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West Meets East© By Caroline Patrick
By Caroline Patrick
Too Many Masters: Choose One and Relax
Clients come in all Energies. Thank goodness we are all different. It would be very boring if we weren’t. A recent client is having health problems. Her stomach is in spasms most of the time and she could be looking at surgery. I have been to the home and have given all of the Feng Shui adjustments to help with the situation. This wonderful woman overextends herself in body and soul. This is a big problem for most of us, as technology has made us prisoners of over-thinking, the great killer of creativity. Please slow down and smell the roses, as we are going to have major burn-out if this over-achieving doesn’t stop. At least let the qualified person advise you on what to do to help this epidemic of strange heath problems manifest. Relax ... Here is just part of our emails, as you can see we are about to overboard on Feng Shui adjustments!
I’m so happy to hear you are better! Before I answer your questions, I can only give you solutions from my Master Teachers. There is no right or wrong to other schools of thought. If I continue with Master Lin Yun’s teachings, it could take many lifetimes to study all that he has to offer. I don’t have enough years to read other books on Feng Shui. There were 264 publications seven years ago on the market, which I’m sure has more than doubled. Most have similar opinions, but not always. When deciding on Black Sect School of thought, I did research on many of the schools. Most have good qualities, but for me Black Sect is rich in its depth of tradition and good results. Black Sect Tibetan School of Feng Shui recognizes and treats the Yin and the Yang of the dwelling, landscape, and environment, the physical and spiritual imbalances. So I can only offer you the suggestions and cures, which I have found to be of great value.
Again other schools of thought are not my expertise. I have done over 4500 consultations for homes, churches, cities, schools systems, government facilities, Factory Outlet Malls, medicinal communities, vet and health clinics, corporate offices, city planning, businesses large and small, retirement communities, planning and building, nursing homes, childcare and preschools, attorneys offices, herbal farms, wineries, homes, properties and landscaping to name a few. Experience is crucial when deciding on a consultant. I have stated this many times. Education is primary.
I came to you with this experience and education so gave you the information which I thought would be of the most importance. Please review your tapes to hear my answers, as I have already given much of the information on the video. To answer the transcendental aspect of each correction would take hours. I come before you with this knowledge, read your personal Chi and that of the house, and then offer my suggestions.
Your main concerns were health, money and family. I am honored to work with such educated people, as you ask brilliant questions. That is the Yang or Mundane. The Yin is the unseen or transcendental. I work on both levels. God is the unseen, so you must give some of your question up to faith in the unknown, as I know you can. To be completely analytical is very stressful and so you must meditate and empty yourself to become balanced. All of the organs can be stressed with constant “thinking.” Relax to heal!
How much time do you spend in meditation (which can be done while feeding your child, showering or driving, and especially time at your altar)? You must listen to the quietness for answers and healing. Healing takes place during these times. If you are continually thinking, the Chi cannot come into your being and nurture the wound.
Placing objects around in rooms is important for the Chi to flow in around removed blockages, but the main things I told you will help more. Below:
1. Practice the Heart Sutra Mantra for past, present and future releasing, so you can welcome blessings and good Chi.
2. Place the bed, desk and stove in commanding positions (mirror placements were to enhance money, your husband’s job opportunities and your health).
3. Bed position for you and your health.
4. Correct missing corners with outside lighting and the backyard lighting to help your husband’s Fame.
Hopefully this will ease your mind. Read below for some information.
Hi Caroline:
This week by God’s grace I am feeling better. So here I am requesting the clarifications in regard to your visit/consultation. 1. Zodiac animal painting: You said that we can make a copy. Should it be colored or will black and white do? Can both I and my husband have separate copies?
Each color of the painting has a meaning, so color is needed. This picture is used to encourage family or business associates to get along. Anywhere in the home or office is good. The Helpful People Gua of any room is also good.
2. Gray Sheep description that you gave actually has the second page missing. The second page that you gave by mistake is for Gold sheep. Can you send us the one for gray sheep?
Please check the paper carefully to see if I crossed out the wrong paragraph on the second page.
3. Mirrors. For dining and stove you suggested that I get big mirrors. Can Feng Shui suggest any other remedy? I really do not want to remove the fruit picture that we have in dining area and it will be kind of odd place to put a mirror opposite the stove. Can you please provide with some other cure? In the www.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I read about small mirrors: The Mirror Squares are used as cures for many ailments in Feng Shui. The package includes four 1" square mirrors with adhesive backs for indoor use. These mirrors may be used outdoors but will require a silicone adhesive. A package of four mirrors will be sufficient to complete a missing corner of your home, reflect the sha energy of a warring cook top and sink, reflect energy back off of a step and cure many more ailments!
What is your opinion about this cure for the stove?
You don’t have a warring stove?
I have given you the best cures outside: wind chimes for uplifting your home to the main street level for job opportunities, and solar lights and flags to lift the energy of the low street level.
I suggested a very small “button” size convex mirror found in any auto supply section or store. They are sold as to be placed on the rear view car mirrors, but can be placed in any area where a convex mirror is suggested. Above the stove at eye level, this little mirror can show the whole area behind the cook. It can also be used placed on the computer frame in the Fame section to see everything behind. This is very important for your husband’s computer, so as not to be overlooked or “stabbed in the back” at work.
Some times working below street level is good, but not usually (your husband’s office), like a writer or artist, but they need to have a compatible Earth Chi, for using a Yin environment. Basement or lower level offices are not the best for most individuals. Yang Chi is best for business. You will feel if it is right, but an office on the main level at the front of the house is best when working in the outside world. This encourages outside business. If you are a boss over many employees, then a back office in the Wealth or left back corner of the business building is good or at home.
You have a large area in the living room in which a portion could be “walled” off with a folding screen to one side. I would choose this for more business.
4. Change in sleep direction. You had inquired who sleeps nearest the master bathroom and asked me to change the direction. How long will I have to sleep in that new direction (27 days)? If my husband or I again sleep in the same place, will either of us have health problems?
This is to help with your health problems.
A man’s energy is Yang, which is to protect the woman from the outside world. You have taken on a lot and are protecting him with your Yin energy, which is part of the stomach organ. Hang a bamboo curtain in the doorway (I have one on my bedroom door and bathroom door) or a crystal between you and the doorways if you have to sleep on the outside. Personally, I would let the man protect me.
5. Sun Moon. You had asked us to remind you to explain how to use the Sun Moon cure. In www.xxxxxxxxxx I found this:
The cycles of the Moon and Sun move the oceans, control the seasons and cycles of life. Subtly, we feel these powerful cycles daily and monthly. Every day the Sun comes up, and when the Sun goes down, the Moon shines; and when it recedes, the Sun comes up again in the morning, completing the cycle. Every month the Moon rotates around the Sun, another cycle of completion. The Half Moon & Sun represent these powerful cycles and when placed properly, they will assist you in completing missing corners in your home or completing/finishing cycles in your life. The Half Moon & Sun framework is 10" of copper wire. Ten is a higher level of completion and new beginnings, and copper is a magnifying agent. The Moon crystal is 50mm and the Sun crystal is 30mm. The total height of the product is approx. 10"3. This looks different than what you had told us to keep under the pillow. We need your valued opinion.
This is not the same thing. I gave you the sun moon mirror cure to help with your overall self. Do you have a copy of it?
6. Skills & Knowledge. I love my graduation photo. My husband will also be graduating soon. Our S&K Gua is the entrance. That would be odd place to keep these photos. So which is a good place to get maximum benefit? Fame Gua? For now I have placed my photo in the S&K Gua of our basement office.
I feel again you need to relax, as my stomach is tensing up while reading your questions. Please relax more and release the fear of being perfect, just love yourself and have faith in the unknown, welcome life as it presents itself. Your children are beautiful – laugh and love them for this special time while they are little, play with them. I learn from my grandchildren every day about letting go!
Hang them where they feel the best, Fame is a good place in any room or of the house. Be humble with your Fame as to not create jealousy.
7. Relationship. In the handout that you gave us it tells us to place shells inside hearth of the fireplace or on top. Can I do the same? How many shells are needed? As of now on the fireplace I have two flower vases placed together, photos of Lord Ganesha and my photo with my husband. Is it okay to keep the photo of Sun?
Fire and Water when in balance create life, and this is the idea behind the placement. Nine is always a great auspicious number. Again, it is the intention and the feeling, not perfect numbers and things. Thank you for your time, Caroline.
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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.
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