Feng shui cures are usually things that are sometimes exotic as for western civilization or sometimes ordinary. Regardless, they are believed to improve some area of life of their owner. Though the word ‘cure’ implies something that actually ‘cures’ the situation, Feng Shui cures are often used to simply improve the situation via enhancing or energizing specific Bagua area of the house.
Therefore, Feng Shui cures will not change your life radically and will not immediately make your wishes come true. Instead, their very first function is to bring harmony into the space you live in. They do it with their ability to harmonize and balance the Chi of the place.
How Feng Shui Cures Make Home’s Energy Positive
Examples of items that are frequently called Feng Shui cures are plants, mirrors, figurines, fans, flutes and even ordinary lamps. Furthermore, though things like Chinese coins, bamboo and mirrors are traditional Chinese attributes of Feng Shui, nearly any item may become an effective Feng Shui cure. Important is the symbolic meaning given to the thing by its owner.
As for the use of Feng Shui cures, a Feng Shui practitioner is usually likely to recommend using them in those areas of the house that are exhibited to negative influences or have weak and stagnant energy. Long corridors, dark corners or stuffed closets are some examples. These places usually have less than positive energy or imbalanced Chi flows, so require special attention and cures that can improve the quality of the energy and its flow. Therefore, specific items are used for decorating such problematic areas of the house.
How Feng Shui Cures Attract Wealth, Luck or Love
Another case is when a person wants to improve a particular area of life – to become wealthier or get a promotion at work, for instance. For this purpose Feng Shui cures are used for decorating certain Bagua areas of the house. In such a way they energize the particular area of the person’s life, thus calling for changes and improvements. The item, thus, ‘cures’ a chosen aspect of life.
At the same time, Feng Shui attributes aimed at improving a particular situation are not necessarily held at home. They can be small things to be taken with the owner wherever he or she goes. One example we are all familiar with is the use of lucky charms.
Though using Feng Shui cures seems to be a rather simple method of improving life and making wishes come true, be sure not to overdo them. In Feng Shui excess of anything is as bad as lack. Therefore, it’s never a bad idea to learn more about the various types and uses of Feng Shui cures before choosing one to try.
Alla Kondrat - Alla Kondrat+ is a Feng Shui topic editor at Suite101.com, as well as a full time freelance writer and translator (Russian and Ukrainian). ...
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