Writing & New Age

Lesson 7: Your Writing Space.

This lesson will cover the more esoteric aspects of your writing life and writing enhancement. You need to have a good energy flow about your writing environment. This aids a natural ability to deliver the written word. There are some writing spaces pictured here of various authors for your general interest. Note the differences in their arrangements and try to determine what, if any, affect their writing space has had on their styles.

Section 7-1: Personal Feng Shui.

As we begin to learn more about Personal Feng Shui you should start by getting out your journal or design | idea books and drawing a picture of your writing niche.' Try to grab all the detail possible, if you aren't a stellar drawer; use boxes, circles, rectangles to define items and then pencil in what they represent.

Now, look at your workspace and ask yourself:

1. Do I like the way my writing space is arranged?
   
2. Do I feel cramped?
   
3. Do I feel like I have too much space?
   
4. Are my tools handy?
   
5. What type of lighting do I have?
   
6. Do I feel good sitting in my writing niche'? If yes, why? If no, why?
   
7. Think up another five or so questions you would like to have answered, answer them for yourself now.

After learning more about Feng Shui applications-in this very basic overview-re-visit your answers to these questions. Adjust your Personal Feng Shui accordingly.

Feng Shui (pronounced shway) is viewed as a science, but has an artistic flair to it that yields well to the budding writer. Feng Shui, means wind | water, it is about a good flow of energy being maintained around your workspace. It can be implemented to other areas of your life as well. For our lesson series we will concentrate on this art | science within the office environment. With a 3,000-year history-mentioned as far back as 220 B.C.-Feng Shui can teach us to create harmony and balance within the environment surrounding us.

You may ascertain easily enough whether the entrance to your office space is constrictive and dark-if it is open and light. You can assess if your workspace is too confining, if walls are too close, if they seem to compress your energy fields. On the other hand, you can assess if your office space is too open and whether you are loosing energy.

You may notice the energies that could be depleting your Chi-or you may sense the energies that are supportive of your Chi. Discovering your personal space may tune you into other observations such as pollution, electronic fluctuations that may emanate from power lines or similar devices outside your walls and windows. You may become more conscientious of the quality of air around you. You may sense that happy life events have occurred where you are writing or whether the energy makes you feel like there was negative energies in the area you work within; your awareness' are intuitive. Feng Shui will provide determinations in the causes of energy and how to arrange environment in harmonious ways to rid yourself of negative energies.

I. Some types of negative energies:

Can be high electro-magnetic fields (EMF's) that produce disturbances, nervousness, allergies, inability to focus or concentrate, fatigue, and headaches. When EMF's are eliminated people who were ill respond better to recovery. People who were not ill when EMF's were high still notice beneficial changes in how they think and sleep along with overall energy levels when EMF's are lowered.

Clutter and unnecessary placements of items, furnishings, etc. also have negative effects on your Chi. Take a look at your deskspace, if you have a collection of old dishes, coffee mugs, notes that are covering large spaces, copies of bill statements, and other oddities you will be well advised to clear the clutter as soon as you can. This is not to say you must have an immaculate workspace to write well-it is to say, that if you have stress inductive items allocated to your workspace you are defeating yourself. We want to reduce all stress inviting materials from our personal workspace.

Crowded workspaces are a deterrent to proactive work. If your space is too confining and it is all the space you will have, be imaginative in creating the feel of space. Placement of mirrors can add dimension to your work area. A poster of a window with a view can add some element of landscape and again dimension. If your workarea is too expansive, rearrange the furniture to develop a flow that will not dissipate your energy. Perhaps add a room-dividing device.

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II. Feng Shui follows three schools of application:

Black Hat: This system doesn't employ the use of traditional magnetic compasses to determine the directions (the science of Feng Shui); each house, officespace, or room is determined from where the door is located.

Form School: Focusses on physical landscapes, shapes, sizes, watercourses, and water views.

Intuitive Feng Shui: Based on intuitive practitioners.

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III. Colors of Feng Shui:

Water - all shades of blue or black
Wood - all shades of green
Fire - red, maroon, burgundy, hot pink, etc.
Earth - orange, yellow, brown (from light to dark)
Metal - white, silver, gray, gold

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IV. The Five Elements of Feng Shui:

Wood-The first element of Feng Shui is wood-it is the beginning of new life and creator of the five-element cycle. People refer to the use of wood furniture as a wood element-which is not a good substitute-furniture is dead wood-it is lifeless and contains no Chi. If it has had a good history-it can carry positive energy as can books and other household items previously owned. You need live wood in the form of a bushy plant. Plants filter air we breathe so it is wise to use a natural form when it comes to the wood element.

Fire-The Fire Element is the most "Yang" of the elements. This is one instance where color works well-a table lamp with a red shade makes excellent fire element use.

Earth-The Earth Element can be a terracotta pot filled with soil or a clay statue. Earth colours are yellow or beige they are not as effective as the element itself.



Metal-The Metal Element is found in many forms-bronze, copper, gold, and silver are a few of them. You can be creative using this element try to look at shape, don't use sharp points or unattractive objects just because they have the element you need, Feng Shui is about creating a harmony and balance and it should look attractive in the environment. The colours you should use are white, gold, and silver.

Water-The Water Element is the key element-we would not exist without it-the planet as our body is made up of mainly water. A fountain or an aquarium is ideal.

This is a very basic overview to Feng Shui. Upon further study, you will learn that there is much more science to this art and that research, study, and application can be very beneficial to you as a writer. Re-visit your answers to the earlier questions. Are there adjustments you can make to improve your Personal Feng Shui? If so, make them this week.

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Rules of Feng Shui:

• Always position your bed, desk, and stove to have a clear view of the door.
• Never sleep with a beam over your bed or put a shelf over it or your desk. Your world could fall down on you at any moment
• Avoid sharp pointed buildings, wall corners, furniture or accessories pointed directly at your house, bed or desk. It is reminiscent of a cutting knife-edge or a disapproving finger.
• Heavy beams over where you sleep, work, or spend a lot of time can cause oppression and bad luck: Lift them up with a windchime or Chinese flute.
• Have plenty of space around your bed, dining table, and your desk: don't cramp your life in anyway.
• Behind your desk, never sit in front of a window have a solid wall to provide a good foundation. Consider a picture of a mountain behind you for added stability.
• The principal and upper executives' offices should be located in the command areas of the office, while giving employees and clients accessibility. Everyone will benefit because the entire office will feel as if it is one body, the sum of all the functions harmoniously working toward the main objective.
• Stimulate chi w/ mobiles, scarves, ribbons, or SPINS
• Try not to have a toilet in any auspicious location: Wealth, Relationship, Sheng Chi, etc....
• The Study signifies stimulation, creativity and innovation
• Give yourself time off.
• Where natural light is not readily available, especially in corridors and entry vestibules, make sure they are well illuminated.
• The entry of your home or office should be open and inviting trim away foliage that may be blocking the path of Chi
• Do not block the entry of your home or office in anyway
• Landscaping should be manicured regularly not to get overgrown, cover walkways or entry, or shadow the house.
• After walking into your front door, it should open into an expansive and feel good space, not one that is restrictive in anyway or that faces a mirror, staircase or an open window.
• If your study is close to entry, you may be a work-a-holic or bookworm.
• Mirrors are wonderful to expand space and direct energy, but never have it face the front door.

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