The literal translation of "Feng Shui" is "Wind Water". These are the two most
powerful forces in nature and the fundamental elements of life. If we did
not have air (wind) we could not breathe, and if we did not have water we would
dehydrate and die. So this literal translation gives us a clue that
introducing this theory and philosophy into your home and way of life, is
working with the natural elements around us, and sometimes the energy that we
cannot physically see, to bring balance and harmony into our lives and heal our
homes. Some describe it as the art of placement and manifesting
prosperity. I feel that working with Feng Shui gives us the gift of a
powerful tool of transformation and is a catalyst for change.
In simplistic terms
we can visualise a noughts and crosses energy grid. This is known as "The Bagua". It can be placed over the ground floor of your home or garden, or
even in an individual room, and each of the squares within the grid represents
one of our life's aspirations. These are our:
Career and path through Life
Relationships with everyone; our partner, family, friends and work
colleagues
Ancestors and the Past
Wealth, Blessings and Good Luck
Health
Helpful Friends, Travel and Cash Flow
Children, Creativity and the Future
Knowledge and Spirituality
Fame and Recognition
Your home is a mirror of your life
Ideally your home should be a sanctuary where you return after a
days work to relax and gain nurturing and support. Give
yourself the gift of a new pair of eyes and walk into your home
as if you were a stranger. Look around you and see what
this home says about the occupants, and compare it with your
life. Is it neat, tidy and organised with harmonious
colour schemes and decor and tastefully arranged artwork and
ornaments. If so this will mirror an orderly and relaxed
lifestyle with opportunities which find you easily. Alternatively, if it is untidy with too many things in too small
a space, your life could be blocked and congested and you may
feel lost, confused and in a rut.
Clear your clutter
The most effective and easiest way to begin is start to
clear your clutter. Make a space in your life for
something bigger and better to jump in, like a vacuum
effect. Most of us have more than we can use within
our day to day living space. For instance it is a well
known fact that most people wear 20% of their clothes 80% of
the time. How many people move house and leave boxes
of storage in their loft for years, or fill their garage and
shed with items that they do not use, need or love?
You can do yourself a huge favour by clearing space around
you and allowing energy to flow more easily within your home
and life.
Symbolism of Artwork
As you begin to understand how to work with this energy
pattern within your home, and how your choice of artwork
invites similar events into your life, you may start to
choose your pictures more carefully. Often people who
are single and would like to find a partner, have surrounded
themselves with single imagery such as pictures of single
people, single items, or empty beds, and similarly
introduced loneliness and isolation into their lives.
People who display ornaments in groups of three, often find
they experience disloyalty or a love triangle. The
home can tell you so much without the occupier saying
anything.
Start to choose and place you images
carefully. If you want to enjoy more passion in your life, make sure you
surround yourself by pictures or ornaments of couples in tender embraces,
especially in your bedroom and the Relationship sector of your home. If
you have a dream to own a thatched cottage in the country, a black thoroughbred
horse, a particular sports car, or even a beach house in Malibu, place your
dream picture in the Future area of your home to invite this energy into your
life.
Inner Feng Shui and the Power of Intention
As you progress with
this new understanding in life, you start to realise how your intention can be
so effective. Often people manifest events in their lives because they
think things might happen, and programme themselves sub-consciously with
language, positively or negatively. As you start to understand the
principle of "thought creates matter" you realise the power of thought, and the
only person who really stops you achieving anything in life is you. If you
find yourself saying you "can't" do something, turn your thought process around,
and begin to allow yourself to enjoy thoughts of abundance into your life in the
form of time, friendships or opportunities. And when you hang that new
passionate picture in your Relationships corner, ask it to re-ignite the passion
in your life and see what happens!
Colours
Colours have their own natural energies and
we can look at the colours in nature for a clue. The colour of a
beautiful pink rose, which represents Aphrodite the Goddess of Love, carries the
energy of unconditional love. Bright red is a colour of energy and
passion. In the spring the new leaves grow as a light green, the colour of
growth, newness and freshness. Darker green denotes more long nurtured
traditions. Warm sunshine shades of yellow and orange are good to enhance
communication and harmony within the home and work environment.
You can also look at the energy of your own
date of birth with a system such as Nine Star Ki Astrology, to confirm the
colours you wear support you on a day to day basis.
Mirrors
Mirrors always
magnify whatever they reflect. They are good in shops if they reflect the
till as they magnify the income, but not so good in offices where they may
magnify the paperwork but not necessarily the profits. If they reflect the
dining room table they will magnify your wellbeing, but be careful not to keep
your bills and post here! Mirrors placed opposite each other can cause
distorted energy, which can make people feel uncomfortable and lead to
arguments. Keep them sparkly clean to ensure your image is whole, perfect
and untainted. Avoid split mirrors or mirror tiles in order to avoid a
broken and imperfect reflection of yourself.
Geopathic stress and other earth energies
Your home is like a tape recorder on
permanent record. When you buy a new home it is important to find out what
happened to the previous occupants. The ideal situation is that the
predecessors would have moved to a bigger home or experienced many happy years
in that home. However, if the home has experienced problems with
relationships breaking up or with people losing jobs, you could be inviting a
similar repetitive event in your own life. Even if your home is new and
you are the first occupier, the unseen energy can still cause disruption in your
life.
If you are experiencing problems with your
health, incurring bad luck, have noticed blocked opportunities in life, or if
you are selling your home and has it been on the market for some time with no
interested buyers, you may be affected by geopathic stress or some other form of
historical negative and disruptive energy. This
energy can be released and re-balanced by using Earth
Healing and Space Clearing techniques to cleanse and clear,
and therefore wiping the slate clean and having a fresh
start. It is very important to do this prior to
introducing any Feng Shui cures into your home, otherwise
this could exacerbate problems before you start.
Balance
The basics of using
Feng Shui in the home is down to good maintenance, house keeping, common sense
and design, then when you start to fine tune the Bagua energies around your home
you pay attention to detail. In all of this it is important to keep a
balance and not have too many Feng Shui cures, such as an excess of mirrors,
wind chimes or too much of the same colour within your home. Alternatively
an empty home portrays an empty life.
Why we can work with Feng Shui in the 21st
Century
Although this philosophy is thousands of
years old we can use it today to bring balance and harmony into our lives and
heal our homes. In ancient China it is said "If there is harmony in the
home, there will be order in the nation. If there is order in the nation,
there will be peace in the world". Each person can individually make a
difference in our world today by personally raising their expectations of love
and living with care, consideration and gratitude. When you give
unconditionally with love, you open yourself to receive in unlimited ways.
Remember, whatever you put out comes back to you.
If you want to stay as you are, do as
you've always done. But if you do want to change your life, using the
principles of Feng Shui can open many doors for you and give you a whole new
ticket for life.
Vandaeh Works