I am currently reading a book on this subject, and I am thinking of trying this in my home. Has anyone else used Feng Shui as a way of making their life better? If so, how has it worked for you?

Imago believes in it.

shanti0608 said:

Interesting....

MoniGram said:

He must be busy playing in his kayak right now.

I think whatever makes ur house more balanced & peaceful helps anyway.
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shaomi said:

I can agree with that. Just a friend told me about this book, and I have been highly looking into it. I figure..couldn't hurt right?

I'd do Feng Shui on MoniGram.

JDInteractive said:

sounds interesting!

I do my own brand of feng shui, placing furniture where it feels harmonious to have them (rather than for strictly functional purposes). I'd never follow a feng shui instruction book though, especially if the results didn't please me.

retina said:

How do you feel about the idea of placing certain colors in the home? That is one area that really interests me.

MoniGram said:

That is one area where I'm not willing to compromise.
Colours are really a matter of personal taste and there are certain colours I can't stand. The first feng shui expert to come into my home and suggest purple or light blue would be sent flying out the window.

retina said:

Lucky for me...I love purple. I did read that the colors don't need to be out where they can be seen. So who knows. I see so many different ways to do this. It's all very confusing.

MoniGram said:

Like what? Painting the inside of the closet light blue and then have a heart attack every time I need clothes? No thanks.

I do agree that certain colours are more harmonious than others though. It would just be hard to draw general guidelines for those kinds of things, since colour preference is usually clear, personal and instinctive. Placing of furniture in a harmonious way is a bit more general and universal, I would think.

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retina said:

I heard a simple piece of paper of that color hidden under a mattress or cushion could work. Who knows...like I said, so many different ideas concerning this subject.

MoniGram said:

So, there are people who actually BELIEVE this?

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Yes...many people do.

Feng Shui'd my bedroom. No longer have Insomnia.

Imago said:

Really? I am really interested in doing this to my whole house. Focusing on Prosperity, Career, and Skills and Knowledge.

Was it hard for you to do this to your room?

MoniGram said:

Well, I'm not so sure if it brings propserity, etc.
But it drings a sense of balance into your life, if only pyschologically. That in turn of course leads to alot of things.

The insistence i Feng Shui and clearing clutter alone is heplful


But I found having the command position in bed (you'll learn about it in your book) really did make me sleep more easily.

Imago said:

Thank you for your thoughts on this. I guess I will only know if it helps unless I try. The more I read, the more it sounds like a good idea.

MoniGram said:

Honestly, I think Feng Shui is just another variation of creative visualization or the law of attraction... sort of.
They wouldn't' think of it that way, it it seems like it to me.
It's closely tied into Acupuncture and Tai Chi--all of these try to harmoize life energy (Chi). The difference is Feng Shui tries to do it in your environment rather than your body.

But being that it's thousands of years old in practice and has been brushed by a heavy dose of Toaism, and a little bit of Buddhism and Confusionism, it has spiritual and cultural aspects to it that I think are specific to those cultures.

For example, you should never sleep in a bed where your feet are point straight out the main masterbedroom door. This is a Confucius era suspicion because during those times, the tradition was to carry the dead from the beds out of the room and house, feet first.

Also, black is the symbol for water in Feng Shui, whereas in America we would normally think blue.

But no matter, find objects that represent those elements to you. Understand that a major part of what you are doing is making the environment comfortable. Chi may or may not exist, but a balance of space, objects in the room, and how overall movement flows throughout the room is always important, Feng Shui or not.




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Imago said:

Thanks again..you have helped me in understanding this subject a bit more, and I think I am going to do it. Will be my summer project, to see if I can bring some good energy into my home.

MoniGram said:

Apply the principles to the masterbedroom above all else.
You can superimpose the map (Bagua --sp?) over the bedroom as well as the overall house.

This is because rooms you are in the most (Bedroom is where you sleep so it's a major major room), need to be the ones in most harmonay.

Imago said:

I remember you telling us that. That is great

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Imago said:

But I don't have a bedroom.

CarrieMpls said:

Apply it to the area you sleep in.
The area that you spend the most time in. That's the most important room whether it's the masterbedroom or not.

Imago said:

I like you.