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Life is full of challenges.
At work, at home and in dealing with our own personal development we often make
huge efforts and invest a lot of our time and energy to get where we want to be. We
are taught that change requires sacrifice, involves lots of hard work and is generally a
stressful experience.
More often than not, it is overly difficult because most people apply a strategy to
change that is counter-productive. Instead of focusing on the solution, we tend to
concentrate on the problem, and instead of creating powerful change from within,
most of the time we are simply reacting to influences from without.
This is also the reason why we so often feel we are going “against the current” and are
struggling through life.
I help people change by teaching them about energy, both internal and external.
Internal energy begins with your thoughts and external energy can be changed
through feng shui. By changing your internal and external energy, you can live the life
you have always envisioned.
This book is written for you, to provide you with the tools that will help you to implement
change in a much easier and smoother way. It teaches you about the amazing
powers of Feng Shui and its impact on environmental energy, and talks about your
very own personal energy, which is largely controlled by your thoughts. Learn how to
use positive energy to your advantage - how it works, how it affects you and how you
can apply your knowledge to successfully create the life of your dreams.
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Find out what causes the roadblocks that prevent you from achieving what you want.
Learn through Feng Shui how you can ensure that your environmental energy supports
your goals and efforts. Understand the incredible power available within yourself and
how to put it to work, and discover the true passion and purpose in your life!
You can do it. Take the first step and start changing your life today!
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Table of Contents
Life is full of challenges. .................................................................................................................. 2
What is energy and how does it affect us? ..................................................................................... 5
How can being aware of energy help change your life? ................................................................. 6
The power of thought ..................................................................................................................... 7
Start looking at your life and your experiences from an energetic point of view .......................... 8
Create a harmonious environment ................................................................................................. 9
The principles of Feng Shui ........................................................................................................... 10
How to get started ........................................................................................................................ 11
The Five elements ......................................................................................................................... 12
The Bagua chart ............................................................................................................................ 14
Feng Shui Colors ............................................................................................................................ 18
Start the Transformation ......................................................................................................................... 23
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What is energy and how does it affect us?
Energy is part of our lives and it is all around us.
Physical energy, made up of electromagnetic
waves and static, is the energy present in our
environment. There is also our spiritual energy,
often called aura, spirit or soul, which are just
words used to describe our personal energy or
vibration.
Our personal energy and the physical energy
around us influence how we think, feel and act.
Once our spiritual and environmental energies
are in harmony, we feel complete and
balanced. Negative and unpleasant feelings
and situations are very often caused by
disturbances in the energy flow.
Did you know how you dress, style your hair and update your wardrobe are all
reflections of the energy inside of you? A happy smile for example gives off so much
positive energy that the person you smile at nearly automatically smiles back. The
same concept is at work when you are worried and think of problems. Those thoughts
send out “stay away messages” to people who are feeling good and unfortunately
attract people who are worrying into our lives. It makes sense to consciously start
thinking about the effect your thoughts are having on your goals. Ask yourself, “is this
thought attracting what I want in life”?
You are an energetic being and your thoughts are the most effective way you vibrate
and send energy into the universe. Change your thoughts and you change your life.
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If you want to be successful and attract better jobs, more money and happier
relationships, you need to look at your own personal energy. Be aware of the
energetic vibrations you are sending out to the universe, and especially to those
around you.
How can being aware of energy help change your life? Once you understand how energy works, you can learn how to influence and control
it.
Our thoughts are a powerful source of energy. While most people don’t realize this,
thoughts create vibrations. What you think and how strongly you feel about your
thoughts is reflected in the energy that is being sent out to the universe and that will
return to you in similar form.
You can control your thoughts and begin to focus on
what you want in life rather than continue focusing on
all that is wrong. Are your thoughts creating
unwanted outcomes in your life? If so, you need to
understand you can focus your thoughts in a way that
bring about positive change in your life. You have the
power and ability to create the life you want, rather
than live a life that is determined and influenced by
factors you assumed were not in your control.
Many people live life by reacting to what they observe in their environment as well as
other people’s requests and demands. As they observe an unwanted situation, they
absorb the negative thought and energy that accompanies it. What happens as a
result is you attract more unwanted experiences.
Ask yourself, what do I think about 51% of the time or more? Are they happy, eager,
enthusiastic, joyous thoughts and feelings? Or are they better described as desperate
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thoughts, worries, concerns, disappointments and fears? There is a good chance you
are not thinking of what you like or focusing on what you want, but concentrating on
what you DON’T want. Consequently, these are the vibrations you are sending out
and what you are attracting.
Real change will be much easier once you become aware of the remarkable power
within all of us and within you: The power of thought.
The power of thought Thoughts are created in your mind and are usually based on your life experiences and
the things you were taught. Your thoughts reflect your personal view and assessment
of a situation. That’s why what we consider “reality” or “facts” is truly only a belief or
thought we kept thinking long enough for it to become ingrained. Our perception of
reality is our own very individual perception of things, based on the influences we are
exposed to in our individual lives.
This, however, also means that we
have the power to choose whether
we view an experience as positive or
negative. We can even transform an
experience from negative to positive
with the power of thought. It is your
decision whether to view a glass of
water as half full or half empty,
whether you think about a rainy day as grey and frustrating, or cozy and beautiful,
and whether you allow someone else’s comments or behavior to frustrate you or not.
You can learn how to turn unhappy and bad thoughts into positive and good
thoughts by focusing on a different outcome. It is similar to watching T.V. or listening to
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the radio, if you don’t like the program you simply switch the station. You can literally
do the same with your thoughts!
Understanding the connection between your vibrations, which is the energy you are
giving off, and your experiences is the key to change. If you are not sure about your
next step, be still and listen. Your feelings are the surest indicator of your energy
vibration, as they will always and instantly let you know whether you feel good or bad
about something.
That does not mean you always have to give in to your immediate emotion, but you
can purposefully influence your thought process and what’s going on in your mind. If
you are unhappy about something, focus on positive, uplifting thoughts. They will help
you generate the vibrations you need to convey in order to attract what you want
into your life. It requires a little practice in the beginning, but with time it will become
easier and easier.
By the way, energy is not only restricted to individuals - communities, neighborhoods
and workplaces all have energy that is unique to them. This is why you sometimes
walk into a room or situation and you immediately feel at home, comfortable and
welcome. Other times your instinct is to flee!
Start looking at your life and your experiences from an energetic point of view Have you ever asked yourself “Why did that just happen?” after
a sudden unexpected quarrel with someone? It very likely came
about because of a scenario like this: You met a person whose
day at work was filled with negative energy and he or she
absorbed it all day long. At the time you met, you were thinking
about something unwanted or negative as well. Both your
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energies collided and you found yourselves in an unpleasant situation.
Why do you feel bad? You only feel bad when you think negative thoughts. Feelings
and emotions are always a result of your thoughts. Have you ever felt terrific when
thinking a horrible thought? No! That is because your emotions are directly linked to
your thoughts. You can influence your emotions and your energy through your
thoughts.
Sometimes negative energy comes from or is in your environment, and while you can
control most energy, you cannot control it all. However, even in such a case you are
not without power. Over time, with determination and effort, you will be able to
influence your thoughts and beliefs to the point of strengthening your energy, so that it
acts as a protective shield.
In order to live a life of happiness, you need to align and balance your energy in all
areas of your life.
Many people have managed to create harmony in some areas of their lives but not in
others. They have a great relationship but feel unfulfilled in their work, or they have a
thriving career but feel unhappy about the lack of love and intimacy in their lives.
To feel good and whole, humans need balance in all aspect of their lives. If something
is lacking, they feel a strong urge to take action to satisfy that need. If they cannot
close the gap, they unfortunately often turn to drugs, alcohol, verbal or physical
abuse, overeating and other measures they feel will help ease their pain.
Create a harmonious environment Bringing balance and good energy into your life is the key to the secret of happiness
and success. But how do you start? By laying the foundation to create a supportive
environment.
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As energy seeks and attracts like energy, a clean, spacious and well-lit environment
invites positive energy. Unfavorable conditions such as clutter, dirt and chaos open the
door to invite negative energy. This principle applies in your home as well as at the
office. By simply getting rid of clutter, you shift the energy of a space and that sets in
motion the positive flow of new energy in your environment. Try it out and see for
yourself. Sit down to a clean, clear office desk and suddenly the work load does not
seem that overwhelming anymore, or get rid of the clutter in your living room and
notice how something feels different and better when you enter.
The principles of Feng Shui A powerful tool to help you create positive energy in your environment is Feng Shui
(pronounced “Fung Shway”). It’s the ancient Chinese art of bringing balance,
harmony and comfort into your life. Through a number of techniques and approaches
it examines the placement of things and objects in your direct surroundings and looks
at how they interact with and influence your personal energy flow.
In traditional Chinese culture, all things and creatures are seen as part of a natural
order in a universe that is alive and constantly moving and changing, and each
creature and thing in this environment is equally alive as it holds and gives off energy.
Feng Shui (feng is the word for wind, and shui the word for water) is the Chinese term
used to describe the two natural elements present everywhere on earth and
fundamental to our survival. Ever since the dawn of mankind, the qualities and flow of
wind and water have influenced our climate, food supply, lifestyle, health and energy.
This is why the essence of these pivotal elements is described in Chinese as “chi”, or
“life force” and is also often translated with “energy flow”.
By applying Feng Shui, you create a sense of harmony and positive energy in your
environment, which helps you improve your physical and mental health and invites
abundance and with it prosperity into your life.
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It also assists you in avoiding or blocking off negative energy that might otherwise
have bad effects. A free and unobstructed circulation of “chi” in your environment
can truly make an amazing difference in your life.
Once you understand the principals, even as a Feng Shui beginner, you can
implement simple changes that are really effective in transforming the “feeling” and
energy of your space and in creating a more stress free environment.
If energy flows gently and smoothly through the space that you live, sleep, relax and
work in, you have an environment that supports you, that is balanced and harmonious
and that provides the ideal foundation for a life with considerably less stress and
obstacles. As a result you can focus on your happiness and life goals and transform
your life.
How to get started A true understanding of Feng Shui comes from experimenting and trying out the
different principles and letting the results speak for themselves.
Feng Shui is not meant for you to blindly follow a set
of rules, or to listen to lectures and believe
everything that has been said. It is however a
powerful method of becoming more aware of your
environment, to pay attention, and to see what
impact certain changes have on your life and the
way you feel and act. Feng Shui is based on simple,
practical techniques that help you attract more
favorable circumstances into your life.
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To get started, just follow the five Feng Shui tips below:
Open your mind to new possibilities and enjoy a different way of looking at
change
Get clear on your intentions and focus on what you want
Refresh the energy around you by getting rid of everything you don’t use or
love.
Clean, declutter and organize your home.
Take your time and purposefully start making adjustments – one after the other.
The Five elements
As within many other Chinese teachings and arts, Feng Shui also uses the five
elements. They are Water, Wood, Fire, Earth and Metal and, used in that same
sequence, are believed to increase the flow of energy:
Water is necessary to grow plants, and the largest plants are trees, which create
Wood that is needed to feed
Fire that turns to ash and becomes
Earth that, over time, gets harder and harder and turns into
Metal that promotes condensation and produces
Water
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It is recommended to use all the elements in a space. Make sure you don’t have too
much of one element, but combine the elements to increase the flow of energy in a
space.
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The Bagua chart The traditional Bagua chart is an essential tool of Feng Shui. It is used for reading the
different areas in your home – which all correspond to certain aspects of your life – to
determine the areas that are lacking balance and chi, good energy flow, and to
show where there are spaces or areas that need improvements because they are
blocking or inviting negative energy.
The following map is a very simple and basic Bagua chart.
To use it, simply lay out your floor plan and place the chart over it. Align the bottom
edge so that it can be read assuming you are standing at your front door and looking
in. Depending on where your front door is actually located, this could mean that the
entrance is either located in the knowledge, career or helpful people section.
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For offices or individual rooms, align the bottom of the chart as described above and
then work out which areas of your room correspond with which areas of your life.
Identify which areas you want to change and then implement the appropriate
physical changes to your space.
There are nine individual areas on the Bagua chart that relate to different aspects of your life.
Career and Journey
As the name already implies, this area of your home or room relates to your
career path and your life journey. If you feel stuck or limited, it is time to
enhance this section of your living space. Close to the front entrance, this is an
area that should be free of clutter, so that energy can flow freely though it, and
with it your life can move more easily in its desired direction. A water image or a
water fountain in this area will help, as clean, clear water supports success and
a healthy cash flow in your life.
Helpful People and Travel
This area, located in the energetic section of your home, supports and attracts
help and assistance. It’s a special area that should be treated with love and
attention and might be the ideal location for a small “shrine” decorated with
beautiful objects that are meaningful to you. If the “helpful people” area has no
positive energy or is blocked, you will feel lonely and unsupported. This area also
relates to travel and places you want to travel to - it assists during travel and
ensures everything goes smoothly.
Creativity And Children
By enhancing this area, you can improve your creativity and your relationship
with children. It supports pregnancy, your wish of conceiving a baby and
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improves your interaction with children. It helps you experience more joy,
overcome creative blocks and deter the aging process. Enhancements for this
area are items that are playful, creative and colorful – objects that ignite
creativity or awaken “the child within you”.
Relationships and Love
Enhance this area if you want to get over your fear of commitment, attract the
ideal partner, contemplate marriage or want to have more harmonious
relationships with friends, relatives or co-workers. Place images and symbols of
happy couples or groups of people in this section and avoid objects of
individual people or things. Fresh flowers, symbols of romantic experiences,
candles, mirrors and sensual sounds help you become open-hearted and
attract loving harmonious relationships into your life.
Fame and Reputation
Self-worth, self-expression and how others perceive you are reflected in this area
of the Bagua map. Here is where your core values are reflected, your honesty
and integrity. This is the spot to enhance if you are looking to improve your
business and your reputation, and receive acknowledgement and recognition.
To strengthen this aspect of your life, embellish this area or room with lots of
natural light, accomplishments like diplomas and awards, and symbols of your
goals. Color, especially red, is a great way to express intensity and passion.
Abundance and Prosperity
This area presents material wealth and prosperity, but also peace, happiness
and gratitude, good fortune and blessings - abundance in every aspect. This is
a good place for water features, to put an aquarium with fish, ornaments, or
images and objects that convey quality and valuable possessions. This is a great
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area to use rich, abundant colors like purple, gold, green and red to attract
good fortune and to manifest wealth.
Family and Elders
The family area influences your health, your relationship with your family, your
parents, ancestors, heritage and the foundations of your life. If you need to
improve family relationships, want to enhance your physical and mental health,
and increase your vitality and strength to deal with challenges, or you want to
transform your life, this is a great place to add wood and water elements. Water
elements will help you release everything that does not support your goals and
wood elements add flexibility, intuition and expansion. This is the ideal space for
plants and images presenting nature, and happy and healthy people.
Skills and Knowledge
This is the area for skills, learning, attracting new opportunities, creativity, inner
guidance and for finding your strength. It is a good place for gray tones
reflecting earth energy and to have images of mountains, symbols of stillness
and resourcefulness, and photos of yourself. This section of your house or room is
an ideal library or study.
Health Center
This is the center of everything and the place where all areas of your life come
together. It is the most important section of the Bagua map and the place to
bring balance and well-being into your life. By enhancing this area you will see
improvement in all other aspects of your life. The health center should be a
space that is peaceful, clean and clutter free, and would be a perfect place to
meditate.
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Feng Shui Colors One of the easiest ways to
create balance and harmony
is the use of color and as such
it also plays an important role in
Feng Shui. Color influences and
affects our emotions, our mood
and state of mind. It transforms
the energy of a space or room
and can be either uplifting,
support relaxation, healing and
stress reduction, or it can be used to create the opposite – vibration, energy and
excitement. Clever use of color can make a small room feel more spacious and a
large room cozier.
Experimenting with color is fun and it is also very personal and individual. When
deciding for a particular color, it is best to follow your intuition. Consider the purpose of
the room and the particular atmosphere and mood you want to create and choose
the color that achieves the desired results and that resonates most with your personal
energy.
Choose colors that support the place you live. If you live in a cold country, you will
probably feel most comfortable with warm, comforting colors, and if you live in a hot
Mediterranean country you are probably longing for cool, refreshing colors. Light is
also an important factor in creating an uplifting atmosphere.
In Feng Shui each color is an expression of one of the five Feng Shui Elements.
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They are:
Red, strong yellow, orange, purple and pink for Fire
Light yellow, sandy, light brown for Earth
White and gray for Metal
Blue and black for Water
Green and brown for Wood
Red
Red is the color that stands for energy, excitement, vitality and dominance. It is an
emotionally intense color that stimulates and is related to fire, power and passion. Red
motivates, conveys activity and gets you going in achieving a goal. Red reduces the
size of rooms and increases the size of objects. It is not a good color for a room you use
to relax or to rest in, but a great color for an exercise or work room.
Yellow
Yellow is the color nearest to light and sun, and the color that is always noticed first by
the human eye. It leaves a satisfying, warming and stimulating impression. It is
associated with optimism, creativity, praise, sincerity and harmony, and stands for
enlightenment and happiness. It is good for concentration and clarity of thought and
therefore an excellent color to use in an office. It is a great color to use in any room or
area you use to welcome people and make them feel comfortable and uplifted.
Green
The color green affects us mentally and physically in providing a relaxing, soothing
and harmonious environment. It is associated with that which is restful and refreshing,
and stimulates feelings of hope, growth, balance, and healing. Especially in nature it
reminds of abundance and new beginnings. As it is a symbol of purification and
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renewal a bright light green makes a great color for a bathroom or as an uplifting
color in a winter garden or a treatment room.
Blue
Right next to green, blue is overwhelmingly the favorite of all colors. It is the color of
boundless skies and endless oceans and is therefore perceived as a constant in our
lives. It conveys stability, calmness and serenity. Blue is a cool color and linked with
peacefulness, contemplation, gentleness and patience. It evokes spirituality and
stimulates you to seek inner truth. Not all shades of blue are ideal, if overused some of
them might come across as uncaring and cold. A warm, light blue is good for a
meditation area, bed- and treatment rooms. It is a good color to make spaces seem
larger.
Purple
Purple is the uplifting combination of blue’s calm and red’s stimulation. It calms the
mind and nerves and encourages creativity. It is very often found to be the favorite
color of eccentric persons and is associated with passion, excitement, and motivation.
Purple stimulates our spiritual perspective and intuition. A strong, vibrant purple can
easily become overpowering, but the lighter lavender or lilac tone is excellent in rooms
that are used for meditation or as treatment rooms.
Pink
Bright pink is linked to youthfulness, lightheartedness and excitement, and rich vibrant
pinks to sensuality and passion. Like the color red it stimulates, encourages action and
confidence, and is associated with happiness and romance.
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Orange
Orange is a powerful and cheerful color that invites social gatherings and gets people
stimulated and communicating. It is an uplifting, happy color that spreads
cheerfulness, optimism and confidence. It inspires change, motivation and risk-taking.
It is a great color to support rejuvenation and to increase energy. Orange radiates
warmth and frees the spirit and is therefore a great color for a room where people
gather to socialize, have fun and be creative, and it is great for spaces and offices
where new projects are planned and carried out.
Brown
Brown conveys stability, structure and support. It’s an earthy color that relates to
support, safety and a sense of belonging. It is a color for simplicity, practicality and
quality and is a good color to be used in studies. Overusing brown or using a very
intense brown can also be dull, heavy and boring.
White
White is the color of perfection, as it reflects purity, innocence and wholeness. It invites
new beginnings, awakens creativity and growth and stands for cleanliness and
freshness. Depending on how it is used, it can also create a cold and sterile
atmosphere that feels uninviting and unfriendly. White stands for clinical and clean
and gives the impression of efficiency and competence. It is a great color for kitchens
and bathrooms, but not a good color for children’s rooms and bedrooms.
Black
Black is secretive and mysterious and the color of the unknown. Black hides and is the
absence of light. If reflects on the inner world, and protects from external emotional
stress. Black is a powerful color that intimidates, masks fear and insecurities and
creates barriers. Black absorbs negative energy, but too much of it can also cause
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depression and mood swings, and a room with predominantly black colors can also
create a negative environment. Teenagers often choose black as their preferred
color, as it assists them in their transition from childhood to adulthood. It offers them a
way to hide from the world, while they find their own unique identity. Black also stands
for strengths and control, beginnings and endings.
These are the basic colors, but of course the Feng Shui color chart represents much
more. The intensity and the lighter or darker shade of a color can make a huge
difference in the way you feel and perceive colors in a room. To find the right match, it
helps to sit down quietly in a room, feel the atmosphere and energy in it and envision
what impact a certain color would have. The Feng Shui chart is a helpful tool to finding
the perfect color.
Walls are not the only way to invite color in your environment. Crystals or prisms are
another possibility to introduce the magic of color into your life. Place them in a sunny
window or glass door and enjoy the rainbow of colors that radiate in the light. Another
great way to add color to your space is by draping fabrics with bright, rich colors over
furniture or even across a wall, or by decorating with colored glass in different places
for an accent.
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Now that you have prepared your environment for change and positive energy, start the transformation!
Remember that:
What you think affects the energy inside and around you, so think good thoughts
that support your goals.
Our minds are like tools. You can use your mind to create the life you want.
Your feelings indicate whether you are on the right track with your thoughts
If you are not sure about something, listen to your inner voice.
It will let you know whether it feels “right” or “wrong”. If your thoughts trigger bad
feelings because of experiences you had in the past, you don’t have to give in;; you
are able to transform the thought and feeling.
Your environment matters – ensure it supports positive energy flow
Prepare the foundation for change and create an environment that supports your
goals and plans. De-clutter, clean, get rid of everything that blocks your energy and
holds you back. Go ahead and start a new, exciting life.
Let go of the past.
Let go of any situation, past or present, that cannot be undone or changed and look
forward to your future. Let the universe know that you are ready for change and to live
the life that you always dreamed of.
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Focus on what you want, articulate it in detail and envision it as if you are already
there.
Visualize your dreams, feel like you have already accomplished your goals and you
will send powerful messages and energetic vibrations to the universe that will
attract the assistance and support you need to manifest your new life.
Let the law of attraction work for you and change your life – Today!
For more tools to successful change, visit Lynn’s Life Essentials at
www.lynnsle.com