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Feng Shui Money Tips
by Stephanie Roberts
Do you know where your financial
"power spots" are? The contemporary methods of feng shui associate
prosperity issues with the back left corner of any space. Stand
at your front door facing into the house; your wealth area is at
the back of the house on the left-hand side. There's also a wealth
area within each room: facing in from the doorway, it's the corner
area in the back of the room on the left-hand side. Where are the
wealth areas within your office, living room, kitchen, and bedroom?
Now that you've identified your money power spots, here are some
quick and easy ways to apply feng shui to these spaces:
1. Clear out any clutter from
these important areas. Clutter is a sign of stagnant energy,
and clutter in your money power spots can clog up your cash flow.
Getting rid of clutter is one of the most powerful ways to shift
the energy of your power spots into high gear.
2. Fix things that are broken.
Anything that doesn't work as it should is a sign of something wrong
in the area of your life that corresponds to that part of your space.
Examine each of your money power spots to look for anything that
needs repair. It's time to do something about that loose doorknob,
non-working light switch, stuck file drawer, or clock that doesn't
keep correct time, to name just a few possible examples. Remove
items like these from your power spots or fix them so they work
properly.
3. Enhance your power spots with
symbols of prosperity, such as a bowl of coins (add your loose
change to it every day), a "lucky bamboo" plant, or anything that
symbolizes success and prosperity to you. There are lots of Chinese
luck symbols available, but you don't have to use them unless you
want to. A picture of your dream house, or a model of that luxury
car you long for, is an effective money symbol because it has personal
meaning for you.
4. Accent your money areas with
the colors green and purple. Green symbolizes vitality and growth,
and purple is the color of wealth. Place a bowl of green and purple
grapes (real or artificial) in the wealth area of your kitchen,
to symbolize abundance filling your home. If you use real grapes,
it's okay to eat them, just add more from time to time so the grapes
remain fresh and the bowl is always more than half full.
5. Pay attention to how you handle
money every day. Do you keep paper money neatly sorted in your
wallet or money clip, or is it jammed in there any old way, or crumpled
up at the bottom of your pocket? Clean the clutter out of your purse
and wallet, and start handling your money as though you value it.
6. If you neglect your money,
it will neglect you, so be sure to balance your checkbook regularly
and pay your bills on time. Put your checkbook in an attractive
cover (choose green, purple, red, blue, or black) and keep it in
the wealth area of your desk - that's the rear left corner again
-- or in the wealth area of your office.
7. Live generously. Money
is a form of energy, and it needs to flow through your life, not
just into it. Hoarding and scrimping work against more coming in,
while giving generously within your means makes space for even greater
abundance. If you don't yet have ample money to share, give as generously
as you can of your time, energy, compassion, and appreciation.
8. Take a few moments every evening
to think about all the good things that happened to you today and
to express your gratitude for what you have received. Small
things count, too, so it's okay if there's little of the spectacular
on your list most of the time. It's not what happened that's important;
it's getting in the habit of focusing on the positive side of things
every day that matters. The more you notice, appreciate, and express
gratitude for blessings received, no matter how small, the more
good things will come your way, including money.
A true experience of prosperity
is determined not by how much money you have, but by how well you
notice and enjoy what is already present in your life. The formal
name for the wealth area is "fortunate blessings" - as you de-clutter,
repair, and accessorize your money power spots keep this broader
meaning in mind. When you celebrate being rich in friends and family,
or rich with laughter, or the richness of your spiritual life, or
even being rich in air and sunshine if nothing else seems to be
going well for you today, material blessings will come to you more
readily as well.
Copyright © 2005
Stephanie Roberts
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Stephanie Roberts, a feng shui consultant based in Maui, HI, is the author of "The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui" and the popular Fast Feng Shui series, including "Fast Feng Shui for Prosperity; 8 Steps on the Path to Abundance." For more feng shui tips and information, she invites you to visit her website at http://www.fastfengshui.com
for details.
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