Nature Adventures
All photos credit: Minnie Kansman unless otherwise indicated
By Minnie Kansman (Oct, 2018)
Ireland Bridge
The Chi of Water
Earth Chi, which is that life force which flows along the surface of the earth, is greatly affected by the waters of our planet. From trickling streams to raging waterfalls, water dances over planet earth in a variety of ways. In Feng Shui the color representing water is black and the very dark navy blues. Round freeform shapes and curving lines symbolize water in our environments, as well as, of course, the actual element of water. When studying the Five Element System in Feng Shui, we learn water is
divided into two distinct categories, moving water and still water. Let us discuss moving water first. Too little water movement, like that in a shallow pool, does not provide enough Chi to sustain us. Dirty, slow-moving water lacks balanced levels of oxygen and slows down even more with the
growth of algae and other plant life to become stagnant. On the other hand, fast-moving water can be violent and dangerous, like a stormy ocean side or the severe flooding that seems to be happening more often on our planet.
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