What could a film festival have to do with Feng Shui? Well, where I live (Ashland, OR) the Festival is about independent films tending to focus heavily on documentaries. Documentaries are usually about things out of balance (think Sicko or Supersize Me!) It gets a bit depressing when you start to realize how very very out of balance this society is, and the possible consequences we are inviting unless correcting steps are taken. Feng Shui is about bringing things into balance. And while I would never pretend that a Feng Shui practitioner could bring many of these larger issues into balance, it just shows me the importance of having one’s home, one’s family, one’s relationship in balance. Without that? Let the craziness take over. Not good! And not necessary. Do what you can, and what you can’t do, engage the best Fen Shui master you know.
Is your car cluttered?
I’m often surprised at how hip Costco can be. They have surprised me more than once by being on top of clutter clearing tips. Now, from Novia Scotia comes a timely article on why car clutter is dangerous to your health. Take a gander: http://tinyurl.com/carclut Send this to friends who can use the this! Or follow me on Twitter @sugeet And, as if you didn’t already know, clutter is the biggest obstruction to the good flow of chi. 😎
Proud and Grateful
An excellent service for locating local service providers has started growing by leaps and bounds. It’s called Thumbtack.com and it may well be in your area. Check it out. But why would I be pushing a thumbtack at you? Simply because I signed up, and quickly accumulated 4 reccomendations from folks familiar with my work. You can check that out at: http://www.thumbtack.com/or/ashland/feng-shui/effective-feng-shui-for-home-or-business This is not a quick and dirty service, they actually check you out. As you will see there’s a rather legnthy interview process which is also verified. Since people tend to do business with people they know and trust, I appreciate the throughness of their approach. Facebook has come up with it’s own –Stick (that’s right – Stick, could be Schick, but we won’t go there…), but then Stick wants to go into your address book and pull names and addresses out. No thank you! In any event, if you do check this out, I’d enjoy your impressions. You might even want to add your own business.
Needing to Sell?
Here in the Rogue Valley, tradition has it that all you have to do is put your house on the market and somebody, sometime, will buy it. And, until a couple of years ago, that was true enough…sometime. Then something happened and we now have at 18month-2year supply. And still folks don’t think what a good Feng Shui analysis can do to let their home stand out from the crowd.
Problem often is owners have an emotional attachment to their home. Realtors want to keep on good terms with the owners so they tend to go alone with that attachment. Well, it isn’t Kansas anymore Dorothy, and folks would be wise to contact their consultant and ask for help. We bring an unbiased view tilted toward balancing the energy of the house and making it feel as nourishing as possible. The longer a potential buyer stays in the home, the more likely the owner is to get an offer, and these days, that’s important!
Chinese New Year – The Year of the Rabbit
If you live in an area with a Chinese community, chances are they will be celebrating this weekend as the Year of the Rabbit takes over from the Year of the Tiger. Try to attend these celebrations and observe that everything being done has some symbolic meaning. These don’t always translate well into our Western culture, but they may help you understand the rich complexity of this ancient culture. And perhaps, in your own heart, welcome the Year of the Rabbit – it bodes well for those of us who align our spirit with the wonderful Rabbit.
Traditional Feng Shui objects
Recently a student of Feng Shui appeared at my door wanting to buy various Feng Shui objects. He was disappointed that I did not carry these as a favor to my clients. But I find such things unnecessary to invoke the full effect of a powerful Feng Shui analysis and correction. In fact,in my experience it is often more effective to use the Five Elements and their interactions for correcting unfavorable situations. Moreover, when done in good taste, the cures add to the beauty of both business and home.
Chinese restaurants are often decorated with all sorts of Feng Shui symbols, and that probably keeps the owners mindful to intend good fortune. But it is not a requirement. Beauty calls forth it’s own favorable Feng Shui. Play with it and see what results you get.
Ancient calendars and Feng Shui
The latest issue of my newsletter briefly speaks to the history of the calendar as we approach the Year of the Rabbit. It’s fascinating that the ancient world, whether Western or Easters or Middle Eastern all seem to have a 12 month calendar. As long as there have been women, this should not be surprising. Between a woman’s period and observations of the longest and shortest days, the year forms itself and divides very nicely. But I did turn up on interesting fact which contradicts much of what has been discussed & wrtten about in the New Age movement for years.
The Mayan calendar ends in 2012. What this implies has often been interpreted as ‘the end times’ or whatever. Yet if one looks into Mayan mythology, one find that the date actually marks the beginning of a new cycle, not an ending. The same is true in the Vedic tradition, as we are ending the cycle of the Kali Yuga, The ending of that period is predicted to be very unpleasant, as the demon goddess Kali is is finally defeated and we enter a new Yuga, the Satya Yuga.
What does this have to do with Feng Shui? I hear you ask. Quite simply, the effective use of Feng Shui to remove blocks to harmony and prosperity helps anyone/everyone get through the hard times we are witnessing. And we’re just beginning! You might want to sign up for the newsletter just to keep one viewpoint in your pocket.
THEY YEAR OF THE RABBIT IS, almost, UPON US
Well, not quite. Next in the 12 year Chinese cycle is the Year of the Rabbit beginning February 3, 2011. And while it portends many positive changes, many of the Year of the Tiger’s bumps and hiccups will continue. As we see the megabanks and multinational corporations having a deliciously profitable year, many small folk could use a healthy dose of the positive chi Feng Shui offers. I know I’m bragging when I say every business I’ve helped has seen an increase in its bottom line. Expanding from that, you may want to consider, at minimum, a cleanup of the Chi at your business. At maximum, consider an analysis and recommendation by a feng shui master. It’s money well spent. I’d be glad to put you in touch with some of my clients if you need to hear it directly from them. Otherwise, check out the “Clients” section of this blog. And may your holiday season brings all the abundance and prosperity you could wish for.
Mainlining Feng Shui
Recently a couple of articles have crossed my desk trumpeting a graduating class of Feng Shui majors leaving major interior design Institutes. Think, feng shui is going mainstream even if at a snails pace. And while it might be trendy to include Feng Shui on the curriculum, the deeper truth is experiencing how effective Feng Shui can be. Those of you who keep up with this blog, already know that I find the principles of Feng Shui being used under other names. If you want absolutely contemporary feng shui, learn Permaculture.
Disaster Feng Shui
We are just beginning to learn and are going to continue to learn that the DeepWater Horizon oil is apocalyptic. And while we let out yowls of protest, do not foget that it is you and I who demand gas for our cars and plastic for everything else. It all comes from oil. As long as there is demand, there will be companies ready to go to any length to get it and let us pay for it. It took Eastern Masters hundreds of years observing the way nature moves energy to come up with the principles of Feng Shui. And because those principles work, Feng Shui is used widely with great positive effect.
Now we have an oil giant who skipped over the most basic safety precedes to drill for oil a mile under the water. It had not been done before and was based largely on theory. No observation of what might go wrong or what the consequences might be if anything did go wrong. We have already killed most of the world’s coral reefs (one of the foundations of the food chain) and now the results of BP spill threaten the entire sea and all it’s life. It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature. And this is no Shui to go! And unless we lemmings slow down our mad dash, what awaits us is more of the same.