Fast Feng Shui for Prosperity: 8 Steps on the Path to Abundance

226 Pages·2005·13.85 MB·English

by  Stephanie Roberts

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STEPHANIE ROBERTS
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8 Steps
on the Path to Abundance
S T E P H A N I E R O B E R T S
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Fast Feng Shui for Prosperity
8 Steps on the Path to Abundance
by
Stephanie Roberts
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this book is dedicated to
Lakshmi
Hindu Goddess of Abundance
Thank you, Lakshmi, for all of your blessings!
om shrim maha Lakshmiyei swaha
(cid:67)
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Author’s Note
For many years before I discovered feng shui, I was an independent training
consultant in New York City. I made good money when I was working, but often
the weeks between projects would stretch on for longer than was comfortable, and
the balance in my “incredible shrinking bank account”—as I jokingly called it then—
would get a little scary before a new project came along to fill it up again. As you
will learn in Part II of this book, using those words to describe my finances was not
a good idea. I wish I’d known that at the time!
As I began to study feng shui in the mid-1990s, and applied the principles that
I now write about to my own life, I experienced enough pleasant surprises to con-
vince me that these methods were having a positive effect.
When I moved to Hawaii in 1999 with my husband-to-be, I gave up my career
as a training consultant to live in a place where the natural beauty is almost as
mind-boggling as the extremely high cost of living. Throughout the sometimes
challenging process of writing and launching the Fast Feng Shui books and becom-
ing Internet entrepreneurs, we have continued to use the principles that you will
learn in this book to create both an inner and an outer environment that support
our financial success.
Many people are attracted to feng shui by the idea that they might solve their
money problems by making a few simple changes to their home. I can’t promise
that you will enjoy miraculous effects from feng shui, although it can work that
way for some lucky people. For the rest of us, feng shui can help smooth the way to
a promotion at work, bring new opportunities to earn and prosper, and ease the
stress and anxiety that so often accompany our financial affairs.
If you see those around you enjoying a level of prosperity that you can’t seem
to achieve, no matter how hard you try, I’ve written this book for you. It’s also for
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anyone who would like to experience more ease and abundance in all the financial
aspects of his or her life.
The contemporary Western style of feng shui that I practice and write about
(which is based on, but does not strictly follow, the BTB methods) places a great
deal of emphasis on the power of intention as a key factor to success. Intention is
also the power behind what is called “deliberate creation,” “prosperity conscious-
ness,” or “the law of attraction.” This is the level at which we either attract into our
lives that which we desire, or we trip ourselves up, get in our own way, and hold
ourselves back—often without being aware how our unconscious attitudes and
beliefs are making it difficult, or even impossible, to experience the abundance
that we see others around us enjoying.
This book will teach you, step-by-step, how to apply key principles of the con-
temporary western style of feng shui to your home so you can find your prosper-
ity power spots and make important corrections and enhancements right away. It
also explores how each area of the ba gua (the feng shui energy map) can be used to
support greater abundance and corresponds to a key attribute of inner prosperity.
By combining outer feng shui with inner realignment, the sometimes rocky and
winding path to abundance becomes smooth and straight.
Wishing you a delightful and rewarding journey,
Stephanie Roberts
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Table of Contents
Author’s Note 5
INTRODUCTION 9
Prosperity Consciousness & the Feng Shui of Money 10
How to Use this Book 17
PART ONE: GUIDING PRINCIPLES 19
Know What You Want 21
Locate Your Power Spots 23
Create a Path for Chi 26
Repaint, Repair, Renew 33
Clean Up Your Clutter 35
Neutralize Negative Influences 39
Activate Your Power Spots 53
Work on Yourself as Well as Your Home 59
Evaluate Your Results 62
PART TWO: THE INNER PATH 65
Prosperity Feng Shui from the Inside Out 67
Start from the Center 68
The Eight Steps 72
Step 1. Receive 74
Step 2. Give 82
Step 3. Nurture 90
Step 4. Trust 98
Step 5. Express 105
Step 6. Observe 114
Step 7. Begin 124
Step 8. Complete 133
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PART THREE: CASH FLOW RITUALS 141
Collecting Coins 146
Collecting Water 151
Wealth Vase 155
Money Tree 160
Seed Money 162
Money Spiral 165
Closing Words 169
YOUR FENG SHUI TOOLBOX 170
Appendix A: The Ba Gua 171
Appendix B: The Five Elements 182
Appendix C: Lucky Numbers 190
Appendix D: Wealth Symbols 191
Appendix E: More Feng Shui Cures & Accessories 201
Resources 208
Glossary 211
Index 214
About the Author 223
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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
Prosperity Consciousness
and the Feng Shui of Money
At a session of the first professional-level feng shui* training seminar that I at-
tended many years ago, a student raised the question of what to tell a client who
complains, “I’ve done everything you suggested, and it’s not working.” The
instructor’s reply was simple: When a client says that feng shui is not working,
assume that the problem is with the client, not with the feng shui. In other words,
the feng shui fundamentals are always sound. If the client is prepared for a change
in circumstances, something—either subtle or profound—will shift as a result of
making feng shui changes. If, on the other hand, no shifts in circumstances arise,
this is a clear sign that the process is being blocked by the client’s doubt, fear or
resistance.
This reply did not sit well with the class, many of whom had come to feng shui
from a healing or helping profession such as massage therapy and social work. It
sounded as though we were being told to take the easy way out. We’d expected, as
concerned professionals, to be advised to be more diligent and creative in devis-
ing solutions that would work for our clients. But our well-intentioned dismay
simply proved how unformed our budding understanding of feng shui still was.
In our zeal to be of service, we were overlooking two fundamental assump-
tions of feng shui: first, that everything—our thoughts and emotions as well as our
physical environment—is connected; and second, that we are the strongest factor
in the feng shui of our homes. If our energy is not aligned with what we say we
want, the feng shui alterations we make to our spaces are placed in a hostile envi-
ronment.
* Say “fung shway.”
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