all the baloney out there. I must admit, I had my suspicions whenever I saw a book with an American author's name, but I did stumble upon a thick guide by a white American who spent decades studying feng shui in China. He attributed much of his learning to old Chinese Masters of feng shui, and one of the masters actually wrote a foreword where he voiced the exact suspicion: Why would a white man be interested in something so essentially Chinese? But he went on to say that through the years, the guy proved that he had more than just bullshit for reasons, and he became a pupil to the master for many years, going to different sites to understand feng shui. I was sold on the book, after that, and am pretty satisfied by its contents.
Now by doing all this, how does it change one's life? You have to understand that the idea of Chi is at the center of all feng shui and at the heart of existence itself. Feng shui, as the author argued, is no different than a science, in which thousands of years passed and scholars studied the best way to harness Chi, the life force energy driving the entire universe. Empirical study, if you will, through observation and collection of data. Chi, when allowed to meander on its own, can be beneficial, but when forced into direct paths of energy, can be very destructive.
I remember one time I asked my father, when he came to the U.S. for a visit, what he thought about our apartment in terms of feng shui and he remarked that the set-up was very bad for Chi and that our doorway stood at the end of a long hallway and invited all kinds of terrible energy to pass through our place. I also learned a lot of other things, from both my dad and the book, but it made me think. Chi, as you might think, doesn't suddenly help you win the lottery or help you get a ton of money all of a sudden. Manipulating it simply changes or slates your fortune in a direction that is either more or less favorable, depending on your intended outcome.
Anyway, the author gave his best example of when he pointed out that martial arts students are taught to harness the power of Chi. How many times have you watched someone break a board or bricks with their fist, and marvelled at their strength? Well, the strength does not come from their physical strength but from directed chi in the body."
Etc., etc. I figure it can't hurt to borrow her book.
I wouldn't hire anyone to do it, I was thinking about researching the topic and doing it myself.
From my friend Izzy:
"Lately, I've been studying feng shui. It's the ancient art of rearranging your living space to change your fortunes in different areas of your life. It kind of annoys me that it's gotten so popular that a lot of people are talking about it, and it seems like the new-age yuppie thing to do.
I've always felt, as a minority straddling two worlds, that America continually appropriates from other cultures, without ever making the attempt to understand what they're appropriating. Take Panda Express, for example. What a crock of sh!t to say that you can get the best Chinese food there. Or PF Chang's. Both restaurant chains were created for the SOLE purpose of serving white America. The food is definitely not REAL chinese food. I grew up eating the real deal and I still go to ethnic restaurants that serve the real thing. So yea, it does annoy me when someone ignorant says "OH, PF Chang's serves the best chinese food. Just like mom used to make." Jesus fvcking CHRIST. My last name is CHANG, and no, my mom would laugh at their menu.
White America DOES not know jack sh!t about other cultures. Yes, you heard me. I'm not talking about a small minority of whites that actually do understand and care to make an effort to learn. How many times have I watched blonde women walk around wearing Indian or chinese inspired clothing, and yet they don't have a single minority as a friend, not an East indian or Asian?
As for feng shui, my father knows a great deal about it, having been raised with the philosophy. What sucks is the fact that he didn't pass his knowledge on to us kids, since he was never around, and my mom, with her Westernized Taiwanese family, barely passed on old-fashioned Chinese traditions at all. But lately, I've been doing research on it, trying to distinguish the real stuff from all the baloney out there. I must admit, I had my suspicions whenever I saw a book with an American author's name, but I did stumble upon a thick guide by a white American who spent decades studying feng shui in China. He attributed much of his learning to old Chinese Masters of feng shui, and one of the masters actually wrote a foreword where he voiced the exact suspicion: Why would a white man be interested in something so essentially Chinese? But he went on to say that through the years, the guy proved that he had more than just bullshit for reasons, and he became a pupil to the master for many years, going to different sites to understand feng shui. I was sold on the book, after that, and am pretty satisfied by its contents.
Now by doing all this, how does it change one's life? You have to understand that the idea of Chi is at the center of all feng shui and at the heart of existence itself. Feng shui, as the author argued, is no different than a science, in which thousands of years passed and scholars studied the best way to harness Chi, the life force energy driving the entire universe. Empirical study, if you will, through observation and collection of data. Chi, when allowed to meander on its own, can be beneficial, but when forced into direct paths of energy, can be very destructive.
I remember one time I asked my father, when he came to the U.S. for a visit, what he thought about our apartment in terms of feng shui and he remarked that the set-up was very bad for Chi and that our doorway stood at the end of a long hallway and invited all kinds of terrible energy to pass through our place. I also learned a lot of other things, from both my dad and the book, but it made me think. Chi, as you might think, doesn't suddenly help you win the lottery or help you get a ton of money all of a sudden. Manipulating it simply changes or slates your fortune in a direction that is either more or less favorable, depending on your intended outcome.
Anyway, the author gave his best example of when he pointed out that martial arts students are taught to harness the power of Chi. How many times have you watched someone break a board or bricks with their fist, and marvelled at their strength? Well, the strength does not come from their physical strength but from directed chi in the body."
Etc., etc. I figure it can't hurt to borrow her book.
I watched Penn and Teller show on HBO as well. The funny thing is they proved fengshui to be bullshit by hiring 2 caucasian fengshui master.
That's a much more plausible statement about feng shui than any I've heard from practitioners in the US (not just P&T but other radio / TV interviews I've seen).
Even Western science agrees to a point that the colors, shapes, sounds, and smells in your environment can affect your mental state which in turn can influence your health and good / bad fortune.
And Western science finally accepts other empirically-derived therapies like acupuncture and biofeedback (aka meditation).
But all the "couch placement wins you the lottery" believers & practioners have given feng shui a lot to overcome before convincing people like me to try it, despite my love of Run Run Shaw / Shaw Brothers movies
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