Feng Shui

Did it ever occur to you that if you're feeling really down and depressed, you could just shift your Barcalounger a few inches to the left so it will no longer block your sense of well being (or my view of the Lakers game)? Or that moving into an L-shaped house could well be the end of your marriage? (and I thought it was her snoring). Or that your sleeplessness can be cured by hanging bamboo flutes over your bed? (and I thought it was her snoring). Those of you who scoff at such notions no doubt call this science "Fang Shooey." The rest of us Californians call it "fung shway," and we know it refers to the ancient Chinese principal of arranging your living space while passing that agonizing time between cocktail parties and gallery openings. But even if you live in a trailer park with a poodle lamp and Elvis Presley collectible plates on the wall, your living space can still be "shui-ed" (it's a verb too!). In this well produced tape, we meet Lin Yun, a Chinese feng shui master who advises wealthy Marin County residents how to transform their personal space into something more prosperous (like they need it). By manipulating light with mirrors and crystals, adding wind chimes, plants, bamboo flutes, water, rocks, colors and mystical symbols, we learn how bad chi can be neutralized. Chi is the flow of energy in a given space. The bagua is a sort of 8 sided grid you lay over the floor plans to affect the chi. The bagua chi fen shi is.....excuse me a minute, I need to move this desk, I'm feeling a little blocked right now. Ahhh, that's better. My chiropractor loves feng shui. Now, about that poodle lamp... Recommended. Aud: P. (R. Ray)