'Recruiting" a Cure

There are times when a problem in feng shui cannot be cured.  when this is the case, you will need to 'recruit" a cure.  An example of how this process works can be seen in the case of the Davis family.  They were living in a rented house with a big tree growing directly in front of their entrance.  Although the tree was beautiful, the principles of feng shui indicated that it was blocking the flow of beneficial energy into their home, and they agreed that this felt true for them.  Because the landlord would not agree to removing the tree, and because they loved everything else about the house, they called me adn asked if there was anything they could do.  I offered several feng shui cures including the suggestion that they 'recurit' the tree.  I explained that this meant asking the tree for its help in solving the problem.  I told them to look at the tree as a home guardian, so that every time they entered or left their home they would know that their 'Guardian Tree" was providing a wonderful protective energy for them.  As soon as they did this, everyone in the home noticed an improvement.

Another man called because his window looked directly out on to a brick wall.  He told me that he felt as though he was always running into insurmountable obstacles in his life and he wondered if this was a feng shui problem related to the location.  I made a number of suggestions, but he wasn't enthusiastic about any of them.  Finally I asked him, 'What do the bricks represent to you?'  He stopped for a moment before saying, 'They represent stability and strength to me.'  i then suggested that he recruit the brick wall to support him, to be a source of stability and strength in his life.  I encouraged him to offer thanks to the wall for bringing these qualities to his life.  he later told me that almost immediately from the time he began to do this, his fortunes turned around.  He had recruited the wall as an ally to help him reach his dreams.

Communicating with Your Objects

When you first begin to use intuitive methods, they can seem strange or even bizarre.  However, when you buy something for your home because it intuitively 'feels" right, you will almost always gain more joy from it than from something you logically decided was best for your home.

Susan engaged in a 'conversation' with an old rocking chair that she was thinking about buying at a flea market.  The rocker 'told' her that it had spent many happy years in a large family.  Susan saw an image of a child pulling it out to a spot under a big willow tree in teh garden on a hot summer day.  She said that these associations with teh rocker made her feel good about bringing it into her home.  After doing so, seh asked it where it would like to be placed.  The rocker 'chose' a sunny corner next to a south facing window.  As eccentric and madcap as this method sounds, Susan said that using her intuition regarding the furniture and objects in her house brings a special energy into her home that wasn't there when she relied on her logical mind for domestic purchases.

Using Intention With Feng Shui

If you want to use feng shui to change your life, it's important to work from the inside out.  For example, just putting a bowl of nine goldfish in your home ( a traditional fengu shui wealth cure) will not make you wealthy if you have a deep subconscious belief that rich people are unhappy.  Because of a subconscious fear of being prosperous, you will continue to sabotage your efforts to increase your finances.  However, if you begin by releasing your inner blockages, then you can use feng shuit to reinforce yoru new direction and create magic in your life.

Also, combining your intention with a feng shuit cure magnifies its effect.  The human psyche responds to symbolic acts.  If you put one goldfish in your home with the absolutely clear intention that your abundance level will expand because of this action, your changes of being successful are dramatically higher than someone who puts fifty goldfish in their homewithout much thought and who only hopes they may become more prosperous.