Comments for Feng Shui Voice http://www.fengshuivoice.com Listening to the Voice of Feng Shui Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:46:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FENG SHUI. HOW TO APPLY THE SECRETS OF CHINESE WISDOM FOR HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS by Anonymous http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness/comment-page-1#comment-1610 Anonymous Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:46:29 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness#comment-1610 In the mid-ninties, just before the MASSIVE Feng-Shui explosion carried away the idealistic dreamers in America, I found this book...and practiced its art well. Maybe I was just another dreamer, perhaps I was searching for anything to give me an edge in my life. Regardless, the help in this book made my average little box like apartment into a super comfortable and eye pleasing retreat from the preasures of life.<p>In one of the corners of my house I placed a red lava lamp (red light) to enhance my money earning potential. I earned good money while it was on...one day the bulb burned out and I never replaced it. Soon, I had lost my job and the future of employment was extremely bleak. The day I replaced the bulb, I got a call out of the blue from an employer offering me a better job then previous with TWICE THE SALARY! Today I have that job and the red light glows strong. Who says this stuff does't work?<p>Atleast my place looks nice ... Rating: 5 / 5 In the mid-ninties, just before the MASSIVE Feng-Shui explosion carried away the idealistic dreamers in America, I found this book…and practiced its art well. Maybe I was just another dreamer, perhaps I was searching for anything to give me an edge in my life. Regardless, the help in this book made my average little box like apartment into a super comfortable and eye pleasing retreat from the preasures of life.

In one of the corners of my house I placed a red lava lamp (red light) to enhance my money earning potential. I earned good money while it was on…one day the bulb burned out and I never replaced it. Soon, I had lost my job and the future of employment was extremely bleak. The day I replaced the bulb, I got a call out of the blue from an employer offering me a better job then previous with TWICE THE SALARY! Today I have that job and the red light glows strong. Who says this stuff does’t work?

Atleast my place looks nice …
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FENG SHUI. HOW TO APPLY THE SECRETS OF CHINESE WISDOM FOR HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS by Coral T. http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness/comment-page-1#comment-1609 Coral T. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:41:05 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness#comment-1609 This book covers a variety of Feng Shui concepts, such as energy lines, symbolism, the eight-sided Pa Kua, yin and yang, the five elements (fire, water, wood, metal, and earth) and their properties, trigrams, and much more. This book does a great job in illustrating Feng Shui and your landscapes, home, and business. There are numerous colored pictures and diagrams, making comprehension of such a complex subject matter less difficult. With over 200 pages, there is a lot of reading material. Though it is well-written and easier to understand than other Feng Shui books I've read, if you are just starting out learning and discovering Feng Shui, you may find yourself overwhelmed at the material. The pictures, however, are excellent. If you are looking for a book with very good illustrations and pictures, then this would be a good book to purchase. Rating: 4 / 5 This book covers a variety of Feng Shui concepts, such as energy lines, symbolism, the eight-sided Pa Kua, yin and yang, the five elements (fire, water, wood, metal, and earth) and their properties, trigrams, and much more. This book does a great job in illustrating Feng Shui and your landscapes, home, and business. There are numerous colored pictures and diagrams, making comprehension of such a complex subject matter less difficult. With over 200 pages, there is a lot of reading material. Though it is well-written and easier to understand than other Feng Shui books I’ve read, if you are just starting out learning and discovering Feng Shui, you may find yourself overwhelmed at the material. The pictures, however, are excellent. If you are looking for a book with very good illustrations and pictures, then this would be a good book to purchase.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on The Feng Shui of Gardening by Jessica Ferguson http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui-design/the-feng-shui-of-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-1612 Jessica Ferguson Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:47:54 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui-design/the-feng-shui-of-gardening#comment-1612 The ancient and popular form of Eastern garden design, feng shui, holds that a garden should be a place for reflection, a place of peacefulness and happiness and that the garden should reflect the harmonies of nature. Philippa Warning shows us how to achieve this ideal setting by walking us through the basic design principles of feng shui in The Feng Shui of Gardening. Waring emphasizes key elements including the importance of representing all the forces of nature (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) and allowing them to play against and with each other to create a positive flow of Chi.<br>While the directionally-challenged among us may be frustrated with Waring's initial attempts to interpret the "facing" direction of our homes and gardens (the front is not always where your door is!), the chapters on fragrant flowers, trees, and bamboos, with their select lists and descriptions of plants, puts the reader back into the feng shui state of mind.<br>Waring has a clear understanding of the feng shui concepts and presents them here in a compact, easy-to-reference book that can be used to create a brand-new garden or to simply adapt your current garden to include feng shui principles. Rating: 3 / 5 The ancient and popular form of Eastern garden design, feng shui, holds that a garden should be a place for reflection, a place of peacefulness and happiness and that the garden should reflect the harmonies of nature. Philippa Warning shows us how to achieve this ideal setting by walking us through the basic design principles of feng shui in The Feng Shui of Gardening. Waring emphasizes key elements including the importance of representing all the forces of nature (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) and allowing them to play against and with each other to create a positive flow of Chi.
While the directionally-challenged among us may be frustrated with Waring’s initial attempts to interpret the “facing” direction of our homes and gardens (the front is not always where your door is!), the chapters on fragrant flowers, trees, and bamboos, with their select lists and descriptions of plants, puts the reader back into the feng shui state of mind.
Waring has a clear understanding of the feng shui concepts and presents them here in a compact, easy-to-reference book that can be used to create a brand-new garden or to simply adapt your current garden to include feng shui principles.
Rating: 3 / 5

]]> Comment on THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FENG SHUI. HOW TO APPLY THE SECRETS OF CHINESE WISDOM FOR HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS by H. Staiger http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness/comment-page-1#comment-1608 H. Staiger Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:40:52 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness#comment-1608 I've read a number of books on FengShui, and found this book beautifully illustrated. It offered many details about the background and different types of feng shui methods, which while informative could be very confusing to a beginner. I agree with the other reviewers that although it was reader friendly, it offered few or too brief solutions and the possible need for another book. Perhaps her smaller books would be good companions to this one. Just-A-Note: At the same time I bought this, I also ordered CREATING SACRED SPACE with FENG SHUI, Learning the Art of Space Clearing by KAREN KINGSTON. After reading both books, I consider SACRED SPACE to be a must have, a book that should always be the first feng shui book anyone reads. It can change your life. Rating: 4 / 5 I’ve read a number of books on FengShui, and found this book beautifully illustrated. It offered many details about the background and different types of feng shui methods, which while informative could be very confusing to a beginner. I agree with the other reviewers that although it was reader friendly, it offered few or too brief solutions and the possible need for another book. Perhaps her smaller books would be good companions to this one. Just-A-Note: At the same time I bought this, I also ordered CREATING SACRED SPACE with FENG SHUI, Learning the Art of Space Clearing by KAREN KINGSTON. After reading both books, I consider SACRED SPACE to be a must have, a book that should always be the first feng shui book anyone reads. It can change your life.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on The Feng Shui of Gardening by EternalSeeker http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui-design/the-feng-shui-of-gardening/comment-page-1#comment-1611 EternalSeeker Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:27:16 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui-design/the-feng-shui-of-gardening#comment-1611 While this book was very short on useful feng shui information from a FS consultant's point of view, it was extremely entertaining in other ways. I really enjoyed the symbolism of the different plants in Chinese culture, the aromatherapy-as-applied-to-gardens section, and the useful listing of Oriental plant materials, their history, and cultivation data. No photos, but, hey, you can't have everything. Forget the Feng Shui part, it's still a great book on Chinese garden lore. Rating: 4 / 5 While this book was very short on useful feng shui information from a FS consultant’s point of view, it was extremely entertaining in other ways. I really enjoyed the symbolism of the different plants in Chinese culture, the aromatherapy-as-applied-to-gardens section, and the useful listing of Oriental plant materials, their history, and cultivation data. No photos, but, hey, you can’t have everything. Forget the Feng Shui part, it’s still a great book on Chinese garden lore.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FENG SHUI. HOW TO APPLY THE SECRETS OF CHINESE WISDOM FOR HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS by Anonymous http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness/comment-page-1#comment-1607 Anonymous Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:20:21 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness#comment-1607 The history on feng shui was present but this book was far from a complete illustrated guide. Complete being the operative word here. I found myself needing to order another book immediately so I could now find out how to apply even some basics to my home. Just when she would say you need to position something for good or bad chi she would drop off into thin air. Even the illustrations in the back of the book are minimal at best, actual application from reading this book is almost non-existent. I can't believe I actually paid good money for this. I see she has written too many books on the subject which is why I think this one might be vague, so you need to buy each one to get a little more information. This has only sent me to other authors. I really hope no greed was intended here. Now that's bad chi. Rating: 2 / 5 The history on feng shui was present but this book was far from a complete illustrated guide. Complete being the operative word here. I found myself needing to order another book immediately so I could now find out how to apply even some basics to my home. Just when she would say you need to position something for good or bad chi she would drop off into thin air. Even the illustrations in the back of the book are minimal at best, actual application from reading this book is almost non-existent. I can’t believe I actually paid good money for this. I see she has written too many books on the subject which is why I think this one might be vague, so you need to buy each one to get a little more information. This has only sent me to other authors. I really hope no greed was intended here. Now that’s bad chi.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> Comment on THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FENG SHUI. HOW TO APPLY THE SECRETS OF CHINESE WISDOM FOR HEALTH, WEALTH AND HAPPINESS by JC Clark http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness/comment-page-1#comment-1606 JC Clark Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:42:17 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/the-complete-illustrated-guide-to-feng-shui-how-to-apply-the-secrets-of-chinese-wisdom-for-health-wealth-and-happiness#comment-1606 I found myself not reading the book from front to back but instead skipping around. First I looked for the basic fundamentals of how it worked then I started to compare how I could change my own environment from the information that was provided. Her book layout was simply and easy to apply. I did find it confusing when I read Lillian Too's books and then randomly read more books about Feng Shui not realizing there are different sectors of Feng Shui depending on the Master that taught them. Just a tip for someone picking up their first Feng Shui book. Rating: 4 / 5 I found myself not reading the book from front to back but instead skipping around. First I looked for the basic fundamentals of how it worked then I started to compare how I could change my own environment from the information that was provided. Her book layout was simply and easy to apply. I did find it confusing when I read Lillian Too’s books and then randomly read more books about Feng Shui not realizing there are different sectors of Feng Shui depending on the Master that taught them. Just a tip for someone picking up their first Feng Shui book.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on Flying Star Feng Shui: Change your Energy; Change your Luck by L. M. Akouri http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/flying-star-feng-shui-change-your-energy-change-your-luck/comment-page-1#comment-1603 L. M. Akouri Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:29:32 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/flying-star-feng-shui-change-your-energy-change-your-luck#comment-1603 One of the best books I have read on Flying Stars. I have read a fair few of them but Stephen Skinner's book guides you through the Flying Stars giving the reader an extremely easy explanation. He does not hold back on any vital information like some other writers do, e.g. connecting Eight Mansions and Personal Gua to the Flying Stars. I wish he would write one on Four Pillars of Destiny in the same way. Rating: 5 / 5 One of the best books I have read on Flying Stars. I have read a fair few of them but Stephen Skinner’s book guides you through the Flying Stars giving the reader an extremely easy explanation. He does not hold back on any vital information like some other writers do, e.g. connecting Eight Mansions and Personal Gua to the Flying Stars. I wish he would write one on Four Pillars of Destiny in the same way.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> Comment on Flying Star Feng Shui: Change your Energy; Change your Luck by Anette Halfon http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/flying-star-feng-shui-change-your-energy-change-your-luck/comment-page-1#comment-1602 Anette Halfon Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:48:08 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/flying-star-feng-shui-change-your-energy-change-your-luck#comment-1602 This is a very professional written book for advanced Feng Shui students with lots of tables and background information. It's not easy to read , but gives a lot of important information. You have to be quite known with the Flying Star technique and then you will enjoy this book and use it as a reference. Rating: 4 / 5 This is a very professional written book for advanced Feng Shui students with lots of tables and background information. It’s not easy to read , but gives a lot of important information. You have to be quite known with the Flying Star technique and then you will enjoy this book and use it as a reference.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> Comment on Flying Star Feng Shui: Change your Energy; Change your Luck by Alice http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/flying-star-feng-shui-change-your-energy-change-your-luck/comment-page-1#comment-1601 Alice Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:01:51 +0000 http://www.fengshuivoice.com/feng-shui/flying-star-feng-shui-change-your-energy-change-your-luck#comment-1601 This isn't the easiest book to either read or understand, but there's an incredibly amount of information packed into a relatively small book. <br /> <br />I don't think this is a very good first book for Feng Shui, but it's a great great library addition! I too would recommend The Idiot's Guide to Feng Shui for a first introduction. THEN buy this book, as it adds to it by quite a bit. <br /> <br />I wish there were a stronger focus on remedies, I have yet to find a feng shui book that covers all the potential remedies for all the different circumstance. Every Feng Shui book spends a huge part in the beginning explaining Feng Shui... if you are a total beginner, a book of this type won't make sense anyway, fast intro notwithstanding. If you are not, it's just wasted pages, because every book covers the intro over and over again. <br /> <br />I'm still looking for that perfect book that dispenses with the Feng Shui intros and leads right into remedies... ie., the Host/Guest relationship in this book uses as it's only example a positive positive. What happens when you have a 6M 5T 4W combo in a critically active office? What do you do? I have yet to see a single book that answers this (if any readers can answer this, please email me!). I give it a 5, because it's the most comprehensive book of 5 I own on the subject next to the Idiot's Guide. Rating: 5 / 5 This isn’t the easiest book to either read or understand, but there’s an incredibly amount of information packed into a relatively small book.

I don’t think this is a very good first book for Feng Shui, but it’s a great great library addition! I too would recommend The Idiot’s Guide to Feng Shui for a first introduction. THEN buy this book, as it adds to it by quite a bit.

I wish there were a stronger focus on remedies, I have yet to find a feng shui book that covers all the potential remedies for all the different circumstance. Every Feng Shui book spends a huge part in the beginning explaining Feng Shui… if you are a total beginner, a book of this type won’t make sense anyway, fast intro notwithstanding. If you are not, it’s just wasted pages, because every book covers the intro over and over again.

I’m still looking for that perfect book that dispenses with the Feng Shui intros and leads right into remedies… ie., the Host/Guest relationship in this book uses as it’s only example a positive positive. What happens when you have a 6M 5T 4W combo in a critically active office? What do you do? I have yet to see a single book that answers this (if any readers can answer this, please email me!). I give it a 5, because it’s the most comprehensive book of 5 I own on the subject next to the Idiot’s Guide.
Rating: 5 / 5

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