Speech title: living in harmony organizational pattern: topical general purpose statement: to inform specific purpose statement: to inform my audience about feng shui central idea statement: to inform my audience about feng shui by first, traveling through the history of feng shui, second, by exploring the five major elements of feng shui, finally, by focusing on the theory behind feng shui. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have harmony in your life whenever you wanted it wake up every morning knowing you are in good health go on your merry way with a smile on your face because you are happy with yourself and your family and go to work and be able to diligently work without having to worry about your financial needs. Feng shui is an old chinese custom that says if you let the life giving energy flow through your bodies and your surroundings, you can experience the feeling of harmonious blitz throughout your entire life. Well i must admit in researching feng shui, i only thought about the material gain it would bring, but after further investigation, my interest shifted to see if feng shui could really harmonize your life. I know you must be questioning the fact that feng shui is not the american way of belief, but try to keep an open mind about it and examine its techniques.

Sit back, relax, and lets explore the world of feng shui by first traveling through its history, second by exploring the five major elements of feng shui, and finally, by focusing on the theory behind feng shui. According to mostsuccess.com/femgshui/history.hlm, geographically feng shui originated in china approximately 20 years ago. In this article, it also states that it did not take long for the feng shui concept to gradually spread to taiwan, malaysia, singapore, and hong kong. Reports that the feng shui principles migrated to the united states, canada, australia and europe to see if they, too, could experience the positive flow of energies in their lives. Raphael simons, states the spiritual connection of feng shui is composed of yin and yang energies. According to the feng shui of love book, yin is noted as the passive and emotional energy that tends to refer to people who are characterized as introverts.

The book also states yang consists of logical and factual energy that refers to people who are characterized as extroverts. According to the 19 book, creating abundance with feng shui, written by lillian too, yin and yang are essential energies that are attracted to each other, never to be separated. Transition: now that i have traveled through the history of feng shui, i can explore the five major feng shui elements.

The book, enlightened by design, written by helen berliner in 19, shows that there are five major elements of feng shui that influence the connection of all people with their connection of the environment. Fire the color red, is the element that symbolizes emotion, fame, expression, stimulation, and passion. If fire is your favorite element, you as an individual may express sociability in your surroundings. Earth the color yellowish brown, is the element that characterizes stability, security, caring, cautiousness, and harmony. Skillful living often breaks down because we have, each of us, no harmony, no attention to our timing.

And what we create in the world becomes a mirror image of what we find in ourselves. It requires no special situation, but can be done whether we sit in the meditation hall, paddle a boat, cook lunch, read a book, or work in the garden. After months of dry weather, everyone complained about having to water too many plants. Where can we find perfection in the world? if we 146 re looking for outer conditions to bring us contentment, we 146 re looking in vain.

One of them is independence not financial independence, which may bring other hazards, but emotional independence from the approval of others. This entails knowing that we are trying to do the best we can, and if someone disapproves, that 146 s just the way things are. Not everyone approved of the buddha either, but the buddha said, 147 i do not quarrel with the world.