Understanding The Indian Science of Vastu Shastra
A while back we shared the concept of Chinese
Feng Shui and how to use it to bring forth positive energy, productivity and
wellness into your life. Feng Shui is a powerful science and dates back almost
6000 years. Similar to Feng Shui, today we are exploring Vastu Shastra, the
ancient Indian science of architecture which has a similar message – invite
prosperity by eliminating negative energy around us. Vastu Shastra is believed
to have originated in the Vedic times around 5000 years ago.
What is fascinating is how culturally similar
these two schools of thought are – Indian Vastu Shastra and Chinese Feng Shui.
It shows to go we really are more similar in our beliefs than we are different!
What is Vastu Shastra?
Vastu Shastra is an ancient Indian science of
harmony and prosperous living by eliminating negative and enhancing positive
energies around us. It is actually a system of architecture and design that
describes design, layout, space arrangement and spatial geometry that
incorporates Hinduism and Buddhist beliefs. The designs are intended to
integrate architecture with nature, the relative functions of various parts of
the structure, and ancient beliefs utilizing geometric patterns, symmetry, and
alignments.
The name Vastu Shastra is derived from
Sanskrit, an ancient Indian language. The word vāstu means a dwelling or house
and the term shastra loosely translates as doctrine, teaching or study of. It
indicates that there are always positive and negative energies around us at all
times. The positive energy can have pleasing effects, and the negative can have
terrible effects on us. Vastu aims to eliminate negative and enhance positive
energy present at a place or location so that a person, family or even business
inhabiting a building become prosperous and progressive. In simple terms vastu
aims to make harmonious buildings in tune with mother-nature, so that the human
inhabiting the building, lives well balanced and happy life.
In ancient India, people believed house as a
living organism and treated constructing a house as sacred ceremony. As per
vastu shastra, different directions belong to different Gods that supervise
respective sectors of the house. For example, God supervises Eshan or
North-East direction and hence is best suitable for prayer room. Agni (Fire
element) supervises South-East direction and hence is best suitable for
Kitchen. This means that if various sections and activities related to each
section of a house, office, shop etc. stick to principles of vastu shastra
then, we start to draw the power of nature effortlessly and achieving goals is
easy, spontaneous and effortless.
The science of Vastu adds value to one’s life
and brings in peace and prosperity. Behind every Vastu tip is a scientific
reason and hence it becomes more plausible to follow. Many rules of vastu
shastra are simple common sense as they relate to ventilation, amount and
quality of sunlight a building receives and so forth. Culturally Ours
Understanding Indian Vastu Shastra Here are a few Vastu Shastra tips to
incorporate into your life, lifestyle and home to bring forth prosperity and
unity with nature and positive energy from the universe.
Every house should incorporate a prayer room
and in Vastu Shastra the North-East is the most auspicious direction. So place
the prayer room/medication room in the north-east part of the house. If that is
not possible, perform prayers or meditation practices while facing towards the
north-east direction.
The main door of a house is an important
element is Vastu. All the doors especially the main door should open inside so
that the energy remains inside.
Orient yourself towards the auspicious
directions. Make it a habit to sit facing North or East at all times.
Avoid having beams run through the house. If
you do have a beam running inside the room wall, take care that the bed should
not be placed under the beam. This arrangement is bad for health.
Dining area should have a big mirror on the
north or north-east wall which attracts wealth and prosperity.
Toilet is a highly debated area of the house as
far as Vastu is concerned. The seat of the toilet should face North-South and
should be closed when not in use.
Avoid placing pictures or photos depicting
violence in any form in your home or place of business. Violence attracts
negativity and you surely do not want that in your growth and family.
Hang family photos or images of loved ones in
the south-west direction. This improves and strengthens bonds of love and
relationships.
Wind-chimes with crystals should be placed on
bedroom windows to minimize fights at home and problems between the members of
the household.
Always make sure to keep the center of home a
free area for the free flow of energy. This is important for positivity in the
house and for health and prosperity.
Never have beams, pillars, depressions or wells
in the centre of the house.
Kitchen should be placed in the South-East. If
that is not possible face East while cooking. Kitchen should not be directly in
front of the main door.
Place the mirrors on the East or North walls.
Do not construct kitchen and toilet next to
each other.
Broken mirrors stopped watches should not be
kept in the house.
Do not sit, work or sleep under a beam.
Internal staircase in a house should not be
directly opposite the front door. External staircase should not be directly
opposite the main door or crossing the main entrance.
Keep your house clean and clutter-free. Get rid
of old clothes, newspapers and junk from time to time. Sort out and organize
things in a way that makes you aware of their importance. Decluttering
empowers, cleanses and helps you sort out issues in hand.
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