Forums IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ Beyond Human Healing Mantras book by Thomas Ashley Farrand, anyone read it?

Rachel:
Feng Shui originated in India, I am like thinking how come India is not getting credit for it.:-)

I am not sure if I can learn Feng Shui on my own. That is why I am thinking I would need an expert like yourself to look at my house. I will see about getting the book at the library.

Ok, so a compass will tell me which is southwest or nOrthwest in my house? I am going to check out to see if my library has the dummies book.

I am starting to see books talk about seeding or feeling. Before it was a lot of affirmations and visualization.

I will see how my experiment with Indian mantras will go.

Did you say the mantras worked for you?

I will definately check out Feng Shui. Now does Feng Shui help out with receiving guidance and decision making? How about relationships? How about luck?

I am sorry I think you have answered a few of my questions.

Parag

What about good health and healling Rachel? I am also thinking I may have to move heavy furniture around to have it become effective?

Parag

Feng shui helps with all of the above! Good luck, healing, relationships, etc. I incorporate the mantras as part of my feng shui ritual. For instance, when I'm implementing a cure (what they call a correction in feng shui) I will repeat om mani padme hum nine times. Here's the order in which one should make changes -1)clear your clutter - throw out anything you don't use, love, esp. anything with negative memories attached to it - say your ex-girlfriend gave you a watch and everytime you look at the watch you think of her - give it away. 2) Fix anything that is broken, lights not working, drawers that don't shut, faucets leaking, etc. Then you can start implementing the feng shui corrections. What state do you live in? Maybe I can direct you to a feng shui group in your area.

Rachel:

Right now I live in NY state. Do you also need to know the city? It is Albany, NY area. Do you mind if I ask you were you are located?

I am thinking joining a group would be less expensive than hiring a consultant? Do you do feng shui for other people? Who knows if I find success with it I might start helping people with it.

Is a group that you are talking about sort of like a club, were people get together who are interested in Feng Shui and talk?

The mantra om mani padme hum what is it generally for? Is it listed in the Healing Mantras book?

Parag

Look into American Feng Shui Institute with Larry Sang. He's the big guy in this area...authors of lots of FS books out there in the book stores were actually students of his. This field is very diverse---many made up superstitious stuffs added. Coming from a Chinese person, this feng shui master is the guru and if you do some research, you'll know what I mean. Unlike some other masters out there who are actually mocked by the Chinese community as deceptive practicioners.... He even coined lots of phrases that was not even used until he translated it to English and started using it. Trust me, don't do the over the counter pretty book sets that are useless. I obviously have a bias so don't just listen to me. Empower yourself.

Hi Rachel,
Is that correct? I thought FS originated in China. It became commonly known to the general populace due to the generosity of Da Yu who left the palace and secretly taught the mass in effort to help everyone gain the benefits from this knowledge. Was your source of info credible? If I'm wrong then let me know since I'm very interested in the historical aspects of FS. By the way, Lillian Too, in my opinion, is not a very good model to follow. If you study the scientific approach to FS you will see how she contridicts herself and make broad generalizations.

Starliu48:

Thanks for the reccomendation. I will look for Larry Sang's book.

Parag

Hi Parag and Starliu,
I currently live in California, but am planning on moving to New York City in July. I don't really know of any groups in upstate NY, but in Manhattan, you can call the Open Center, and they can usually recommend a class or group. By the way, I believe the www.thinkrightnow.com company is based in Albany, but not positive. Om mani padme hum is the grandmother of all affirmations - it's an all purpose affirmation that brings your being into balance, so whatever you need to draw to you will happen. Feng Shui absolutely originated in India. A good person to speak to about this subject is Madi Nolan, a feng shui consultant in Bellevue,Washington. I've studied many of the different schools of feng shui, Black Hat, compass, landform, and believe me, they definitely contradict each other - but I've gotten results with each of the schools, and I've come to the realization, it's sort of like religion -everyone thinks their way is THE way, either Catholicism, or Buddhism, or Judaism, or Protestantism - but really all roads lead to the same place. So I would look to work with someone who has gotten results, in other words, someone happily married, financially stable, etc. Be leery of anyone preaching feng shui who doesn't have their own act together. When I first started studying feng shui - I started with my car, I figured, let's see if I get results. I made a point of keeping my car neat and I hung a crystal ball on a red ribbon on the rear view mirror. That was about 7 years ago. Since then, I haven't gotten a ticket, no accidents, just pleasant events. You can start with small changes and look for the miracles.

Rachel:
I apologize for asking. I have a tendency to ask everyone who came from a warmer climate that moves here or anywhere it is not so warm in the winter. Our winters canbe terrible. Why are you moving here, when you have such better winters were you are?

I will admit that if you like skiing, ice skating and hockey this is a better place.

I think about success I will look at people who have gotten results whether they were born again Christians, yoga, or Feng shui. I realize not all of them have good luck.

So, Rachel, you might have answered my question already. I am thinking if there are little things I can do to make things happen?

Parag

Dear Parag,
I do agree, the weather is much nicer in California, but the people are much nicer in NY. I was born in NY and have lived there before, so it's not like I'm going to a strange city I've never been to . Also, I'm an astrology buff, and NY is a much more fortunate city for me than LA. Different cities bring out different aspects in your chart - sort of like global feng shui. You can check out www.astro.com - check the free horoscope bar, and scroll down to astrological travel, then enter your birth data and you can see which parts of the world are luckiest for you. Start with one corner of your home, say the southeast or money corner - clean it up, put a nice plant there (providing it's not the bathroom or bedroom) and see what happens. Rachel