Spirituality and Self Help » spirituality

How Does Feng Shui Work?

shimon — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:10:09 +0000

This is a guest post by Michael Schnippering. Michael is the founder of Feng Shui at Work. He is committed to the true art and science of Feng Shui. Over the years his Feng Shui practice has taken him to various parts of the United States, Germany, France, Spain, Colombia and Argentina. If you’d like to learn more about Feng Shui, read his blog and follow him on Twitter @fengshuiatwork

image courtesy of vivaiquique

Curious and uninformed minds might wonder, “How does Feng Shui Work?” If left unexplained, the benefits of the ancient tradition can never be experienced.

However, a clear explanation can enable these wondering individuals to experience for themselves what Feng Shui has to offer.

The practice of Feng Shui (literally translated “wind” and “water” respectively) originated in China and was intended to help individuals live in harmony and at peace with nature.

Today the form is used to promote positive life experiences and conditions for those who use it.

Feng Shui revolves around the effect and interaction of the environment with the interior and exterior of buildings. This includes structures such as a person’s home (living space) and office (work space).

Putting Feng Shui into practice promotes good chi, which is the life energy that exists everywhere at all times. This positive chi is believed to enable a flow of happiness, abundance, and success in the lives of those who make the effort to create environmental harmony via Feng Shui.

If this energy of chi is being hindered these positive life aspects are also being withheld from the receiver. Feng Shui works to create the correct locations for item that allow chi to flow properly and favorably.

Good chi is all about a healthy balance of Feng (wind) and Shui (water). Chi must be stopped from being scattered by the wind and instead retained by the water. However, too much water creates a negative misbalance of the elements.

When Feng Shui is working together in harmony, positive chi is released and creates positive benefits for the occupants. These include wealth, fame, health, and happiness.

A professional Feng Shui consultant specializes in creating the right circumstances for positive chi. He will carefully map the chi in your living space using a compass. From these measurements he will be able to create a chart for the new placement of possessions. Because chi is always changing Feng Shui requires regular updates and maintenance.

Improve the Feng Shui in your home

There are simple things you can do to improve the Feng Shui in your home even before your consultant arrives. Tidy up the space and get rid of old things that are never used. These items only serve to hinder good chi.

Consider your possessions and keep only beautiful and positive things. These include things that are beautiful to you and not necessarily visually appealing. These beautiful items are said to produce good chi. Ugly or evil items will invoke negative Feng Shui.

Things that dredge up negative feelings should be tossed or donated. Fresh air and circulation should also be regularly promoted by allowing sunlight and air into the space. These simple steps will help you experience positive chi and a good life.

Six Ways Spirituality Can Boost Wellness

shimon — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:02:14 +0000

This guest post is contributed by Karen Anderson, who writes on the topic of online bible colleges . Karen welcomes your comments at her email : karen.anderson441@gmail.com
It’s a diverse world we live in, one that is filled with a number of religions and Gods.

Some religions like Buddhism are a way of life, others like Christianity and Islam believe in the teachings of one God, while others like Hinduism have a pantheon of Gods and rituals.

On the other hand there are the atheists and agnostics, the ones who believe that there is no God or spiritual being who is responsible for our destiny.

Spirituality however is something that is innate in each of us; it is godly and goes beyond the belief in God because even non-believers are spiritual. To define it in a nutshell, spirituality is the voice of your conscience, that tiny nudge from inside that tells you if you’re doing right or wrong.

So here is how you can use spirituality to boost your wellness quotient, the instant feeling when you wake up in the morning that tells you all is well with your world:

1Listen to your conscience: In short, don’t do anything that makes you feel guilty after it’s done. If you knowingly do something wrong, your conscience is going to prick you continuously until you apologize for your mistake or seek amends in an alternative way.

2Do unto others as you would have them do unto you: This sounds like something from the Bible, but it applies to practical life very well. If you don’t like being lied to or cheated, don’t do the same to other people. If you want respect and admiration, be prepared to offer them yourself. In general, people respond to the way you treat them, and treat you accordingly.

3Expect very little: I always teach my children that expectation is the root cause of disappointment. When you expect other people to make you happy or relieve your sadness, you’re only building a dependence that could become addictive and unhealthy. Instead, trust your own mind and heart and find constructive ways to build your self-esteem and confidence.

4Give in to your loved ones: No man is an island, and the relationships we form as we go through life say a lot about us. When you value your loved ones and treat them well, you forge deeper and more emotional bonds with them. And you’re not going to lose anything when you give in to them once in a while instead of getting your way all the time. Relationships are all about tolerance and understanding, not who’s right or wrong.

5Let go of everything that’s unhealthy and stressful: It may be a relationship that is going nowhere; it could be the food that you gorge on; or it could be a lifestyle that is hedonistic – whatever it is, it’s best you give it up for your own good. It may be difficult at first, but when you strive hard and hold on to your willpower and self-control, you’ll be very satisfied that you beat a personal demon.

6Set a side a few minutes every day for some quite time. A time you dedicate for breathing and nothing else. If you suddenly realize you’re worrying about something just say to yourself: this is my quiet time, if I’ll need to I’ll dedicate a few minutes to worrying later. This act will replenish your energy and help you cope with everyday life.

Getting to know your spiritual side and becoming more in tune with it helps you become a better person, someone with fewer base emotions and more good ones.

How To Forgive Easily

shimon — Mon, 04 May 2009 14:40:57 +0000

Reincarnation and soul mate

Before entering the physical world souls organize themselves as families, groups, tribes, nations and great nations. There are seven souls in a family, seven families in a group, seven groups in a tribe and so on.

Eventually you’ll work with most of your tribe members (343 souls). However some of us (usually the teachers) will work with the nation or even the great nation (16,807 souls).

Most of the close relationships will be with souls from your group (49 souls). Each group strives for a certain cause. The cause can be courage, healing, communication and teaching, self acceptance and so on. It doesn’t mean that each soul will have the same life, but it does mean that the souls will have similar ideals and ambitions.

The soul family will work together for many life times. Each soul family will help you decide about future life times and help evaluate your accomplishments at the passed life time.

A soul mate is a soul that belongs to one of the groups(family,tribe,group, etc) and every soul that affects you. The overall influence of the soul mate on your life will always be positive even if you can’t see it.

The relationship with a soul mate will probably be challenging. That’s because every appearance of a soul mate in your life is to show you yourself, they serve as a mirror. That’s the purpose of every human relationship.

The law of attraction works in every area of our life. Every person that is present in your life is attracted to you because your vibrations match. Before every life time we make agreements with many souls. We discuss what we can offer each other.

These souls can be your father, best friend or even an enemy. For instance John has dealt with helplessness for many life times. His struggle lead him to use violence and even substance abuse. Mary on the other hand didn’t appreciate herself and always gave her power to others.

Mary and John decided to fall in love and work together to solve their problems. Because of her relationship with an alcoholic Mary will learn that she has to start making decisions that reflect her true value. John will learn that he can’t control other people because true power comes from within.

However Mary experienced many challenges in her life and eventually started to appreciate herself. In this time her vibrations changed and so she doesn’t need to meet John anymore. Maybe she’ll meet him but she won’t have an intimate relationship with him.

Forgiveness

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. — Mahatma Gandhi

At first glance what I wrote doesn’t seem related to forgiveness. However when you understand that every “negative” event in your life happened because of your vibrations (thoughts,emotions) and that every person that hurt you really did you a favor, then you understand that you don’t need to forgive anyone because they helped you achieve what you wanted.

I’m not saying that the people that hurt you did it on purpose to help you. They didn’t know they were helping you just as you didn’t know you were helping them. If you’re still not convinced I’m gonna give you two more reasons to forgive others:

1 It will improve your health because anger that stays in your body poisons it. It leads to all kind of diseases including cancer, blood problems and it can even lead to a heart condition.

2 When you decide that someone “hurts” you, you’re resisting him and therefore focusing your attention on him. The universe responds to attention. It will bring you more of the things you’re focusing on, meaning more pain. To change that you’ll need to forgive him and focus on something positive.

Some believe that it is difficult to forgive. However If you really think about it, it is difficult to stay angry for a long time because after a while you have to remind yourself why you’re angry. It requires constant energy whereas forgiving is much easier. It doesn’t mean you’ll have to forget what happened it just means that you won’t feel hurt or angry.

There is prayer that can help you forgive:

“With love and appreciation I forgive X and accept him the way god created him. I ask X forgiveness for all the negative thoughts and emotions I had towards him. With love and appreciation x forgives me.”

Replace X with the name of the person that hurt you. Say the prayer repeatedly while thinking about the people that hurt you and their actions.

OF Health and Chakras

shimon — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:55:36 +0000

The definition of the word health is freedom from disease, However health is so much more than that. Health is the presence and perfect flow of life’s energy through our body. It’s living a full and satisfying life, It’s the ability to change and feel happy.

The energy itself can be called zero point energy. It’s the energy that exists all around us although we can’t see it.

Each of us has an electromagnetic field around him, caused by the electricity in our body. Here is a short definition from Wikipedia:The electromagnetic field is a physical field produced by electrically charged objects. It affects the behavior of charged objects in the vicinity of the field.
The electromagnetic field extends indefinitely throughout space and describes the electromagnetic interaction. It is one of the four fundamental forces of nature.

Some call the field the aura. The aura is what helps us to feel when there is a person in a dark room with us, or to know when someone is sad without him saying so. Our aura has a structure it consists of several layers. Each layer has unique properties like color,location,lucidity and radiance.

The aura is actually created by the chakras. Chakra in Sanskrit means a wheel of light. We have seven main chakras in our body, their twirl creates the aura. The chakras are centers of energy. Below is a short description of each chakra.

In the picture to the left it’s easy to see the location of each chakra. Each chakra has a front and a back side. The front side is related to the emotions while the back side is related to the will.

Each chakra controls certain areas in the body: The first chakra controls the spine and kidneys. The second chakra controls the reproduction system. The third controls the liver, nervous system, gall bladder and the stomach.

The fourth controls the heart, blood and the vagus nerve. The fifth controls the voice, lungs, esophagus and the bronchi system. The sixth controls the lower brain, left eye, ears, nose and the nervous system. The seventh chakra controls the upper brain and the right eye.

The chakras can be open or closed. If they are opened it means that the flow of energy is in order. If a chakra is closed it means that there are psychological problems related to it, it means that the emotions, sensations and experiences that are controlled by the flow of energy through the chakra are not balanced.

There is a simple way to check how the chakras operate. Using a pendulum. It doesn’t have to be something special, you can create a pendulum by tying something small to a thread. Once you made a pendulum hold it slightly above the chakra without touching the body and empty your mind.

The pendulum should start moving: If it moves clockwise it means that the chakra is open ,if it’s counter clockwise it means it’s closed. The bigger the radius the more energy flows through it. If it doesn’t move at all it means the flow of energy is blocked, if it continues it will create a disease.

An elliptical movement of the pendulum indicates a lack of balance in the flow of energy between the left and the right side of the body, it also means that one side is stronger than the other.

The right side represents the active side, male side, aggression or the yang. The left side represents the feminine side,passiveness or the yin of personality. If the pendulum tilts to the right when moving elliptically the person will probably act too aggressively when he should be more accepting and vice versa if it tilts to the left.

If the pendulum moves vertically it means that the person is shifting the energy upwards and is avoiding personal involvement. If the pendulum moves horizontally the person repress and stifles his emotions to avoid personal involvement.

There are a few ways to improve the flow of energy through the chakras. Exercise is a great way, yoga in particular is recommended for the chakras. Here is a video of Chakra Clearing with Emotional Freedom Technique.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3hy3P0W2BU

Meditation is also a great way to improve the flow of energy. The first chakra meditation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvlI8lvqLRY

The second chakra meditation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3ElrxlOGxU

The third chakra meditation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OVg-04yQLU

The fourth chakra meditation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGxM30zVOrE

The fifth chakra meditation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_BxROfS5Y8

The sixth chakra meditation