West Meets East©

By Caroline Patrick BorNei

Unexplained Illnesses and Needed House Repairs Go Hand in Hand!

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 or waiting for projects to magically complete themselves is a way of procrastinating about the future. The science of opening a space could be explained as 1 - l = 0. 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 is the front right side of your house, on the entry door wall. This Gua or section invites unexpected new clients or “benefactors from heaven” to bless your life with new acquaintances that contribute to your Career. New opportunities, investments and money flow are regulated through the Water Element, which lines up with your architectural front door. Do you need a new door? Are the steps cracked? Is the pathway cluttered? Is your garbage can blocking money flow? Do the bushes need trimming? Remember to check out the entire front yard and back yard for clues to money problems and a heavy overhang porch design for bad health, especially head problems.

Although there are nine areas of the home or office which relate to aspects that can relieve or block situations, look first to the center of the house for Health issues. This Earth Gua or area needs the color yellow to bring health in balance. It is believed that the body takes on the energy of the house. If your house is cluttered, could this affect the arteries? If the wiring needs repair, can our nerves be jangled? What about broken water lines or leaky faucets reflecting money loss or a bladder infection. It seems the environment of a house imposes both good and bad energy on the body. Many studies ancient and modern will support these ideas. Personally I have witnessed these correlations between the house and its owners thousands of times. Yes, the house talks!

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 to the invasion of these invisible energies bombarding our sleeping spaces. 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 you’re 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.

Investigate reasons for illnesses beyond what the eye can see. 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. It's better to be safe than sorry. I always use my meter to measure the EMFs in your home when doing an on-site evaluation.

If you would like to schedule an on-site consultation to check EMFs, I will be in the Bay Area around December of 2009.

Caroline is now a RED RIBBON PROFESSIONAL FENG SHUI CONSULTANT OF THE INTERNATIONAL FENG SHUI GUILD. A universal assessment test has been developed by the IFSG’s . Universal Topics from all recognized schools of Feng Shui have been combined to test consultants on their understanding of this ancient art. It requires an understanding of the concepts and main components of compass school, flying star, 8 mansions, Black Sect, Form School & others; and to offer clients professionals who are experienced in this knowledge. She is able to offer clients this additional confirmation of experience and hopes you chose her for your next consultation. Call before August for phone consultations, as she will be traveling:

-August 21^st -25^th Calgary, Canada Workshop with Professor Lin Yun

-September 16^th-October 6^th, China Tour with James and Helen Jay, Feng Shui Designs, Golden School IFSG

-October 15^th –21^st speaking and teaching for the Arizona’s Feng Shui Festival hosted by Lisa Montgomery certified Golden School IFSG of Feng Shui Arizona.

-October 23^rd Boston with Professor Lin Yun Workshop

-October 25^th New York teaching and giving consultations

-November through December Bay Area, CA, for Napa Valley Casino groundbreaking, teaching and other consultations

Phone consultations are a great way to get help without leaving home. Choose an experienced consultant who can “see” the problem and give easy answers to complex problems. Caroline has given thousands of consultations. Call her at (360) 424-1501.

Caroline lives in the Northwest Region of the US, called the Puget Sound in Washington State and is an experienced Feng Shui Practitioner, writer, author and artist. She gives workshops in Feng Shui, Elements of Art, private mentoring for serious student, lectures, does book illustrations, art demonstrations for Daniel Smiths Art Supplies and writes a weekly newspaper column for the Benicia Herald in California and other publications. Call (360) 424-1501 for her availability for speaking, teaching and consultations in the U.S. and abroad, or email caroline@fengshuiartistry.com. Visit her websites: www.fengshuiartistry.com to view her special Feng Shui artwork designed especially for cures and corrections and enhancements of the 5 Elements (originals have sold, but prints can be purchased) and www.moongateschool.com for West Meets East archives.

Note: Caroline Patrick BorNei (pronounced Bornay) is Caroline's Chinese name give to her by her Master Teacher His Holiness Grandmaster Lin Yun.