Why divorce should be easy!

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Couples come together for a common purpose. They bear children and start parenting them. But at times, they may grow apart and not want to remain a couple. They may want to separate. But society and law often prevents this separation. Because they feel that children might get affected due to the separation. Hence, law has made divorce difficult and asks couples the reason for the separation. They need to show some fault in the partner in order to get legal separation. But this only opens another Pandora's box in which false accusations and blame game begins. This is unhealthy and stressful not only for the couple but also for their children. Divorce of their parents does affect children. It can lead to stress and academic struggles in them. They might suffer severe mental stress and demonstrate behaviour changes in them. They may have anxiety, depression, feeling of guilt and shame and sadness. This may affect them in school and their social circle. They could become an object of r...
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The reason behind the large gaping holes in many high-rise buildings in Hong Kong!

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Many skyscrapers in the Hong Kong special administrative region of China have large gaping holes running from the front to the back of the buildings. Why do the people, architects and builders keep such large holes in the high-rise buildings? There is a reason for it. As we know that Hong Kong is a Chinese province with Chinese influence. The gaping holes in these buildings are dragon gates and are kept to allow dragons to fly from the mountains to the water. It is the belief that this would assist and bring in good luck. It is based on feng shui that is a Chinese pseudoscience system that gives a lot of importance to the positioning of buildings, windows, doors, and objects in order to bring in positive energy and drive away the negativities around a person or house.

Hong Kong and the large holes in some of its buildings [Source: CNN]

Dragons and their great importance in the Chinese world

Chinese believe a lot in dragons and they are a part of many of their festivities and events. They are supposed to be harbingers of good luck. Chinese believe that blocking the path of these powerful creatures could result in misfortune for the person. Hence, they keep these large holes in the buildings in order to allow dragons to pass through freely. They do not want to obstruct the path of these dragons in any way.

Hong Kong skyscraper with the large hole for easy dragon passage [Source: Business Insider]

They believe so much in feng shui that they feel that the Bank of China Tower was not built of feng shui guidelines and hence people around the area are unable to do good business!!! It has become so much a part of new businesses that corporate houses have a certain amount of money that they set aside for the purpose of getting a proper feng shui consultation before they shift into or make any building or office.

More on feng shui

The practice of feng shui originated in ancient China. It claims that it uses spiritual forces and energies around a person to get harmony into him or her. The stress is on architecture and buildings so that the universe, earth and humans are bound in a healthy way. This is called qi and invisible forces are brought into action to accomplish it.

Feng Shui-Basic principles [Source: The Law of Attraction]

This practice has branched out into a number of types and landscape ecologists, environmental scientists, architects and geographers all use it in the East Asian world in the structures they construct. The tools in feng shui are the magnetic compass, a Luopan which is the couth-pointing spoon, and a ruler.

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