Using Feng Shui To Support US Troops
Feng shui has been used in China for thousands of years to create a more harmonious balance in homes and give businesses and the military an edge over the competition.
I have never set foot on a military base but I can certainly see the benefits of applying the principles of this ancient Chinese practice to the military living environment to help improve the physical and mental well being of our troops at home and abroad to create a stronger military.
We'll start by acknowledging the existence of "chi".
Chi is the energy that runs through our bodies, our homes, and everything in the world.
You may already be familiar with the practice of acupuncture, a Chinese medical practice oftreating illness by applying needles to points along the energy lines or meridians in your body.
Just like acupuncture works on the chi flow in your body, feng shui works on the chi in and around homes, offices and other buildings.
There is positive chi and negative chi, fast moving chi and stagnant chi.
By aligning ourselves with positive chi and neutralizing negative chi, we create a more positive living environment.
POSITIVE POSITIONING OF BUNKS A soldier will sleep better and perform better if his or her bunk is pointed in a positive compass direction.
According to the Eight Mansions Formula of Compass school feng shui, every person has four positive directions and four negative directions based on the year they are born and their gender.
You are either an "East Group" person or a "West Group" person.
The positive directions for East Group people are East, South, North and Southeast.
The positive directions for West Group people are West, Northwest, Southwest and Northeast.
The goal is to align the body so that the crown of the head is pointed toward one of your positive directions to align yourself with positive chi.
Soldiers sleeping on the ground can easily position themselves toward a positive direction.
Tents can be set up for positive cot positioning.
Soldiers in barracks have more limited options.
When the walls of barracks are aligned with the cardinal directions North, South, East and West, the bunks inside are lined up for soldiers to sleep North or South which will create problems for West Group soldiers.
Or East or West which will allow options for West Group soldiers to sleep pointed toward the west and East Group soldiers toward the east.
In barracks with walls aligned with NW, SW, NE, and SE, the bunks inside are lined up for soldiers to sleep NE or SW which will create problems for East Group soldiers.
Or NW or SE which will allow options for West Group soldiers to sleep pointed toward the NW and East Group soldiers toward the SE.
Sleep deprivation is a form of torture.
Sleeping in a negative direction will create sleep problems which can handicap a soldier by throwing them out of balance mentally.
They will also feel out of sync or off target.
Soldiers will have better mental health and do better overall when they sleep towards a positive direction.
The Chinese solar year is used to determine best directions and it begins on February 4th or 5th each year, not January 1st.
Looking specifically at soldiers born between 1984 and 1988, forty percent of the males are East Group and sixty percent are West Group.
Of the females born during these years, sixty percent belong to the East Group and forty percent to the West Group.
An ideal goal is for one hundred percent of soldiers to be able to sleep in a positive direction.
To accomplish this, soldiers can be moved within a barracks which has options for East and West Group people or assigned by their group to a barracks that is more supportive for them.
YEAR OF BIRTH AND GROUP Males: 1988 East;1987 East;1986 West;1985 West;1984 West Females: 1988 East;1987 West;1986 East;1985 East;1984 West PROBLEMS WITHIN BARRACKS Why are there more health problems for soldiers living in certain barracks than others?Or arguing? Accidents?Divorce?Why is that set of bunks considered unlucky or "cursed"? According to Flying Star feng shui, patterns of energies form in each of the compass sections of a building.
The energies interact with each other and create positive or negative chi in the specific compass section they occupy.
These negatives range from illness, arguments, accidents, divorce, money problems, depression, to substance abuse.
The positives could be prosperity, happiness, good business, marital bliss, and family harmony.
The effect of positive energies would be troops getting along well with others and being successful in their endeavors.
Negative energies can promote conflict within the barracks, relationship problems, depression, higher incidence of accidents and substance abuse.
Flying Star is a mathematical form of feng shui and the energy patterns or "natal charts" are calculated by the year of construction and the compass degree the building faces.
There are positive and negative energies in every building.
In a barracks, there can be a certain bunk at which every soldier who sleeps has problems.
It's not a "bad luck" bunk, it's just located where there are negative flying stars.
Human beings are human beings and it doesn't matter if they are sleeping in a mansion or a barracks.
The negative flying stars create problems for people in their vicinity if they are not neutralized.
We use feng shui elements to neutralize them.
Some common neutralizers or "cures" for negative energies are the element metal, non-moving water, and healthy green plants.
We can avoid big problems before construction by calculating the natal chart of a building before it is built and making changes in design or placement of the building on the lot to create a more positive structure.
Analyzing the flying star natal charts of barracks and other military buildings and eliminating negatives will create a more positive living environment to help improve the physical and mental well being of our troops.
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FENG SHUI Classical feng shui has been used for thousands of years in China.
Classical feng shui uses a combination of Compass, Flying Star and Form schools.
The practice of feng shui was introduced to Americans in the 1980s.
Unfortunately, it was "Americanized" to make it easier and more interesting for us so we would try it.
The Western school of feng shui does not use actual compass directions, personal directions or year of construction and therefore it is not very accurate.
Sadly, because of its easy application, it is the most popular school of feng shui in the United States.
SYNOPSIS Every building has positive and negative energies which have an impact on the occupants.
Every person has positive and negative directions which can be utilized where they live and work.
The ancient Chinese practice of feng shui can be easily applied to military life to create a more supportive environment for soldiers.
This will support their physical and mental well being and create a stronger military.
I have never set foot on a military base but I can certainly see the benefits of applying the principles of this ancient Chinese practice to the military living environment to help improve the physical and mental well being of our troops at home and abroad to create a stronger military.
We'll start by acknowledging the existence of "chi".
Chi is the energy that runs through our bodies, our homes, and everything in the world.
You may already be familiar with the practice of acupuncture, a Chinese medical practice oftreating illness by applying needles to points along the energy lines or meridians in your body.
Just like acupuncture works on the chi flow in your body, feng shui works on the chi in and around homes, offices and other buildings.
There is positive chi and negative chi, fast moving chi and stagnant chi.
By aligning ourselves with positive chi and neutralizing negative chi, we create a more positive living environment.
POSITIVE POSITIONING OF BUNKS A soldier will sleep better and perform better if his or her bunk is pointed in a positive compass direction.
According to the Eight Mansions Formula of Compass school feng shui, every person has four positive directions and four negative directions based on the year they are born and their gender.
You are either an "East Group" person or a "West Group" person.
The positive directions for East Group people are East, South, North and Southeast.
The positive directions for West Group people are West, Northwest, Southwest and Northeast.
The goal is to align the body so that the crown of the head is pointed toward one of your positive directions to align yourself with positive chi.
Soldiers sleeping on the ground can easily position themselves toward a positive direction.
Tents can be set up for positive cot positioning.
Soldiers in barracks have more limited options.
When the walls of barracks are aligned with the cardinal directions North, South, East and West, the bunks inside are lined up for soldiers to sleep North or South which will create problems for West Group soldiers.
Or East or West which will allow options for West Group soldiers to sleep pointed toward the west and East Group soldiers toward the east.
In barracks with walls aligned with NW, SW, NE, and SE, the bunks inside are lined up for soldiers to sleep NE or SW which will create problems for East Group soldiers.
Or NW or SE which will allow options for West Group soldiers to sleep pointed toward the NW and East Group soldiers toward the SE.
Sleep deprivation is a form of torture.
Sleeping in a negative direction will create sleep problems which can handicap a soldier by throwing them out of balance mentally.
They will also feel out of sync or off target.
Soldiers will have better mental health and do better overall when they sleep towards a positive direction.
The Chinese solar year is used to determine best directions and it begins on February 4th or 5th each year, not January 1st.
Looking specifically at soldiers born between 1984 and 1988, forty percent of the males are East Group and sixty percent are West Group.
Of the females born during these years, sixty percent belong to the East Group and forty percent to the West Group.
An ideal goal is for one hundred percent of soldiers to be able to sleep in a positive direction.
To accomplish this, soldiers can be moved within a barracks which has options for East and West Group people or assigned by their group to a barracks that is more supportive for them.
YEAR OF BIRTH AND GROUP Males: 1988 East;1987 East;1986 West;1985 West;1984 West Females: 1988 East;1987 West;1986 East;1985 East;1984 West PROBLEMS WITHIN BARRACKS Why are there more health problems for soldiers living in certain barracks than others?Or arguing? Accidents?Divorce?Why is that set of bunks considered unlucky or "cursed"? According to Flying Star feng shui, patterns of energies form in each of the compass sections of a building.
The energies interact with each other and create positive or negative chi in the specific compass section they occupy.
These negatives range from illness, arguments, accidents, divorce, money problems, depression, to substance abuse.
The positives could be prosperity, happiness, good business, marital bliss, and family harmony.
The effect of positive energies would be troops getting along well with others and being successful in their endeavors.
Negative energies can promote conflict within the barracks, relationship problems, depression, higher incidence of accidents and substance abuse.
Flying Star is a mathematical form of feng shui and the energy patterns or "natal charts" are calculated by the year of construction and the compass degree the building faces.
There are positive and negative energies in every building.
In a barracks, there can be a certain bunk at which every soldier who sleeps has problems.
It's not a "bad luck" bunk, it's just located where there are negative flying stars.
Human beings are human beings and it doesn't matter if they are sleeping in a mansion or a barracks.
The negative flying stars create problems for people in their vicinity if they are not neutralized.
We use feng shui elements to neutralize them.
Some common neutralizers or "cures" for negative energies are the element metal, non-moving water, and healthy green plants.
We can avoid big problems before construction by calculating the natal chart of a building before it is built and making changes in design or placement of the building on the lot to create a more positive structure.
Analyzing the flying star natal charts of barracks and other military buildings and eliminating negatives will create a more positive living environment to help improve the physical and mental well being of our troops.
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE KIND OF FENG SHUI Classical feng shui has been used for thousands of years in China.
Classical feng shui uses a combination of Compass, Flying Star and Form schools.
The practice of feng shui was introduced to Americans in the 1980s.
Unfortunately, it was "Americanized" to make it easier and more interesting for us so we would try it.
The Western school of feng shui does not use actual compass directions, personal directions or year of construction and therefore it is not very accurate.
Sadly, because of its easy application, it is the most popular school of feng shui in the United States.
SYNOPSIS Every building has positive and negative energies which have an impact on the occupants.
Every person has positive and negative directions which can be utilized where they live and work.
The ancient Chinese practice of feng shui can be easily applied to military life to create a more supportive environment for soldiers.
This will support their physical and mental well being and create a stronger military.
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