The first I heard of Feng Shui was about 20 years ago.  I stumbled across an old Smithsonian magazine that featured an article on the ancient practice.  In the article it described how Western missionaries, new to Chinese culture, were warned not to build in a particular area based on the principles of Feng Shui.  The Chinese people told the Westerners that there were dragons underground, in that particular spot.

Imagining this scene,  I can hear the sound of a loud thunder clap as those Western minds clamped shut. 

It turned out that the ‘dragons’ underground were fault lines and therefore that particular spot would expose a building to collapse in the event of an earthquake.

Don’t get me wrong, I am not saying everybody should believe in Feng Shui.  My point is that there is value in remaining open to new ideas, foreign concepts, and whatever other far out notions you come across.  Remaining open.  That is the difficulty. 

I can’t really find fault with those Western minds shutting out an Eastern idea the first time they heard of it.  I’ve done the same thing myself many, many times.  I suspect we all have.  Maybe it is part of being human.  After all, your own way of thinking must be right, right?  Or else you wouldn’t think that way.  Right?

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