Feng Shui CrazyMaking My World A Better One

So my girlfriend is having all sorts of problems at home - from her daughter - to her home.  She joked that if she didn’t have any bad luck, she wouldn’t have any luck at all.  Poor girl!  So I went to take a look at her home for her and boy! it as cluttered alright!  I don’t know how she lived in such a condition.  So first thing first, I told her to get de-cluttering and helped her with it immediately.  I also helped her daughter put all her streetwear into its proper places instead of hanging all out all over her room and cleaned out her room for her.  I sent all her dirty streetwear to the laundry since their washing machine didn’t work - and helped her to choose those that she wears daily and folded some up - so that her wardrobe has more space for other huge items that we needed to hide away.

With all that done - I also adviced my girlfriend not to fight with her kids for every little things because fighting doesn’t bring any harmony to the home and if she really loved her streetwear - she shouldn’t stop her from wearing them  and also pleaded with the teenager to buy wisely when she decides that she needs more accessories to match with her streetwear.  So I’m keeping my fingers crossed that after sorting some stuff up for mother and daughter - they will each learn to respect each other and try to understand each other more instead of breathing fire down each other’s throat all the time.

I’ve read recently how music can balanced your living when you are using feng shui around your home.  And I have to tell you that music with my yamaha p90 certainly calms me down a lot at the end of the day or if I am stressed out.  I find the classical music works better for me than heavy and hard rock that my spouse like.  Whenever the spouse turns on his hard rock and heavy metal instead of having a calming feeling, I feel all agitated.  Of course, I didn’t say that to him for he loves that kind of music. The funny thing is when I wanted a portable piano he was all for it, in fact before my kid came along he too took some interest in learning classical music.   So if your home is chaotic or also full of problems - trying using classical music or take up some piano lessons to calm yourself and your surroundings.  It worked for me - and i feel strongly about new age and classical music.

It is said that screens are excellent feng shui remedies and they also of course, make superb room dividers.  Screens can solve a multitude of feng shui problems associated with fast moving, killing breath.  Screens can block, dissolve and dissipate bad energy (shar chi) but they must be placed in a straight line, either suspended from the ceiling or firmly attached to the ground.  If placed in a zigzag fashion, shar chi will accumulate.

I was attending a housewarming last weekend and thought about what I saw in my friend’s home.  Don’t get me wrong - I loved the home and i’m sure they will be happy with their new home but I have problems with the square pillars in their home for i’ve read that square pillars can caused problems with feng shui.

So what do one do if their home already has some square structural pillars in their home?  well, if you cannot remove the pillar, I read that if they are facing directly at your entrance - you should cover them with mirrors or other reflective material or softened with creeping plants.

Round pillars are said to be less harmful to your home and the people in your home, and if they are frame around the front door - it’s alright.  But if they face your front door than it might cause a similar problem like the square pillars - so home owners be careful now.

So my college girlfriend decided to relent and let her spouse turn her basement into a male domain - in order to keep the peace at home and also to encourage the spouse to stay home more often instead of going out drinking with his buddies from work.  The spouse works as a cop - and according to him - he needed a place to de-stressed while my college girlfriend is worried that the basement might be the cause of more fights in the future.  With a big screen tv, game consoles, converter and a mini bar put into the basement - the girlfriend figured she might be the one doing all the cleaning in the future.   So she asked me what can she do for the basement with Feng Shui to eliminate the problem before it blows out of proportion.

I think that thinking ahead is good - but sometimes thinking too  much and making the anticipation like my girlfriend is making might already be a caused for a disaster before it happens.  So instead of worrying - I told her to concentrate on the upstairs and making the upstairs and the outdoors beautiful and in tune with her harmony and peace.   As for the basement - I figured if she had a door to the basement and if the friend don’t need to go in and out thru’ the upstairs to get downstairs - she shouldn’t be too bothered by it - and go with the flow.

So she asked will all the electronics in the basement upset the flow of the home - I told her that if she don’t let it - it shouldn’t - of course, if the rats starts visiting the upstairs for food - then that’s another story.  Feng shui is a peace of mind of a person - don’t let things bother you too much.

There are more important things in life than just money - and becoming rich.  For me - health and harmony at home is very important  - and once upon a time I was taught to use incense to clear the stale air in the home - to welcome harmony into my home - by bringing in the positive chi.

One can also use incense to rid of bad energy left by guests in your home - or an irate customer.  This is what I have been trying out for a month now and I’m happy with the result - check it out yourself and you may find harmony not only at home but at work.

We are very lucky - we don’t have tornadoes in our town - but a friend who recently lost her home to a tornado - lost just about everything except for the shirt on their back.  It’s hard to live in a place where tornado can strike anytime - so she wrote and asked me how she can feng shui her environment now she is ready to rebuild her home.

First of all - I told her nothing is more important than the lives of her family - and now that she knows that she may have another tornado in the future - a storm shelter is a must before any feng shui can come in.  Of course, it would be wise to get a professional to come help you with the storm shelter and advise her on what needs to be in the storm shelter should it happen again.  Once a storm shelter is intact - then we can look at feng shuiing her environment.  I think nothing is a better investment than investing on the lives of your family.  Things can be bought again - but lives and health - no way.

My neighbor was just telling me - that after a visit to her son’s college - she was a bit worried that the study room for her son’s class was in the basement of a building.  She asked me if it was even conducive for them to study in the basement whereby there is no sunlight nor fresh air in it.  She worries that it might affect his studies because of the environment he was in.   She also worries that with so many students placed in such closed proximity - he might not be able to concentrate.

Well, that’s easy - I told her - because she could get him some bluetooth stereo headphones and he can use it - to listen to the music he likes and that should help him to block out the noises he doesn’t want.  Plus these days - kids don’t mind the noise around them like we used to - they are of a different generation.  And many studies in college are placed in the basement because classes are bigger now and finding a place to place all students can be a bit challenging and even though they are in the basement - it doesn’t mean that the feng shui is bad.  A neat study like the one above is as conducive as one can get in a college around here - so there isn’t very much to worry about - plus if they are placed in the basement - I’m sure air - exchangers are being used and air cleaners are in place as well as filters - as for sunlight - bright lights above the computer like the ones in the pictures acts as sunlight and are just as good

Now don’t laugh now - it’s true people seek lucky auspicious invitation cards for the success of an important event or function and celebration party.  Why do you think people hire professionals to print out campaign invitation cards or a conference event.  I know my spouse received some Baseball Invitations at the office from an important client’s campaign speech to get him elected for a baseball manager or spokesperson not too long ago.  So yes - when sending out invitation cards for an event - some people also look at the feng shui aspect of it and making sure that the color and graphics are appropriate for a good and successful event.  So if you do get a special invitation the next time - think about how the invitation is designed and the color and then compare it with the usual invitation cards you have and see for yourself how good invitation cards can impact an event even if it was just a birthday party.

The spouse saw some very good deals for some samsung lcd televisions at our local electronic store - and like all men - they loved their electronics and how can they give up a good deal when they see one.  So he wants to buy one - and change the projection tv - at the basement to a LCD tv - because he said it would save a lot of space and also - the picture is so much better than our 56″  projection tv.   I totally agree with him - but when we got our projection tv - it wasn’t cheap either - so what are we going to do with the old tv - if we get the new one - for he knows  - I don’t like a lot of electronics at home - neither is he going to move it to another part of the house - because he wasn’t going to disturb my feng shui.  So what to do?  and why don’t I want so much electronics in the house?   because the energy is too much to disperse at one time.  So my solution was - to first sell off the projection tv  and then he can go ahead and buy the samsung tv.  So that was what we did - so if your spouse wants to change to another lcd tv - this is what I suggest that you do - get rid of the old one first and then let him buy a new one - no fighting about it - and it’s fair.