West Meets East©

By Caroline Patrick BorNei

Certified Red Ribbon Professional of the International Feng Shui Guild

The Fog is Lifting, Use Feng Shui to Focus

The last few years have been tough for many people. Personally, I don’t know of anyone who hasn’t experienced an “upside-down-and-backwards” wake-up call. There are those who have lost fortunes, relationships, homes, cars, property, their health, their jobs and stability. Everything familiar seems lost. Our thinking, our values, our way of life has been tested. No one listened to the inner warnings, which whispered, “It is better to bend than break.” Harmony and balance will happen, in the body, in the environment, in the cities and nations, no matter what. The earth aligns itself with the cosmos and man is only here for a visit. We must pay attention to our planet’s needs starting at home.

2010 has been very strange so far. Consultations are coming to me in very different ways. Out of the blue I am sending messages to Grandmaster Lin Yun of Black Sect Feng Shui from a young architect neighbor on questions of how to do some major adjustments in another country. I’m advising large companies one day and the next day finding Feng Shui cures to save someone’s house from foreclosure.

Many businesses are failing, while others are flourishing. What goes up must come down in the world of business. New ideas are born out of chaos. It is an exciting time to be living. Ideas are popping into my head quicker than I can write them down. Workshop proposals and lecture formats need updating. New images of painting fill my mind upon awakening. Yes, it is a new awakening. Old creations are dying as quickly, making room for a new way of teaching, learning and making a living. Advertising has always been the natural way to seek out clients in the past. Flyers, newspaper ads, phone books and cold calls are now becoming passé. Email, texting, word of mouth and television have become the normal way of communicating. Teleclasses were born and now are boring! It is time to focus on what is our mission, see what we can do to lift the fog and respond with the Chi of new changes.

Some say the stars are to blame for the craziness, while others are sure the world will end in 2012 as the Mayan Calendar ends. I feel if we could all get our act together, be nice and share, the world would respond and rejoice in a second. Time will tell how each one of us will contribute to this conversion. When mind, body and spirit are aligned with the environment, time and space, the mandala of this balanced creation the heavens bless our efforts. The stubbornness of having to be right will keep therapists in business long after the villains and victims of your situation are dead! It is the responsibility of every human to focus on the real truth of why they are in the middle of their own mess. If you can’t see your own mess, it’s because you’re “standing” in it. First have a willingness look at your own stuff. Satellite yourself in the space above the problem and study the truth below or give it a “bird’s eye view,” as they say. Is your life a hamster running on a wheel, a dog chasing its tail, or a sailboat tranquilly sailing, seeking its true path with courage, ease and grace? You can spend your money on every self-help seminar known to man, or you can make a decision to shift gears now! It can be hard or easy to find a new way of earning money, living and loving, but you must discard the old ways of doing things. If both hands are full of things, such as anger, revenge and being stuck, new ideas will be blocked. Hands that are full have no room to take hold of new opportunities. Staying quiet and not speaking to your true calling cause sickness, headaches, stomach trouble. Our newest dis-eases such as leaky gut syndrome can be stress-related and a reflection of imbalances in the body. The western diet lacks bitters, which is critical for the liver and gallbladder to process foods, especially dairy, sugars and saturated fats. To focus on the future, our diets need improving so brain-fog can be eliminated and proper decisions can be made quickly and efficiently.

I attended a program given by a local school of Chinese Medicine this week. Herbal remedies and making my own medicines has been a passion of mine since 1975. I became very sick and was getting little relief with conventional medicine, so began a search to heal myself. Although Western Medicine is my first choice for emergencies, alternative medicine is an ancient way to stay in balance with for life. My healing journey has been very rewarding, but patience is needed to learn about the nature and its healing weeds. The lecture given by the young woman doctor was of special interest to me as it was dealing with the digestive system, especially those of young children. The practitioner’s statistics were alarming in regards to children’s digestive systems not being able to process all the toxins and preservatives added to our food. I have experienced this problem when cooking for my own grandchildren. It is sometimes challenging due to all of their allergies with peanuts, eggs, soy, dairy and gluten. In my opinion our foods are creating much of the imbalances, such as hyperactivity, depression, exhaustion, anger, impaired thinking and much, much more.

Where are you in this confusion? How do we fix it? One person, one house, one city at a time is the answer. Feng Shui can start the process by working in 9 different sections of your house at the same time. This wheel of action gives opportunity for rapid change. These adjustments can be implemented in your house, business, apartment or office. I will give you quick answers to why things are not working, especially health or marriage problems. If you live in the Napa, Benicia, Vallejo, Concord, Sacramento, or Redding areas, I will be giving consultations, blessings and clearings from July 30^th through August 19^th. Please call (503) 208-2960 for an appointment. I will give more clues next week to why Feng Shui works as a complete toolbox for shifting gears when you must make changes quickly in mind, body and spirit.

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 in 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.

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