Feng Shui Wisdom & Dogma – You Can’t Cheat Fate With Feng Shui

We are very familiar with and greatly respect Feng
Shui, the ancient art of placement. We’ve hired top
local Feng Shui experts to assist us with our homes
and offices and we both feel that it was worth the
cost.

We have found that, through years of experimentation,
the placement of objects in your home and the design
of the home itself is important and helps you capitalize
on, and make the most of your fate.

There are, however, some problems with modern Feng
Shui, in our opinion. First, there are three or more
“schools” or methods, and the different methods’
principles often clash with each other.

For instance, each says that the “love area” is in a
different place in our respective homes. The
directional/compass method (which we’ve noticed
seems to offer the most accuracy) reports that it is
the southwest corner. However, the front door method
dictates that it is in the far forward, right corner
while standing at the front door facing inside.

Furthermore, one method might convey not to have a
light in a certain corner of the home. Then a different
method might suggest that it’s important to have a very
bright light in that same corner.

Perhaps Feng Shui is like astrology and numerology
where many of its greatest techniques and wisdom have
been lost through many translations over the centuries.

Many Feng Shui practitioners, in our experience, either
deny or just don’t understand the concepts of karma and
predestination. If a person is determined (by their higher-
self/soul before birth, not their personality during this
life) to live a life of obscurity, no amount of plants,
color, harmony, etc. in their home will make them famous.

Also, if a person is fated to live a life of humility,
barely getting by, having to endure temporary or even long-
term poverty, no amount of Feng Shui cures will erase that
and make them a millionaire.

Too many of today’s Feng Shui experts say things such as,
“add some color and a crystal (or whatever) in this part
of your home and attract big money!” or “Beautify and add
some flowers to your love area and attract the love of your
life!”

We absolutely see the value of harmonious placement and
there are many professionals and good Feng Shui books
available to assist with this, and we feel it’s possible
to enhance life and make the most of the path your soul
chose in spirit form before incarnating, but a person
can’t erase fate through even the best Feng Shui methods.

Someone might point to “proof” that Feng Shui “overcame
fate,” and “created miracles,” yet through objective
observation, the Feng Shui methods only directly
symbolized what was to be. Even “miracles” are fated.
Those same “miracle cures” do not work for everyone
unless someone is fated to experience what the cures
are supposed to help accomplish.

We make this statement through observing many Feng Shui
residence and office layouts relative to our own and
others’ lives (specifically regarding money and love)
since the early 1990’s. More than anything, it appears
to us that Feng Shui largely represents fate.

As we have said repeatedly, adversity and challenge exist
in people’s lives for a reason, which usually relates to
personal and spiritual growth.

What if you try to manipulate your fate by choosing a new
home based on a favorable Feng Shui layout? We feel that’s
fated too. Those who are supposed to apply the wisdom of
Feng Shui are fated to do so and the homes or offices they
choose are all a part of fate, no matter how it manifests.

In short, just as putting up holiday decorations do not
manifest the holiday season, for the most part, Feng Shui
arrangements don’t make things happen, but they can
symbolize situations and circumstances in your life.

Copyright © 2007 Scott Petullo, Stephen Petullo