FENG SHUI TIPS FOR PROCRASTINATORS by
Stephanie Roberts
Suddenly it's March 1st already and,
as usually happens around this time, I am realizing that I didn't get
my taxes done by the end of February as planned and that I really ought
to do something about them soon. (And I will, I promise, just as soon
as I get this newsletter out…)
This time of year, it seems there are two kinds of people, those who
have filed their tax returns already, and those who will continue to
put it off until the last minute. I start out each year planning, this
time around, to discover what it's like to be in the first category,
and end up, months later, scrambling to avoid falling too far into the
deep end of the "last-minute" pool.
All of this has me pondering whether there's a role feng shui could
play for chronic procrastinators. Procrastination, the putting off until
tomorrow of tasks that could or should be done today, is related to
jen gua (commonly known as the Family area), because this is
the area of the ba gua associated with springtime and new beginnings,
and thus with the ability (or inability) to undertake new projects and
tasks.
Jen gua is located at the middle of the left side of a building or room
(if you follow the modern doorway orientation of the ba gua), or the
east sector if you use the compass. Habitual procrastinators would do
well to pay special attention to this area of their home, office, and
desk by:
1. Removing any clutter that has piled up here. This will free up space
and energy for those tasks awaiting attention.
2. Removing excess metal-type chi, such as round or metallic objects,
which will "cut down" the wood energy associated with this gua.
3. Strengthening wood chi with the addition of plants or green accessories,
and supporting it with water-type cures.
4. Setting up a workspace in jen gua, or storing current project materials/files
there.
5. Placing a small natural crystal on the jen gua area of the desk,
to help with focus and mental clarity.
6. Creating a prioritized checklist of what needs to be done, and keeping
it in a green manila or plastic folder on the left side of the desk.
Often, just putting yourself into motion is the biggest obstacle you'll
have to overcome. When you have addressed jen gua, and have gathered
your current tasks and thoughts, it will be easier to keep going until
you've accomplished what you set out to do and can mark it "done."
If you need more of an incentive, think of something with which to reward
yourself when your task is done. Find a picture of your reward, if appropriate,
or just write what it will be on a piece of paper, and place this reminder
in dui gua (the middle right, or west sector, of a space) which
is associated with autumn and with harvesting the rewards of the efforts
begun in jen gua's spring.
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Q:There are two doors to my bedroom. Which
one do I use for placing the ba gua?
A: Where there is more than one entry to a room, determining
how to orient the ba gua is based on the following factors (listed here
in order of importance):
1. Which doorway/entry is architecturally more prominent? Can you tell
which door the architect had in mind as the main entry to the room?
It might help to imagine that you were brought into the room blindfolded;
when the blindfold is removed and you look around, which door would
you go to first if you were looking for the main way out?
2. If the doors are the same size and appearance, think about traffic
flow. Chi flows where people go, so if one door is frequently used,
and the other is rarely used, the door used more often is the main one.
Please note that this rule applies only to interior rooms where multiple
entries are identical in size and prominence. This does NOT apply to
the ba gua for the house as a whole. For the entire house, the FRONT
door is always the main entry, even if it is rarely used and a secondary
door is used more often. (Some books say that you can treat a back door
as the main entry if it is the door you use all the time, but this is
NOT correct.)
3. If the doors are equal in size and in traffic, look at what part
of the house each entry leads to/from. Typically one entry will be to
a more active space, main hallway, or the front of the house, and the
other will lead to a smaller hallway, quieter or more "yin" area, or
to the back of the house. The entry that connects the room to the livelier,
louder, more public, or more "yang" parts of the house will be the main
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