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 Human
beings are subject to subtle energies
that influence our attitudes, behaviour
and health. These energies can be controlled
and redirected for our benefit in our
environment, whether at home or at work.
The study and implementation of this art
is called Feng Shui. Uma Shankar gives
us a brief overview.
What is Feng Shui? Literally, it means
"wind and water". It refers
to the Chinese art of balancing subtle
energies (chi) in our surrounding environment.
Feng Shui seeks to harmonise the elements
of nature by establishing a balance of
energies in our environment based on directional
principles, seasons and colours.
Bad Luck Features
Certain features in your external environment
can adversely effect the feng shui of
your building. These "poison arrows"
can be responsible for ill-fortune in
the form of robbery, legal entanglement
or serious ailment. It is, therefore,
necessary to identify the not so obvious
poison arrows in your environment and
to deal with them.
The poison arrow pointing at your main
door could be a straight long road forming
a T- junction. This brings dangerous chi
into your house. Other locations where
chi is too strong are houses on the dead
end of a street or those on curved roads.
The harmful effect of hitting chi can
be neutralised bymeans of feng shui cures.
The 'poison arrow' coming from a westerly
direction can be set right by placing
a spotlight above the door pointing towards
the road. Whereas the cure for a south
road is to place a large boulder between
the door and the road.
An electric pole or a large single tree
outside your main gate also acts as a
'poison arrow'. Flyovers and bridges with
fast moving traffic can also generate
negative energy around your house. Trouble
can come in the form of a new building
in your neighbourhood.
Deflect "Poison Arrows"
 All
these 'poison arrows' can be deflected
by hanging an octagonal Pa Kua mirror
above your front door, though this is
not without its risks. This eight sided
mirror has a convex or concave mirror
in the centre, surrounded by trigrams
on eight sides. Never hang this mirror
inside the house. The Pa Kua mirror can
harm your neighbours if it faces their
main door. A better alternative to it
is a 5-rod wind chime.
Inside a house, secret poison arrows
are present in the form of pillars, overhead
beams, open shelves and pointed corners
of furniture. A corner can be softened
by placing a plant or a sculpture in front
of it. You will experience good feng shui
(wellbeing from energetic blance) once
you have neutralised the exterior and
interior features which are responsible
for bad luck.
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