| It is amazing to me that one little object - | | | | usually pertaining to my businesses and to |
| a crystal - could have such power and | | | | helping others - which has always been very |
| versatility according to Feng Shui. Perhaps | | | | important to me. Sometimes I have so many |
| this could be because crystals are the | | | | "ideas" coming into my head at once, that I |
| ultimate symbol of the Earth Element and have | | | | have learned to write them down as they come |
| also been used for centuries for their | | | | through so I can remember them and explore |
| healing and energizing properties by people | | | | them later. (HEY - it is an over 40 yr. old |
| from many cultures.For Feng Shui purposes, | | | | thing I am sure - because I forget things |
| crystals can be used for a variety of | | | | very quickly! LOL)For instance, this is how I |
| reasons. One of the most important reasons is | | | | got the ideas on designing my crafted Feng |
| because they are said to balance the flow of | | | | Shui items and to start my own line of |
| chi (energy) in your home. This balancing of | | | | Essential Oils. Believe me, I have never in |
| chi will improve your total well being, | | | | my life "dreamed" of doing anything like |
| health, relationships with others and your | | | | that! And, to be quite honest with you, I am |
| prosperity. Bottom line is that they are said | | | | sometimes fearful of these "creative ideas" |
| to bring overall harmony into your life if | | | | that I get because I am afraid that no one |
| hung in an area that will catch and reflect | | | | else will think it is such a good idea! So |
| the sunlight. For this purpose, the best | | | | far, (fingers crossed) each creative thought |
| places for crystals would be where they can | | | | that I have acted upon has ended up turning |
| have light on them for as many hours of the | | | | out great. However, sometimes - like with the |
| day as possible. They work great in the South | | | | Essential Oils - I have to really ponder and |
| corner of your home/room for bringing good | | | | think about the feasibility of following |
| chi into the home. They are also well placed | | | | through - and get feedback from others to see |
| in the eastern part of your home for | | | | what they think.Crystal Tips:Increase the |
| protection. If you want to enhance your | | | | amount of light and therefore the flow of chi |
| marital or romantic relationships, place a | | | | in your Wealth Sector by hanging a crystal in |
| crystal in your Romance sector, and if you | | | | a window.If you want to attract someone in |
| need help with finances, hang one in your | | | | your life to help and to mentor you, hang a |
| Wealth Sector.Another important use of | | | | crystal in the Mentors Sector. For a lot of |
| crystals is for their cures. Crystals are | | | | people this can also mean spiritual help.The |
| said to dispel shar chi (negative energy) | | | | center of the pakua is considered your good |
| brought on by various situations that might | | | | luck sector. It is also referred to as the |
| be present in your home. The practice of | | | | spiritual center, soul center and happiness |
| using crystals is one of the most widely used | | | | area. Having crystal objects in this area - |
| by Feng Shui practitioners. Some examples of | | | | especially a crystal chandelier will activate |
| these "bad luck" situations would be: | | | | this area and reflect the positive chi |
| overhead beams, two or three doors in line | | | | throughout your home.If you have a stairway |
| with each other, staircases that come down to | | | | going up from your front door, hang a crystal |
| your front door and poison arrows, just to | | | | from the ceiling above the bottom step. It is |
| name a few. In these cases, hanging a crystal | | | | said that chi will be attracted to the |
| from the ceiling directly in front of the | | | | crystal instead of to the staircase which is |
| "problem" will help dispel and/or slow down | | | | know to be shar chi.If your kitchen is |
| the shar chi.Crystals are also said to | | | | visible from the front door, hang a crystal, |
| "center" you and to help you concentrate and | | | | pair of flutes or a wind chime in front of |
| increase creativity. I have personally | | | | the kitchen entrance.Placing a crystal in the |
| experienced the power of the crystals in my | | | | window of your office is said to creative chi |
| business. I have a 30mm crystal hanging in | | | | that will help you with your thought |
| the East window, which is directly in front | | | | processes and creativity.Soak your crystals |
| of my desk in my office. While I have always | | | | in sea salt water for 7 days and nights to |
| been artistic and creative, I have noticed a | | | | wash off any negative energy. It is also |
| distinctive difference in my flow of | | | | recommended that you do this a few times a |
| creativity and ability to concentrate since | | | | year. You can purchase sea salt from a health |
| placing the crystal there. What I am about to | | | | food store.If you have a split level home and |
| say may sound very strange, but if you have | | | | your living room is on the lower level, you |
| ever experienced it, you will know exactly | | | | can hang a crystal in the center of the |
| what I am talking about.I can be sitting at | | | | living room to promote the upward mobility of |
| my desk working on something like my web | | | | the chi to flow into the rest of your home.If |
| site, and all of a sudden I will have several | | | | you have a long hallway in your home with |
| "thoughts or ideas" hit me out of the blue. | | | | several doors along it, hang a crystal in the |
| Sometimes they are related to what I am | | | | hallway to invite the chi to come down the |
| working on and at other times they are | | | | hallway. |
| completely off the subject. They are most | | | | |