The Mystic Traveler
All images courtesy of Minnie Kansman unless otherwise noted
By Minnie Kansman (Jan, 2017)
New Year’s Feng Shui With the New Year upon us, it is the optimum time to bring a sense of fresh energy into your home through the application of Feng Shui. True Feng Shui is the study of how we, as humans, interact with everything in our environments, and how to optimize those interactions. Our mood, energy level, health and even our finances are influenced by the spaces we occupy. A first step to understanding why this is true is to get a firm grasp of the concept of energy flow. In Feng Shui, this is called Chi. Chi is the life force that surrounds us all. It is in the atmosphere of our planet and cycles down to flow along the earth’s surface, embracing us with a blanket of energy. This is the life force that enters our homes to breathe life into them. Chi is also equated with cash flow, so if that motivates you to apply these ideas, all the better!
Life force enters your home from the land mainly through your architectural front door. Think of your home as a rather large head, and the windows are its eyes, and this door is its mouth. Your home is energetically “fed” through this “Mouth of Chi.” The Feng Shui goal here is to attract the best quality of life force into your home as possible. Here are some ways to do that:
Use it—it is really super important that you are using this front door entrance on a regular basis. How will the house get fed if you never open the door? With so many homes designed now with attached garages, our front doors often become neglected. Think of activities like getting the mail or walking
Star Nations Magazine • January 2021 • 30
