Our physical environment can affect our ability to manifest what we want.

[I Have A Dream]

If you watched The Secret, you may remember the wealthy, successful young man who was having problems with his love life, and it turned out that at least part of his problem was some of the artwork with which he had surrounded himself. When he changed this artwork, his love life drastically improved.

Feng Shui teaches the same thing.

Why Feng Shui?

Feng Shui awakens a clear view of what is needed and what is appropriate to correct and balance disharmony in our environment and in ourselves. It has been used for 5000 years.

By understanding the environment as a perfect expression of our spiritual and psychological states, Feng Shui methods create a new beginning, repair what has been spoiled, and increases what is already good. By both adjusting our environments and adjusting ourselves, we enliven and inspire the continual process of transformed being. Feng Shui practitioners play the role of designer, healer, priest, psychologist (therapist), financial advisor, business consultant, and match maker.

Feng Shui's exact English translation means wind and water -- two very powerful forces of energy in the universe. The wind is the chi, or energy, and the water is the vessel which holds it. The natural flow of energy has been drastically interrupted by man-made structures such as bridges, highways, and high-rise buildings. This disrupted energy moves either too quickly or too slowly to be properly absorbed and can cause stress, making us feel overwhelmed, confused, and restless. Feng Shui is a way to harmoniously balance the existing energy around us so we are fully present, relaxed and able to receive the easy flow of life’s blessings.

Feng Shui involves the intuitive and aesthetic adjustment of visible and invisible objects or factors so that all dimensions of the environment are aligned into harmony and balance. This is called “the Chinese art of placement”. By clearing our space of clutter and thoughtfully placing meaningful objects into our home or work place, we can manifest the world we want and shift our lives to a new and higher vibration with purpose and clear intention.

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http://www.cinnabardesign.com/whyfengshui.htm

Feng Shui is just one method of correcting problems with our physical environment. I'm sure that even just getting rid of clutter can make a real difference.

Is it possible that your phyiscal environment is interfering with your manifestation efforts? It's worth some thought.

[SeattleGirl]

1. I have absolutely NO DOUBT that my environment is interfering

with some of my manifestation efforts. However, I am, bit by bit, doing things to clean stuff up. One thing I really need to do is jettison a lot of stuff that has accumulated in the storage area of the basement.

[Rock_Garden]

2. Yay, Feng Shui!

Of all the things I've studied and used, Feng Shui is surely in the top 5, as far as giving me a measurable result in physical reality.

As far as I can tell, it's using physical objects to state an intention, which helps that intention manifest in the physical world. You move an object, and it stays where you put it, which gives the intention the static quality needed to help manifestation.

And you can do a general study of Feng Shui, getting a great deal of benefit from it, or go into a lot of depth, just as you choose. Either way, it's well worth the time. I just love Feng Shui, and it's changed my life for the better.

And I plan to paint my front door a vibrant color (as soon as it's a bit warmer). That door is the entrance to my career sector, so it's vital that it look welcoming, to help usher in good fortune. The traditional color to paint it is red, but I'm not a very traditional girl. I'm thinking of painting it some form of lavender, so that my career will also get infused with spirituality. Using color with feng shui makes me woozy with delight!

[Why Syzygy]

3. Glad you started this link!

Feng Shui keeps showing up on my radar field. I used to have a book and have looked in vain for sites that give more information. That is until today. Found this:
http://fengshui.about.com/od/?once=true&
http://fengshui.about.com/od/glossaryofterms/g/bagua.htm

And the DU threads you mentioned:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=245&topic_id=752&mesg_id=752
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=245&topic_id=4747&mesg_id=4747
These showed up in search. There may be more, but I can't get into Archives for some reason.

Now that I've got the About site, I'm going to use this information. Someone in this forum got me interested in the flylady site, and my place needs a major do over.