An article about " FENG SHUI AND ARCHITECTURE "

FENG SHUI AND ARCHITECTURE

Feng Shui is the Chinese philosophy regarding how one can live in har- mony with nature. It is balance between the universe and the individual's personal space. With the help of Feng Shui, one can tap the best of the positive energy to enhance one's health, wealth happiness and acquire good fortune. The literal translation of Feng Shui means 'wind' & 'water' - wind & water are two things in nature that are absolutely necessary for all living beings and indicate constant movement, likewise in the life of human beings, constant movement is necessary otherwise stagnation occurs. Energies stagnated, brings misfortunes and ill health.

Every single thing is made of energy. We must see to it that positive energy is generated and moved around all the time. For this, please remember to respect space. Create space in your house by designing it in such a way that you never overcome with the feeling of clause trophobia. Rooms should not surround you with feelings of narrow- ness. Let your house breathe. Open your house to natural light and air. Let your main door be facing an empty space, "the outside bright hall effect" and let it open into an empty space, which is the "inner bright hall" where energies can accumulate before moving and meandering gently all over your house and energizing it.

Shape of the plot or flat has an important bearing on your life. Please choose a house / flat which has a regular shape and has no missing corners. Let your architect plan it in such a way that your house retains the regular shape and does not be- come L or U shaped or any other odd shape. Let your interior decoration Abha Pandey also not get carried away with making missing corners with par- titions etc. Each and every corner has importance in your life. All the directions playa role in enriching your life with their particular bounty. This includes the middle of the house also. Sharp and jutting corners, overhead beams, exposed beams, pillars in the house, pillars in the middle of the rooms are not quite the things to have around. Theses can be rounded up, beams can be dis- guised; false ceilings can also be put to hide the exposed beams.

You may also design a place as not to have two, three or more doors in a straight line. Let the front and the back door not be op- posite each other. See that your windows are not directly opposite the doors / or other windows. This is a sure way of letting the good energy escape quickly. Let the main door be designed, bigger than the other doors which are sec- ondary doors.

These guidelines are given, so that, you can get your home de- signed to get the maximum benefit of your good luck. Your main door is one of the most important feature in your house. We shall discuss "MAIN DOORS" in our next issue.