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Table of Contents
From the Book - 2nd ed.
Intro
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
About This Book
Conventions Used in This Book
What You're Not to Read
Foolish Assumptions
How This Book Is Organized
Part 1: Getting Started: Feng Shui Made Clear
Part 2: Energizing Your Home's Exterior
Part 3: Feathering the Nest: Nurturing and Nourishing Indoor Spaces
Part 4: Going to the Next Level: Using Feng Shui for Life Change
Part 5: The Part of Tens
Icons Used in This Book
Where to Go from Here
Part 1 Getting Started: Feng Shui Made Clear
Chapter 1 Discovering the World of Feng Shui
Demystifying Feng Shui
The Meaning of the Term Feng Shui
Ancient Chinese Secrets: The Big-Picture View of Feng Shui
Unearthing Basic Feng Shui Principles
Yin and yang
The Three Realms of Influence
Five top factors affecting your fortune
Understanding the Schools of Feng Shui
Landform and Compass Method Feng Shui
Grandmaster Lin Yun's Feng Shui school
Distinguishing the schools from each other
Looking at Feng Shui Factors That You Can Use to Your Advantage
Finding Life Solutions with Feng Shui
Selecting a Feng Shui approach
Choosing the Life Areas to improve
Taking steps to Feng Shui success with a range of available cures
Getting Additional Help
Chapter 2 Mastering the Principles of Feng Shui
Chi: The Energy of Feng Shui
The Types of Chi
The chi of the heavens
The chi of the Earth
The chi of homes and living environments
The chi of humans
The Flows of Chi
The ideal chi state for the physical body
The ideal chi state for the home
The positive and negative traits of chi flow
Cultivating Chi
Benefits and rewards of chi cultivation
Eight factors that affect your personal chi
Positioning: Your Place in the Scheme of Things.
Understanding the Theory of Relative Positioning
Using the Commanding Position method
Presenting the Three Life Pillars
Recognizing the importance of the entry
Improving the place of rest and rejuvenation
Activating your home's energy generator
The Psychology of Feng Shui
Know that improvement is possible in any situation (especially yours)
Maximize your current situation
Recognize that you're the center of the equation
Choose to take action
Be open to change and receiving the new
Basic Pointers for Feng Shui Success
Chapter 3 Unveiling the Secrets of the Octagon
Discovering the Magic of the Octagon
The Helpful People Area of the Octagon
The Career Area of the Octagon
The Knowledge Area of the Octagon
The Family Area of the Octagon
The Wealth Area of the Octagon
The Fame Area of the Octagon
The Marriage Area of the Octagon
The Children Area of the Octagon
The Health Area of the Octagon
Orienting the Octagon
Placing the Octagon on your home's main floor plan
Placing the Octagon upstairs and down
Placing the Octagon on other spaces
Troubleshooting Octagon Placement
Missing areas and projections
Entrances with turns
Angled entrances
Complex or oddly shaped floor plans
Changing Your Life with the Octagon
Chapter 4 Picking Up Your Feng Shui Tools
So What Is a Feng Shui Cure?
Motivations for performing Feng Shui cures
Five types of Feng Shui cures
Using the Three Phases of Your Cures
Phase I: Setting the intention for the cure
Phase II: Performing the physical activity of the cure
Phase III: Reinforcing your intention and activity with spiritual energy
Opening the Feng Shui Toolbox: Creating Your Cures
Creating positive placement
Adding what's needed, minor and otherwise
Adjusting by repairing, cleaning, and changing.
Using ceremony to create new energy states
Making personal Feng Shui adjustments
Employing meditative methods
Making Minor Additions to Bring about Major Changes
Light cures
Sound cures
Living cures
Water cures
Color cures
Mobile cures
Weight cures
Bamboo flute cures
Powered cures
Fragrance cures
Touch cures
Chapter 5 Harnessing the Energies of the Five Elements
The Energies of the Five Elements
The energy of Wood: Growth
The energy of Fire: Expansion
The energy of Earth: Stability
The energy of Metal: Contraction
The energy of Water: Stillness
Placing the Five Elements in Your Environment According to the Octagon
The Cycles of the Five Elements
The Creative Cycle of the Five Elements
The Destructive Cycle of the Five Elements
Creator and Offspring Elements
Using the Five Elements in Different Cure Methods
Method I: Placing Elements in their natural locations
Method II: Removing or counteracting offending Elements
Method III: Utilizing Creator and Offspring Elements for added power
Method IV: Combining all the Elements for power and creativity
Applying Five Elements Cures for Life Change
Chapter 6 Tapping the Inner Power of Feng Shui
Introducing the Outer and Inner Aspects of Feng Shui
Discovering the Magic of Intention
Applying the Power of Intention to Cures
Know exactly what you want
Have the right attitude and motivation
See and feel the result before it happens
Believe completely that the result will happen
Relax and allow the results to happen
Revealing the Secrets of the Three Secrets Reinforcement
Defining the Three Secrets Reinforcement
Performing cures with the Reinforcement
Frequently Asked Questions about the Three Secrets Reinforcement.
In what order should I perform the three steps of the Reinforcement?
How long should my Reinforcements take?
Is how I'm thinking and feeling during the Reinforcement important?
How do I know whether I'm doing the Reinforcement right?
How many times do I need to perform the Reinforcement?
Part 2 Energizing Your Home's Exterior
Chapter 7 Harnessing Nature's Power to Enhance Your Outdoor Spaces
Looking around the Neighborhood
Reading the chi of a neighborhood or place
Noticing how street energy charges your home
Enjoying the ideal street situation
Curing street problems
Investigating and Curing Potential Nearby Negatives
Understanding types of nearby negatives
Performing cures for nearby negatives
Eliminating Home and Lot Problems
Too close for comfort
Whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Problematic neighbors
Sitting Pretty: Ideal and Not-So-Ideal Home Positioning
Diagnosing and treating problems with your home's location on the lot
Positioning your home topographically
Living high up or down low from the road
Diffusing projecting roof ridges
Curing poison arrows
Enlivening Your Lot with Healthy Trees and Plants
Introducing bamboo, the all-purpose plant
Utilizing positive tree energies
Employing helpful tree-selecting hints
Avoiding negative tree situations
Curing dead or dying trees
Using Color to Empower the Life Areas of Your Property
Engaging the Power of Water
Moving water brings flow
The soothing and clarifying effects of still water
Positioning Outbuildings
Who's that sneaking 'round my back door?
Stuffed shed syndrome
Honey, I shrunk the view
What's so draining?
Chapter 8 Making the Most of Your Lot and Home Shape
Discovering What Shapes Mean to You
Enjoying Balance: The Positive Effects of Symmetrical Shapes.
Living foursquare: Squares and rectangles
Round and round: Circles and octagons
Defining Projections and Missing Areas
Hey, are you projecting?
Oops! My areas are missing!
Locating Projections and Missing Areas
Using the 50 Percent Rule: Remembering the importance of "less than half"
Using the 33 Percent Rule
Enhancing the Benefits of Projections
Curing Missing Areas
Exterior solutions for missing home areas
Interior solutions for missing home areas
Cures for missing lot areas
Fixing Irregular Home and Lot Shapes
L-shaped and boot-shaped homes
Cleaver home shapes
Dustpan and money purse lot shapes
Triangular home and lot shapes
Angled lot side
Multicornered and other oddly shaped lots
Chapter 9 Open Sesame! Creating a Welcoming Entry
Recognizing the Importance of the Front Door and Foyer
Dealing with Driveway Issues
Positive driveway conditions
Problematic driveway conditions and their solutions
Clearing the Way to the Front Door for Natural Chi
Solving the hidden front door dilemma
Curing common outdoor stairway dilemmas
Dealing with pesky approach issues
Making the Most of the Mouth of Chi
Knowing the principles of the ideal front door
Solving front door problems
Changing your luck with front door colors
Moving On In: Mastering Interior Entryway Problems and Solutions
An upward-leading interior stairway that faces the front door
A downward-leading interior stairway that's directly in line with the front door
A mandarin duck stairway
A split view upon entering
Being Aware of Continual First Impressions
Examining features of the ideal entrance
Entering regularly other than through the front door
Handling two separate doors on the front of the home
Part 3 Feathering the Nest: Nurturing and Nourishing Indoor Spaces.
Chapter 10 Reinventing Your Home's Layout.
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