Feng Shui in your living space

Feng Shui is the architecture knowledge and considered as Chinese version of Vastu. In fact, Feng Shui is based on the Taoist religion and it’s philosophy is based on lifestyle. Feng means wind and Shui means water indicating that scriptures are Air and Water based. The following are some helpful tips of Feng Shui –

According to Feng Shui a Dragon protects the home, so a sculpture or painting of dragon is a must.

Wind Chime is another positive object.  The slightest breeze would swing the clapper and cause a melodious tinkling and this infused mellow sound spreads positive energy in the home. In India during the second century and later in China extremely large pagodas became popular. At each corner small wind bells were hung to spread positive energy.

Home or office furniture should not be long, wide and large. Furniture should occupy less space.

According to Feng-Shui, a beautiful metal sculpture is essential in company’s conference hall.

Work place / Office space should be bright and well lit.

There should be any object leaning or bending over chair, sofa, bed, where you sit or sleep.

Greenery enhances the positive impact of Feng Shui. According to Feng Shui healthy and beautiful plants bring joy and enthusiasm in every corner of the house.

Withered or dried plants should be removed immediately. There should not be any pointy or prickly plants in front of the house. They only spread negative energy.

Why we visit places of worship, barefoot.

God is the divine power, for which a solution to our problems or fulfilling our desire is not impossible. Mere sight of God destroys our sins and increases our alms-deed. And that is why we visit the sacred places. However there are some rules to be followed by visitors. One such rule is to visit barefoot.

It is an essential tradition in the temple, to be barefoot. Devotees enter premises of different places of worship like Temples, Mosque, Guru dwara, by leaving the shoes behind.

There are many reasons to enter barefoot.

Holy places are constructed in such a way that they accrue positive energy at that location. A barefoot devotee absorbs that positive energy easily.

Not only it increases the positive energy of the devotee, it is also healthy for the devotee. Walking barefoot is like getting acupressure therapy. And we all know the benefit of acupressure.

Apart from this there is a religious point of view. Shoes carry dirt along and may breach the sanctity of the temple. For however short interval, we strip ourselves from physical comforts, while we are visiting the sacred location. This simple movement can be seen as penance.