West Meets East©

By Caroline Patrick

Unexplained Illnesses and the Environment

Using Feng Shui in your home is the first step in taking responsibility to ensure better health, more opportunity for job possibilities, family communication and giving strength to a partnership. Keeping open spaces open requires a little work but the payoffs are enormous. Hanging onto old stuff, waiting for projects to magically complete themselves, is your way of procrastinating about the future. The science of opening a space could be explained as 1 minus l = 0. Or clean out the garage this weekend and you have a huge new space to create. What if the garage, according to the Feng Shui Bagua, is in your Helpful People section of your home? This front left side of your house invites unexpected new clients or “benefactors from heaven” to bless your life with new acquaintances that contribute to your Career.

Believe it or not, there are nine areas of the home or office which relate to aspects that can relieve or block situations. As many teachers of this science claim, you don't have to believe in Feng Shui for “it” to work. A space is either full or empty. Your arteries are either blocked or clear. Environment of the house imposes its energy on the body. Many studies ancient and modern will support these ideas.

Keeping up with my studies on Feng Shui is an important part of my life. EMFs or electro magnetic fields which surround our working and sleeping spaces are in the news. New diseases are springing up as technology swarms around our eating and sleeping areas. Strange illness that can’t be identified should be under suspicion. Be informed about your bed’s ability to become magnetized or the wiring in the walls behind your headboard. Young children and the elderly are more prone to the electrical fields caused by radio clocks, phones, computers, TV and stereo in the bedrooms. Placing a covering over these items before going to bed can help, but if your sleeping within eight feet of these objects, make sure they’re turned off. Even after turning off this equipment, the static is unloaded into the room.

A few tips for using these modern conveniences is to unplug lamps and TV near beds, then move the bed to see if you feel better. It is best to have your bed in a commanding position for Feng Shui purposes; for example, a curtain between any bathroom and sleeping spaces is a must. Sleeping under a window or having the bed in line with the entry to the bedroom is also not a good choice. But having an electrical service box or drainage pipes behind your head as you sleep is especially harmful. For more information on EMFs go to www.h3environmental.com. Mary’s site will give you further advice and expertise.

So, make a checklist of your wants. Feng Shui allows you to expand those possibilities. Living under power lines is not at the top of my list. In my Career I have witnessed two women living within 200 yards of massive electrical lines. They experienced illness and miscarriages. I choose be to be on the safe side of nature while scientists do their experiments to find the reasons why. Be wise with your family’s environment. Don’t give in to your children’s “needs” to have all of that fun equipment in their sleeping quarters. Be safe. I've witnessed too many unexplained “diseases” during my consultations. Be responsible for continued harmony and balance.

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.