More commonly known as the Happy Buddha or Laughing Buddha, Hotei was a monk of the T’ang Dynasty, recognized for the sack of candy he carried and shared with small children.  He is a figure of Chinese folklore, and one of the Seven Gods of Fortune representing abundance and good health.  He is also thought to be a bodhisattva, one who has dedicated himself to the path of enlightenment like Buddha, or a Maitreya, a future Buddha-like figure who will appear on Earth, achieve enlightenment and teach the Dharma.

The true Buddha began his path to enlightenment after seeing a infirm old man begging and learned of suffering and decided to embrace asceticism. His journey of contemplation eventually brought him to a sacred fig tree where he paused in meditation.  It was there that he attained Bodhi, a perfect state of illumination. From that moment forward, he was Buddha who took to the countryside and preached for 44 years what was to become one of the primary religions of the world until his death at age 80.

Laughing Buddha statues are frequent Asian decor accent found in business and restaurants because he is the deity of contentment and prosperity. This Buddhist icon is most often seen with a sack in tow, filled with candy for children and gifts of food for the less fortunate. Much like Catholicism’s St. Nicholas, Hotai is the patron saint of children, the suffering and the downtrodden.

A laughing Buddha statue portrays a corpulent, bald man whose ample gut can be seen through his sagging robes. While Ho Tai could definitely benefit from a few stomach crunches, his ample belly is symbolic of good luck and wealth. Along with his jolly middle and pleasant smile the Ho  Tai nearly always carries bent, wooden walking stick in one hand and his bag of goodies in the other. The Happy Buddha is most often portrayed as a statue in either a reclined, standing or sitting position. The reclined position most likely originates from the “sleeping Buddha position,” one that reflects the Buddha’s last moments on Earth before he was delivered to Nirvana.

Most often, the happy Buddha Statues are displayed in the home as a talisman of plenitude. Many Ho Tai statues portray the cheerful patron holding gold ingots in his hands while sitting atop a mountain of gold coins. It’s also not unusual to see the Buddha sitting atop a Dragon throne. The Dragon is a icon of security and virility in Asian culture. Other symbolic elements often seen in sculptures and statues of the happy Buddha include a rosary necklace symbolic of prayer, a pauper’s bowl representing the laughing Buddha’s lack of worldly possessions or an oogi. The oogi is a Chinese “wish giving” fan used in the past by Chinese aristocracy as an affectation to guarantee that their wishes would be granted.

In western culture, the happy Buddha is thought of as  the fat Buddha. As a chubby, smiling man who often travels sharing candies and presents to children, Ho Tai most closely matches what Westerners think of as Jolly St. Nick. However, his offerings and blessings can be enjoyed all year. Many believe if you rub the belly of a happy Buddha you are sure to enjoy good fortune and financial success.

Happy Buddha is also considered a patron of restaurateurs and bartenders and is often seen in Chinese and Japanese restaurants. Overindulgence in food and drink are often credited to the influence of the laughing Buddha.

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Bouncing the Bad Energy

If you think of a room’s energy as a ray of light and the mirror as a reflective surface, you can see how effective it can be to have a mirror placed in the right position. You need to have the source of the shar chi or bad energy (problem area) captured in the reflection of the mirror, but also where you want to send it. Make sure the mirror also reflects a clear course out of your home through a door (not the main door) or a window so that it will bounce the negative energy away from you.

Never have a mirror reflect the master bedroom or the toilets in your home, as these are inauspicious placements for feng shui. Mirrors that reflect the bed, will show an opportunity to cheat as the mirror reflects the number of people in the relationship. If a mirror reflects a toilet, it will be seen as your hopes being flushed away or even your money depending on which part of the home your toilet is in.

Mirrors can give the illusion of open spaces where there are none and even walls or corners of buildings can seem to be removed. A much cheaper alternative to actually removing problem structures. Large mirrors are much better than smaller ones as they have more emphasis on the reflection and never use mirror tiles as this tends to distort reflections creating bad chi. Also remember, that in feng shui, mirrors aren’t the only things that reflect. For example, your TV screen or computer monitor can also act as a mirror and should be treated the same way.

Also, it is important that you never ‘cut off’ a person’s head with a mirrors reflection. Make sure that all mirrors in the house are positioned higher than the tallest member of the household so that their head is always in view of the mirror. Cutting off a person’s head in this way is very inauspicious for that person.

Doubling the Wealth

In feng shui, mirrors are excellent in the dining room. Having a wall to wall mirror in the dining room will not only reflect the food on the table representing that you will always have more than enough to eat, but it can also reflect the relationships between all who eat there. If you have this setup, make sure you regularly use your dining room for family dinners as this will reflect an abundance in health and wealth for the family. Convex mirrors are excellent for this room also as they reflect the entire room and disperse good energy.

In feng shui, mirrors can be used for doubling the wealth of a business, a person or family if positioned correctly. If you own a shop for example and have a cash register, placing a mirror on the wall beside it will essentially reflect or double your profit. Similarly, if you have a personal savings box or money box in your home, a mirror reflecting this will increase your savings.  

Be careful that you don’t reflect the doorway or entrance to the room in the same mirror as your money box or cash register, as this will show the exit of your money out the door. It is also advisable to hide your cash register from view from the outside, both for feng shui purposes and for the safety of your business.

When using feng shui mirrors, as always keep that positive attitude when you’re visualizing your financial goals while you reflect any money coming to you. If positioned correctly and energized with your positive energy, you should see double your turnover in no time.

In feng shui, mirrors are an extremely attainable and powerful tool, use them wisely.

Lin Mai is a feng shui enthusiast and author. Visit Way to Feng Shui for a closer look into feng shui mirrors and other objects that can bring you more money and luck.

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Feng Shui is an ancient science which helps you in balancing your aura with the energy forces around you. When you apply Feng Shui in your environment; be it your house or office, or even your workstation; you are inviting positive energy, or chi from the environment. These positive energies or chi helps in bringing in positive changes in your life.

The first step towards having a successful career using Feng Shui, is to clean up your desk and make it clutter free to allow the positive chi to circulate. Also, if possible make your office clutter free and remove any obstacle from any of the doorways so that you let opportunities to come your way.

You can keep a freshly filled bowl of water each morning in the east area of your office and if possible, keep the bowl in a place that is warmed by the morning sun. Water is very important element for career success. If you cannot keep a bowl of water, then put some water imagery in the area, like a picture of a lake, or a waterfall.

You can also keep some potted plants in the east area of your office to invigorate chi.

If your desk is in such a position that your back is towards the door, then either rearrange your desk or place a mirror on your desk in such a way that the door is reflected.

If you face a wall when sitting at your desk, then put some vibrant imagery that will bring smile to your face and calm you down. It is also a good idea to put up an image that corresponds to your career aspirations as this will enhance your career growth. For example, if you want to be a CEO of a company, you can put up an image of a CEO you admire and emulate. 

If you have a home office then apart from the general principles discussed above, you need keep some more points in mind.

Be mindful of the quality of air and light coming in your office and make sure that both are in abundance and fresh.

It is best to separate your office and personal space. If possible then have a separate entrance to your home office. If you have space constraints and cannot dedicate a separate room, then set up a small area and visually separate it from your personal space. But remember to never set up your workstation in your bedroom.

Put up fire images in your south area, which is for fame and reputation. Keep some water element in your north area, which is for career or path in life. In the southeast area, keep images that represent to you abundance and prosperity.

So, advance in your career by making small changes in your office using Feng Shui principles.

Born and brought up in India, I am a writer at heart. I love to research and write on various topics and especially those which involves mysteries, unsolved truths, and ancient histories, like Bermuda Triangle, Past Life Regression, Harappan Civilization, to mention a few.

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We all learn feng shui for one reason, that is to improve our life and remedy our problems. Hence, I hope that through fengshui, you can greatly improve your health, wealth and love in your life. I genuinely hope something inside this article brings every reader the good fortune they each want. Lets us now learn how to feng shui our bedroom which is one of the most important area that you should feng shui to improve the life of yourself and your loved ones.

How To Feng Shui Your Bedroom For Health

Our health is the most important aspect of our life. They said that ‘Health is Wealth’, hence by taking good care of our health, we will be able to enjoy many good things in our life like wealth and good fortune. If there is one particular place to fengshui for health in your home, that would be your bedroom. Our bedroom is our sanctuary for rest and sleep and hence it is of utmost importance for us to feng shui our bedroom properly. Below are 3 feng shui cures and remedies to feng shui your bedroom for health.

1. Do Not Place Any Things Below Your Bed
Take note that our bed is for us to have quality sleep and rest. Never store any of your things and stuffs below the bed as this will invite bad health to those sleeping on the bed.

2. Sleep At Your Tien Yi Direction
Arrange your bed so that you can sleep at your Tien Yi (Health) direction to promote good health into your life. You can easily calculate your KUA Number to find out where is your Tien Yi direction. By sleeping at your tien yi direction, you will attract good health into your life and ward off illnesses and diseases.

3. Place A Wu Luo Next To Your Bed
For enhancing good health using feng shui, you should place a brass wu luo next to your bed on the left side while you sleep. Wu Luo is known to enhance good health and promote longevity.

How To Feng Shui Your Bedroom For Relationship

Many people learn fengshui because they want to improve their relationship with their spouse, family, kids or even co-workers. The good news is, feng shui does have some effective cures and remedies to help you enhance your relationship with others. The following are 3 feng shui tips on how to feng shui your bedroom for relationship.

1. Activate Your Southwest For Good Relationship
One very effective way to enhance your relationship with others is to activate the Southwest of your bedroom. Place a mystic knot at the Southwest of your bedroom to bring good relationship with others into your life.

2. Do Not Sleep Facing The Door
The death position is when one has one’s feet directly facing the door. The corpses of dead people are placed this way with the feet directly pointed towards the door. Feng shui advises that neither the head nor the feet should be pointed directly at the door of the room as this is deemed to be very yin and is deadly for the living. It can also bring bad relationship to those who sleep with their feet facing the door.

3. DeClutter Your Bedroom For Good Relationship
For enhancing good relationship with others, decluttering your bedroom is the number one fengshui tip. Your bedroom should be free of clutter and you should ensure that your bedroom is organized and neat. By doing so, you will attract good relationship with others into your life.

How To Feng Shui Your Bedroom For Harmony

Harmony is the root to all happiness. If you have harmony with your family, harmony with outside people and even harmony with yourself, you will be on the right track to finding happiness and success. Fengshui has a lot to offer in terms of enhancing harmony in the home or outside. Below are 3 fengshui tips on how to fengshui your bedroom for harmony.

1. Do Not Sleep With Separate Mattresses
Couples should never sleep with separate mattresses in the bedroom. This includes trying to form a queen-sized bed by combining two separate single mattresses. By sleeping with separate mattresses, the couple will attract bad fengshui which will contribute to quarrels and arguments. Invest in a good queen-sized bed to share with your love partner.

2. Avoid Having Television In Your Bedroom
Nowadays, many people watch television in their bedroom. However, in terms of fengshui, this is not very good as the TV will attract disharmony for the people in the bedroom. Arguments and conflicts may arise and will disrupt the general harmony in the family. If you really cannot do without a TV in your bedroom, simply cover it with a cloth once you finished watch and is turning in to bed.

3. Avoid Having Live Plants In Your Bedroom
If you are thinking of decorating your bedroom with some live plants, stop doing so as you will attract disharmony and conflicts for those sleeping in the bedroom. The bedroom is a yin environment for rest and sleep, and by placing a yang energy live plant in the bedroom, you are disrupting the yin energy of the bedroom. In times to come, this will cause insomnia and disharmony to those sleeping in the bedroom.

How To Feng Shui Your Personal Bedroom For General Good Feng Shui

After going through all the various specific aspects that you can fengshui for your bedroom, we shall discuss on how to feng shui your personal bedroom generally. Below are 3 fengshui cures and remedies to feng shui your personal bedroom to enhance your overall health, wealth, luck and love.

1. Neutralize The Number 2 Illness Star
When the illness star occupies your personal bedroom, hang a windchime there to protect against possible illness until the star’s negative influence has passed.

2. Harmonius Sleeping Directions For Children
To ensure that your children do not squabble or become involve in competitive sibling rivalry, make sure that they sleep with their heads pointing in their nien yen direction that is harmonious and beneficial. By making your children sleep in this auspicious orientation, their chi energy will automatically blend together harmoniously.

3. A Window Behind Your Bed Makes You Short-Tempered
A window behind the bed makes the sleeping person very vulnerable to yin spirit formations. This disturbs the sleep and will make the person very short-tempered and grumpy. Whenever possible, angle your bed so that the bed head is against a wall rather than under a window.

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The two sides of feng shui coins represent yin and yang respectively and you can distinguish which side is which by identifying the Chinese characters imprinted on them. You don’t need to know the Chinese language to do this. If one side of the coin has a collection of four separate chinese characters or symbols, then you are looking at the yang side. The other side is yin and has only two characters.

Feng shui coins come in sets of three for a reason. One coin represents luck from heaven, one coin luck from earth and one coin luck from man. Bound together, they create a very powerful money magnet. Now lets see how we can use these feng shui coins for attracting more money, luck and good fortune into our lives.

Attracting Fortune – At Home

As the south east corner of your house or room on a Bagua map is the wealth sector, it makes sense to hang the energized feng shui coins in this area. You can hang them on the wall or a hook from the ribbon or string they are bound with or you can place them on a table top or under a plant for an even more  powerful wealth attractor. Try to display them with the yang side facing outwards for a stronger effect.

Attracting Fortune -  In your own Business

Increase your sales or profit with these energized coins by placing them in your order or sales book facing Yang side up. This will help attract more wealth energy in the form of sales and profits  and ultimately resulting in more success in your business. Many chinese retail or restaurant managers have been using this tip for years with great success. The same principle can be used for other business related books or folders such as invoice folders or customer files. Use it where you want to increase what’s important for your business that will eventually bring you more money whether it is more sales, more customers or more higher paying customers.

If you have a physical retail store or restaurant, you can place the energized feng shui coins on your doorstep or bury nine coins all tied together under the pavement or walkway leading to your store. You can even place them under a welcome mat. This will result in an increase in the flow of money that enters your business.

Attracting Fortune – At Work

If you work in an office, workshop or any place outside of the home where you work, you can power up the feng shui coins to work for you here also. Secure the three energized feng shui coins to the south east side of your desk, office space, cubicle or corner of the room you work in according to the bagua map, yang side up of course. It’s a simple as that. Soon you’ll be seeing your earnings increase.

So now you know how to make these powerful symbols of wealth and prosperity work for you. Next time you’re in Chinatown or in a Chinese supermarket or in China, be sure to pick up a few of these for the home and office. You’ll soon be reaping the rewards.

Lin Mai is a feng shui enthusiast and author. Visit Way to Feng Shui to see where else you can use these feng shui coins to attract money to you.

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This year, the 5 Yellow Star is located in the SouthWest sector and the 2 Black Star is located in the NorthEast sector. For houses with doors located in the NorthEast sector, the residents need to be extra good care with their health. Houses with doors located in the SouthWest sector, the residents need to be careful and cautious in whatever they do. The 5 Yellow Star and 2 Black Star often affect the financial status and family harmony of the family. It is not advisable to have any ground breaking activities in these 2 sectors, especially when these 2 sectors’ yearly stars are overlapping with the monthly 5 Yellow Star and 2 Black Star.

Another important thing to take note is in 2010, both the Wu Ji Sha and Hong Luo fall in the NorthEast sector. Combining with the presence of 2 Black Star, it is advisable to avoid renovation and gound breaking in this sector in 2010 as the unfavorable effects include misfortune such as fire accident and other kinds of accident. Beside houses with doors in these 2 sectors, other unfavorable external forms in these sectors that can also trigger the effects include:

• Road Junctions
• Rivers Joining Together
• Electrical Towers
• Buildings With Pointed Roof
• Buildings With Sharp Corners Pointing Towards The House
• Mountains With The Rocks Revealing
• Huge Red Objects
• Large Obvious Irregular Shape Objects Or Landform

The size and distance of these external forms is an important factor to consider. The bigger and nearer these external forms are to the houses, the stronger the effects.

Driven by the strong interest in Metaphysics, Ray is consistently exploring into different fields of Metaphysics. These fields include Feng Shui of different schools, BaZi (also known as 4 Pillars), I-Ching (also known as Book of Changes), Qi Men Dun Jia, etc. Ray is also the webmaster of Feng Shui portal, FengShuiCorner.com (http://www.fengshuicorner.com) and Master-360.com (http://www.master-360.com). He is also committed to create online tools and resources to enhance people’s learning and application of these ancient arts.

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With origins dating back to the third century B.C. during the Han Dynasty in China, feng shui was historically practiced with a compass-style instrument that read the stars and determined the North-South orientations of Chinese cities. Feng shui was viewed as a tool to ensure the health, wealth and prosperity of the imperial dynasties, and is still used today as an element of traditional architecture in China. The purpose of feng shui in modern culture is to create human environments that harness good qi: the literal translation of qi is “life force energy,” a state that can swing between positive and negative energies according to the structure of your home and its interaction with your surrounding environment.

In addition to the placement of objects and furniture within your home, there are products and simple techniques that will help you create balance in your home.

Wind chimes are an instrumental component of feng shui, however they must be strategically placed. The sound of a wind chime is believed to activate or enliven the Chi or “energy” in an area, and the melodic sound of a wind chime will subtly alter your own mood, which in turn will enhance the energy and peace of your environment. Choose wind chimes that correspond to the size of your space—choose a smaller chime for offices and bedrooms and large wind chimes for open outdoor spaces. Use wind chimes made from a material that corresponds to each area’s element. For example, a southeastern room corresponds to the element wood, so you would want to use a wooden wind chime in that room. Gongs are an alternative to wind chimes that also evoke scintillating sound and counteract negative Chi.

Arbors and trellises can be used to inspire balance in the gardens and recreational areas outside your home. Climbing vines can be trained around the lattices of a trellis, which blends nature with the structures in your backyard so the two elements live in harmony together. Arbors are also an excellent way to create a reflective retreat outside your home—a place where you can sit peacefully with a good book or contemplate the events of the day. Alternately, garden fountains are a wonderful way to bring the soothing sound of nature indoors. Consider a small indoor fountain for placement on a dining table or dresser to maximize the flow of life energy and activate positive Chi indoors.

Tips for practicing feng shui in your home:

1. Fill your rooms with natural light. Use light-colored or sheer curtains and open the windows often for fresh air that will energize each room.
2. Study the five elements of feng shui: wood, fire, earth, metal, and water, and learn how to use each material and its colors appropriately in various rooms of your home to balance the energy in your environment.
3. Be mindful of your bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. The placement of objects in these three key areas is inherently connected to your health and well-being.
4. Keep doorways and doorsteps free of shoes and clutter so good Chi may travel freely throughout your home.
5. Decorate with the color red sparingly, as it represents the element of fire and could bring undue stress to your home, and accent each room with live plants to feel the yang chi of joy in every indoor space.

Laura Wasserman is a freelance writer located in Oakland, CA. In addition to freelancing for Outdora, Laura writes editorials about the neighborhoods of Oakland as an Oakland Community Examiner at Examiner.com.

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In Feng Shui energy talk, the Water element signified by the color black or dark blue is at its zenith. The Water element is also known as the winter element since it is so prevalent during this time.  Its direction is north.  This is a yin element and the number associated with it is the number one (1).  Objects that represent water include aquariums and fountains.  Animals belonging to this element are the rat and the boar.

The winter months push us humans together.  We occupy the same space as before, just a little more closely than before.  Our interior space becomes even more ‘energy’ important as we are challenged to share that space and energy.
This is an opportune time to critically survey the space that the family will share.  Make certain that all the Feng Shui 101 basics have been accomplished.  Clean and polish that space! (A complete and thorough housecleaning and straightening with ruthless editing of items is absolutely necessary if energy is to flow in an auspicious manner)

This month the five elements are in the following configuration:
Fire is weakest energy (Extreme Yang energy)
Water is the strongest energy (Extreme Yin energy)
Metal is a waning/weak energy (Yin energy)
Wood energy is born (Yang energy)
Earth energy is strong (Yin energy)

The emotional elements of the water element, which is very strong right now, is that of willpower, magnetism, sensitivity, wisdom, persuasiveness and the ability to focus the mind.  It assists in consolidation, revelation and knowledge and its archetype is the philosopher.  The associated planet is Mercury.
 
If water is your nourishing element and you do not have a good balance in your Feng Shui assessment, bring water elements into your environment.   Since the water element is VERY strong right now, don’t overdo a good thing!  Add a fishbowl, aquarium, irregular shaped glass coffee table, artwork whose predominate color is dark blue or black.  If you have TOO much water, then balance your environment with the energies that will stabilize and balance the water energy.  Fire elements: candles, red triangular shaped object, reds, pinks, oranges in fabrics/ tablecloths, light up that fireplace!

The fire energy and element are at their weakest now, so using Fire energy suggestions are an excellent thing to include in your environment.  You are bringing in and balancing what nature is taking away, thus creating a more harmonious and flowing energy pattern.

Another energy that will soak up some of that water energy is the Wood element.   To add wood to your environment bring in a live plant or two (Some of my plants come inside this time of year) Polish up a forgotten wood piece in the attic or basement, use striped fabric or fabric with a floral design.  Wood sculptures, wooden frames on pictures/photos or use wood colors. The archetype for wood is the pioneer (makes sense, doesn’t it!) The associated planet is Jupiter.

Another element that will help to balance all that water is the earth element. Get out your pottery, concrete/brick type of ornaments, if you have brass objects use them to balance the water element. Ceramic tile, ceramic drawer pulls, carved stone sculptures and fabric in earth tones will work wonders in balancing the water energy.  The archetype for the earth element is the peacemaker.  The associate planet is Saturn.

I personally have a close association with the water element.  I have worked diligently to bring my environment into balance.  Powerful water has been an issue here at my old historic home.  There is no basement ….In the 1800’s,( my house dates back to 1804) land was settled where water and animal life were plentiful.  I have spent 26 years here.  The gardens and surrounding shrubs and trees have been added to balance all the water that exists here.  In my seasonal table articles I reference that the dining room in is the North, a water element direction, so a large wood table and wood chairs were selected for that space. The brick floor was selected, a large stone fireplace was selected. Wood built-in bookcases were selected. Wood corner cabinets and side tables were selected in order to balance the extreme and powerful force of the water element. The color, green, associated with wood was selected as a wall color. On the exterior, an additional garden was added with wood arbor, gate and fencing. Stone walkways meander through the space.

Are you getting a true picture of how much water I have had to balance?  If you could have seen the geyser shooting out of the fire pit, perhaps you’d begin to understand the power of water.

 From time to time the water finds a tiny crack or crevice that wasn’t recently caulked and finds a way to let me know that the willful, persuasive force of the North is still present. I stand in awe and appreciation of the Water element and its energy!! 

Elyssa Baxter is a Feng Shui Expert and Master Gardener. Combining her knowledge and talents, Elyssa provides Feng Shui Assessments and consultations to individuals for themselves, their homes and their gardens, as well as to businesses. Feng Shui is the movement of energy which she designs for the client using color, placement, simplicity of style, balance and harmony to positively affect the recipients. She also consults for events, such as weddings using the couple’s Feng Shui Assessments. What a great way to start a life together!

Visit Elyssa at http://www.theempressfengshui.com to learn practical everyday Feng Shui tips for every season, the Holidays, Home and Hearth, Garden and Self.

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