http://www.letsgomurphys.com/food-for-thought/2006/05/feng-shui/ making the web work for you Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:18:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.letsgomurphys.com/food-for-thought/2006/05/feng-shui/comment-page-1/#comment-5492 karen mcnary Wed, 24 May 2006 12:52:53 +0000 http://www.letsgomurphys.com/dailies/?p=111#comment-5492 for a final project during my master's i designed a classroom based upon the principles of feng shui. did the kids behave better? i have no idea. do i sleep worse at night because there are piles of stuff under my bed? i dont know that either. but i do know that less cluttered space tends to make us all feel better, as do certain colors, aromas, and living objects, so perhaps there is something to it all. do i think a green candle lit every day is going to bring me money? probably not, but maybe the intention is there, so the thought travels on what other people call ethers and asks the universe to throw a little prosperity my way. its no different than going to church and lighting a candle and thinking that your prayers will be heard. we all need a little "magic" to get us through the day sometimes, whether it is predestination, fate, faith, whatever...sometimes it just feels good to say "ok its out of my hands" and let things flow as they will. for a final project during my master’s i designed a classroom based upon the principles of feng shui. did the kids behave better? i have no idea. do i sleep worse at night because there are piles of stuff under my bed? i dont know that either. but i do know that less cluttered space tends to make us all feel better, as do certain colors, aromas, and living objects, so perhaps there is something to it all. do i think a green candle lit every day is going to bring me money? probably not, but maybe the intention is there, so the thought travels on what other people call ethers and asks the universe to throw a little prosperity my way. its no different than going to church and lighting a candle and thinking that your prayers will be heard. we all need a little “magic” to get us through the day sometimes, whether it is predestination, fate, faith, whatever…sometimes it just feels good to say “ok its out of my hands” and let things flow as they will.

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