Purging Negative Water & Replacing w/Some Fire

[Erika]

Hi. My name's Erika. I'm new to feng shui, so I hope that I don't annoy you with the ineptitude of my question. I totally BELIEVE in feng shui, and I know the problems I am facing manifest themselves in every direction I look. I am exerting myself to effect some big & difficult character changes in myself, and I would like my bedroom to reflect those changes. I have always had too much water (or perhaps water-logged wood is a better way of putting it) and not enough fire in my personality, actions, and life. (Or maybe it's a matter of associating myself with too many "water" people who bring out the worst in me.) The result is I become very frustrated and fail to live up to the better-than-average potential I know I have. A wise friend of mine gave me a metaphor: it's as if I am unable to build a fire because I have too much firewood preventing a fire from taking hold. He says the best way to build a fire is to take just a few pieces of kindling at a time, building the fire incrementally instead of trying to set alight all my firewood at once. But I usually feel overwhelmed by too many things to consider at once and I know I am overly generous to my great disadvantage. My moods swing from overly anxious to lethargic with little moderation in between the extremes. I have no idea how to describe the problems specifically feng-shui-wise as they are showing up in my bedroom, but if anyone is interested in helping me, please contact me with specific questions which I'd be happy to answer. Learning about this stuff is great fun for me. Thanks a bunch!

[Cecil Lee]

Dear Erika,
A warm welcome to you:)
Usually, if it is ascertained that e.g. a person is a weak fire person, (under the Five Elements concept), one can enhance personal-self e.g. in the clothes that we wear.
For example, for a weak fire person, under the productive cycle (ref http://www.geomancy.net/fs/5element.htm )
Wood helps fire to grow.
Thus wood color is green or brown. Alternatively fire element can also be used e.g. pink, red, purple.
Under the destructive sequence, Earth destroys water. Earth can be a controlling element of `water'.
Overall, under the Five Element concept, one should not go to the extreme i.e "hot or cold" but ultimately, seek a balance of all five elements (where possible).
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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On 10/9/00 4:07:00 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Hi. My name's Erika. I'm new
to feng shui, so I hope that I
don't annoy you with the
ineptitude of my question. I
totally BELIEVE in feng shui,
and I know the problems I am
facing manifest themselves in
every direction I look. I am
exerting myself to effect some
big & difficult character
changes in myself, and I would
like my bedroom to reflect
those changes. I have always
had too much water (or perhaps
water-logged wood is a better
way of putting it) and not
enough fire in my personality,
actions, and life. (Or maybe
it's a matter of associating
myself with too many "water"
people who bring out the worst
in me.) The result is I
become very frustrated and
fail to live up to the
better-than-average potential
I know I have. A wise friend
of mine gave me a metaphor:
it's as if I am unable to
build a fire because I have
too much firewood preventing a
fire from taking hold. He
says the best way to build a
fire is to take just a few
pieces of kindling at a time,
building the fire
incrementally instead of
trying to set alight all my
firewood at once. But I
usually feel overwhelmed by
too many things to consider at
once and I know I am overly
generous to my great
disadvantage. My moods swing
from overly anxious to
lethargic with little
moderation in between the
extremes. I have no idea how
to describe the problems
specifically feng-shui-wise as
they are showing up in my
bedroom, but if anyone is
interested in helping me,
please contact me with
specific questions which I'd
be happy to answer. Learning
about this stuff is great fun
for me. Thanks a bunch!