There are many mystical signs and beliefs associated with modern mirrors. Their first prototypes - metal plates polished to a mirror shine - were previously installed only inside temples and in the palaces of the nobility. For this reason, ordinary people thousands of years ago associated mirrors with the world of gods and demons, and also determined a whole series of actions that could not be performed in front of these mysterious reflective objects. It is not customary to eat in churches, so a ban was automatically formed on eating in front of a mirror in any room, which has survived almost unchanged to this day.
Why you shouldn't eat in front of a mirror
There are a number of reasons justifying this ban. Moreover, these reasons are associated not only with folk beliefs. Modern science also does not recommend eating in front of a mirror because it directly affects human health.
According to beliefs
Since ancient times, our ancestors believed that mirror surfaces hide the path to the other world and are capable of taking away the strength of a person looking into them if the latter inadvertently opens this passage. This is where the main reasons for the ban on eating in front of mirrored objects come from:
- Esotericists are sure: by eating food while sitting opposite a reflective surface, a person risks forever losing his beauty, as well as youth and health, which can leak into the looking glass.
- Many people know the superstition: if you eat in front of a mirrored object, looking at your double in the reflection, then you can inadvertently “eat” your own luck, happiness, and memory along with the food.
- Since people usually eat not only solid, but also liquid food (soup, tea, etc.), there is another danger associated with eating near a mirror. Any liquid is a natural “mirror” and is also capable of reflecting objects. Accordingly, at the moment of eating, spirits from the looking glass can pass through the reflective surface of the liquid into a person and take over his body.
From a medical point of view
The scientific reasons for the ban on eating in front of a mirror surface are not as scary as popular beliefs, but those who do not want to harm their own health should also listen to them:
- Anyone who eats in front of a mirror is involuntarily distracted from the process of eating by his reflection. In this case, a person begins to think not about food, but about extraneous things, and involuntarily eats more food than is needed to feel full. As a result, he gains excess weight, poor digestion, loss of appetite, and poor sleep.
- It’s hard to imagine that someone would specifically install a mirror in front of the dining table in order to admire their reflection at breakfast or dinner. Usually the mirror surfaces of the house can be seen on the wall of the bathroom, bedroom, hallway or corridor, but people there do not eat - it’s just inconvenient. If you still do this, and not just once, but constantly, then due to an uncomfortable posture while eating, problems with posture and cervical vertebrae may arise.
Feng Shui workplace
Category: Feng Shui: creating a space of happiness
It just so happens that we spend most of our time at the workplace. So the feng shui of your workplace determines your level of luck along with your home environment. Therefore, it is important to arrange the Feng Shui of the workplace so that it helps us achieve our goals, protects and supports us.
BAD for the workplace:
...sit in the corner. The corner concentrates several flows of energy in the room at once, which can negatively affect well-being. If it is not possible to move the table and chair, hang a poster or a picture in the corner, place a living plant there - a large one on the floor, and a small one can be hung directly in the corner using a flowerpot or shelf with rounded edges. Try to move as far away from the corner and the adjacent wall as possible to avoid the danger of being “driven into a corner.”
...sit with your back to the window or door and next to the door. To neutralize this problem, you can use thick curtains or keep the blinds closed.
...the presence of symbols of Water behind the back (an aquarium, a fountain, paintings and posters depicting water, etc.). Everything related to water in the workplace can be either in front of you or above you.
...sitting facing a dimly lit corridor. Move your desktop slightly to the side.
...place the desktop near the column.
...place your desk under the stairs or sit so that you can see the stairs.
...to be reflected in the mirror during the work process.
...there should be no sharp corners pointing at you either in front or behind you. These could be sharp corners of furniture, interior decorations, or even wires going straight to the window. A round flower vase, a potted indoor plant or an oval table lamp will help correct the situation.
...sit in front of the toilet door.
...arrange tables so that those sitting at them face each other. This will cause confrontation among their owners.
...position the work area between the door and the window so that they form a straight line.
...to sit under the shelves hanging over the desktop. To avoid headaches and threats to business from above, it is better to remove or rehang the shelves.
...staring at the wall. If it is not possible to change seats or turn around, hang a perspective picture on the wall. For example, an open, free road going into the distance or a pleasant landscape.
GOOD for the workplace:
*The front door should be located in front of you, but diagonally from your workplace. You should be able to clearly see everyone in the room and who is entering or leaving it.
*It’s good if behind you there is a solid wall, your boss’s desk or a window that overlooks a successful bank, an expensive hotel or a massive rounded mountain. This will give support and protection.
*The table must be chosen with a closed front panel, and the chair must have a high back and armrests. A “status” chair will help you advance in your career.
*Try to position your desk so that there is free space in front of you. Fresh flowers in front of you, as well as images of flowers and water landscapes, have a beneficial effect.
*Ensure a free approach to the table.
*Keep your desk tidy and clean, regularly throw away anything unnecessary.
*A good landscape outside the window, which is in your sight, is a very favorable feng shui. But a blank wall of a house or the corners of houses directed directly at the window is a sign that it is better to keep the window curtained or fill it with indoor plants.
*The table must be large and stable.
*The boss’s desk should be positioned so that it is impossible to walk behind him. This will help avoid unpleasant rumors behind your back, hidden hostility and neutralize those who are aiming for your place.
In any Feng Shui activity, this also applies to the Feng Shui workplace, strictly follow the scheme: cleansing and neutralization - protection - activation. Do everything in order, without skipping or changing anything.
We clean and neutralize:
1. cleanliness is the main pillar of Feng Shui in general. Make sure that there is nothing unnecessary in the workplace. Throw away any waste immediately.
2. if you find that you are sitting in a workplace that is characterized by some of the items from the section BAD for the workplace, neutralize them in the named ways or try to move the table a little.
Defending ourselves
Foo dogs will protect you from bad energies from any source. Position them so they're facing the threat.
Place a picture of a blunt-topped mountain or a turtle on the wall behind you. This will provide protection and support. A portrait of the president of the country in which you live, or your personal mentor/idol/coach/teacher also works well in this regard.
If the sharp corners of furniture, columns, shelves, etc. are directed directly at you, or you are uncomfortable with one of the employees in your field of vision, place on the table on the side where the danger comes from a living plant, beads with large beads, an eye symbol, or Fu dog figurines.
Activate
Ganesha figurine will bring prosperity and good luck in business
A figurine of Ganesha, an amethyst obelisk, Chinese coins tied with a red thread and hidden under the keyboard, in the diary and under the phone will bring good luck in business and business.
You need to sit facing one of your favorable directions according to your Gua number.
There are all kinds of electronic counters for calculating your Gua number. However, you can use the formula.
For men:
From 100, subtract the last digits of the year of your birth and divide the difference by 9, the remainder will determine your direction. (Year of birth 1954, 100-54=46, 46/9=5, remainder 1.)
For women:
Subtract 4 from the last two digits of the year of birth. Divide the resulting number by 9. (Year of birth 1960, 60-4=56, 56/9=6, your number is equal to the remainder - that is, 2.)
If you get 1, 3, 4, 9 or there is no remainder, then you belong to the eastern group. The lucky directions for this group are southeast, south, north, east.
2, 5, 6, 7 or 8 characterize the Western group. Favorable directions are northeast, northwest, west and southwest.
So, we talked to you about what feng shui a workplace . First, determine whether your workplace is located correctly according to Feng Shui. If possible, correct all unfavorable aspects. Then place protective symbols behind your back and away from potential danger. And finally, secure the result with activators of good luck at work - a figurine of Ganesha, an amethyst obelisk or other symbols of success and prosperity.
What is the feng shui of your workplace? Analyze right now and start improving your space!
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What else is prohibited from doing in front of a mirror?
There are many signs associated with objects that create a reflection. Almost all of them impose certain prohibitions on people’s actions. The most famous of them:
- Mirror surfaces “feed” on negative energy, absorbing it from a person and then returning it in a multiply increased volume to the owner. Therefore, you cannot look in the mirror and cry at the same time, otherwise the tears will accompany the person for a long time.
- You can’t complain to the mirror about your fate, especially when you’re sick. Any words a person says about how bad he feels will be picked up by the spirits living through the looking glass, who will do everything to further worsen the life of the one who complained about life.
- At night, during sleep, people are most defenseless against evil spirits trying to break through from the otherworldly world through the looking glass into the world of the living. Therefore, it is extremely undesirable to sleep in front of mirrored objects , since they are capable of drawing vital energy out of a person and making him as vulnerable as possible to demons. The result of frequent sleep in front of objects that create reflection will be constant headaches, general fatigue, and a feeling of lack of sleep.
- You should also not take pictures through a mirror surface. Cameras have their own internal system of mirrors that can “resonate” with the mirror reflecting a person and open a portal to another world. As a result, part of a person’s soul may fall through this passage and end up lost through the looking glass.
- You cannot look into the eyes of your mirror double for a long time - this draws positive energy out of a person. It is even more dangerous to look into the same mirror as other people and at the same time meet the gaze of their doubles. It is believed that in this case, some of the negative energy captured from these people can easily transfer to someone who looks into their eyes through a reflective surface.
Where to put the desktop. Part 1.
Table with its back to the door? So it is possible?
Every time I suggest that clients set up a study table for a child facing a wall or window you can’t have your back to the door and face to the wall !”
Do you think that I don’t know what is written in books or taught in elementary courses? Yes, you can't. But sometimes it’s possible :).
Since this question gets answered so often all the time, it's easier to write an article for everyone to clarify this. And even more so in the light of exams, admission to institutes or schools.
Let's look at the issue from all sides.
What guides us when we decide where to put the table?
The fact is that when we decide how to place a table, we are guided not only
condition “face/back to the door”, but also many factors.
A multi-stage analysis
is triggered inside our head , which is expressed in the fact that we point a finger and say: “Put the table here.” But there's a lot of work going on inside.
Here are just some of the general factors we consider:
1. Favorable location
regarding the entire premises, room, person’s personality, based on formulas and calculations.
2. Favorable direction
regarding the entire premises, room, person’s personality, based on formulas and calculations.
3. Following the flow of qi
(energy) by room, apartment relative to
the layout
.
4. Following the flow of qi
(energy) in a room, apartment relative to
the surrounding landscape
.
In apartments, it is often impossible to follow all the points at the same time. You have to choose what is more important in given specific conditions.
Moreover, in each of this paragraph there are at least 2 more subparagraphs
.
For example, should I choose all this regarding San He or San Yuan? After all, they often do not intersect...
Of course, we are always guided by the rule “ form is more important than formula.”
".
However, in real life, everything is not so clear ...
A desk for a boss or a student? There is a difference.
The fact is that there is a difference between the conditions for placing desks in the office
for example,
— director, sales manager, chief accountant or lawyer
- and a student (no matter what age) at home
.
And also between reasons
desire to have a desktop at home. For example, let's look at the situations:
- you work at home
, receive clients (for example, do a manicure), receive close clients in an informal setting;
- you're just browsing the Internet
to check traffic jams, play with toys, reply to friends’ emails;
- you are a child/adult and you learn while sitting at the table
;
- you are a child/adult, and you have a table, but there is no way to seat you at the table, you will still do your homework/work lying/sitting on the floor
, laying out textbooks on the sofa or bed (believe me, there are a lot of them);
- you need a table just to have a table
. What if you need...
- you need a table for prestige
. The boss is at work, so he should be at home in his office, even if he doesn’t need to work at home...
Well, or other situations. Believe me, it is very important to know why you need a table
. His position also depends on this.
Sometimes you just need a table to have one, and you ask for a good place for it. Most often we only have one good place
in the room.
And in this case we give preference to the bed .
This is more important. But if you work from home , then, of course, we will do everything possible to “dig up” at least something good
In current situation.
Boss.
For example, if you are looking for a place for a table in an office or in a house/apartment for receiving people, for work or to emphasize your status,
then, of course, it is necessary that the table be placed
facing those entering
. Otherwise, it would be strange, imagine, one day you go to the general director of a company, and he sits with his back to you...
Or you go into a company, and the reception desk has its back turned to you... It’s strange, you’ll agree. It’s like answering: “Get out of here, everyone’s got me.”
That’s why there is the term
“boss’s position.”
No matter how good the Stars are, for such a situation the “boss’s position” will always be in 1st place in the list of formulas
, which we use to select a location.
PS “ Boss’s Position”
- this is the position of the table, sitting at which we “control” the entrance and see those entering. The best part is the part farthest away from the entrance.
Student.
What is important for the student? Study well. He does not need to receive guests or clients. Therefore, in this case, I give preference (for apartments) to the Stars and sometimes, if possible, I combine this with san he (bazhai, 72 dragons, yin-yang regarding the environment, Academician’s Star). But this will not necessarily be associated with a “boss position.” This is not so important here.
Apartment or private house? There is a difference.
It makes a difference where we do feng shui.
- In an apartment (or house, office), where we cannot
, suppose (but sometimes it is possible), change the entrance doors, move the walls, doors. - Or in a private house
/building, which was initially
built taking into account the recommendations of Feng Shui
.
Why?
The fact is that in apartments
(and especially small ones), we essentially have no choice. Most often, we choose not from what is good and even better, but from what is “acceptable” under given conditions. This is something that is better than the other positions, but not the best that is possible in this house.
And since most often what is more important to us is what is happening here and now
(it’s important that debts be paid off now, that a new project progresses now, that you study well or pass exams now), then I always make a choice towards the San Yuan system, in which
time is most important.
Whereas in San He there are no such time characteristics (or rather, they are there too, but not in periods, but in some years). But that’s another story, a topic of personal preference, we won’t go into it :).
However, when we design a house and choose a plot
, then we take into account, if possible, both san yuan and san he. And then you can plan in advance so that the position is of the “boss”, and so that the “here and now” helps, and so that the movement of energies is in accordance with the landscape. No problem.
In apartments, we do something from what is given to us. A series:
“I made him out of what I had. And then, whatever happened, I fell in love.”
In the house, we do what we need.
It's like being a boss or a subordinate. In the apartment we are subordinates. There are bosses in the house.
Do you feel the difference?
Thus, it is possible to place the table facing the wall, opposite the door or with its back to the door when we cannot see the entrance.
But only when this is due to the reasons for our analysis of the situation.
If you do not study Feng Shui professionally, but still want to somehow help your family without inviting a consultant, of course, take these rules into account and follow the visible flow of qi.
But when you start studying Feng Shui, you will see that you can follow completely when you yourself create the following you need (sorry for the tautology) in order to combine both forms and formulas (everything is important).
In other cases, we do what is most optimal in a particular situation at a particular point in time. And here we choose - sometimes forms, sometimes formulas, and sometimes something else ;)…
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“Stars” and Master Class “Building an Ideal Home”.
A positive interpretation will be accepted
Contrary to the main point of view of medicine, some modern scientists believe that eating in front of a mirror can lead not to weight gain, but, on the contrary, to weight loss. And some psychics agree with them.
This phenomenon is explained as follows. Esotericists are convinced that a mirror surface can remember the actions that a person performs in front of it most often, and then begins to “mirror” them, as if hypnotizing the one who is in front of it. Therefore, if you regularly eat food while looking at your reflection, the mirror will help the person to eat enough, “deceiving” him. It will seem to a person that he is eating more than he needs, gradually the amount of food needed to satiate will decrease, and the individual will lose weight. According to some scientists, this method of eating in front of a mirror may become a new effective method of losing weight in the future.
Useful tips
Since mirror objects are capable of absorbing, accumulating and releasing in an increased volume not only negative, but also positive human energy, there are ways to use this feature for the benefit of a person:
- Esotericists advise giving your mirror double a smile at the beginning of each day. An answering smile from the reflection will charge a person with positive energy until the evening.
- If during the day a situation arises that a person has to eat food in front of some kind of reflective surface, then the advice here is simple. When eating in front of a mirror, you should not look at your mirror double. You need to focus on your food and try to finish eating in a dangerous place as quickly as possible.
- It is also advisable to end the day on a positive note. After brushing your teeth before bed, just smile in the mirror on the bathroom wall to set yourself up for a good night's sleep. At the same time, of course, there should not be any mirrored objects inside the bedroom.
Of course, how and when to eat is up to each of us. However, even for those who do not believe in the mystical properties of mirror objects, it is difficult not to recognize the conclusions of modern medicine. And she directly states that you cannot eat in front of a mirror - this can not only worsen a person’s appetite, but also cause serious illness in him. Therefore, it is better to listen to the wisdom of our ancestors and not eat in front of mirrors, so as not to inadvertently “eat” your own health.
