Feng shui

[happyforest]

I'm in for any time that works. This is a worthy thing to set an alarm for.

 

[Ef27]

I know this might be a silly question but how do you increase frequency? Is it more focus?

when I did my clapping, it felt amazing. I felt at ease for the entire day, which is something I haven't felt in a very long time.

can I ask what a clapping is? I need to go back to the start of this thread I think you can raise your frequency by thinking positively, listing things you’re grateful for, journaling, affirmations, being kind to yourself and others, mediating or listening to high frequency music. I listen to some playlists on Spotify at night and they include some of the Tibetan bowl sounds and high frequency music There’s also loads of videos on YouTube with different frequencies for love, anxiety etc

 

[1001 others]

That’s her daughter’s artwork @Milton Keynes so kindly shared with us. I know you said don’t take it the wrong way but that sounds a bit harsh . She wasn’t talking about Feng Shui she was talking about art - but I’m sure you realise that. There is a group of us here (which you may not be aware of ) and we have had to temporarily use this thread to communicate (for reasons beyond our control) with each other but we are thinking of setting up another site so we are not OT) edit

edit again. It can equally be seen as her coming up to the surface (clearly visible) and being able to breathe...and view things from a brave new perspective...having retained enough breath to do so...

I didn't mean it to sound harsh. I was trying to be helpful from a Feng Shui perspective.

I was not aware of, nor am I part of, the group you have mentioned, so thought this was all just Feng Shui talk

I don't think Milton Keynes has taken offence at my comment though, which is good, as I never intended it to be mean-spirited.

 

[lemonlime]

I came across a Marie Diamond video and she was talking about vision board. Do any of you do vision board? If so, can you share some of your experience with it?

I used to have a physical one when I was younger (back then it didn't really have a name for me though, I just used to cut out pictures of my "dream life" and put them on a corkboard to keep them in mind every day) but I didn't consider it to be a goal oriented one.

I am currently building one on Pinterest - it's private so only I see it, but it helps me envision the final result of a goal I have in mind so I can focus getting there instead of short term losses and set backs. I'd recommend it, it's fun and helpful.

 

[1001 others]

put 3 coins on red ribbon under our front door mat and many job offers (consultancy work) has come about.

we desperately need to sell an apartment in a different country. It’s been on the market a while. We can’t visit due to covid restrictions. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

@Libbylulu, I can report the same success!!! It really DOES work. Since I did the same for all the other three entrances into my house, I can report my luck has accelerated further. Little wins here and there - nothing major to report individually but on the whole, definitely major success! Today I did a full month's grocery shop for my rather large family of two humans, four cats, three hens and two dogs, and paid for it all using lottery winnings (with some left over to settle my power bill, which is huge as it's winter where I am). In my experience, laying little Chinese-engraved gold coins with silk red string or ribbon (as opposed to gold coins in any other currency) works far better ... which makes sense, as if you think about all the energy that has previously come into contact with currency ...

Now, for your apartment issue ... I'm thinking a visualisation board with pictures of the apartment on it, with a big 'sold' banner pasted over the real estate sign, printouts of the web listing with a 'sold' sign over it, and a mocked-up real estate contract with the number (price) entered into it of what you are seeking. If you don't have access to any photo editing software, just find images on the web and print, cut and literally paste those. Put the visualisation board (just use something simple for the backing like a cereal box or something), somewhere front and centre (I like to have mine on the wall I face in my home office), and meditate over it several times a day (as time permits). Focus on the property selling, and FEEL that process. Good luck! (I did this with my old car which was nothing special and which I just wanted a fair price for; in the end, I had two people on a marketplace site bidding for it, and I sold it for about $500 more than I honestly thought I'd get).

@Oops, look what arrived in my letterbox today! It's taken such a long time to come (the store I bought it from initially said it was in stock, but it wasn't, so it had to come from overseas), but I am so thankful it's here and even more thankful it's a no-work day for me so I can get stuck in and read it. Thanks again for the recommendation.

 

[grumpycat]

OK so you might get some opposition from your mother if you suggest she space clears her house! Even when you offer to help I have heard it‘s hard for some hoarders to let go. I can promise you she would feel so much better if she did and the energy would come on in leaps and bounds. She could still clap her corners if she wanted to though just to improve the stagnant energy. Hypochondria may link into validation issues perhaps. Shock can be a trigger for thyroid issues so that’s why I asked. So - easier help for her might be to put an amethyst in SW area of her bedroom. Do you think she might agree to space clear just her bedroom perhaps? In addition might she be able to put a metal Wu Lou (image of a heaven and earth gourd) next to her bed to absorb negative health problems? You might want to read up on Kua numbers to find out which one she is and try (if possible) to get her to face in her kua number direction when she sleeps and also when she sits in her sitting room - if this helps these are the directions;-

Kua
1. E
2. W
3. N
4. S
5. NW
6. NE
7. SW
8. NW
9. SE

In addition an orchid or live bamboo might help placed in her health area downstairs if possible. Live bamboo can be better received as a gift.
Plus water imagery is not good in a bedroom so if she has pictures or paintings of water best they be swapped with pictures of mountains. Pink sheets may help too. The best place for her to start would be her bedroom. Even if she just Spring cleans and manages to clear that it might be a really good start. Light and clean windows and fresh air might be very helpful for her (as they are for all of us). I think it might be good for her to have a white or a silver coloured front door perhaps but only if she actually would like that of course.

thank you so much. Luckily she knows she is a hoarder (not so much a hoarder but she isn’t opposed to clutter like I am!) and it is something we joke about often so I don’t think she will be opposing.
luckily her bedroom is very clutter free and light with the window open all of the time.

I will look for her Kua number and do some reading on that too!

Funnily enough she has had orchids in her health area before, the light is not great but I shall look for that or bamboo perhaps as a Mother’s Day gift. I will ask for her to think about clapping and search for an amethyst for her room.
Thank you for your help

 

[Kittycat86]

@Oops...
I would just like to thank you for sharing your knowledge on this subject.
I found this thread by accident when searching your name as you had mentioned a few things on the L thread about this and I’m so glad I did.
I find it fascinating but it’s quite daunting when you 1st start to look into it as it’s a lot of information.
I just wanted to say thank you for the input and advice here, it truly helps and is appreciated.
I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading this just now, but I fully blame you for my extensive shopping list of items I have just purchased
When the postman arrives fully laden with my new found items, I shall say it’s all for the greater good because you said so and think of you while placing them xx

 

[DandyTandy]

Thank you @lemonlime @1001 others @PixelGirl for sharing . This past year has been rough and I feel that I need a new direction to focus. Just downloaded Christine kane book. Please let me know if you come across any that has some feng shui attributes. I am going to get started on my vision board this week.

 

[Gertrude]

As you say, it is impossible in lockdown to buy anything other than groceries, unfortunately. I’m a huge Etsy fan but would take forever to arrive. I am so annoyed with myself as I used to go to Blackrock Market every other weekend with my kids. Lovely little place with cafés and my fave vintage clothing/accessories shop, Bella’s. She finally closed after lockdown #2 - so,so sad. Anyway, there was a tiny little shop that sold crystals and I would look in the window and wonder as to the benefits. Now, I think with nostalgia at these lovely businesses and wish I’d paid more attention, Ready to learn, though, and am excited to start small, absorb this wonderful advice, and make positive changes.

Yeah that's the problem with Etsy, the stuff on their is lovely but it takes ages to arrive.
I live not too far from Brighton, and there are some lovely shops that sell crystals and things, but who knows when they'll be allowed to open again (or if they've even survived lockdown) Like yourself, I used to often look inside these shops and wonder whether they 'work'.

Not sure what the rules are for linking online shops on here (sorry if I'm breaking any rules) but I've been looking at this place https://www.thepsychictree.co.uk/ they have some lovely crystals.

 

[OutDamnSpot]

Thank you for the suggestions @PixelGirl and @Oops... I'm going to spend some time researching now
This is such a fascinating subject!

 

[Oops...]

@Oops... with a lounge that @grumpycat has where it is an L shape, or there might be cupboards. If the cupboards say are in a corner, would you when looking at the room disregard the cupboard or include it. If your wealth area was the corner where the cupboard is, would you consider the area outside or inside the cupboard as the space to look at? I think it is outside the cupboard as that makes sense to me, but I'm just checking. Also, because it is an L Shape, is the Relationship SW corner in that room or in the 'missing area' which is in the kitchen?

The measurements are taken wall to wall so if there is a cupboard in a corner area you want to work on you may have to remove the cupboard or open it up. The relationship area in her sitting room if you do it room by room (Far right corner) but if you look at the house as a whole her relationship area is in the far right of her kitchen. This is why I always say for simplicity to bagua room by room at the beginning. Its a bit advanced to bagua floor by floor and it becomes hugely complicated and difficult. The best way I can describe this maybe is to illustrate it by saying my wealth area on a floor by floor bagua is in my laundry! Worst place it could be. But my wealth area is activated in both my sitting room and my drawing room instead. In actual fact because my house is L shaped my wealth area is completely missing and out in my garden. However, my FSM helped me counter all of that by very clever use of my terrace outside and mirrors on my garden wall to reflect the L shaped part of the building.Its a little hard to explain, so keeping it simple is maybe best and energising room by room rather than complicating it - especially if you are new to it. It really gets complicated if you go ‘purist’ as you would never ever live in any house. This is an ancient Chinese art and the houses there at those times looked nothing like our houses do now. So we have to adapt to the process the best way we can. In those days the ancient Chinese looked to build with mountains behind them for support etc. I don’t even think they had drains or sewerage. Generally the houses were single story too. I believe their ‘bathrooms’ were separate to their houses.This isn't relevant to how we live today. If they had lived in the kind of houses we do it may well have been a different story . The thing to remember is we are trying to activate good Qi or Chi energy in any space regardless of its compass orientation. The compass orientation should serve only for guidance. Very few of us would be able to build a single story house with perfect Feng Shui orientation because there would never be a perfect place for a bathroom for instance. However, we can get to help the house we are in to serve us better by observing certain tenets. Energy is invisible but can be felt and can be harnessed for good. (I know you know that of course as a Reiki Master and don’t want to come across as trite in any way its just that others new to this may not understand where I am going with it) and its the good energy we are chasing more so than the direction of a room. The orientation can however be extremely beneficial within our rooms and that’s where the compass points come in. I think I might have said in an earlier post that sometimes people get carried away with the compass points more than what they are hoping to achieve. There were several things my FSM suggested to me which I wasn’t able to embrace so I didn’t do them. One involved moving my desk on the diagonal in my study. I don’t like furniture placed on a diagonal and hated how my study looked with my desk where he said I should put it. So rather than hating how it looked when I went in each time I put my desk where I felt it should be - this would have created better chi for me even though it wasn’t perfectly oriented compass wise. That’s why I always say that you should like the look of he cures you introduce because its your energy that is affected by it. That however, is personal to me and no FSM would agree with me...He also said I should have moving water in my study but I could not find a stand alone water feature I liked the look of so didn’t do it. I played running water music in there instead softly in the background. He got a bit frustrated with me about this and brought me one which I detested but nevertheless tried out. The water splashed everywhere and stained the jute carpet and I had to buy a new carpet...Hope you can see what I am getting at... So sorry for long post!

BTW - If the cupboard is a built in bookshelf for instance that can be worked with and left where it is. If its a broom cupboard or a meter cupboard that might need to change if possible. If its a stand alone piece of furniture like a chest that can remain too and the top of it can be used to activate the energy.

 

[PixelGirl]

Omg @Milking Keynes I’m a Snake too (ironic as they terrify me). I’ve ordered the monkey talisman via the link mentioned above. Will keep you posted.

I have just received some very good news (financially) today after trying to resolve it since January. I did get Crassula plants in early March as mentioned previously and they are both planted in green ceramic pots although it was suggested to put outside on either side of the front door... can’t do that due to the weather in the uk but I put them on each side of my front door on the inside. I don’t know if this is a co-incidence but I thought I would share the good news with you all

This is wonderful news, congratulations x

 

[Miscanthus]

Evening everybody
I wonder if I could ask @Oops... for some advice. Like our friend @Miss Trunchbull I paint and now things are opening up I have some art exhibitions and other events scheduled. I don't expect to sell anything (although that would be great) but it would be amazing to see if people like what I am painting. Is there anything I can do to increase good feedback? I can provide more info. Thank you.

 

[Oops...]

So happy you agreed as the girls are keen to get involved.

I have enjoyed reading your comments so much and especially in light of the Lydia situation and our ongoing concern regarding little Porter and the chaos in the house. It is v interesting that you mention, for example, that Teddy Bear and, in my case, Gem, should not be in the house during our smudging and clapping for energy day. It has come up a few times on this thread of a dog’s sensitivity, ie in light of bad energy the dog may cower from those perceived areas.

In Lydia’s case, I don’t think she has given Porter a single thought. I think, as a puppy only recently introduced to a new home, the complete gutting - not minor refurb, but gutting of the living areas and the outside, is unforgiveable. It is so frightening for him to be faced with all these changes and scents and smells and disruption in such an important transition time, I just feel sick. It’s really gone beyond cruelty now.

Oh that’s wonderful that they want to get involved! Perfect! I really hope you all enjoy the process and it will be great to be able to discuss it here afterwards.

(I have sensed all along that it will all end in tears with Porter )

 

[Libbylulu]

Thank you for sending pictures of your toads. They are beauties. Where have you put them please

 

[Oops...]

So agree. I’m so happy, also, that @Oops has explained that we don’t have to do everything that the FSM said. I love that she said she didn’t want the diagonal desk or the water feature in her study. You know, we can make changes without it in any way jarring with our own plan for the room. X

I am a bit of a renegade though and no FSM would condone what I have said - no way! It was suggested to me that I wasn’t fully immersed in the project. This triggered me a bit since I was immersed enough to pay the eye-watering day rate of the Practitioner - humph...I was immersed but just could not live with some of the suggestions but did my best to work around them. I have no qualifications in the field but I have studied it for MANY years and friends have had some very good results when following advice and some have been a bit surprised at the diagnostic skills especially over illnesses. Sorry if I sound conceited and this sounds like trumpet blowing. It’s just something I enjoy a lot yet cant see the point in surrounding yourself in placements or items you don’t love or enjoy since they become irritants for your energy.

are we still doing group clap tomorrow?

I think its likely to be on last day of Feb or first day of March to welcome in a new month and also to give us time to space clear and for any newbies to be given a chance to join in. Someone here said the Sunday was good for them. The Sunday is good for me too. How does everyone feel about doing it on the last Sunday of February (I think that’s 28th) I hoped we might all be able to do it at the same time too if that would work (time zones permitting) Let’s see if we are able to set a date and time soon maybe? @PixelGirl has described the methodology perfectly...so that’s so good for us all.

This might be of interest, ways to clear the energy in your home

Feng Shui Guides & Tips

Set up your home according to feng shui design principles. Learn where to put your bed, the meanings of symbols, and more in our expert feng shui guides.

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This looks great thank you. Its really good to have alternatives so you can go along with the one that feels right to you. I love that.

We do have other bedrooms we can use but this one really is the master as its got the large ensuite and dressing room off it, so don't really want to give it up! Literally every room in the house, upstairs and downstairs has beams, it's a 300 year old farmhouse so they're an integral part (rather than stick on ones like Lydia would choose ;-) ) But I could move the bed a few feet over so the beam isn't directly down the middle of us, or can put a canopy or something over it to defuse the energy. I'm definitely going to look into it.

It's weird because this is really a total dream house, but from the day we moved in, the most awful things have happened - literally my worst nightmare scenarios. At one point I was convinced it was cursed. I even ended up burning those wooden African face masks that we had, as I heard they can be cursed or bring bad energy. It was a souvenir from Kenya that we brought back from our honeymoon and I burned it in the fire!

In the last 6 months since I've done a lot of clearing out and sorting and putting things in order, things have been notably better. No arguments, much lighter mood etc, but I have considered trying cleansing with sage and getting crystals around. At one stage, I even said we needed to sell because I was so sure the house had a curse!!

I would definitely try a decorative canopy over the bed to blot out beam when you lie in bed. Also if you can move the bed enough so that it doesn’t hang over either of you that would be great until you get the canopy sorted out. If it feels right for you to move though maybe have a little look at Rightmove - you never know something perfect may be there that both of you and the dogs would love equally. Are there any areas in your present home where the dogs don’t like going or try to avoid?
I too have heard about African masks. I think you were wise to remove them. Sounds like you are very intuitive to me and can tell when something doesn’t feel right. You can open all your windows and ask any negative energy to leave (I did this only last night in my home and try to remember to do it regularly.) I also ask all positive energies to remain and I actually say it out loud. Space clearing always helps as you will know because you have done a lot of it and seen that things improve. I am doing another space clear before we clap our corners. I’m particularly checking for chipped crockery this time as I have never done that in the past. That means that I am going to have to say goodbye to some of my Suzie Watson crockery that I love so much And also some of my beautiful Swedish white heart plates too...drat! Also I am really tempted to seriously cut back on loads of stuff on mantelpieces and chests just to see how some of the rooms feel afterwards.
I know exactly what you mean about your dream home though... I never thought I would move from mine in Bath but in the end I had to. I hate giving up on anything but it just got beyond...

 

[xxAprilxx]

Hi everyone! I've really enjoyed reading this thread.
Wandering if anyone could give me some advice? I have had a lot of bad luck over the last six months or so, both financially and with my health. Is there anything that I can do to shift all this bad energy away?

 

[Gertrude]

Thank you for creating this thread @Rubythefirebat x
I am loving the tips too.

 

[Gertrude]

Tell me about it! Best part of the day was snuggling up in bed and scrolling...I am hoping last night wasn’t a one off and I repeat the good sleep tonight. I thought the same about dressing nicely and looking more like the old me too

A proper good night of sleep makes the world of difference to your mood, energy and appetite doesn't it!? I've wanted do nothing but sit and gorge on junk food these last few days. Hope that it wasn't a one off for you last night xx

Oh and of course I meant 'bit of makeup' not 'but of' I must of been thinking about Lydia's water butt.

 

[PixelGirl]

@Oops... if the china is sentimental could you look to getting it repaired? I did read that although chipped china is not good, getting it repaired is okay.

Also, I have read there are three commanding positions, your bed, stove and your desk where they should be placed diagonal to the door, and with your back not facing the door, (so you can have sight of the door to protect your back I am guessing from unseen negative energy) you can get around this with the placement of mirrors. It does sound daft that you might have mirrors everywhere, but I can see how a cleverly placed mirror in your home could alleviate a placement of a commanding item where it cannot be placed anywhere else.

Learn All About Mirrors to Improve Your Feng Shui

Mirrors are a common feng shui adjustment to invite certain energies into a space. Mirrors can adjust the flow of qi, or energy, in a space.

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