🎙️ Episode 1 — Why Your Front Door Controls Your Opportunities
What if the energy outside your front door is affecting the opportunities coming into your life?
In this first episode of the What The Feng Shui podcast, Vicki introduces you to Chi (Qi) — the life-force energy that surrounds us and flows into our homes.
You'll discover why the quality of the Chi entering your home matters, and why your front door, balcony or window can be one of the most important places to start when looking at your Feng Shui.
Vicki explains:
- What Chi is and how it works
- The difference between positive and negative Chi
- How Chi enters your home
- Why the external environment around your entrance matters
- What to look for when you open your front door
- How roads, trees, pylons, lamps and other structures can affect the energy coming towards your home
- Why the closer a negative feature is, the greater its potential impact
- Simple ways to block, redirect or neutralise negative Chi
You'll also learn why Feng Shui isn't simply about moving furniture around inside your home — the environment outside your home matters too.
So take a look outside your front door, balcony or window and ask yourself:
What kind of energy is coming towards me?
This episode is a simple introduction to traditional Feng Shui and the first step towards understanding how your home and its surrounding environment can support you.
Listen now and discover what your front door could be saying about the opportunities entering your life.
Transcript
I’m so happy that you have chosen to listen today. My name is Vicki and I’m the founder of What the Feng Shui.
In today's episode we are talking all about Chi and working with energy or Chi to support you and your home. You may see it spelt CHI or QI, but it is pronounced the same. Chi is the life force that exists everywhere and when it's strong it helps to support you but when it is weak, it can become harmful. Chi flows from the outside and into your home, if it's strong then fantastic but if it's weak then it could cause bad luck or ill health.
There are two types of Chi which are Sheng Chi (growth Chi) or Sha Chi ( Killing Chi)
We are aiming for your home to be surrounded by Sheng Chi so that it can enter your home and circulate around.
So how can I get Chi into my home? The natural laws of Chi govern balance, harmony and movement. So think of Chi as a river, constantly flowing around and flowing from the high ground to the low ground. It will collect in open spaces and also is quite slow moving. If you are surrounded by positive Chi, you will feel optimistic, full of energy and confident but if you're surrounded by negative Chi then you will feel overwhelmed, tired and stressed.
What kind of Chi is entering your home? If you live in a house whether it's a detached, semi- detached, a townhouse or bungalow, you will receive Chi from the main entrance of your home that you use. The door needs to connect from the outside environment to the inside of your home, so if you drive straight into your garage and enter through an interior door then this doesn't count as the main entrance. If you live in an apartment or a flat then the Chi will enter through your balcony or window rather than the communal entrance, as the Chi would have to go up the staircase or a lift, along the corridor and finally to your door, so by the time it arrived at your door it would be extremely weak.
So whether it's your main door, balcony or window you need to start assessing what is there.
So when you look out, you can see an open space directly in front, this is called the Bright Hall, it's an open, well-maintained space that could be a garden or a park area, hills or a mountain, lake, river or a pond that's clean with flowing water. Does it contain healthy plants and trees, as these all produce positive Chi. If your door, balcony or window is more cluttered with dead plants, leaves or rubbish then it can really be difficult for the Chi to enter your home. So make sure that you keep the entrance or your balcony clutter-free so that Chi can flow into your home uninstructed. If you have noticed any negative features then these will produce Sha Chi or negative Chi which can be sharp, fast, overwhelming or stagnant energy and it is a lot more intense and strong than the positive Chi. So negative forms in front of your main door, balcony or window are things like electric poles, pylons, even lamp posts, any large buildings or structures that can seem to be pointing directly towards you or it could be a roof edge that can create negative energy. Also if there is a narrow gap between two houses or two buildings straight opposite you, this can create sharp, negative energy that will rush towards your home. If there is fast-moving traffic rushing towards your entrance or balcony, especially if you are on a T-Junction, this will cause Sha Chi to enter your home. One solution would be if the road has speed bumps as that would reduce the speed of the traffic and also reduce the negative Chi. Any rubbish or overflowing bins, blocked or smelly drains or dead or decaying plants also produce negative Chi so trying to improve these areas, even if it's just small things, will make your entrance more appealing and it will help to produce more positive Chi entering your home. Any dirty or stagnant water around your home could create negative Chi so if the water is not clean, fresh and also moving it will not produce the Sheng Chi (positive Chi) that you need to enter your home.
The last thing you need to be aware of is if there's any large trees in front of your entrance. If these are at the side of your home or on the side of your main entrance, it's fine but if you see a large tree as soon as you open your front door then it can be a problem.
So the next thing you need to do, once you've assessed what's outside your main door, your balcony or your window, is to consider how close these objects,forms, lamp posts or pylons are to your home. Are they near or far away? Ask yourself, if it fell over would it be close enough to damage my home? So remember, we are just looking at the main entrance if you live in a house, if you live in an apartment, it’s the balcony or a window. So the further away it is the less of a negative impact it will have. But the closer it is, the more negative the Chi will be when entering your home and it can cause delays or blocked opportunities.
So there are certain things that you can do regarding these negative features. You can block, by using an evergreen tree or climbers or a trellis and that will block the view and stop that negative Chi entering your home. A large curtain, shutters or a blind could also be used. Another thing you can do is you could redirect, by using a different entrance or move your door slightly so that it isn't facing a negative form. I know it's a bit drastic but it can make a big difference if you have a really negative structure that you physically can't move and it will just deflect that negative Chi coming into your home. Another way is to neutralise the negative Chi. We talked about this before with the really busy road. So a solution would be having speed bumps on that road to slow down the traffic so it’s not as fast and creating negative Chi rushing towards your home.
So check today, have a look outside your main door, your balcony or your window and check for any negative forms and have a look to see if you could change them in any way. And yeah that's all the different things that you can use to stop that negative Chi coming into your home and this is one of the most important things you need to assess in Feng Shui.
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