Principles of Feng Shui
Use your knowledge of feng shui to aid the work of the Law of Attraction to bring you robust health, increased stamina, enthusiastic energy, emotional and mental acuity, and exceptional dexterity and flexibility. Learn to balance the accumulation and release, the ancient yin/yang energies. Incorporate elements of nature and add feng shui cures to problem areas. Transform your life through the use of those principles and you will be establishing excellent feng shui. Your life will begin to change according to your new, more harmonious alignment with the Law of Attraction.
Understanding Yin/Yang Energies
Yin and yang energy together make up chi. Yin and yang forms of energy are opposites of each other, just as the earth is opposite the sky, heads is the opposite of tails, and matter is opposite energy. Each needs the other to be complete, yet too much or too little of either creates imbalance. Think of yin as inert, matter, earth, quiet, reflective, dark, female, shadow, cold, valleys, moon, and grounded while yang is active, energetic, sky, boisterous, creative, light, male, sunbeams, hot, mountains, and upward moving.
Working with the Earth Element
The art of feng shui in home environments relies on incorporating five key elements found in nature — earth, metal, water, wood, and fire. Although it seems obvious, earth energy is that which is close to the ground. In a home, earth energy is represented by floor cushions, a low coffee table, an Indian charpoy bed on short legs, and pinecones in a basket or a pottery bowl on the fireplace hearth.
Discovering Metal and Water Elements
Metal energy is found in rooms with minimalist furniture, white or monochromatic color schemes, lots of space, and order everywhere. Metal is symbolized by the color silver or gray. Water is found in fountains (great for the wealth sector of your home, since the energy of money needs to circulate), plants like ivy or baby's tears that cascade, and circular or organic shapes in furniture and art objects.
Lillian Too, author of 168 Feng Shui Ways to Declutter Your Home, has stated that old yang energy (such as too much old clothing no longer used but still in your closet) eventually turns into yin energy. This creates imbalance. Prune out the clothing and thereby create new yang energy. In so doing, you are inviting in new invigorating chi.
Using Wood and Fire Energy
An object's elemental character is often determined by the material it is made of as well as its shape and color. For example, you will find wood energy in bamboo poles or wood columns, candlesticks, and objects that have vertical height. Fire energy is represented by the color red, candles, fireplaces, and wood-burning stoves. Fire symbols also include diamond shapes.
Detecting a Feng Shui Problem
You may need to do a little detective work to locate the feng shui problems or blockages in your home. You may not immediately know you have a problem or you may observe some signs and symptoms that an imbalance exists but you don't know where. For example, are you too tired to make love to your spouse? Check out your bedroom for chipped, broken, or otherwise damaged furniture or problematic mattress and box springs. These things, if broken or damaged, need to be fixed pronto to prevent your marital relationship from undergoing stresses that might cause it to completely break down.
A bedroom needs to be suitable for sleeping — no piles of clothes on the side of the bed or file folders of office work on the bedside table. There must be no clutter since it represents emotional junk, something you definitely don't want in the bedroom. Think of your bedroom as the most sacred of all the spaces in your home environment. The energy there must never be thoughtless, negative, hostile, burdensome, or stagnant.
To attract a sizzling hot romance, place a length of red silk ribbon horizontally across the foot of your bed under your mattress or staple it from one side of your bed's undercarriage to the other. Place two ceramic lovebirds on your bedside table with objects such as rose quartz (magnifies love), gold-colored rings that symbolize commitment, and fresh sweetly scented red or pink roses (true love).
Surround yourself with colors and bed linens that are serene and peaceful. Avoid wild and jazzy patterns. Ensure that the outside light flows easily through clean, washed windows and opened curtains. Make certain that art is tasteful and serene — even holy since your bedroom is the place where you leave behind the daily cares and worries to cross the threshold of the dreaming mind into the subconscious.
Making the Foyer into an Energy Passageway
A foyer is a place where people often place a desk or a parson's table for keys, purses, receipts, and extra change. But a cluttered foyer creates hostile or negative energy. The foyer should represent the conduit for positive energy coming into and flowing throughout your house. Make it a place of interest and beauty and ensure that it is welcoming and warm so your family and friends will want to enter your home.
