By Kartar Diamond, Om Times.

Thanks to Awakening Daily.

This is the first time I have paired the word “organic” with my area of expertise, but I’m having a realization about the way in which the modern day Feng Shui practitioner approaches their assessments and applications.

In classical Xuan Kong Flying Star schools, understanding and use of Five-Element Theory is crucial. The Five Elements, sometimes referred to as the Five Phases or Transformations (because they are in state of relative flux and not stagnant), are categorized initially as Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal.

These Elements can manifest in a number of ways and they can take on some very abstract meanings. And yet, for the purposes of this article, I just want to relate to the more literal manifestations of these elements in nature as well as when we replicate them in someone’s home or business.

For example, the influence of the earth element could be naturally occurring on someone’s property in the form of a hill or boulders in the landscape or a brick wall. In the house, the earth element can manifest as a stone façade on the fireplace or the granite counters in the kitchen. An earthen object may be placed in a room that has been devoid of the element through some clay or ceramic art object.

When I think about these elements as natural materials or substances in our environment, I wonder just how much qi (life force energy) they are emanating given the amount of pollution in our world today. Let’s face it: water is polluted, land and plant life are depleted, air is polluted. Has the power of any of the elements been reduced by any percentage due to pollution or any other intrusion of chemicals? Not only that, but our seasons and climates are taking on strange variations and this can also upset the quality of the elements as they occur in nature. If a certain flower normally blooms in April, but now it has an erratic schedule due to global warming or something else off kilter, then we have to assume there is a trickle down effect on us humans. This might be on par with the disappearance of bees and how that is having an enormous effect on our food supply. Another disturbing and continuing trend is for boys and girls to hit puberty faster, in part because of the hormones consumed in factory-farmed meat.