This list is just a starting point and will probably frustrate those who want to focus on colors and cures. It’s my belief that the philosophical, ethical, and moral precepts must be understood first.  Historical background, scientific advances, and psychological awareness and spiritual practices are all helpful to know as well, if you wish to really understand ‘feng shui’.   I hope to add to this list as my classes expand. Free lecture Feb 23, 2012. 

The List:

Tao te Ching

I Ching (I recommend: Carol Anthony’s Guide to:)

The Geodetic World Map by Chris McRae

The Power of Place by Winifred Gallagher – great!

The Psychology of AstroCartogGraphy

The Living Earth Manual of Feng Shui….an introduction to geomancy

The Way of Feng Shui

Astro-locality Maps

Working with local Space

Planets in Locality: a bible for compass-school practitioners

Vaastu

Feng Shui & The Tango  I met this couple during a conference where we both were presenters. Their writing is short, precise, and straight to the point.

It’s an interesting mental exercise to see these seemingly random changes to our environment as symbolic of something larger.  It’s easy to go into la la land too.  But by following the ancient rules and laws of metaphysics, there is a certain truth that becomes revealed from this line of inquiry.

We look outside of ourselves for validation, for information, for pure entertainment. Feng Shui challenges us to look at these same externals and at the same time reference something inside and personal.  As they say, outside noisy, inside empty.

Feng Shui, to me, is environmental yoga, a way to bring ourselves into greater harmony and balance with what is.

Notice, today, what changes occur in your yard and home.

I  recently re-located myself to Long Beach, CA.  I have a brand-new grandchild to welcome into my heart and the time is now for me to leave home, just for a while,  and experience life differently.

I’ve lived on my Jupiter line nearly all of my life and what a gift that has been for  six decades.  Abundance, knowledge, wisdom and grace… are a few of Jupiter’s gifts.  I was lucky in some ways.  Jupiter is in it’s detriment in my natal chart….good things are only just so good, and no more.

My Pluto line (on my astro-cartography map)  runs through Long Beach, CA.  (You might want to read this post if you need help  to understand the terminology)

No doubt my adventure here will be an interesting experience.

Astro-cartography-map with local space lines shown.

This is not a location I would  choose for this stage of my life.  Pluto renders us power-less a lot of the time.  The fact that I am having a major Pluto transit to my Moon/Venus/Uranus stellium is both comforting and terrifying.  But, the pull of grandchildren is strong.  You get to see how generations are different and similar.  That’s a function of Pluto as well…taking a longer, larger view of things so that evolution and transformation have time to happen.

Anyway, Pluto is showing up all over the place most recently with the toxic, exhaust fumes that flow through my apartment on a daily basis.  It might be the exhaust from the car parked underneath me (I’m in a garage apt) or it might be from the cars that are parked nearby in the alley behind my bedroom.  This morning it got so bad I immediately put on my sneakers to go for a walk to the beach which is right at the end of my street.

to be continued.

The techniques evolved over time to include: Choosing building sites, designing the interior environment, and placing furniture.

When done, consciously, good health and good fortune will follow.  It’s written in the stars.

Over time three different schools of thought developed, each of which addressed environments from a different, yet compatible, point of view. The Taoists were the earliest practitioners, followed by those who called themselves Confuscion’ists.  The most recent school of thought has been developed by Buddhists calling themselves The Black Hat Sect.  As for me, I am a hybridized western version of the craft integrating a life-long study gleamed from many different cultures.

The underlying principal of feng shui is the concept of Chi. Chi represents the life force energy that flows through everything. It’s invisible yet powerful, and when it is blocked or obstructed it can impact our lives in  surprisingly undesirable ways. Learning how to arrange our landscapes and our living rooms to encourage the free flow of chi energy is what feng shui is all about.

This experiential course of study will enable you to practice feng shui for yourself and for others.  If you’re interested in becoming a professional in the field I offer a mentorship program available to those who qualify.

The course begins with the philosophy of feng shui and covers how belief systems combine with human psychology & science to create our life circumstances.  Additional topics will include:

• How and why feng shui works.
• The three different schools and what each has to offer.
• The Elements. Balancing the elements is a key component along with determining the best geographical direction for sleeping, cooking, and working.
• The geographical directions.
• The maps. (Bagua, Local Space, Astro-Cartography
• The problem with clutter.
• Feng Shui in the Garden.
• Eliminating sleep problems with feng shui.
• How to increase wealth & resources.  Finding a career or job.  Selling/Buying real estate.
• Smoothing out relationship difficulties.
• Living with electro-magnetic energy and it’s impact on our health.
• Creating safe and sacred space.
• Creating a professional practice.    This topic will be covered in much greater detail in the advanced training program.

Ms. Cullen’s interest in feng shui began during college while studying art & interior design in the 70’s. She gained practice in the field while working as a real estate agent. Today, she uses feng shui along with yoga & astrology to help others create balanced, healthy, lives. Her experience in the field includes: Brookdale College, St. Barnabas Hospitals (NJ), the Breast Center at Monmouth Medical, Lucent Technology, NJ Supreme Court offices, a local golf course, 100’s of residential properties, real estate offices, retail stores, yoga centers large and small,  business offices and schools.

To understand something like chi, you must experience it’s effects.  Feng Shui has a strong experiential quality……it cannot be learned by the mind, alone.

Watch this video for inspiration…..if you like it check out the movie: Touch the Sound.  I watched it last night.

Do you have any instruments in your home?  Where have you placed them?

Think about it.  Meditate….. contemplate silence.

Be patient and check back.

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Thanks.