Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Feng Shui - How it Works - Part 2 - 'Fulfilling Potentials'


As much as I can say that Flying Stars follows formulas to define the energy in a space, you cannot have a ‘formula for a good life’, or for that matter a formula for a good building and landscape. Each situation is inherently unique, and this is part of its beauty. Each influence is a potential of energy. IF a beneficial potential is supported, then this can lead to favourable Life Experiences. Unsupported or negatively influenced by landscape and form of the building, any potential can be completely lost, leading to the possibility of unsatisfactory Life Experiences.

What has your building been telling you if you view your Life Experience as a direct result of how it is influenced by the Earth Feng Shui? Or perhaps you can say that your Life Experience has been heavily influenced by your Man or Heaven Influences lately…?

Any influence on our lives helps us to fulfil one potential or another. Can we work better, more efficiently, or more closely to our true talent(s)? What enables us to truly fulfil a potential talent or passion we have? The answer is great support.

If our living and working environments support our endeavours, the energy we put into them is effortlessly received, and good success should ensue. Here I go with formulas again….so let me strip it back to simplicity again. As a child we are bolstered, encouraged, praised and valued for our achievements. This makes us strive to become ‘better’ at whatever challenge is presented. Without encouragement and praise, which is basic human support, children may become dejected, depressed and sullen. The thing is,…we don’t change much as we become adults! If we constantly strive for achievement and we are often not receiving successful outcomes or recognition, Life just ‘feels’ hard. If our energy is not being helped by where we sleep and live we won’t even enjoy our homelife, much less enjoy a fulfilling career.

Support from the environment you are in = Successful endeavours.

If your bedroom does not support rest, perhaps by being too Yang, then all your endeavours to gain restful sleep will be unsuccessful. Conversely, if your work area/office is set up to support you in every way by being organised, then you work efficiently and gain success in the endeavours you pursue in this area. By knowing what the underlying energy influences are on your building, you can then support and enhance the best aspects of each energy combination on your building’s chart, (and suppress or weaken anything unbeneficial) to support YOU and what you need to do.

Looking at the energy influences that move each month and Annually, you can also plan important projects or experiences at the most optimum time, and avoid wasting energy at times that don’t support favourable outcomes.

Without using Flying Stars Feng Shui to decipher the energy ‘map’ of your building, you can still implement ‘good feng shui’ to heighten the vibrational energy, which then increases positive potential. Bringing in the positive vibration is as easy as keeping spaces that are loved, tended to, appreciated, maintained, hygienic when necessary, beautiful and healthy. Spaces do not need to be clinical or minimalist, yet a certain amount of de-cluttering is always good for the soul, re-connecting one to basic needs without lots of ‘stuff’.

Quiet Spaces
Manifesting Harmony is a potential made up of all three major Life Influences. Success depends largely upon which influence is getting the most support. If we have too much ‘static’ in one area of our building (work or home), Mind, Body or Spirit, it can manifest as disharmony. That’s why we need to seek spaces that nourish and support who we are and what we wish to do. And those ‘spaces’ aren’t always tangible rooms or landscapes. They can be a quiet Mind, a peaceful Spirit and a ‘sound’ Body.

In the article about creating Quiet Spaces, it was explained how noise is not just an auditory thing, but can come from visual and extrasensory stimuli too. Noise comes in many forms some of which are: TV, traffic, radios, chatter, conversations, artworks that jump out at you or are just plain confronting, newspapers, gossip mags, busy corridors/doors, bright lights, blinking lights, etc.

To achieve quietness you may need to observe quietly the energy of the space you are in. Make changes, see how it works, evaluate the results of the efforts you have put into bringing about quietness in the space. Essentially, Balance supports Quietness. If you can achieve Balance from your spaces you will find it effortlessly brings with it a peaceful harmonious atmosphere. ( is your Yang too Yang, is your Yin too Yin??)

Balance can be brought to any space by observing that the Proportions (size of space and furniture etc), Colour, Shapes, Textures and Lighting; are appropriate for the function of that space. For example, a bedroom would have soft furnishings, subdued colours and lighting, understated shapes, etc. A workroom would have to be well lit, the colour scheme and shapes used would be stimulating and the proportion of furniture to space would allow for smooth access to and from work areas.

By removing the ‘static’ associated with disharmonious spaces you can still have a vibrant space that supports high level energy, but is essentially ‘quiet’. Odd hey?

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