West Meets East

West Meets East©

By Caroline Patrick BorNei

Certified Red Ribbon Professional of the International Feng Shui Guild

On The Road Again! Feng Shui for Benicia and More

Benicia is still my home away from home. I love the weather, the people and the energy of the Bay Area. Several years ago I tried to find the birth date of Benicia, and no historian could actually pin-point the actual day it was declared a city, but decided April or May was probably closest to the time of year. I still have good friends and clients in the area, so am blessed to return quite often for work and visiting.

It was no accident that this little city near the water was to become my home for several years and The Art of Placement, or practicing Feng Shui, is what landed me in town. I was learning to use this ancient art to arrange my house when suddenly someone wanted to buy our new house. Retracing the Feng Shui corrections, I found I had placed an important cure for money and business in the wrong area and all craziness broke lose! The new house sold with one cash check and sent us out the door to find a new house in Benicia. This sudden windfall piqued my continued interest and studies with a Master teacher of this art in Berkeley, California, called Grandmaster Lin Yun, the famous leader of Tibetan Black Sect Feng Shui. It was no accident that our paths met at the right time and right place all by “accident.” The rest is history.

After 5000 consultations, an art gallery and Feng Shui Shoppe on First Street, my journey continues into the mystery of Wind and Water and how these Elements affect us, our families, our businesses, our health and our money situations. There are clues to your current and past problems and successes in the house. The key is to find what you came to accomplish and what your responsibility is to this life, and the rest will follow.

Whether you are here to be the best father, grandfather, grandmother, mother, adoptive parent, a child of adoption, or just to be childlike, there is a divine plan. Then life seems to get in the way. Many people have asked me to share how I approach life, which gave me a lot to think about. Just because I am a Feng Shui consultant doesn’t mean I don’t sabotage myself. To be human is to get in your own way, through ego and all selfish acts. To say and do things without thinking is considered a sin, as it changes people’s Chi. The past few years have been intense, to say the least, and so I used many methods to realign myself. Thankfully I have had many, many wonderful teachers that gave me tools to by-pass self-destruction. These secrets are coming to light in many cultures as more people are becoming awakened to the possibilities we possess. It is our responsibility to use these abilities to heal others and ourselves. But first we must heal ourselves. I invite you to experience some of these methods to find compassion and love within others and us.

1. Healing Sounds

Using Feng Shui cures

3. Noon and midnight alignment

4. Golden light of compassion

5. “Burning up”

6. Magic of 9’s

7. Sun/moon mirror

8. Protective colors

9. Swallowing the saliva

Listen and learn.

LOCATION: EARTHTOUCH WELLNESS CENTER

MAGIC IS IN THE AIR @ BENICIA, CA! Feng Shui Mini-Workshop.

9 WAYS FOR 9 DAYS Daily Routine. A morning till midnight to-do list that will change the way you think, speak and do business. Mark your calendar for APRIL 7^th, 7PM.

Where: Earth Wellness Touch Center, 1043 Grant St., Benicia.

Please call (707) 746-1566

SEATING IS LIMITED

You are invited to an exciting evening of reevaluation and renewal called 9 Ways for 9 Days. Over the years I have developed a Daily Routine which has changed my life. During good times and not-so-good times, support is needed. By repeating these special actions for 9 full days, from beginning to end, change will occur, as this is a number of completion and luck. Hopefully, my program will inspire you to design your own way to happiness by learning the basic formula I have lived. You will receive the written program, with several “cures” to use daily, for the home, business, health, relationship, children and money.

I will be giving Feng Shui consultations in the area for home, business and commercial properties from April 7^th to the 15^th, and taking names in case of cancellations. I will return in July and August 2010 if you would like to book now for later! With all of the changes in business locations, I am now specializing in Feng Shui-friendly designing for corporate facilities (remodel and new buildings). “Be successful from the start.”

For Redding, CA classes, “WHAT NOW?” Is life running you or are you running your life? 2 mini workshops: April 16^th at 10am @Jose Antonio’s Store, and April 18^that 10am, brunch @ the Sausage Factory. Call (530) 222-1037 or (530) 515-5694, host Michelle Sanders.

Any suggestions given in this column are only for entertainment. Please contact your physician for any medical or herbal advice or diagnosis. Caroline Patrick is not responsible for any misuse of her advice or suggestions.

Caroline Patrick Bor Nei is a certified Feng Shui Practitioner and a Red Ribbon Professional of The International Feng Shui Guild. Her abilities as a consultant and artist are widely known in the US and abroad. Caroline has completed over 5000 consultations for individuals, large and small businesses. Return clients appreciate the value of her suggestions both mundane and transcendental, providing support on multiple levels. As a college art instructor for many years, Caroline understands the power of color, its symbolism and the visual effect images have on individuals and their surroundings. Her home base is Portland, OR where she continues to write, teach, paint, do illustrations and give herbal medicine making classes. She is available for Feng Shui consultations; Feng Shui art consultant, advises builders, architects and mentors a few serious students.

Call (503) 208-2960 or email caroline@fengshuiartistry.com

Caroline’s “West Meets East” weekly newspaper column, can be read from an archives on her website www.fengshuiartistry.com