feng shui basics

Got this interesting Feng Shui piece in the mail today. Heard it, but no harm sharing:

1. Allow the space at the main door to be free and clear: Do not leave any shoes or slippers lying around outside the main door of your house. The chi (energy) rides with the wind and will collect all the smell of those shoes and slippers into your house, causing sickness. The chi then travels about in your house looking for water to stay in, but if there are no water fountains or fish tanks, the chi will be dispersed by wind.

2. No television sets in bedrooms: If not, after watching, cover the television set with a PLASTIC tablecloth.

3. No mirrors opposite or at the side of your bed: these can attract a third party to your relationship, especially when placed in your bedroom.

4. No dining table opposite an altar table.

5. A fish tank placed correctly can bring about greater fortune as you tap on the Divine Water Dragon’s Den. But if tapped wrongly, it can cause lawsuits, bankruptcy, work pressure, and problems: If you notice any of these approximately four months after placing a fish tank in your home, shift the tank to different location.

6. No refrigerator, washing machine, washbasin and toilet, opposite the stove in the kitchen: The fire and water clash causes family disagreements: Remove one of them.

7. No sleeping children on floor mattresses: causes children to fall sick frequently as chi is not able to flow underneath the bed. Ideally, chi should circulate around the mattress where our children sleep.

8. It is important to have a solid wall behind a children's writing table: allows the child to have support in longer, more effective study sessions.

9. No double-decked beds for children. It may save space, but the child sleeping in the bottom bunk will be deprived of “fresh chi” and so, weakened health. If the case cannot be avoided due to space constraints, add a metal 6-rod wind chime to break the “stale chi” around his/ her bed.

10. Always have a solid wall behind your bed to have a good rest so you wake up in the morning feeling fresh, well rested and able to better focus on your work.

11. No beam above furniture, your bed, stove, sofa sets or the altar table: The beam above causes chi – and your life to be pressured: Level the beam, but ensure you have enough height for that space.

12. No marble table in your dinning room. It can cause a lot of work pressure: remove the marble table or replace it with a wooden one.

13. If a child often falls sick in a bedroom, transfer the child to another bedroom or hang a six rod metal wind chime: the metal element will break all the earth energies in that room. If the wind doesn’t too well work for you, “chime" it yourself and watch out for good results.

14. No red sofa sets: Red represents the element of fire, which simply cannot be placed in some areas: A red sofa set gives rise to heavy work pressure, troubles and obstacles: Change the colour of your sofa.

15. Always open your bedroom windows at least once 20 minutes a day to allow fresh chi to enter: sleeping with stale chi nightly restricts the entrance of good fortune into your life. Don’t worry about dust: The great good fortune you can have far exceeds the time you take to clean off dust!


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