Showing posts with label Exterior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Exterior. Show all posts

Thursday, 5 September 2013

Enjoy Your Journey with Feng Shui

The journey, in case you are wondering, is your car journey.
Whether you use your vehicle for fun and enjoyment; for ferrying your children around; or travelling on business; Feng Shui can help make the experience a healthier, happier and more relaxing one.
You are no doubt thinking -
‘You must be joking, have you been on the roads lately?
‘We lurch from one traffic jam, set of road works, hold up and incident, to another’
Yes, today’s roads are busy.
However, doesn’t that make it all the more important to enjoy the time you have to spend on them? 
Especially if travelling by car is a way of life for you.
Doesn’t it make sense to make the whole experience as relaxing and enjoyable as possible?
You don’t really want to spend several hours of your day tense, uptight and frustrated, do you?In 2006 a worldwide provider of risk management, management consulting and insurance underwriting services commissioned a study relating to the Feng Shui of cars. http://aon.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=25776&item=62334
The company provides insurance cover for wealthy clients owning high value, prestige or classic cars and they felt the study was a worthwhile exercise in finding ways to reduce stress levels and improve the quality of your driving experience.
YOUR CAR
Your car is as much an area worthy of Feng Shui consideration as your home or your office.
It is a space in which you spend time and so deserves the same attention as your home.
It also follows that there are certain principles relevant to both.
Good-quality cars are usually kept in immaculate condition by their owners.
Older, more functional cars are often grubby and used as a ‘dumping ground’ for papers, empty packets, cans and bottles and so on.
How much do you appreciate and care for your car?
Your home and your car are reflections of your appreciation of them.  If you care for them they will reciprocate and take care of you.
The internal energy of your vehicle will reflect the attitudes of its occupants.
If you are constantly uptight and angry, the chances are the inside of your car has a lot of negative Energy swirling around in it. 
This will perpetuate your feelings making it a downward spiral.
CLEARING CLUTTER - INTERIOR
Is the inside of your car clutter free?
The inside is the interior you can see, the boot you cannot see and the glove compartment. 
These are all areas prone to clutter and if not kept clear create negative Energy in your car.
Do you know where your tools, fire extinguisher, spare wheel and torch are?
Should you have to locate them can you do so without stress; without having to move papers, briefcases, shopping bags to find them?
A clear, clean and tidy interior allows the free flow of positive Energy in your car as well as your home.
Sprinkling sea salt crystals on the floor of your car from time to time will help absorb negative Energy caused by clutter and stress, or complaining passengers!
Leave the crystals for a while to allow them to do their work and then clean them out.
Salt is a powerful cleanser.
Another cleanser is space clearing and this can be as simple as sitting in your vehicle and clapping your hands to remove any negative Energy build-up and replace it with positive Yang Energy.
CLEARING CLUTTER – EXTERIOR
Is your car cleaned regularly?
Are the windows always sparkling clean?
The windows of your car, just like the windows of your home, are the eyes; they invite Chi Energy in from outside.
If they are dirty the quality of Chi is affected.
More on Clearing Clutter in your Car next time.
To the fulfillment of your dreams  
           
LynC

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Saturday, 5 November 2011

Exterior Feng Shui – part 2

In the first part of ‘Exterior Feng Shui’ we talked about looking for negative influences outside your home.

So if you have any of these, what should you do about it?

PROTECT first!

The way to protect your front door is by placing protective animals on either side.

These can be outside (if you have the space) or on the inside facing out.

These animals can be Chinese Fu Dogs, they are a popular protector in the East and also readily available in the west.

If you prefer alternatives, you can use dogs or lions.  Elephants with their trunks down are also protective creatures.

Whichever image you use they will only protect if they are facing outwards.  

Especially in the case of the lion, which is by nature an aggressive animal, if you have them facing inwards they will send negative energy into your home rather than protecting the outside of your home.

Poison Arrows


Coming From
Remedy


North
Place earth objects like boulders, decorative objects, a brick wall between your front door and the poison arrow

Northeast

Place lush green plants between your facing direction and poison arrow
East
Place wind chimes between your facing direction and the poison arrow (the sound of metal on metal will dissipate the negative energy)

Southeast

Place wind chimes between your facing direction and the poison arrow
South
Place a water feature between your facing direction and the poison arrow (in the case of your front door only put water directly in front of the door or to the left)

Southwest

Place lush green plants between your facing direction and poison arrow
West

Place a bright light facing out between your facing direction and the poison arrow
Northwest

Place a bright light facing out between your facing direction and the poison arrow



This is using the destructive cycle to neutralise poison arrows.  If the affliction is less serious, for example you have a poison arrow that is partially hidden by a wall or plants then the exhaustive cycle can be an alternative.

Using plants and flowers, lights, water features, wind chimes or crystals can all help deflect poison arrows away from your front door.

Shiny metallic door furniture can also deflect negative energies to avoid them influencing the energy entering your home.

While the purpose of this is to deflect negative energies away from your home, you don’t inadvertently want to bounce these back towards a neighbouring house, so things like decorative cannons or similar are inauspicious.  

These create their own poison arrow pointing at your neighbour and the purpose of Feng Shui is to be in harmony with your surroundings, not conflict.

The important thing is to create a clean, clear and welcoming area in front of your home to invite positive Chi Energy to enter.

Next time – F-Family and Feng Shui


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Sunday, 30 October 2011

Exterior Feng Shui

So how can you influence the exterior of your home or office?  How can you positively affect your surroundings?

The first thing is always to use your compass to find out the direction your home faces.

Once you know that, the next step is to look at your immediate environment.

City or Town Houses

How much space do you have outside?  Are there any poison arrows* pointing directly at your front door?

Poison arrows are:
The edge of a neighbour’s roof line
A lamp post
A single upright tree
A straight road coming directly towards your front door
A narrow gap between houses opposite that is sending negative Energy towards you

Anything that appears threatening will be sending negative Energy towards your front door

Do you have a busy road outside your home?  How fast does the traffic move?  Are you at the end of a cul-de-sac?  Do you have a busy road behind your home?  Is the house on your left lower than the house on your right?

Rural or Country Houses

Are there houses around you?  Is the land flat or undulating?  Is the back of your property higher than the front?  What is directly opposite your front door?  Is the land to the left of your home lower than the land on the right?  Do you have a river running in front of you or behind you?

These are some of the things to look for before beginning to work with what you have.

Ideal Configuration

Having given some idea of what to look for, here is the ideal configuration for a home, so you can look for positives as well as negatives.

In Landscape Feng Shui, which focuses on the exterior of a property, the ideal layout is what is known as the ‘armchair effect.’

This has the left side of your home (standing at the front door looking out) higher than the right.

The land behind your home will be higher than the land at the front.

There is an open space in front to allow positive Energy to accumulate before entering your home.

There will also be a winding river meandering in front, allowing positive Chi Energy to enter your home as it passes and high ground behind creating support.

In traditional Feng Shui this signifies, the Green Dragon on the left (East), the White Tiger on the right (West), the Black Turtle behind (North) and the Red Phoenix in front (South.)

The environment is much different now than it was when Feng Shui first evolved.

Fortunately, in harmony with the living skill it is, it now incorporates the elements in our modern world positively and effectively.

Have a look around and next time we will look at positive steps to take if the exterior of your home is less than ideal.

To the fulfillment of your dreams
LynC
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