What is Chi Energy ?

Chi is the energy of life. It is believed to be the basis of everything that exists in the world. In Feng Shui Chi is the basis for any environmental analysis, no matter the practice of which Feng Shui school is being followed by the practitioner. Therefore, it should be remembered that each Feng Shui concept, such as Feng Shui element, or Bagua, is, basically, a simplified symbolical representation of Chi.

Understanding What Chi or Qi is

Each Feng Shui formula, element, color or shape is a representation of some particular type of energy. Hence, in order to understand Feng Shui, it is important to understand what it all is based upon – Chi.

As energy, Chi is invisible. Still, it acts everywhere and in everything. Each thing and being has Chi. This energy is the lively principle that unites everything that exists. However, the concept of Chi is not a purely Chinese invention. Different countries and cultures have a similar concept, just use different names to call this energy.

The Chinese philosophy believes that if Chi concentrates in one place, a body, or a material object, is created. If Chi disperses, the body dies. Right after the death nothing changes on the material level – the body still exists, but it lacks something – the soul has left it

So, it is the individual Chi of a person that leaves body after the death. At the same time, this individual Chi is a part of universal Chi of the world.

Types of Chi

Chi can be of different qualities. A healthy person, for example, has good Chi. An unhealthy or ill person is believed to have bad or poor Chi, correspondingly. Still, both people have the same energy, just of different qualities. So, while the energy itself always remains energy, its qualities change.

In general, there can be distinguished several major types of Chi:

Human Chi – individual energy of each person.

Home Chi – the energy of a dwelling.

Earth Chi – the energy of the planet and nature.

Heaven Chi – the energy of the space, planets and stars.

Nation Chi – the energy of a nation.

Universal Chi – all the energy of the world.

Chi is one of the basic Feng Shui concepts. It is the energy of life that fills everything in the world. Life of an individual greatly depends on the types of energy that surround him or her. Feng Shui, being based on understanding the qualities of different types of energy, aims at manipulating them in such a way, that they influence the individual in the most positive way.