There is a large umbrella which covers all the things we do in the effort to create good Feng Shui. This ancient Chinese art form looks at the many ways our physical surroundings affect us and sets out to correct imbalances which could otherwise sabotage health, well-being, or creative and professional potential.
Some people hear about Feng Shui and they are intrigued with the whole concept, but they shy away from getting advice because they hear that they may need to purchase exotic and/or expensive remedies for their home or work environment. It’s absolutely true that some people make big changes to their properties and it is true that sometimes big remedies are required for the maximum results.
But what about being able to take advantage of Feng Shui principles when you’re on a tight budget? Especially in the current economic downturn, not everyone can spend hundreds of dollars on water features, décor or furnishings purchases, never mind remodeling or landscaping. The good news is that there is a whole cache of practical and easy Feng Shui changes which literally don’t cost anything.
There is a branch of Feng Shui called the “East-West School” or Ba Zhai which identifies your best personal directions based on your year of birth. Everyone has four good directions and for different purposes. For example, one personal direction is for relaxing and sleeping while another one is for attracting wealth or good friendships.
Some of the ways these personal directions are used include:
• Sleeping Direction
• Favorable Entrance to a house or business
• Best position for a desk for long periods of working or studying
• Most effective standing positions for such activities as teaching or selling
• Best orientation of the whole house for ideal personal compatibility
We are all in a relationship with the spaces we occupy and we can either draw energy from those spaces or have the space drain us, depending on how we position ourselves within the structure. It doesn’t cost anything to move a desk around or sleep in a different direction. It might take an extra 30 seconds to use an alternative entrance to your home, but these are some of the tried and true ways that Feng Shui applications have been tested for thousands of years.
Much of this information has been kept secret for thousands of years and one had to prove themselves worthy of the knowledge before receiving it. Nowadays, there are hundreds of books and countless websites which can help people determine their best and worst personal directions according to Feng Shui theory. My own books cover this information, with The Feng Shui Matrix focused primarily on showing how you can harness and increase the good Feng Shui inherent in every interior space with a personal approach that is based on something called your Personal Trigram as well as your Chinese zodiac sign.
As an example, a man born in 1962 can attract more financial luck by sleeping head to northeast and a man born in 1964 can get sounder sleep with his head pointed to south. A person born in the year of the Ox should avoid sleeping with their head to the Sheep Direction (South/Southwest) because it can be very draining and make it harder to save money. And a person born in the year of the Rat can be especially creative and even become famous if they enter their house through the North sector.
Like making lemonade from lemons, everyone can position themselves in any environment to maximize the good flow of qi that suits each person individually. And some Feng Shui remedies cost nothing when you use what you have already. You don’t have to get anything really expensive or hard to find.
Author: Kartar Diamond
Company: Feng Shui Solutions (R) Since 1992
From the Income, Money Matters and Career Blog Series
