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June 9, 2003 In
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Relationship
Tips - Part 2 This is the second of a multi-part series of quick tips, one for each of the five stages of the feng shui Relationship Cycle presented in Fast Feng Shui for Singles: 108 Ways to Heal Your Home and Attract Romance. The Fast Feng Shui Relationship Cycle is based on the Creative Cycle of the five elements. Each stage of the cycle is associated with the element whose qualities, characteristics, and energy most closely match your situation and goals at that stage of relationship. Phase 2: EXPLORING The Exploring stage of the Relationship Cycle is associated with the flowing quality of the Water element. The inward focus of the Centering Phase turns outward, and you feel ready to get involved in a relationship again. You start dating actively, and are open to new people and experiences, but there is not yet one special person in your love life. The focus of this phase is on expanding your social life and helping you to meet a wide range of new people. Exploring Tip: MOVE THINGS AROUND When your things stay in the same place for a long time, the energy around them tends to settle and get stuck there. This is as true for obsessively neat homes where every object has an assigned place, as it is for cluttered homes where stuff has been allowed to just pile up and stay there. If you haven't moved things around in a while, you may start feeling as though your life is stuck, too. And if those unmoved objects are in your relationship power spots, you may find it difficult to create the changes you desire for your love life. One of the easiest ways to create an energy shift in your love life is to move things around in the relationship areas in your home. Rearranging your furniture can have a big impact, as it may dramatically improve the flow of chi through your home. You don't have to be that ambitious, however. Moving little things from their accustomed positions is also effective, and becomes more so if you do it in one of these ways:
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Shui Q+A (Most questions will have been edited for clarity and length, and any identifying details have been changed. Please note that due to the high volume of email I receive, it is no longer possible for me to respond to every question personally. I still welcome your questions, and if I cannot provide a personal response I will try to address your issue in a future Q+A column.) Q: I am an amateur oil painter and have a lovely reproduction of a Picasso nude in my Fame gua. One interpretation is this image is an extension of my artistic self, therefore conveying some type of fame as a creative individual. My concern is that she is viewed from the back, her head lowered so you cannot discern the features of her face. With this painting in the fame area, am I conveying the imagery that I "shun" or am turning my back on fame and reputation? Which interpretation is correct? Should I find another place for this painting? A: Interpretations of the symbolic meaning of works of art is extremely personal. I'd like to share an example from my own life: My grandmother was a painter, and one of my personal treasures is a painting of hers that shows a woman in profile in the extreme foreground. The woman's face is intentionally cut off by the edge of the canvas, so you can't see her face. Like the Picasso nude you describe, it would be easy for an objective viewer to look at this image and see the negative implications of the fact that her face is missing. But they don't know the story behind the picture, which to me is an eloquent and inspiring affirmation of my grandmother's courage and creativity and her refusal to soften that creativity in the "face" of societal expectations. This painting has very powerful and positive meaning to me personally - as well as plain old sentimental value -- that far outweighs any negative interpretation someone else might put on it. So I want to remind you that you chose this image because it spoke to you in some way, and you seem to respond to it as a reflection of your own artistic ambitions. However, it is also very important that you listen to your own hesitations. I suggest that you do some journaling or meditation on why you see this image as potentially indicating turning away from fame and recognition. What fears or hesitation do you feel about achieving fame and recognition as an artist? In what ways are you holding yourself back? I can't tell you which interpretation is correct for you. That's a question that you have to answer for yourself. If your heart lifts when you look at this picture, great! But if you can't see this image in your fame gua without also feeling doubt about it, then it doesn't belong there. Try moving it to your Creativity gua for a few days, and pay attention to how you respond to it emotionally in that space, which may be a better fit for it.
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Charity One of the most basic laws of prosperity is the principle that "it is in giving that we receive." In practicing feng shui we not only realize how connected we are with our everyday environment, but we go beyond and realize we are connected with everything else in the world. What we give does come back.
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