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Poison
Arrows are one of the most fatal factors that need to
be avoided. Some basic and generic laws that you can
adopt inside and outside your house are:
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The front door should be easily accessible from the
road but should not be in a straight line with it.
Chi enters mainly through the front door.
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Bright lights just inside and outside the door are
excellent at inviting good Chi into the house, and
should be left on when it's dark. Bright light indicates
Yang, the one that is active and considered conducive
for living beings. In a similar vein, avoid badly
lit areas or houses very close to the cemetery as
this constitutes too much of Yin conducive for the
dead and spirits. Same applies to houses near hospitals.
It is preferable to avoid such houses too.
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Your entrance hall / living room should be well lit,
uncluttered and sparsely furnished so that the Chi
can curve and wander through in a meandering fashion.
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Once in your living room the Chi should meander around
slowly, aided by your furniture placement. It is best
if chairs and sofas are positioned around the edge
of the room - make sure none of them have their backs
to the door. Try not to make the TV the focus of attention
and keep the center of the room empty.
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Sift through all your possessions, think about what
each one means to you and banish all unnecessary clutter
so you clear a path through your home for the uninterrupted
flow of Chi.
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Avoid houses, which are on very low lying areas. The
Chi accumulated there has strong chances of getting
stagnated.
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From a psychology point of view, you may want to choose
your pictures carefully - avoid hunting scenes, lonely
windswept moors with solitary figures or sad connotations.
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Your front door should not have a view of the back
door (through your hallway) or the Chi will rush straight
through your home and be wasted. In other words, all
the points stress on bright, non-messy and organized
entrances as well as the living area. Isn't this more
of common sense and something that we always desire
to?
I
have deliberately not discussed about the remedial measures
as this could be potentially dangerous if not implemented
without a proper audit. It is appropriate that recommendations
are given after complete Feng Shui audit of the site in
question.
Having said that, lets now move to the deadly poison arrows
and other factors, which are to be definitely avoided.
Check every window in every room to see if any 'poison
arrows' are 'looking in'. These arrows, bring in negative
energy and could be in any one of the following forms:
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Solitary lamp-post, transmission tower, tall tree
outside the main door or in line with the vision of
the front door of the house.
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Neighboring rooftop sharply pointing towards your
house.
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Sharp corner of a building pointing at your house.
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Excessive sharp corners of furniture inside the house.
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Road coming straight at your main door.
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Road coming straight at your door and then suddenly
turning away towards right or left.
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Sitting or sleeping under a beam.
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Pointed plants, dry leaves, dead trees
Other
factors, which contribute to aggravating negative Chi,
are as below and equally needs to be avoided:
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Staircase leading directly into a house
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House at the junction of roads
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Confusion of more than two doors in a passage.
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Houses with missing corners, which are more than 1/3rd
of the total area.
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Pool in the center of the house.
These
were the general guidelines that one would adopt on a
surface level while deciding on a property. |
