There is nothing that can improve your life faster than a clean and organised home and office.

Feng Shui or the Indian Vaastu Shastra which is similar in many respects but lesser known has an instinctive feel to me.  While I do not religiously engage in the moving of furniture or placing of fish I can feel a difference in the way a space is organised.  There is a natural preference to organise my house in the way Feng Shui practitioners describe anyway even without the description of the flow of chi.

As with any alternative the practice of Feng Shui works best combined with real action.  I remember picking up a book on Feng Shui and the relationship between ill health and the layout and location of buildings.  I respect it enough to consult with an expert before the kids and I build that straw bale home.

Has anyone here ever hired someone to assess their space?  What was that like?

I haven’t, but I have checked out several books which are often written for the Northern Hemisphere.  Because of the confusion between North and South eventually I read so much conflicting material I abandoned most of the stuff.  Also I learnt I’m not a great fish Mom (they are in safe hands now).  This in itself is probably bad Feng Shui.

I still maintain a small (but hopeful) collection of water fountains, symbolic artwork and wind chimes.

Just in case.

Blessings,
Keri Eagan
Alternative Healing Insights
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I admit I’ve seen the odd psychic.  Mostly I’ve been unimpressed.  I guess it’s because I’m only interested in information I can actually use and I despise speculation.  But enough about me and my little foibles.

My friend (who shall go unnamed) fell in love a few years ago with someone whom she had met on the internet.  A few months into the relationship (he was in another country) she noticed he spoke to her differently almost like he didn’t care.  When she asked him why he revealed he was dying.  Surprisingly, he didn’t ask for money.

Her reaction to his revelation was startling to watch.  I’m pretty skeptical when it comes to the world of online dating.  Dr Phil might change his mind about it if he had to see the carnage it can do.  Between calling me up and asking my opinion she also consulted telephone psychics.  Because I’m me, I told here he might not even exist.  BIG MISTAKE.

Relentlessly she offered “proof” of his existence and rhetorical questions I had to clamp my lips not to answer anyway.  My statement spoken in logical innocence – romance has no place for that by the way – caused her to doubt herself and the perception of the world.  Because she was on the lookout for proof she called a psychic (a service for the purposes of entertainment only) to reinforce her world view and make things seem OK again.

It got even worse.  Because she wasn’t convinced by the first psychic, she had to ring a second.  And because the second contradicted the first…… anyhoo, just over three thousand NZ Dollars worth of phone bill later (from memory it took place over one month) and some more on her credit cards she should consider herself  *!&%$ entertained.  Next time she has boyfriend trouble I’ll suggest a trip to Vegas, there’s a better chance of a winning result.

Lets take a moment to consider how most consultations play out and the effects on our mind and spirit.

1) The payment.  Lets unpack some presuppositions here.  Paying anyone anything presupposes  the expectation of a service, which would presuppose the expectation of a skill.  It also sets a psychic up as an authority or it reinforces the authority they have conveyed through tv, radio or word of mouth.

2) Value the client places on what is said.  We’ve already pointed out the perceived authority.  So when the information is delivered it really packs a punch.  The client is also on the lookout for certain information.  They are primed.

3) The delivery of  information.  Advice and information is stated as if it were true.

4) Lack of supporting evidence.  Since this is classed as an entertainment service, and since there is often no one around to really question the information provided (yeah I’m not including the client in this) the client is left with the thought….but what if it’s true?….or something similar.  They may attempt to disprove something they heard that they instinctively know is incorrect.

Hopefully awareness is the beginning of a greater wisdom.  Of course, some of my best friends are psychic in some form.  It isn’t always a bad thing to seek guidance.  The trick in business, and in life is knowing who to seek it from.

Blessings,

Keri Eagan