FENG SHUI & MONEY PA

by SHAFFERT,ERIC

• ISBN13: 9781581152395
• ISBN10: 1581152396
• Edition: 00
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-09-17
• Publisher: FRWHEEL

Summary

Develop wealth and prosperity using the easy-to-apply feng shui principles contained in this unique guide. Easy to understand and fun to read, this entertaining volume helps readers to connect to the spiritual and psychological dimensions of their financial lives using the proven principles of feng shui. With the history of feng shui and money for starters, the book covers the basic principles of feng shui thought, innovative suggestions for favorable interior arrangements at home and in the office, rituals to create prosperity, chi enhancement exercises, and valuable advice on how to tend to one's spiritual landscape. A nine-week action plan inspires readers to translate the suggestions of the book into an individual, achievable program of financial and spiritual renewal. Written by an experienced psychotherapist and feng shui consultant, this pragmatic yet sensitive guidebook is a refreshing and lively blend of Asian spirituality and Western psychological insight.

Author Biography

Eric J. Shaffert is is a Feng Shui consultant, certified psychotherapist, and money coach who specializes in revealing the relationship between financial health and the layout and design of one’s environment. He is known for his popular FENG SHUI AND MONEY course, which he teaches “caravan”-style, with the class moving to another student’s apartment each week to learn the effects of feng shui practice. With an M.F.A. from Catholic University and a background in Tibetan Tantric Feng Shui, transpersonal psychology, and body-centered psychotherapy, he brings his unique form of transformative environmental healing to a wide range of residential and corporate clients, both domestically and internationally.

Table of Contents

Dedication and Acknowledgments	x
Foreword	xi
Professor Lin Yun
Introduction	xvii
How to Use This Nine-Week Program
Quotations from the Tao Te Ching
Committing Yourself co the Program
Exercises, Activities, and ``Cures''
Bring a Friend
Sign Up for Wealth
Establishing Your Foundation	1	(28)
Prelude-Your Relationship With Money
Where Are We Going?
Environmental Feng Shui-The Influential Energy of Your Home
Look at the Camera and Say, ``Chi!''
The Bagua: Ancient Map of Chi
Placing the Bagua over Your Floor Plan
Missing Sections and Extensions
Bagua Sector of the Week: T'ai Chi
Financial Feng Shui-Abilities and Assets
Feng Shui of the Wallet
Show Me the Money!
Assessing Your Assets: Instant Wealth
Just the Facts: How to Use Your Spending Log
Inner Feng Shui-Gathering Your Power
The Five Internal Components
Why Would Anyone Not Want to Have Money?
The Meditative Millionaire
Meditation Practice: Journaling
Setting Your Sights	29	(21)
Prelude-What's Missing in Your Life?
Back co the Bagua: Your Map of Fulfillment
Filling in the Gaps: Your Dream Bagua
Environmental Feng Shui-Black Sect Feng Shui
Comparing the Black Sect Approach with the Compass School
Looking for the Cure
The Calming Heart Sutra: Preparing for a Feng Shui Investigation
Bagua Sector of the Week: Chen
Financial Feng Shui-Instant Wealth, Part 2
Watch Out! Incoming Chi: Charting Your Income
Your Daily Bread
Inner Feng Shui-The Willingness to be Wrong
``What Do I Have to Lose?''
Out with the Old
Journaling Follow-Up
Energizing Your Life	50	(22)
Prelude-The Three Faces of Chi
Beginner's Mind
Environmental Feng Shui-Channeling the Chi of Your Home
The Mouth of Chi
Clutter (That's a Dirty Word)
Bagua Sector of the Week: Hsun
Three Secret Reinforcements: Making the Lucky Dollar
Financial Feng Shui-Detecting Financial Leaks
The Spiritual Meaning, and Healing, of Debt
Clearing the Debt and Creating a Future
Inner Feng Shui-Dreams, the Inner Debt
Settling the Score
The Meditative Millionaire, Part 2
Possessing Your Life	72	(21)
Prelude-Drop Out, and Drop into Yourself
The Hall of Shame and Other Emotions
Environmental Feng Shui-Fame, Recognition, and the Living Room
The Living Room
Your Relationship to Relating
What's Your Style?
Bagua Sector of the Week: Li
Financial Feng Shui-Petty Deprivations
Saving Your Life
Change Happens
Inner Feng Shui-Recognition and Affirmation
Writing the New Script
The Power to Affirm
Physical Affirmations
The Internal Flow of Chi
Breathe and Grow Rich: The Inhale/Exhale Method
Finding Comfort	93	(27)
Prelude-Starting Each Day
Environmental Feng Shui-Love, Sex, Money, and the Bedroom
Feng Shui Techniques for the Bedroom (Ooh-La-La!)
Bagua Sector of the Week: Kun
The Fragrant Flower Method
Financial Feng Shui-Simple Luxuries
Make a Plan for Wealth
It's Time for a Plan
The Great Wealth Accumulator
Inner Feng Shui-Your Right to Abundance
Meditation for Borrowing the Buddha's Chi
Nurturing Yourself	120	(21)
Prelude-Money Addiction
Environmental Feng Shui-Creativity and the Kitchen
The Kitchen
Bagua Sector of the Week: Dui
Financial Feng Shui-Evaluating Expenses
Tithing to Yourself
Inner Feng Shui-Creating What You Want
The Power of Visualization
Just Imagine...
Discovering Your Mission	141	(23)
Prelude-The Power of Purpose
Environmental Feng Shui-Mentors, Helpful People, and the Bathroom
The Bathroom
Dirt
Bagua Sector of the Week: Chyan
Speaking of Helpful People... Get a Maid!
The Still Water Cure
Financial Feng Shui-Your Financial Karma
The Tao of Money: Giving and Receiving
Red Envelopes
The Sacred Exchange of Money
Tis Better to Give and Receive
Nourishing the Ones Who Feed Us
Helpers Anonymous
Inner Feng Shui-Exposing Your Gifts to the World
Your Unique Talents
Your Sacred Circle
Prosperity Dates: Millionaire for the Day
Getting Down to Business	164	(23)
Prelude-Money Management
Environmental Feng Shui-Feng Shui for the Office
Your Office
Bagua Sector of the Week: Kan
The Moving Water Cute
Financial Feng Shui-Charting Your Course
What Is Your Time Worth?
Marketing Yourself
Setting Your Rates
Inner Feng Shui-Taking Your Place in the World
Your Inner Council
Celebrating the Spirituality of Money	187	(24)
Prelude-Natural Abundance
What's It All About?
Environmental Feng Shui-Wherever You Go, There you Are
The Red Carpet Cure
Bagua Sector of the Week: Ken
Financial Feng Shui-Life is Suffering . Or Is It?
The Kingdom of Heaven Is Within
The Path to Financial Independence
Beyond the Paycheck
Investing in Your Life
The Tao of Spending and Investing
The Final Tithe: For Your Destiny
An Exercise on Investment
Inner Feng Shui-Time is Money
The Time Bagua
The Meditative Millionaire, Part 3: Your Inner Abundance
Epilogue: Commencement	211	(2)
Appendix A: Resources	213	(4)
Appendix B: Your Prosperity Plan	217	(2)
Appendix C: Twenty-Four-Hour Time Rating Chart	219	(2)
Appendix D: Bibliography	221	(4)
Index	225	(4)
About the Author	229