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Feng Shui For Fame And Reputation

Ever wonder what people are talking about when they mention a feng shui map, a bagua chart or a bagua map? They’re all talking about the same thing, really. A bagua chart is simply a map you use to determine where the key areas of your home are from a feng shui perspective. These areas are: the Wealth & Prosperity; Fame & Reputation; Relationships (Love); Family; Health; Children & Creativity; Self-Cultivation & Knowledge; Career; and Helpful People & Travel.

You’ll note that there are nine areas of the map. This is often represented as an octagon with health in the middle, but for simplicty’s sake, imagine it as a square, divided into 9 equal squares with health in the middle.

Note: If you’d like to see an actual feng shui map, there’s a link in the resources section of this article, or you can simply google it.

Now, back to our square.

Let’s start at the beginning and I’ll show you how to use the map to “map out” your own feng shui chart for your home, apartment or office.

Starting at the bottom of our square, and reading from left to right, we have three sections: Self-Cultivation and Knowledge on the left; Career in the center; and Helpful People & Travel on the right. Feng Shui For Fame And Reputation

If you were holding this square in hour hand, standing at your front door as a visitor, you would position the starting point of your map where your front door is.

So if your front door is more centered in your home, it’s in the Career area. If your front door is to the left, Self-Cultivation and Knowledge; and if to the right, Helpful People and Travel. Your front door will always be in one of those three sections. Which one depends on whether you have a center entrance, or your front door is off-center.

The rest of the map is easy. Once you know where your front door is, and in which area it lies, you can map out the rest using that as a reference point. So at the top of our feng shui map (back left of your home) is the Wealth and Prosperity Area. Middle back: Fame & Reputation. Right back: Relationships & Love. Middle left: Family; Center of Your Home: Health; Middle right: Children & Creativity.

Now that you have all this great information, what do you do with it?

Take a look at the areas in your life where you are struggling. Let’s say love has left you dry and your bank account is overdrawn, and your career is stymied. You’d look at the Relationship (back right), Wealth & Prosperity (back left) and Career (front & center) areas of your home and you see: broken window panes, clutter, paint chipping, dust bunnies that could eat Manhattan, plugged drains, crowded furniture … you get the picture.

I always advise a client, when applying feng shui principles to his or her home to start with the area of his/her life (and home) that is of the greatest annoyance. Once my client sees what happens when they make necessary repairs, clear clutter and clean, and then enhance the space with beauty, and once they begin to see these changes reflected in their life, they truly “get it.” Improve your environment and improve your life. Feng Shui For Fame And Reputation

Article by Jennifer Bonetto

Classical Feng Shui is about living in harmony with the environment. By living in harmony with the environment, people are able to harness the beneficial energies or chi in the environment, to better their lives. Classical Feng Shui encompasses the human experience, which includes wealth, health and relationships. Through hundreds of years of observation, the Chinese discovered dwellings (homes or businesses) that were beneficial to occupants. In doing this research they also discovered, edifices that were destructive and harmful to occupants, making life difficult and in some cases impossible. The Chinese figured out which homes and businesses based on, how it was situated in the environment, the facing direction of the building, the move-in date and the occupant’s birth date would be beneficial and which would be destructive. The Chinese believe that 1/3 of our luck comes from heaven, that which we are born with or predestined, 1/3 of our luck comes from man, by working hard or having good acumen and 1/3 through the earth, which is Feng Shui. Some masters believe that really great Feng Shui will improve your life by 2/3. I tend to agree.

A common misconception about Classical Feng Shui is that professionals in this field use bamboo flutes, paint walls different colors, use mirrors, frogs, coins, and crystals to shift the energy in a home or business. This is false. Chachkis are not powerful enough to shift the energy in a home or business. Much of what is read online, in books, or seen on TV about Feng Shui is Western Feng Shui and it is bogus. This is not how it’s used to secure and enhance wealth, improve health and attract or maintain a relationship.

The best way to implement Feng Shui is to begin the process from the ground up. If you have a raw piece of land, this is the best time to implement Feng Shui. Everything from the facing of the building, to the placement of toilets, stoves, kitchens, bedrooms, laundry rooms, offices, can be customized for the person dwelling in the space to ensure that money, relationships and health thrive. There are special degrees known as Precious Jewel Lines that can be used to set the foundation, doors, stoves, beds, offices, etc. that will bring precious and beautiful things to the occupants. There are special wealth formulas like Five Ghosts Carry Treasure, which can be implemented by tapping a mountain in the environment and placing water in a specific location based on the facing direction of the doors to bring great wealth to the occupants. Many formulas can be created by utilizing the external features of the house or business and setting the driveways, water features, ponds, sidewalks, etc. to special degrees that can speed up good Feng Shui to produce faster results and to create great wealth and harmony.

Donald Trump utilizes these special techniques in all his buildings. Richard Branson, the Virgin mogul, also uses Classical Feng Shui to enhance his wealth. Steve Wynn, the hotel magnet billionaire, in Las Vegas utilizes these wealth producing techniques popular in Southeast Asia, but unknown to many Westerners. Chase Manhattan and Wells Fargo Banks also utilize these methods to increase and secure their wealth. A lot of companies like Disney use these techniques but don’t advertise it because it gives them a competitive advantage. If building a home or business from the ground up is not feasible, the best alternative is to consult a Classical Feng Shui Consultant before you move-in to a home or office. By consulting a professional beforehand, this ensures that the home or office will support the occupants in all aspects of wealth, health and relationships. It is much easier to pick a good home or business for a person than it is to fix a home or business that has posed nothing but challenges for the individual.

If you are not looking for a new home or business, I would recommend consulting a professional to ensure that your existing space is well placed inside and out to secure and enhance wealth, to protect and improve relationships and to boost and increase good health. Feng Shui can always be used to turn a situation around, prevent a negative situation from occurring, and strengthen a positive situation.

Feng Shui can be implemented as early as the raw land phase, in the renovation phase, when finding a new home or business or in an existing space. Feng Shui can be employed in countless ways to help improve the lives of individuals. In ancient China, Feng Shui was reserved for royalty and the very rich because of its powerful influences on the human experience. It wasn’t until Master Yang, the savior of the poor, that it was introduced to the general public. Today, many are aware of Feng Shui, but few know of “real” Feng Shui, secrets that the movers and shakers and the truly rich use.

Since 2008, Jennifer Bonetto has been the soul behind Real Feng Shui SOULutions. Her mission now is to bring “true” Feng Shui to the world and help as many people with the tools she’s acquired. She is a certified Master Practitioner, Certified Master Instructor, and a fellow for the American College of Classical Feng Shui. She also serves as co-moderator for the Xuan Kong discussion group. She is also a member of the International Feng Shui Guild. Currently, she is part of the 400 year old Wu Chang Pai mastery lineage of Grandmaster Yap Cheng Hai, of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, through American Feng Shui Master, Denise Liotta-Dennis. For more information go to http://www.RealFengShuiSOULutions.com.

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Article by Theresa Cummings

“Addiction” is a statement that has had difficulty holding onto its actual meaning because it’s been utilized too often. We might just enjoy and seek out comical films or potato chips, but we frequently say we’re “addicted” to them. Genuine addiction, conversely, is more insidious than the conventional “jonesing” emotion that you get for the things you are passionate about. But some objects or substances that aren’t typically destructive may in fact be the objects of “addictions.” Various people truthfully are “addicted” to things we may routinely think are harmless. How can you tell when you suffer from a authentic addiction, not only a strong need? We’ll include a few of the warning signs of real addiction.

Do you find you want more of what you desire to make you feel the same? In the past possibly one cup of morning joe was enough to make you feel ready to take on the day. Although now you don’t feel well until you’ve had at least two or three. This can be a sign of addiction. What may have begun as a effortless craving is starting to dominate our lives when we realize that it takes a larger and larger amount to make us feel right. This is time and again one of the first and most familiar signs of addiction.

Do you endeavor to keep people from finding your stash of hidden goodies? This is something that lots of persons who turn out to be addicted to drugs and alcohol will do. They conceal their supplies in unknown spots in their places of work or homes because they need privacy and know that they’ve become too obvious in their usage. When you strive to keep people from knowing what you’re consuming by hiding your supplies from view, be aware that you may be getting addicted. Keep in mind, however, that stashing a bag of chocolate from someone because you only need your fair share of it is different than concealing chocolate all over your home and telling people that you do not eat it any more.

Have you started lying in relation to how regularly you use or partake in the thing you desire? Alcoholics, as an example, could have a few drinks at home and subsequently go out to a tavern with friends for a few more. This allows them to drink as much as they fancy without it looking like they are consuming a lot in public. Or they may simply keep consuming alcohol subsequent to parting from their friends. It is a comprehensible signal of shame and guilt when you utilize this sort of strategy to lie implicitly about your actions. Pay attention to that emotion.

It can be significant to keep in mind that addiction can turn up in many forms. It’s possible that everyday actions like exercising, shopping, and even eating can be addictions for a few of us–not just obvious problems like alcoholism and drug addiction. If you have started to lie regarding your behavior, conceal your conduct or if it takes a lot more of the certain thing or activity to help you feel happy, these are indicators that you should start looking for help in getting better. You know the saying, “All things in moderation”–just be careful that those things do not start to dominate your days.

Don’t suffer alone and don’t believe you can treat yourself; look for help if you see the warning characteristics of addiction in your life. There is no basis to let these things to possess control over your life.

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