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Feng Shui and Free Will: Why True Guidance Empowers, Not Prescribes

“Study the masters by all means, but don’t hand the brush to someone else.”
2-minute reading

Feng Shui and Free Will: Why True Guidance Empowers, Not Prescribes

“Study the masters by all means, but don’t hand the brush to someone else.”

What should you make of all the life advice out in the wild? In the coaching and wellness business, there’s a fine line between guiding and telling. The goal always is to empower someone to find out for themselves, rather than prescribing them a specific formula or system.

Such as when you’re told:

  • This Feng Shui item has worked for others, so it must work for you.
  • If you’re not filial to your parents, you’ll be cursed.
  • You need to heal (from a thing, your whole life).
  • If you place this ornament in your home, Qi will flow and money will come to you.

But guidance allows someone to move from external validation to self-regulation and deciding themselves. It may not be the best decision, and even the wrong one. But if they own it, they’ll take the necessary next step.

Every life is a masterpiece, every decision a brushstroke. Study the masters by all means, but don’t hand the brush to someone else. When you learn how to carefully apply classical Feng Shui for the present day, you get to decide how it turns out yourself.

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