Q: Where is the best place to put the boss's office? We are redoing our offices and I want to be sure to put my office in the best Feng Shui place.A: Your intuition is guiding you quite well. Indeed the location of the boss's office is important to the success of the business. The energetic environment of the boss's office affects everyone in the business. Ideally, the boss would be located in the wealth corner of the business according to the BaGua octagon. This is the left rear section of the business relative to the front door. The boss's desk should likewise be located in a commanding position relative to the doorway into his office. I am reminded of a boss that I once had who's [sic] desk was poorly positioned behind the door. Every time I entered his office I felt uneasy. I never knew what kind of surprise he would have for me. Make your office a sacred harmonious place of creation so that anyone entering it will be at peace and feel your loving commitment to them and the business. The old ways of using power and control to run a business are no longer working. It must come from the heart. Blessings to you and your business.
Q: How can we use Feng Shui things at the entrance to our building to bring in more business and money?
A: Make sure that the access from the street or sidewalk to your business is clear so that customers can easily see the entrance door to your business. The flow of traffic should follow the predominant flow from the street. Signage should be simple to read and have strong colors such as red to activate the Chi. Make sure that there is a clear path to the front door, clearly marked or color-coded so that as the customers enter the property they sense clearly where to go. The front door needs to be large and easily accessible for this is the "mouth of the Chi." Ideally, the front door should face south or east according to Feng Shui principles. Also, it is best if the building is level with or higher than the street or sidewalk. Avoid locating right next to major powerlines or electric transformers.
Q: Does Feng Shui have an opinion on sloped ceilings? My desk is positioned in a room that has a sloped ceiling. It is lower behind me and higher in front of my desk.
A: Sloped ceilings cause imbalance. Lower ceilings compress your auric field thereby limiting the flow of Chi. The physical result of this may be headaches, sinus difficulties, and restricted breath. If possible, reposition your desk so that you will be sitting under a higher ceiling area. If this is not possible creative Feng Shui techniques will help. The traditional solution is to place two Chinese bamboo flutes on the lower part of the sloped ceiling hanging from red ribbons with the mouthpieces pointing down. To determine the spacing of the two flutes, imagine an octagon between the ceiling and the floor. This will tell you how far apart to place the flutes and the angle between them. If your aesthetic tastes do not resonate with the Chinese flutes then you can place lights on the floor pointing up toward the ceiling or upward growing plants. Another creative solution is to paint a cloud/sky scene on the ceiling thereby lifting it visually.
[Ed.: Responding to a call for more "Feng Shui questions," I sent
the following e-mail to the author:
I found the copy of Earth Star, in which I read your previous
column, mixed up with newspapers and leaflets on a raised platform in
the window of a coffee shop, to the extreme right rear as I walked in
the door. I also saw a copy in my local health food supermarket,
stacked in a neat pile by the cash registers, at a perpendicular angle
to the left of the front entrance. Is this a concern of Feng Shui?
What would be the best Feng Shui place to put the magazine?
Mr. Bartlett, either not getting it at all or finding an inscrutable
New Age way to tell me to go screw myself, responded:
"Everything is a concern of Feng Shui. Everything is connected to
everything so the placement of the magazines certainly mattered as it
found you. Blessings. Stanley"
...and there the issue rests.]
