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Food and Feng Shui
by: Jakob Jelling
Feng shui has a
great impact on the food we eat. Feng
shui, the food we eat and ourselves are
interrelated and influence each other.
Chi and our life balance are highly
influenced by food, starting on how it
was harvested and produced, going
through how we cook it and the
environment and mood in which we eat it.
Chi or positive
energy flows in food as well as in
everything else, and its quality depends
a lot on the way we cook it. Actually,
eating has direct relation with energy
flowing, since it is the way we receive
energy and it becomes part of us.
Therefore, the source of that energy,
which is food, should be handled very
carefully.
Harmony and
balance is an important aspect of the
relationship between food and feng shui.
It is important that we eat balanced
food, which consists in variety and
balance of colors. Feng shui recommends
that a dish should contain different
colors which are in harmony with each
other. You should try to use as many
different colors as possible in one same
dish at the same time as they should
combine and look good together.
You should also
achieve a yin and yan balance in your
food which is done through the balance
of flavors. A feng shui and yin yan
harmonic dish would contain strong
flavors as well as delicate ones
balanced through the use of different
colors. There should not be one strong
element predominating too much over the
others. The food, the colors and the
smells should all be in balance.
It is also
important to pay attention to the food
smells as well. You should like the
smell of your food and it should be
appealing to you. Every sense which is
part of the eating process should be
paid attention to and in balance with
the dish as a unity. All the process,
through which food goes, from where they
are originated to when we eat it, is
very important and should be followed
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