Just as there are many approaches to Feng Shui, there are also many perspectives to it. Here's how to look at them from either the positive or negative standpoint.
Have you ever wondered why you can pick up three books on Feng Shui and become so confused by all the different things you read that you’re more then likely to give up? How can 32 students sit in a classroom, study with the very same mentors and all come out practicing a different way? It’s all a matter of Feng Shui Perspective.
When learning any form of Feng Shui, it is likely that you will all get the same principles. Interpreting them, however, is a more personal way of looking at the same thing and being able to see it in several different ways. Need an example? Let’s say someone has a fireplace in the “wealth” area of their home. Is this a good thing or bad from a Feng Shui perspective? Ask three different consultants and you’ll likely get three different answers.
One might say it’s a negative force and view this as your money going “up and out the chute.” Another might remind you that every object represents one of the five elements in Feng Shui. Clearly a fireplace would represent “Fire” but be able to view the wealth area as a wonderful place to have a fireplace. The color red symbolizes Fire and therefore can see it in the light of having your money ignite and view it as tripling whenever the fireplace is used. Clearly, the secret here is your approach to Feng Shui.
There are positive and negative approaches to everything in life. As in life, some people view the glass as half empty or as half full (that old saying still holds true). It is then not difficult to understand how different consultants might very well view the same object as either “positive” or “negative.” It is not only the way they have been taught, it is their own “take” on it. How they see it and perceive it and relay that information to their clients.
Let’s look at another example. A consultant has been called in for extensive renovations being done on a home or business. The blueprints have been drawn and approved and perhaps construction has even been started. You view the blueprints and see a bathroom in the wealth area. Bathrooms in Feng Shui are notorious for having your money go “right down the drain.” Do you have them hold up the job, change the layout, delay the project and have them spend thousands of dollars more then anticipated?
There is another way to view this as well; while a bathroom in the wealth area is not a good Feng Shui principle, there are many inexpensive and easy “cures” to change this negativity into a positive aspect. Especially during construction when you are free to place objects with the mindful intent to deflect any negative drain issues. A few simple, inexpensive mirrors can be installed to deflect that energy away. Lucky coins can also be either hung or built in to ensure that this room will always be one of fortune.
Bathrooms have gotten a bad rap in Feng Shui. While it is true that there can be drain issues (all easily resolved), it is also true that this is a place for hygiene, cleanliness and relaxation. With wonderful aromatherapy treatments, bath salts, and soothing music, bathrooms have also evolved over the years into becoming it’s own special retreat. In many homes now, the “Take me away, Calgon days” are back. They have turned many bathrooms into their own oasis.
Remember, how you perceive something is extremely important as this will be the energy you are sending out. Change the negatives to positives to attract back the best of what you are hoping to create in your space.
