About Feng Shui - The Art Of Placement

The Three Phases Of Chi

As Chi is cyclic in nature, it has different phases. They are:

• Seng - upward moving, active, vibrant, healthy, building, growing
• Si - downward moving, stagnant, decaying, breaking down, dying
• Sha - dangerous chi, strange energy, "noxious vapors" or "secret arrows"

The Two Aspects Of Chi

We have already discussed the two aspects of Chi, and here the qualities of each are listed. They are:

• Yang - active, hot, fast, bright, high, dry, creative, quickening of life
• Yin - receptive, slow, dark, low, moist, fertile, source of life

This is the Taoist symbol for the concept of yin and yang. The black side is yin, the white side yang. The two are part of a whole, are really a cycle within "one," as represented by the circle. One is always flowing into the other, changing into the other, containing the other. This is the in-breath and the out-breath of chi, flowing from source, coming into being, and returning to source...

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The Five Elements Of Chi

In addition to the two aspects, chi also has five "moods," or elements. They are:

Water - fluidity, non-resistant, cleansing, carrier of nutrients, mode of travel, source of life, depth, emotions, hidden meaning, reflective.

• season - winter
• direction - north
• color - black, dark blue
• shape - wave, labyrinth, curviness, flowing forms

Wood - strong and flexible, adaptable, deeply rooted, reaching up and out, giving, generous, sentinel, anchor for earth.

• season - spring
• direction - east and southeast
• color - greens and blues
• shape - tall, vertical, columnar

Fire - bright, hot, dry, active, alive, cheerful, celebratory, spirited, protective, transformative.

• season - summer
• direction - south
• color - dark purple, orange, and red
• shape - triangle

Earth - support, container, nourishment, center, transmutation, fertility, receptivity, balance.

• season - all seasons
• direction - middle
• color - brown, orange, yellow, green
• shape - square

Metal - reinforcement, elemental center, protective, malleable, versatile, basic, earth's internal organs.

• season - autumn
• direction - west, northwest
• color - silver, white, grey
• shape - round, oval

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The Three Elemental Cycles

The three elemental cycles illustrate how the manifestations, the "moods" or elements of chi, interact with each other, how they are connected in a cyclic way, and how movement/change occurs through these elements.

In Feng Shui practice, knowledge of the interplay and cycles of the elements is used to enhance, decrease, soften, or, in other subtle ways, shift the interplay of energies in a space, or in a person's life experience.

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The I-Ching, Book Of Changes

Feng Shui is an applied philosophy that has been used in China, in its oldest form, since before the use of written language. It is based on an ancient divination system, a binary language describing the interplay of yin and yang. The ancient Chinese used sticks of yarrow wood as a tool for divination. They then engaged in a complex ritual of throwing these sticks to create a series of broken and unbroken lines. The broken lines indicate female, or yin energy, and represent the number 0, the void or source. The unbroken lines symbolize male, or yang energy, and represent the number 1, creation. These lines are combined to form guas, or trigrams, which are composed of 3 lines each. The gua represents the action of change as yin and yang dance together. All the gua are considered to be in movement all the time, and the 8 gua move from absolute yin to absolute yang.

The ancient Chinese saw an ever changing universe, in which the energies of yin and yang were forever shifting and moving, in a constant strive for balance. The three lines of the trigram are some combination of unbroken and broken, and when two trigrams are put together they form a hexagram. These lines represent the ever shifting forces of nature and the universe. The constant movement of chi, expressed as the opposite forces of yin and the yang, are engaged in their infinite dance, and at the center of all this movement, creation is born, movement happens, and the dance goes on.

Interpretations of the 64 possible combinations of hexagrams are given in the I Ching, or Book Of Changes, one of the 5 Chinese Classics. Though the original divinatory practice is probably 5000 years old (if not older), and is one of the most ancient languages still in use, the I Ching itself is a written recording and interpretation, attributed to the Kau dynasty, with different possible authors within that period. There are appendices, attributed to Confucius, who studied the I Ching vigorously in the later years of his life, as well as others. Studying the I Ching is an important part of the inner practice of Feng Shui. (For more information on the use and interpretations of the I Ching, refer to the UMS course Divination Systems.)

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The Tools: Ba Gua And Magic Square Maps

The Ba gua, or the 8 gua, are the 8 trigrams of the I Ching. Each one has a name, and a certain energy, with correspondences of direction, season, and color. They represent the movement of chi, the cycles of chi, the changing nature of the universe. The lines represent a movement, and one line is always changing into another. These "moods of chi" manifest in the "moods" of life for humans, and the name and descriptions of the guas represent the different experiences humans have as they move within chi cycles, the nature of life.

Ba Gua: read from bottom left to top right; note the movement of the lines, the dance as yang enters yin, and creation occurs.

Three broken (000) K'un, Earth. The sacred feminine, the mother, source, receptivity, container, womb. In-breath of chi cycle. Family position: Mother, mature yin.

Broken/broken/unbroken (001) Ken, Mountain. Keeping still, resting. Family position: youngest son. Broken/unbroken/broken (010) K'an, Water/Moon. Birth pain. Spirit trapped in matter, the womb outgrown. Can indicate difficulty, struggle. Family position: middle son.

Broken/unbroken/unbroken (011) Sun, Wind/Wood. Gentle, steady, merging. Family position: eldest daughter. Direction: southeast. Element: wood.

Unbroken/broken/broken (100) Chen, Thunder. Birth, quickening, arousing, awakening. Family position: eldest son.

Unbroken/broken/unbroken (101) Li, Fire/Sun. Light in darkness. Spiritual influence around matter. Family position: middle daughter.

Unbroken/unbroken/broken (110) Tui, Lake/Marsh. Tranquility, depth, and joy. Family position: youngest daughter.

Unbroken/unbroken/unbroken (111) Ch'ien, Heaven. Creative movement. Moving out from source. Seed of life, conception. Out-breath of chi cycle. Family position: Father, mature yang.

These eight trigrams form the basis of the octagonal tool used traditionally in Feng Shui practice. Pictured here is an example of this Ba Gua tool. Look closely to see the design of the gua as they move through chi cycle/moods. Notice also the web-like shape, the gua radiating from the center. The corresponding life-area associations are given for each section of the Ba Gua. When a home was designed and built in ancient China with the help of a Feng Shui, or "Dragon" person, it would reflect harmony with the Ba Gua map, and therefore with all things.

In the West, homes have generally already been designed and built when Feng Shui is applied, so the application of this practice has been modified to work with what is. First of all, the Ba Gua had to be reinvented, and has become the Magic Square. With this tool, the square/rectangular shape of houses in the West can be accommodated. Pictured here is an example of the Magic Square.

To apply this tool to a space, the square is overlaid on the floor-plan. The whole of the structure should fit inside the square, lining up the outermost points with the corners. There may be an area that is not filled out within the square, yet the square still extends all the way out to its four points. There are different treatments for whether these outside area points are in your own yard/space, or in another's yard/space. Ideally, all points will be within the space you are working with, but with many houses, this will not be the case, and that's okay! Missing areas can be addressed through the placement of objects which acts as a "cure." When positioning the Magic Square over the floor-plan, the indicated area would align with the front entrance (or whichever entrance is used to enter and leave the space).

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Other Tools

The compass is a most important tool in Feng Shui practice. Directional alignment is considered very important to the Taoists, and each mood or element of the chi cycle corresponds with a direction. Everything has its harmonic position in heaven and on earth, everything has its point of resonance, or power. The compass is used frequently to find directions/coordinates, in order to find appropriate positions for placement of beings and objects.

The five element system is used to give information on correspondences related to one's season of birth.

(Also refer to correspondences in the 5 Elements Of Chi section.)

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The Correspondences For The 5 Element System

Winter Nov 7 - Feb 4

• Element: Water
• Qualities: Deeply emotional. Need for privacy, stillness, peace, to manifest highest nature. Artistic, poetic, romantic, psychic abilities.
• Positive mental states include wisdom, intelligence, empathy, reflection, intuition, creativity.
• Negative mental states include fear, withdrawal, aloofness, falling into illusion.
• Physical/emotional imbalance tendencies include kidney problems, digestive problems, edema, blood poisoning, high/low blood pressure, infertility and sexual dysfunction, arthritis, rheumatism, tooth decay, depression, lethargy, blocking/storing emotions.

Spring Feb 4 - May 5

• Element: Wood
• Qualities: strength and flexibility. Need for deep-rooted connections to manifest highest nature. Abundance, flower and fruit of wisdom shared with all.
• Positive mental states include kindness, friendliness, generosity, expansiveness, leadership, organization, seeing bigger picture.
• Negative mental states include fear manifested as anger, immobility, difficulty making decisions, projection, resentment and judgment.
• Physical/emotional imbalance tendencies include liver and gall bladder disorders, problems with eyesight, back, and limbs; cramping; paralysis; irritability; confusion; repressed thoughts and emotions; fear of being trapped; inability to make plans/decisions.

Summer May 5 - Aug 4

• Element: Fire
• Qualities: bright, radiating. Need quiet reflection time to resonate with unconditional/source spark/center to manifest highest nature.
• Positive mental states include courtesy, courage, enthusiasm, joy, brilliance and love.
• Negative mental states include hyperactivity, confusion, fear, compulsiveness, rash behavior.
• Physical/emotional imbalance tendencies include fever, heart disease, high blood pressure, poor circulation, numbness, digestive problems, poor assimilation of nutrients/malnutrition, speech difficulties, sexual issues, lack of joy, lack of confidence, grief.

Autumn Aug 4 - Nov 7

• Element: Metal
• Qualities: thinking in patterns; idealism, perfection. Need simplicity and order to manifest highest nature.
• Positive mental states include discipline, sense of morality and justice, honesty, and sense of rhythms and cycles.
• Negative mental states include intolerance, judgment, grief, and inflexibility.
• Physical/emotional imbalance tendencies include lung problems, large intestine disorders, skin conditions, osteoporosis, spinal vertebrae problems, emotional blocks, repression of grief, depression, hypochondria.

All seasons/All times (This applies to all, but especially to those born in the center of the year, last week in July/first week in August.)

• Element: Earth
• Qualities: center, equilibrium, matrix/container of physical life. Need balance to manifest highest nature.
• Positive mental states include equality, justice, nurturance, truthfulness, trustworthiness, patience, steadfastness, firmness, and determination.
• Negative mental states include fear, worry, greed, low self-esteem.
• Physical/emotional imbalance tendencies include diseases of the stomach, pancreas, and spleen, eating disorders, obesity, digestive problems, malnutrition, diabetes, insecurity, craving attention, anxiety, greed, and loneliness.

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Getting Started

"He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened."- Tao Te Ching.

Alright, here we go. We come to the "yang" portion of this work! Enough contemplation, it's time for action. This is the time to put all this knowledge and wisdom, and these tools, to work in your life. For this course, we are going to focus on using the Ba Gua/Magic Square as a tool to apply Feng Shui principles. If you are interested in studying any of the other tools, you should have enough information to get started, but for now, we will explore the application of the overlay of the Ba Gua on your floor-plan. Remember, as well, that the Ba Gua can be applied to any space, including individual rooms, an office, or even an altar. Think of it like a holographic tool, as you can have Ba Gua within Ba Gua.

If you are wanting to make changes in your life, the first thing to do is to look at where you are right now, to take a truthful look at your relationships, your health, your work, your service, your connection to the earth, the heavens, and all of life. Part of this process is looking at your home, which can give you lots of insight as well, when looked at through the lens of Feng Shui, as to how you allow energy to flow in your life, what your strengths are, and where you have blocks, literal and on the energetic level, which stop the flow of creative energy in your life.

The Taoists teach that one is fully responsible for every aspect of one's life. Taking a good look at what you have created can give much insight into what changes could be of benefit. The next step would be to have a personal mission statement, to get in touch with who you are, what you have to give, and what your special piece of the light is. Envision how you can share it, how you can create your life so that you are living your dream, living life to its fullest! This will give you direction and purpose, two very important considerations in applying Feng Shui principles in your life.

When approaching a space, using the Ba Gua overlay as a tool to make an evaluation of how the chi is flowing in your home/life, ask yourself questions such as: What does this area look like? What room is in this area? What is the feel of this area? What things are prominent in this area? Do you feel good when you are here? What is your emotional response to this space? What is this area conducive of? Does it reflect what you want it to reflect? If not, why?

What kind of symbolism do you find in the answers to these questions? Much of the deeper work in Feng Shui practice involves looking intently into what our environment tells us about ourselves. Many people think the approach is the opposite, that we can figure out cures to change the flow of energy in our environment, and this will change our experience. However, in reality it is all part of the cycle of chi, of movement and change, of elements, of moods, each feeding and absorbing the other. We create our environment with our thoughts, feelings and beliefs. In turn, our environment reinforces our thoughts, feelings and beliefs. Our environment is our creation, and represents what is in our mind, heart, and shadow, a picture of how we allow energy to move through us and become manifest, and of how conscious we are of this process. The Taoist knew this, and Feng Shui is a very ancient practice of directing energy by working with our minds and our environment, and understanding how they each mirror the other.

When you have evaluated your area, then you can begin to think about how you want your life to be in this area, what your vision is for this aspect of your creative expression. The placement of objects, the addition of colors, and the application of cures can then be considered with the goal in mind. The movement of things in your environment gets the energy moving in a positive way, and automatically affects your consciousness so that chi can flow more freely throughout your whole creative expression, including your body, mind, relationships, and environment.

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Evaluation And Application Of Treatments

This section is a reference for you to use as you work with your environment, giving treatments for each area. Refer to the instructions on how to use the Magic Square, the 5 elements of chi correspondence chart, and the following information, and include a healthy dose of intuition (a very important aspect of this work) to apply Feng Shui to your space.

Career/Work/Service

This area of your home can show the energy of your work in this life. If you take a look at this area, you can get insight into the way this is playing out for you now. Common cures for the career/work/service area include:

• Add colors like black, blue, and purple, representing deep, flowing water, as well as success.
• Place wind chimes, brightly colored flags, a fountain, or a birdbath in the front of your house, to create more energy/opportunity flow to your house.
• Make numbers on your house as visible as possible.
• Make sure your front yard is clean and inviting.
• Put a colorful welcome mat at your front door.
• Keep your home free of clutter, especially things you don't use.
• Keep doorways clear so that the door can open completely.
• Make sure you haven't created a "crowded" feeling with too much furniture.
• Put pleasant things to look at on the walls in the career area, particularly in the colors for this area.
• Hang a blue or clear crystal in the career area, as well as above your home/work desk to stimulate thinking with the higher mind, and stimulate movement and chi in this area.
• Make sure there are bright colors and pleasant surroundings where you work.
• Place fresh cut flowers, or even better, a healthy plant, in this area.
• Put mirrors in this area to increase opportunities.
• Place desk/work area in far left corner of the room, facing out so you have a view of the whole room.

Wisdom And Knowledge

This area expresses manifestation of wisdom and self-cultivation. You can get insight into your state of mind, and your ability to learn and grow through your experiences and relationships. Common cures for the wisdom and knowledge area include:

• This space is best simple and uncluttered, with space to contemplate, meditate, read, and study.
• A small fountain is excellent in this area.
• This is the place for bookshelves. Metal bookshelves would be ideal, but if they are wood, they would go best along the left wall.
• Use blue, green and yellow in this area.
• Make sure lighting is sufficient; natural or full spectrum would be ideal.
• Put images on the wall that represent things you want to learn about, or images of teachers you respect or are learning from.
• Light candles and/or incense when studying, to enhance concentration.
• If you want to learn to paint or play music, this would be a great spot for a studio.

Health/Well-being/Ancestors

This area of your home can show you how your own energy, thoughts, emotions, and beliefs manifest in your physical body, creating your experience of health and well-being, as well as indicating the degree of mental health enjoyed by those in the house. You can find clues to how the energy moves within your physical and mental form, what kind of flow is happening in this area of your life, and what the blocks are as well. This area also speaks to your relationship with your ancestors, and how these connections affect your health and quality of life. Common cures for the health and well-being area include:

• Use lots of green in this area.
• Yellow and red accents are good here as well.
• Fix leaky faucets, inside and out.
• Plug all drains in the house when they are not being used.
• Burn incense and use essential oils for their healing and energy shifting effects, as well as for stimulation of communication with spirits of ancestors.
• If you have an unpleasant view, hang a beautiful, sheer curtain in the window, and hang a mirror on the opposite wall to deflect the energy.
• Place an image of a crane, turtle, elephant, or other animal that lives a long time in this area of your home.
• Have vibrant, healthy plants in this area.
• An indoor tree, well cared for, would be an excellent addition here.
• Crystals are very supportive when hung or placed in the health corner of your home (green, clear, or any color).
• Air this room/area out thoroughly once during each season, or quarter, of the year.
• Keep this room/area clean and free of mold and mildew.
• If someone is physically or mentally ill, place an image of a green dragon in this area of the house.
• Hang a hummingbird feeder outside the window in this area.
• This is also a good place for an altar, one especially dedicated to your family lineage.

Wealth

This area symbolizes your relationship to wealth and abundance, the free flow of energy in your life, which brings you your heart's desire. It is located in the southeast corner of your house, the rear left section in an individual room. Common cures for the wealth area include:

• Red, purple, and green colors are indicated in this area.
• Flowering plants, especially red, purple, or green are good here.
• Put live plants, especially those with leaves which are round (like coins) in this area.
• Regularly clear your home of things you don't use/need, and make room for new abundance.
• A fish tank in this area is beneficial. Keep it clean, and as you feed the fish, think "abundant flow."
• Keep your stove and burners clean. This is believed to be a central indication of wealth to the Chinese. The more burners, the better-you can place a mirror above the stove to create the appearance of more burners.
• Place lights along your walkway.
• Place images or collections that have 8 things in this area, as this number represents prosperity.
• Place a fountain in the far left corner of your backyard.
• Place a flag, a windmill, or some other wind-movement object in the far left corner of your yard.
• Hang a round, clear crystal in the left hand corner of your living room, on a red cord, to stimulate wealth.
• Keep what you consider your valuables in this area of your home.

Fame/Reputation

This area symbolizes how others see you, what traits you are known for. It is in the south corner of your home, and the center rear of individual rooms. Common cures for the Fame/Reputation area include:

• Red is the color for this area, as it draws attention, stimulates energy, and, when combined with visions of how you would like others to see you and what you would like to be known for, is a powerful cure.
• Fire is the element for this area. A fireplace, candles, a red lamp or lantern, or tiny Christmas lights in red would be good here.
• Display images or symbols of accomplishments you are proud of, or symbols of how you would like others to see you, and what you want to be noticed for.
• Display physical symbols of your future goals here.
• If you want to be famous for something, put a picture of a famous person from your chosen field in this area, and cut out a picture of your face and glue it over the top of the face in the picture.

Love And Marriage

This area shows what is going on in your love life. If you don't like what you see here, try some cures! It is located in the southwest corner of your home, and it is the right rear section in individual rooms. Common cures for the love and marriage area include:

• Place a pair of objects, such as a pair of doves, swans, or cranes, in the far rear corner of the bedroom. They represent successful partnership. A pair of candle holders with red or pink candles could spice things up as well!
• Fresh flowers are good for sensual, romantic energy to flow.
• Make sure your bed is accessible from both sides.
• Use soft lighting, sensually inviting fabrics, and soft touches in this room. Comfort is key.
• If the love and marriage area is not in the bedroom, you can still stimulate this area with red, pink and white colors, pairs, and pictures of you and your mate.
• Plant two of something in the right hand corner of the backyard. Fruit trees are ideal, symbolizing a fruitful and nourishing marriage. An inviting area with a table and two chairs is good in this area as well.
• Place two red candles in the southeast corner of your bedroom, and light them for a little while every night, thinking of love and romance, to ignite this spark in your life.

If you want to attract a mate, use the Chinese symbol shown here, called Double Happiness. Paint this symbol in red paint on a rock or boulder and place it in the right rear corner of your bedroom.

Children and Creativity

This area represents the creative, playful, innocent, joyful, openhearted aspect, and relates directly to imagination. Take a good look at this area to learn how creativity is flowing in your life. Also notice how you are nurturing the child within, as well as how you relate to children in your life. Common cures for this area include:

• Use of white and pastel colors.
• Soft furnishings, flowing fabrics, a canopy, fabric draping corners.
• Whimsical images, such as butterflies, unicorns, dragons and fairies.
• Addition of metal fixtures, handles, and figurines.
• Glittery, sparkly things, especially metallic.
• This is the ideal place to create and imagine, dream and play.
• Hang pictures and include other types of images of children.
• The Happy (Laughing) Buddha image is great in this area.
• This area would make a great play room, game room, or studio (or child's room!).

Travel And Helpful People

This area relates to any kind of travel, and also to people/beings who are helpful to you in your life. Looking at this area can give you insight as to how you are using the resources offered to you to "get where you want to go." Common cures for this area include:

• Hang posters/pictures of places you would like to travel to.
• A globe or world map is perfect here.
• Place images of people you would like to learn from, or emulate, or people you admire and respect.
• Place a picture of your extended family here.
• A special, honored place for a picture or memento representing your parents would be appropriate.
• This is a good place to have an altar to honor ancestors, spirit helpers and guides, animal guides, angels, whatever source of spiritual help you want to welcome.
• Buddha, Jesus, Mary, Kwan Yin, The Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King Jr., and Gandhi are some suggestions for images you could include in this area.
• Put a white box (metal would be good) in this area for "petitions of help." When you need a bank loan, put the name of your loan officer in the box, with a prayer for assistance. When your child is starting school, put the name of your child's teacher in the box, asking for help with sharing your precious one's education. These are two random examples, but you get the idea...use your imagination! Place a crystal on top of the box to energize the contents.

Center, Earth, Chi, Luck, Health

This area is in the very center of the space you are working with. Take a look at this area to see how you balance/distribute the flow of chi in your life.

• This area is best left open, as simple as possible. This is a good space for meditation, prayer or yoga practice.
• Dance in this area.
• A hanging crystal is good here.
• If someone else is not feeling well, have them sit or lie down in this spot...this is a good place to do healing work.
• White and earth tones are the colors for this area.

Missing Areas

If there is a "missing area" in the space, apply a cure to fill out the energy of this area. If it is in your yard/space, this should be simple. If it is in someone else's yard/space you can still work with it. You can hang your cure on a fence, and you can almost always use a small crystal for any area. If you are friends with your neighbor, share your Feng Shui wisdom, and work together to enhance the chi of each other's spaces. If you are not friends with your neighbors, put their names into the helpful people petition box, and see what happens! If you don't know their names, put their street address in the box.

Cures For Missing Areas:

Career area:

• A fountain would be good.
• A purple flowering plant on either end of the missing area would work well also.
• Walkway/doorway lighting is important if this area is missing.

Wisdom area:

• Healthy plants are great here.
• A colorful rock garden, especially if there is a fountain or koi pond in it, would be excellent.
• A carp windsock is good here, or a wind chime, clay or bamboo, no metal.
• A clay pot or an urn, or other clay figures, can enhance this area.

Health/Family:

• A beautiful, well tended garden is ideal.
• An inviting wooden bench is very good.
• A large crystal on the earth is good as well.
• Rainbow producing crystal, other rainbow symbol.

Wealth area:

• Bury 8 coins at the wealth point.
• Place a fountain here.
• Plants are good here, especially if they have round leaves.

Fame area:

• A red mat.
• Plants with red flowers.
• A pyramid-shaped object.

Love area:

• A birdbath with two lovebird figures perched on the edge is ideal!
• Any pair of figures, animals, fairies, butterflies.
• Two fruit trees.
• A special stepping stone, poured together by you and your mate, with personal images and your names drawn on it.
• Paint the double happiness symbol on a large, round or heart-shaped stone, and place it at this point.

Creativity area:

• Figures of fairies, angels, animals, or children playing, dancing and laughing.
• Metal wind chime.
• Metal swing set or climbing structure.
• Whirligigs, windmills, and windsocks work well here.

Helpful people area:

• A Buddha, Kwan Yin, Saint Francis, Ganesh, Isis, or angel statue is very good.
• A table and chairs to entertain outdoors is perfect.
• Brightly colored flags, especially prayer flags, will work well.
• If your car is parked here, this is good. Place travel and helpful people objects in it, even if it isn't parked in this area.

Final hints...

• Use liberal intuition and imagination.
• Consult some good Feng Shui books, such as those listed in the introduction or bibliography.
• Even better, consult a Feng Shui practitioner!
• If you try something and don't "feel" a shift in the flow, or a positive change, try something else.
• Keep a Feng Shui journal and record your results and experiences.
• Practice inner Feng Shui through meditation, prayer, yoga, tai chi, chi gung, tantra, studying the I Ching and the Tao Te Ching, and giving yourself contemplation time.
• Get bodywork, such as massage, acupuncture, reflexology, reiki, crystal and chakra healing, etc. to increase the flow and efficient use of chi in your body.
• Get good rest, high quality nourishment and exercise, and plenty of fresh air and clean water.
• Have fun! Accept change in your life.

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Conclusion

Feng Shui has been used for many, many generations in China and other Asian countries. It is a comprehensive system designed to help one reside in his/her true nature, and maintain balance and equilibrium. This course gave you an introduction to a vast collection of ancient Taoist wisdom, and I hope you enjoy applying these principles in your life as much as I enjoyed presenting them. Many aspects of this system were not covered here, and if you enjoyed this taste, I highly recommend further study. Now, we know that change is the way of the universe, and as this course began, so it must also end. Many blessings to you on your Feng Shui journey!

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Lao Tzu

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Carter, Karen Rauch 2000 Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life. Fireside; New York, NY

Hale, Gill 1999 The Practical Encyclopedia of Feng Shui. Lorenz Books; New York, NY

Kingston, Karen 1999 Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui. Broadway Books; New York, NY

Ma Wong, Angi 2000 Feng Shui Do's And Taboos. Storey Publishing; North Adams, Mass.

Simons, Raphael T. 1996 Feng Shui: Step By Step. Crown Trade Paperbacks; New York, NY

Internet Resources

www.webterrace.com/fengshui
www.enotalone.com/article/2347.html
www.fastfengshui.com