Feng Shi for Life: Mastering the Dynamics Between Your Inner World and Outside Environment by Jon Sandifer, presents a well-researched, knowledgeable approach to the Oriental School of Feng Shui, usually called the Compass School, because it relies on the use of a luo pan or Chinese compass and the use of a Pa Kua Map.
Pamela Colvin, a Feng Shui designer from Portland, Maine, says this method may be more reliable than Western Feng Shui because it is more solidly based on scientific principles.
Sandifer gives an example of how his first home office kept him from moving ahead in his career.
“To begin with,” he writes, “I was sitting in a draught of chi. I sat midway between the door and the opposite window—allowing my ideas and inspiration to be distracted.”
“The desk,” according to Sandifer, “was a large piece of plywood supported by a couple of trestles!”
This was the desk from which he hoped to write words of wisdom. His revamped his office using the Pa Kua Map. Almost immediately, his prosperity in writing increased.
Ridiculous? Maybe. Perhaps what is more important is that our beliefs about the arrangement of our homes is equally, if not more, important than what the experts tell us.
Intentions are what matter. As author Collins writes, “Live with what you love. Put safety and comfort first. And simplify, simplify, simplify.”
