Standing before me was a woman with whom I'd consulted on a Feng Shui appointment a year ago. She began to tell me yet another story of how an intention had moved into reality. This time I was blessed with the news of her wedding date. She assured me that Feng Shui had helped to bring about this long-awaited event. A week after our appointment, she had hung a crystal with a nine-inch pink ribbon in the Partnership area of her bedroom. Within two months, her husband-to-be showed up on the scene. In truth, this would be the fourth wedding I could directly link to a Feng Shui adjustment. Stories like these regularly demonstrate the power of Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of placement. It's not that I don't believe changes can happen from simple adjustments, it's just that they come in such surprising ways. Much to the delight of the client, as well as me, Feng Shui brings about dreams and wishes in very interesting packages. I want to share some of the stories and outcomes I hear about so that, if there's any doubt in your mind about using Feng Shui, you might be inspired to try it yourself. A few months ago, I received an excited call from a client who had been offered a job overseas. This was a job she had hardly dared to dream about. The offer came 24 hours after she had moved pictures of some dead relatives out of her Career area. In the same vein, an unemployed stockbroker received a call with a job offer while he was still in the process of cleaning out a very messy front closet in the Career area of his apartment. A woman who was frustrated and fed up with her job in the banking business called me. The office politics, daily pressures, and travel requirements led Melissa to feel as though she wanted a career change. She didn’t know which direction this might take, and she was reluctant to give up her generous salary, but something had to change. We went to work in her Career area and in her Fame and Reputation area to help bring about some vision and clarity for the next step. Melissa wrote down the various suggestions I made, like cleaning out a disorderly pantry, repainting an area, hanging a crystal, etc. She compiled these suggestions into a "to-do" list, checking her duties off one by one as she got them completed. Still, nothing seemed to happen. She called me frequently, surprised at the lack of change in her life, wondering if she should do something else or something more. Each time we talked, I could hear the edge in her voice. Each time, I would assure her that things were unfolding and that she could trust the process. Eventually, Melissa began to get clear that her main challenge was her boss. They agreed on nothing. Often, she found herself having to carry out instructions or procedures that she did not feel appropriate or efficient. Her boss’s lack of organization created extra work and stress for Melissa until she hated her job and everything about it. In an unexpected shift in personnel, Melissa’s boss was moved to another division in another city. Melissa, however, anticipated with dread who her new boss might be. Several agonizing weeks went by before she was told that she was going to be moved into the position. She had no doubt that she was up to the task, but it hadn’t occurred to her that she might be considered for such a high spot. Melissa took the job, organized the agenda, simplified the duties, and regrouped her staff. As a result, she loves her job. She didn’t need to leave the banking world to find her pleasure and her passion. There only needed to be a little rearranging for her to discover this. Sometimes Feng Shui changes things in a time frame that is different from ours. Melissa also got clear that the real issue was not her job, but her boss. She could then energize the aspects of her job that supported her and stop energizing the negative parts. A man called me because he had noticed that his business had dropped off significantly since moving a year earlier. He couldn't explain the drop-off. The phone stopped ringing. When I looked in his home office, I noticed that his desk was sitting in the doorway, with his back to the door so that he could look out the window. In Feng Shui, these are two very challenging situations. I suggested that we move his desk; I even offered to help him so he could see the difference. He expressed some resistance to moving the desk: he liked looking out the window while he was working; there wasn't room to move the desk the way I was proposing; he'd have to move his computer setup, which had take considerable time for him to put together; etc., etc. His wife, however, could envision the outcome and gently encouraged him to try it for a while. We moved his desk. When I left, he had already warmed up to the arrangement and seemed more willing to give it a try. By the time I returned to my own office at home, he had left a message on my voicemail to say that as he was standing in his office assessing the new layout, the phone rang. A new contract was forthcoming, and his business continues to prosper. Finally, I was particularly moved by the outcome of a Feng Shui suggestion that was passed along secondhand. Marty shared with me that after our appointment together, she was talking to her sister on the phone. Her sister’s husband had been in prison for over a year for writing a series of bad checks. Her sister, Lois, was left with three very small children and the house to take care of. Lois had never lived alone before and was struggling to meet the daily needs of her family. Her husband’s sentence was two to twenty years without parole, in their opinion a punishment far exceeding the crime. Lois had just gotten word that they were going to be moving her husband to another prison four hundred miles away. This meant that she would hardly ever be able to see him. She called Marty, sobbing hysterically. Marty calmed her down and then began to discuss the possibility of doing some Feng Shui in the house. Lois had earlier ridiculed her sister Marty for indulging in such activities; however, now she was desperate. Marty suggested an adjustment that she and I had discussed for Marty’s bedroom: hanging a wind chime in the Partnership area of the room to bring about some changes in the relationship. Lois admitted it was a long shot, but couldn’t think of anything else to do. Three days after Lois hung the wind chime, her husband called to say that instead of being moved four hundred miles away, he was being released on parole after all. He would be home within the week! Marty assured me that she was definitely going to be sharing some suggestions with Lois and her husband for their Wealth area to assure that no bad checks would be written again. By sharing a small number of kinds of stories I hear each week, I hope to help you better understand the possibilities that Feng Shui and the power of intention can bring into your life. Perhaps your dream will be the next one to come true! Carole J. Hyder is a speaker, author, and lecturer on Feng Shui. Her book Wind and Water: Your Personal Feng Shui Journey is in its fourth edition. Carole will be offering a training program in Seattle October 18-21. Contact her for further information at (612) 823-5093 or <carole@carolehyder.com>. |
It happened to me again, as it has so often in the last few years. I was in a social setting, chatting with someone I hadn't seen for a while, when I felt a tug on my sleeve.