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Book ReviewsMore reviews on other topics…
Feng ShuiFeng Shui
for Beginners I read this book in one night. I was so interested in the concepts of Feng Shui that I couldn’t put it down once I picked it up. Of course my excitement was a bit too over zealous and I jumped right to Chapter 8 “Feng Shui in the Home” (page 119). After I read this chapter I felt totally overwhelmed and immediately thought, “Why would anyone even do this? This is impossible! Everything is ‘wrong’ and the possibilities of ‘right’ is slim and none.” So, I pulled up my socks and turned to the front of the book and read it the way Richard wrote it. I found it to be explained extremely well. I totally got the concept and now it is not as foreboding as it seemed. I was blessed with the example of a “Tui” home being interpreted in Chapter 3 page 60. I live in that exact example! So Richard’s interpretation and suggestions were extremely useful to me and really assisted me in understanding this concept. All of the cautions and suggestions for building a new home are also quite significant for me since we are hoping to build a home in the next year. I will most certainly be looking for a home that faces SE and sits NW (Chien). I appreciated the remedies the most out of this entire book because since most homes aren’t made with Feng Shui in mind, it’s nice to know that we can “fix” whatever is influenced by a Shar. Everything that I learned from this book, from where to place wind chimes to keeping the bathroom door closed is so easy and practical to practice in my home. The Flying Star section seemed a bit too complicated for me but I feel that once I am practicing and using the Feng Shui and my mind gets used to the applications, then Flying Star will probably not seem so daunting. Right now however, I feel that I am on information overload. (but in a really good way!) Thank you for publishing this book and for blessing me with the opportunity to read it. Reviewed by:
I am not confused by the concept of feng shui anymore, this book takes the subject of feng shui and takes away the confusion and puts it into fairly simple terms that most people can understand. The author has spent many years learning about feng shui and wants to make it more approachable for the average person and I believe he has done that with this book. Many of the things in the book make so much sense, for instance when you buy a piece of art or furniture for your house and spend the next week finding the right spot. You keep changing or moving it until you feel right about where it is, well I found out “the perfect spot” was usually the correct spot in feng shui terms as well. We seem to have a sense of these things without even knowing it, which seems to give even more credence to whole concept. The author gives many simple fixes for they call “bad shars” or “bad chi” which can create bad luck or illness in the house, like putting a mirror in your entrance or in certain areas of your home, or changing the position of your furniture. It seems a little daunting to do your complete home and for some things he doesn’t give any fixes other than tearing it apart and redoing it. For instance, my stairs go straight down and face the door which lets all the good chi escape and he doesn’t give any quick fixes other that changing my stairs which is not possible considering the design of my home and the space available. He gives you many things to consider when you are buying a home and where to buy it, and also he gives you easy to follow rules so that you can find a peaceful home where you can be successful and healthy, but not many homes in North America are built with this in mind unlike Japan and China where everything is built that way. To change your entire home would take time and the drawing of many charts to find the right directions. ie: where is the best place for the bathroom, where you and you children should be sleeping within your home. I think even making the simple changes that are easy to do and adding some of the good chi items to your home makes a difference. It has in my home. All in all I think the book is worth the read and gives you simple fixes. If you do want to go all out, it will help you figure out where to start. Written by: Feng Shui in 5 Minutes Selena uses international “Dragon Door” Feng Shui. This form of Feng Shui doesn’t focus on directions; instead it focuses on much easier techniques to bring understanding and put it into function within your home or office. Selena concentrates on adding more positive Qi into your life. She doesn’t focus on what is wrong, rather she suggests the more positive aspects you add to your life, the more positive results you will begin to experience. I particularly like this because I truly believe that if we focus on the positive rather than the negative, we get much more done! She teaches you how to increase your Qi (pronounced chee) by adding colour, lucky charms, celestial cures etc. to your rooms in simple, easy to understand ways. She really takes the complication out of Feng Shui in a manner that I’ve never seen before. Also, her book is written in the style of questions and answers (almost 200 pages of them), which assists the reader to find their solution really quickly. I highly suggest that if you are interested in creating more harmony in your life, more peaceful co-existence within your family, more abundance and prosperity, more friendships and/or even a new love; you purchase a copy of this book. This isn’t a book to borrow or lend, it’s a book that you need to own; so you can refer to it’s pages immediately as situations arise or come to your attention which would benefit from a gentle ‘fix’. in light, Feng Shui in the
Garden I just finished this amazing book and I absolutely loved reading every word of it! Richard Webster is truly one of the great teachers of our time. Every time I read one of his books I completely understand the concept that he is attempting to teach me. His writing style is extremely easy to grasp and I always feel like I’m sitting in the same room with him and we are just chatting about Feng Shui. I appreciate the little reminders that he puts into this book saying not to run out and change stuff in your garden just yet, read some more of the book first. As an impulsive person this sentence was good for me to hear *giggle* cause it kept me reading and not digging. I discovered that my back yard is my secret garden. Surrounded by 20 foot cedars, I have complete privacy back there. My pond is in the good luck center which is excellent and my vegetable garden is in my marriage section. I was able to decide, with Richard’s assistance where to put my daughter’s digging section (in the children's area of course) and I was also able to see that I was neglecting my wealth center. I have been working on all my garden except this one corner. It was overgrown and just looked awful but I never had the desire to get in there. When I learned this is my wealth area I quickly spent the day out there, talking to my plants and asking them what they wanted me to do. I began by pruning some trees and then moved down to the ground cover. I feel that moving my metal plant stand into that section would be very auspicious indeed. Last night I sat in my secret garden and performed a prosperity spell. Thanking the Goddess for her assistance in my prosperity and officially acknowledging my wealth area. During my spell work I realized that the metal table I got at a garage sale this summer will be perfect in my wealth section since I am water and my husband is earth. Many books make feng shui confusing and complicated. If you find this statement to ring true for you, I cannot recommend Richard Webster’s books highly enough. At $9.95 US it’s a very affordable way to understand this complex philosophy. in light, |
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