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West Meets East©
By Caroline Patrick
Feng Shui Inventory for New Residences
Several during our life we experience stress to the max!!! Death, divorce, separation, moving, and certainly for new full-time dads it’s mind-boggling. We have witnessed this in our family, and it is heartbreaking. There is a mantra or prayer for the heart, which is very helpful to maintain calmness during these lifetime challenges. Contact me if you are in need of it. Using Feng Shui to balance a new residence for your family is very helpful. I will give some hints and tips to this father, so he may take an inventory of his environment and stabilize his situation on several levels.
Question:
I just moved into this home in California in July, and ever since I moved, I have this very negative feeling ... my health has really deteriorated, I met with an accident, and a lot of financial drawbacks. I am a struggling single parent trying to make ends meet, and all this only puts a lot of road bumps. I had no other option but to go online to see if I can get any advice on fixing the Chi with the help of Feng Shui, and I came across your website. Can you help? The exact direction of my main door to the home is northeast, and the kitchen is to the north. My DOB is 7-27-59. I am requesting you to please give me some advice to fix this negative aura in my home. I do believe strongly that every home has a positive Chi, and only an expert can tell how to find it or fix it. CAN YOU PLEASE, PLEASE HELP? The square footage of my home is 1400, if that is any helpful information. This is a three-bedroom, two-bath home. Please advise. What and how can I figure the directions and Chi in my home? Thanks in advance.
Answer:
Sorry about your dilemma! I will respond later as I have a tight schedule today. Please read some of my newspaper articles in the archives on www.moongateschool.com to get some ideas on how Feng Shui works until I can get back to you.
Question:
Thanks ... I shall wait impatiently for your response. I just need some advice, as I am single parent and hence cannot afford too high a fee. However, I am definitely not asking for free consultation. I respect all professions, and we all work towards one goal. Just asking for your expert advice. Where would I go to buy products that you suggest in your fengshuiartistry? I even lost my dear dad exactly a month ago. Of course, his demise did not happen here ... he passed away in New York. However, he was going to visit me on the 20th of July, and he had a cardiac arrest on the 18th. I was in the process of moving into this place at that time, hence I feel there is some negative energy – or maybe I am wrong. I know you can help correct me or correct the energy here.
Thanks a bunch in advance.
Answer:
I feel your urgency, but you need to calm yourself. Try flower essences bought at a health food store. NOT OILS, essences – ask a knowledgeable clerk. Tell them you’re having a lot of anxiety from stress. They cost around $10 a bottle or you can read the “remedy” chart to diagnosis yourself.
Fees are flexible according to what you want. By phone, email and fax it is $250. We make an appointment. Your draw up your floor plan upstairs and downstairs and send it to me with a cashier’s check. Then you call me at the appointed time and we go over the design details and see what the problem is. Pictures are also helpful. Then we would go through each room as I asked questions. Your cures can be purchased later. Sometimes only one is necessary, other times many design details need attention. Educating architects and builders is one way to change our homes to provide balance and harmony.
The placement of your bed, desk and chair is most important aspect for finding clues to use in the Feng Shui cures, at home at your desk at work. If these are out of the “Commanding Position,” then you are not in command of your life. Your chair should be across the room facing the entry, even if it is facing the front door “through the walls.” Your bed should not be in line with a bathroom or a doorway. The cure would be to place a round 40mm round faceted crystal to start with.
Do you have all of the 5 Elements represented in the home? Black is for Water, green for Wood, red for Fire, white for Metal and yellow for Earth. Purple is also used for enhancing the Wealth area or far back left corner of a dwelling. Pink is for better Relationships, while gray will help Helpful People come into your life. Each color has a vibration and a musical note. Play soothing music and put up wind chimes to lift Chi above the stove, so you’re cooking with happy energy. What colors does your house lack?
You and your children should wear all five of these colors at the same time to lift your Chi. This can be done with braiding all five colored ribbons together on a key chain. Stick them in your pocket, put ribbons on a belt or wear clothing in some of the colors to balance your own personal energy. Example: if you are angry (Fire), then you may want to wear some yellow to improve your Health by “throwing earth” on some of the Fire to put it out, apple green for new growth or Water for cooling down the Fire. Or to help children grow and learn, green is for Wood and growth and blue is for Wisdom.
Are you angry, sad, overwhelmed or depressed? Are you getting any help with the children? Where are they sleeping, in which rooms of the house with the front door being the direction of entry. Example: To the left front, back right, upstairs and etc. Are they happy, sad, sick or healthy?
What is the predecessor Chi or energy of the people who lived in this house before you? Sounds like your Chi is depleted, and when it is, we feel the house is heavy, or maybe the house needs light and decluttering. You bring what we call Ling Chi into a home when you continually grieve someone. Try to leave the sadness at the graveyard, as the sadness can deplete the good energy in the house.
Is there a staircase when entering? Can you see the stove from the front door? Do all the burners work? Do all of the appliances work? Does the plumbing leak and are the electrical lights working? Is there water under the house? These are some of the questions I will be asking.
What are your birthdays to find the energy of the household?
I look forward to working with you. Thanks for the inquiry.
Join us for a fun evening......October 5th (instead of 6th) at 7 p.m. – fee is $54 – new information on wealth and more. We will also detail designs that may cause illness, and how to fix those problems. Location Benicia, California. Please email Caroline to save a seat.
WHAT IS CUSTOMIZED FENG SHUI MENTORING?
· It is for those wishing to study with me privately. ONE ON ONE. · The cost is $350 for three hours a month, through phone, email and faxes. · A six-month commitment is necessary. · 27 red envelopes (first month only) and the first month’s payment of $350 due on the 1st of each month. · A monthly mentoring date is set for at least one to two hours of phone conversation, at different intervals. · Packets of hard-copy material are sent for you to study each month. Emailing and faxes will be part of the course also as we go over floor plans. · The material is copyrighted, but I will give you permission to share a lot of the information. Caroline Patrick Caroline's Feng Shui Concepts Mt. Vernon, WA 360-424-1501 caroline@fengshuiartistry.com www.fengshuiartistry.com www.moongateschool.com
Caroline Patrick, Feng Shui consultant/practitioner, teacher/speaker, Feng Shui artist and writer, lives in the San Juan Islands, off the coast of Washington. Her weekly newspaper article called WEST MEETS EAST is a popular Feng Shui advice column. She enjoys answering your questions, when possible. Some questions will be chosen for publication with the permission from the reader. Enjoy her new 5 Element attached-folding cards which can be used as a Feng Shui enhancement or correction in any space. Larger prints of several selected paintings are also available. For consultations, speaking/teaching engagements and art evaluations contact her at caroline@fengshuiartistry.com or visit her websites at www.fengshuiartistry.com and www.moongateschool.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. |