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Bad Tire Ch'i Brings Peaceful Afternoon of Reading

Be careful what you wish for. It may appear in a bizarre way.

Before I left Alexandria, Louisiana in April I had a slow leak in my tire fixed. While I was waiting at Sam's I bought a copy of The Shack by William Young, (you may find him at http://theshackbook.com/ )
that my sister-in-law had really encouraged me to read. When the repair was complete I had read 50 pages and I thought...Wow... I wish I had all day to read this book. It is so great.

If you get a chance buy it, read it immediately. It rips apart your concept of what God might look like and really be like, along with Jesus. It is an incredible book.

I hit the road for Dallas and a blinding rain storm arrived and I drove about 50 miles out from Alexandria on my trip and the repaired tire blew and fortunately for me God was on the job and I did not wreck my car or get hurt or more important, did not hurt anyone else.

   

I called Triple A and they sent a guy that did not have a repair truck, only a car to change my tire. My donut spare tire was flat and he had no way to fix it by inflating it so I could go on. In the storm he said all of the trucks were busy and he was the only one that could come to help me. I had waited 2 hours for him.
Triple A had failed me on this round so I called my family back in "Alec" as the locals call it. They came to get my wheel, an hour drive to them, drove back to "Alec" and bought a new tire on a lazy, rainy Saturday afternoon and drove back to put it on my car.

I had been to Florida for a two week working vacation and had both my desktop computer with all my gear and my laptop plus all of my Feng Shui teaching tools and Mystic Fair of Naples display set up stuff with me in the car. There was no room to load it all into their Jeep so I stayed with the car in the blinding rainstorm.
Replacing it would cost lots so I opted to stay with the car.

What did I do for a total of 5 hours of waiting for Triple A and my family to rescue me? Read of course, the book I had desperately been "wishing" I had all afternoon to read, instead of driving back to Dallas that afternoon.

I got my wish in a very odd way. The rain beating on my Jeep's roof was a huge energizer and refresher for my Holy Spirit (Soul) Ch'i. The tire would have blown anyway but because I had followed my Spirit's leading and bought the book while I waited for the repair, I was able to enjoy a once in a lifetime "breakdown" afternoon instead of being in a panic and wild over it all. God is so good to us if only we look to see what He is providing for us in His wisdom, be patient and accepting of it.

Because of the rainstorm not a single person stopped to help me, which is something else I was strongly "wishing for" because I already had help and did not want to meet any hustlers on the road or worse. God was very good to me as I sat for hours enjoying what could have been a huge "meltdown point" for me. I just loved it. If you have to be on the road always carry a good book just in case you have odd time to read. Books are anti-meltdown. They can calm us. I would also still recommend AAA Auto Club for rescue, lockouts, etc..

Check your tires before you take a trip is also another lesson I learned. I will do that for sure in the future. The other lesson I learned is that whatever you wish for so hard will appear in ways you might not have thought of. Wisher beware! Think it through. Your wishes come true. Our spoken thoughts take a life of their own. Think of that next time you decide to make a wish. Make it a good one for you.

I thank you God for keeping me safe and the others that were spared without a mishap with the tire. Thank you to my family for coming to my rescue and giving up your Saturday afternoon to drive back and forth so far to bring me the right tire. Thank you Triple A for at least showing up. Be careful what you wish for... be specific...you likely will get it. The more energy you put into your "wishes" or thoughts, the higher the vibration as is spoken of in The Secret Book or DVD, the quicker the miracles come for us, often exactly as we wish... Good Luck on Your Wishes.

Torii Shinto Gateway to the Heavens

This glorious Torii Shinto Gateway to Heaven is located in Naples, FL. It elevates the rear entry energy by marking the property that borders on the Water Element. To Japanese in ancient Feng Shui this entrance declares you are leaving the mundane or common world and entering the sacred or Heavenly world when you pass through this portal, into the Sacred Space of their home or shrine.

Torii Shinto may be found in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii

The Japanese term Torii Shinto is a traditional Japanese gate commonly found at the entry to a Shinto shrine although it can be found at Buddhist temples as well.

Torii mark the transition from the sacred (the shrine) to the profane (the normal world). A person who has been successful in business often donates a Torii in gratitude.

Torii gates mark the entrance to sacred space in Japan. A shrine may have many Torii, and the first of the Torii is called the ichi no torii, or "first torii". Torii that are found farther into the shrine represent increasing levels of holiness as one nears the inner sanctuary of the shrine. Passing underneath a torii on the way to visit a shrine is, along with washing one's hands and mouth with water, an act of sanctification and purification before approaching the kami or spirits to pray. Learn more about kami at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami

Myojin styleTorii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Torii.svg

The Shinto may be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto. It explains the spiritual practices associated with the Torii shrine.

In Frisco, TX. the Torii Shinto is used as a decorative gate in an exclusive housing community. These people believe it will bring Heavenly Good Luck to them.

I recently saw in Dallas just the Torii Shinto Arch elongated about 10 feet wide and set up as a framework for a double swing set for a toddler on one side and an old tire swing on the other side for the older child so both could enjoy the swinging simultaneously. What a delightful idea!

The Internet has plans if you search and concepts to bring you a Torii Shinto of your own for Good Luck. Each one makes a completely different statement. If you love Feng Shui then you will love this.

Linda's Lucky Ch'i Feng Shui

My dearest friend Linda I met in 1981 when I opened my stained glass shop and gallery. She became my prayer partner and has the strongest ability to manifest positive and prosperous energy of anyone I have ever met in my life. She STAYS POSITIVE no matter what. She became a devotee of Feng Shui in 1994 and called me to come to her home to see my first Feng Shui consultation. After that I was hooked on Feng Shui.

She actually called me and invited me to be there when the Feng Shui consultant came to "balance the energies" and told me "I have your new career for you. This is it. With your Real Estate, Art, and design and decorating skills, once you learn Feng Shui there will be no stopping you. This is perfect for you."

The rest as they say is history. I have been studying Feng Shui since that time. It never fails to surprise me with the successful results. Linda uses many Feng Shui techniques to bring the Highest Ch'i signals to the highest vibration for her home. When you enter the home, directly above the door are two Brass (Prosperity/Good Health) Dragons that symbolically protect those that live here. Protectors are an ancient Feng Shui custom.

   

As you enter you immediately are faced with the grand staircase that normally would suck all of the Cosmic Ch'i energy straight up the stairs and divide it into two separate directions. Linda has cured the Ch'i (Breath of God) to make it linger at the landing for extended vibrational blessings with pictures of herself and her significant other. By "anchoring" the landing with the family pictures of those that live here, they will not be affected by the architectural division the split staircases create. In simple terms, the couple will not be divided by the emptiness a blank wall creates. Plus both Linda and her love are "lifted up" with the vibrations the Glamour Shots send out into the Universe.

Each of the pictures has separate glass that act as individual mirrors to reflect back and bounce the Ch'i signals to a higher magnification of energy. You can see the reflection of the entrance chandelier in the center picture. When the sunlight hits these pictures, they are bouncing the Ch'i all over the front of the home's entry area and on throughout the house. After dark the chandelier is creating the Light Ch'i to keep that vibration level high for manifesting.

This stained glass lamp in the formal dining area has sea shells incorporated into the design. Sea Shell and anything from the sea bring Prosperity Money energy to that location. Use Sea Shells anywhere, anytime, to create a boost of Prosperity Ch'i in your Sacred Space.

   

The 9 rectangles of mirrors are lucky as 9 is one of the luckiest Chinese numbers of Feng Shui. They catch the staircase energy and bounce it back across the entire front interior. The Red flowers bring Fame/Recognition/Future energies. The Blue candles call for Wisdom/Knowledge/Spirituality to Light the way.

The dining table is a tone of Gold for more Prosperity/Good Health empowerment. The White molding lifts the Children/Intellectual Descendents/Creativity vibrations.

   

Many times you hear me rave over Grapes representing Abundance in your Power Feng Shui energy alignments. Here Linda chose a stained glass lamp and complimentary wall paper for more abundance in the kitchen's dining area.

   

Lucky bamboo flutes hang from beams so there is NO oppressive energy present. The Chinese characters symbols for Career are painted on an octagon mirror to lift and bless Career energies for this home. The octagon is the luckiest shape in the Universe. A mirror DOUBLES the energies for Linda and her love.

   

A jukebox replica with all of their favorite music sits in the Family Room and really can lift the Ch'i when it is playing tremendously. How great to be able to punch in your favorites and enjoy the music as it flows all around you. I love this feature.

In her love's office a high back chair is Financially Supportive of any that sit in it. Low backs would cut off the money supply and are not suitable for superior Power Feng Shui. Green silk plants for Wood Element Fresh New Growth in Business also lift Family/Community energies. The wood tones used here are Cherry wood with Red tints which activate the Fame/Future/Recognition Ch'i.

   

The Mighty Mouse stained glass is fun and sentimentally causes one to hear "Mighty Mouse is here to save the day, Mighty Mouse is on his way." Any Baby Boomer growing up in the 50's will never forget Saturday morning's Mighty Mouse cartoon show. Linda's love is a Private Investigator and often is there to "save the day" for his clients. They both enjoy Mighty Mouse hanging in the office.

Again, the luckiest shape in the Universe is the 8 sided Octagon. This Octagon area rug is positioned at the entrance, in front of the massive staircase to bring Good Luck to those that live there and those that enter.

What an amazing collection of Ch'i Lifting Lucky Power Feng Shui icons to create the very best environment to manifest "heart's desires" into the lives of my friend Linda and her love. Linda has the absolute best luck of anyone I have ever met. Her love seems to have the same benefit from all of the Power Feng Shui icons throughout the Sacred Space.

Buy a few Good Luck icons or rearrange some mirrors or place some fresh silk plants around your Sacred Space to promote Growth and New Beginnings. Change your luck...You have the power to do just that. Start to create your own Power Feng Shui Lucky energies for manifesting like Linda has done. You will be so happy you did.

Many thanks to Linda for sharing her home and all of her lucky icons of Prosperity/Good Health and so much more. Thank you also, as I have said so many times, for directing me to Feng Shui as my Career way back in 1994. It changed my life forever plus the lives of my clients. Love, blessings and the most auspicious (Good) Luck to you always, Linda my friend.

Brookston, Indiana Great Power Feng Shui Homes

Indiana people love to "dress up" their homes. This excellent Gray painted home brings the Compassion, Friends, Travel, & Mentors Energy to an elevated state. This will help those that live here to receive Compassion from others in personal and professional situations, interactions with the neighbors to be favorable, delivery people to want to work with you to get the best service, and even your children getting the best teachers available to them. Gray's compassion "fires up" in ways to bring mercy to you in lots of different types of life's challenges. Use it to call down the best Compassion in the Universe to your Sacred Space.

   

The deep Red works to "fire up" Fame, Recognition, and the Future for those that live here as well. If our children are not recognized for their achievements then they will lose interest in school. If we do not get recognized for our achievements at work then there is no raise or promotion...Get that Red paint out on display to make things start to happen for you. The Green brings the Community/Family energies into play along with the Wood Element of Growth. Lots of growth, personally and professionally for those within. Those stones bring Earth's Element to add a "grounding stability" presence called The Tao at this location. The Tao brings the "Connectedness" of Person to Place, that is so critical with Pyramid Feng Shui, of The Feng Shui Institute of America. I have worked with Pyramid Feng Shui since 2001 with Nancilee Wydra, founder, and I encourage you to visit her at http://windwater.com/ and find her books on Pyramid Feng Shui that will change your life for the good.

And those Yellow (or Gold) flowers bring Prosperity/Good Health into the mix. The Purple ones add Wealth/Empowerment energies. Adding a stained glass panel is like adding diamonds that glisten with the Light Ch'i (Cosmic Breath of God) that bounces throughout the home as it enters through this art piece.You just cannot get "higher Ch'i" than bouncing Light signals from the Universe. Excellent! It lifts everything. Yes!

This fence lined with more Yellow/Gold flowers edges the property line with more prosperity on the right side of the Gray House here in Brookston. The White fence lifts up the Creativity/Children/Intellectual Descendents energy, to add to that anticipated Prosperity/Good Health boost.

The straight line sidewalk is NOT good Feng Shui as it blasts the Ch'i towards the home, thereby weakening the impact of the blessing of the Cosmic Breath of God. These homeowners "Cured" the unlucky Ch'i by planting Purple (Wealth/Empowerment) flowers and White ones to lift the Children/Creativity/Intellectual Descendents energies. It does a great job taking care that straight line bad luck energy is "Cured."

The toast color on the exterior is a tone of Gold that brings Prosperity/Good Health. Any shade of Gold, from beige to metallic Gold will bring heightened Prosperity/Good Health.

The roof line shows the appearance of two pyramids which brings the Fire Element into this presentation and further "lifts" things to "fire up."

Excellent choices by this homeowner in Brookston, Indiana. What a lovely bit of inspiration to "Cure" Shar (Unlucky) Ch'i.

HealeyGrisham's www.HoorayForTheUnderdog.com
Hits Big With Oprah

Some of my very favorite Power Feng Shui clients are the Creative Photography Design specialists Art director Janet Healey and photographer Joe Grisham of HealeyGrisham on Commerce Street in Downtown Dallas. You can learn all about them and their Dallas Humane Society campaign of "Will they be faithful? Dogs will be dogs. Humans should be humane."

HealeyGrisham is a Dallas-based commercial photography studio that has created images for national clients including Petsmart, Neiman Marcus, JCPenney, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Jackson & Perkins, AT&T, and The Smithsonian catalog.

HealeyGrisham’s other projects include www.HoorayForTheUnderdog.com a newly launched stationery collection featuring rescued companion animals. A portion of the proceeds from Hooray for the Underdog sales benefits grassroots animal welfare organizations. HealeyGrisham’s companion animal portraits and Hooray for the Underdog have been featured in Redbook, Animal Fair, Dog Fancy and on CountryLiving.com.

You can find out how to order these delightful, fun and touching greeting card stationery items that are photographs of rescue dogs in funny, crazy clothes or boas, pushing baby carriages, sitting atop chairs or whatever happens to appear in the most unlikely spot to make completely original and exciting "Dog Art" for you to own or share with your "Doggy loving friends."

   

Oprah.com features Hooray for the Underdog!

Dallas – (Dec. 4, 2008) www.Hooray for the Underdog!, the note card line featuring rescue animals, has been included on one of the most viewed websites on the internet, www.Oprah.com.

The note cards are part of Oprah’s Best of 2008 - Gifts that Give Back. Ten percent of proceeds from the sale of the cards benefits grass roots animal welfare organizations.

See their complete line of Hooray for the Underdog stationery at
http://store.hoorayfortheunderdog.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=HGS&Category_Code=EO
Each order benefits other rescue dogs and helps so much more to get the message out there.

When Janet and Joe invited me to consult on their Power Feng Shui one of the wishes they had for their business was national and international recognition for their stationery line Hooray for the Underdog. Oprah discovering them was a huge breakthrough.

With Oprah's Show giving them such excellent exposure CNN picked up the segment and ran it and HealeyGrisham received an extra boost from the free plug. You never know who is going to find you.

I applaud HealeyGrisham, the dynamic duo design team of Janet Healey and Joe Grisham and all they have achieved. Visit them and buy some original Hooray for the Underdog items to share with your friends. Everyone will enjoy it and real rescue dogs will benefit through your purchases. Thank you for sharing with us.
Go www.HoorayfortheUnderdog.com You will love it!

Pyramid Fire Power used for Selling Display
at Whole Foods Store

Whole Foods is completely "in touch" with all things green. Here they use their Feng Shui knowledge to set up a display of lotions in Pyramid Shapes which creates the Fire Element. This will "fire up" sales by attracting attention to the Pyramid Shapes. One of the Lucky Chinese Feng Shui flowers is the orchid. They have used the Purple (Wealth/Empowerment) and Pink (Love/Relationship) Orchid's colors to bring those energies to the display to draw a crowd. The Green Plants represent the Wood Element for Growth and also enhance Family/Community energies.

Pineapples and other exotic foods offer the perfect picture of abundance Whole Foods is presenting, and wisely so for the optimum sales to be made by exhibiting this display.

Sets of icons in 3's also bring the Fire Element to a higher vibration. The 3 baskets for the fruit and the 3 Pyramids of product signify the 3 Fold Blessing of Heaven, Earth & Mankind or the Trinity of the Father God, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. All things happen in 3's, lucky and unlucky. Universal law...

You see it. You are drawn. Color, shape and Feng Shui come together here to "seal the deal" or "make the sale." It works for Whole Foods. Use those Pyramid shapes to "fire up" energies in sets of displays of 3 separate icons (candles, books, decorative items, etc.) to heighten those energies you desire to achieve. It will work for you.

Love those Pyramids. Thank you Whole Foods for leading the way with Pyramids.

Thoughts of Thomas: Thoughts on 2012
and
Thoughts of Thomas: Who Am I?

NOTE from Alex:

I have known Thomas since 1973. He is the best friend of my ex-husband that I was married to for 18 years and am still close friends with him and his entire family. Some people you never divorce because they are your family, even without a marriage.

Thomas and I would get into red hot GOD arguments or rather discussions of our opinions over and over again for years. I was just so Pentecostal judgmental, and so narrow-minded on my GOD STUFF at the time. I believed at that time exactly what I was taught. I did not question it. Once I journeyed outside of what is the Pentecostal "Oneness" GOD I learned so much more and it changed everything I knew and felt about God. I only wish I had known sooner. It would have saved me lots of misunderstanding my God and my relationship with Him.

God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are my GODHEAD and where I place my beliefs but I learned so much more by visiting and studying other faiths, especially the Kabbalah with Rabbi Solomon in 2001. There I learned about past life connections and "The Deal" we make with God, in Heaven, as an adult soul to come to earth and love each person in our life and bring the "LIGHT OF GOD" to them with our unconditional love.

Studying Kabbalah made me understand why I had been collecting books about it for ten years and never understood why. It had to do with being a Kabbalist in a past life time and my soul kept insisting that I buy books to study it. Until I went to that first meeting I never felt a connection. After that I understood.

I encourage you to seek God for yourself. Let your soul lead you and be free to follow it. It will not betray you, only take you to a higher level of wisdom to understand God, The Universe and yourself and others around you. Follow where you are led to visit and seek God with "like kind" believers so you will be welcome and "at peace" and fulfilled in your own life. You will not go wrong if you follow your own personal Holy Spirit Ch'i (the Cosmic Breath of God), within you, as it leads you to your higher self, and a greater destiny than you thought possible.

God will, with your help and pure intention for change and ability to manifest, bring you to a new and better life. Many say "This is Heaven on Earth." They believe we create ALL things in our life. Why not have a Heavenly atmosphere surrounding you? It is all up to you.

This is exactly what Thomas did when he manifested a new part for his daughter's spine so she would be healed and have a life that was better than all of the pain her condition had caused her. See his article on Healing he created for his daughter at http://old.powerfengshui.info/EZine/Thomas%27s%20Corner.shtml#Thomas5

Please read many other articles Thomas shares at his pages here at www.PowerFengShui.info http://old.powerfengshui.info/EZine/Thomas%27s%20Corner.shtml

You will learn from each of them. We invite you back to visit us always.

Alex

We hope you enjoyed www.PowerFengShui.info August EZine and all of the new fun things you saw and learned about. The Cosmic Ch'i (God's Breath) is everywhere. We simply could not live without the Breath of God in all living things.

In September's www.PowerFengShui.info EZine you will learn about Texas Cowboy Ch'i at an event where I entertained a few months ago. People in Dallas that are visiting and locals, plus I am sure others throughout the State of Texas, like to "Play Cowboy" at parties. It makes great memories and lots to talk about later on. Eddie Deen's Ranch in downtown Dallas caters to just such affairs and people NEVER forget their experience there. There is music, food, darts, dancing, basketball, Real Cowboy food featuring their delicious Barbeque, Bull Riding for the brave, and certainly drinking and just hanging out in "Kick Back Texas Cowboy Fashion" for the length of each private party or event. It is a hoot as they say.

Yang Ch'i is found in Florida at Don Garlits' Drag Racing Museum, Hall of Fame and Classic Car Collection for those that are race car devotees. It contains some very exciting rides that we will feature in Sept. EZine.

Solar Windmills generate power in Brookston, Indiana and local resident features Solar Windmill Art on their garage. Love that Green Power.

In Indianapolis, across from the Indianapolis Museum of Art is the old and regal Crown Hill Cemetery with so many original displays of loving tribute to lost loved ones. In Indiana I have noticed that Hoosiers are very faithful to visit and maintain flowers and floral displays. Ancient Feng Shui tells us to "lift up the memories" of ancestors to receive their blessing to be sent down from Heaven.

Seeing tributes that others offer for their loved ones gives you an idea of what Good Luck they might be receiving for the blessing they have left as a memorial upon the grave of that loved one. Come and see how Crown Hill Cemetery residents are laid to rest by their loved ones in our Sept. EZine.

Play with your Power Feng Shui. Do something new and different every single day to make a change for 9 days. 9 is one of the Lucky Numbers of Feng Shui. Relax and wait for things to begin to change for you. Usually changes begin to happen within the first 2 weeks time, again after a full New Moon to New Moon cycle, and a big boost right after the completion of 3 complete New Moon cycles from the time you do the Power Feng Shui, when it is considered by the ancient Feng Shui practioners to be in perfect balance and harmony with the Universe. After the 3 cycles of New Moons it is thought to be in perfect alignment with the Universe. The more changes you make the more things will change for you. Don't wait until tomorrow. Start today to change your life for the good, immediately. It will work, whether you believe it or not, whether the economy changes or not, and certainly whether your friends approve of Feng Shui of not. Be Bold! Go Forward! It is Your Turn NOW!

Please join us for September EZine 2009.