Divine Vastu Tips to get rid of Office/Workplace Politics

Divine Vastu Tips to get rid of Office/Workplace Politics:

Workplace politics, (office politics or organizational politics) is the use of power and social networking within an organization to achieve changes that benefit the organization or individuals within it. Influence by individuals may serve personal interests without regard to their effect on the organization itself. Some of the personal advantages may include access to tangible assets, or intangible benefits such as status or pseudo-authority that influences the behavior of others. On the other hand, organizational politics can increase efficiency, form interpersonal relationships, expedite change, and profit the organization and its members simultaneously.

Both individuals and groups may engage in office politics which can be highly destructive, as people focus on personal gains at the expense of the organization. "Self-serving political actions can negatively influence our social groupings, cooperation, information sharing, and many other organizational functions." Thus, it is vital to pay attention to organizational politics and create the right political landscape. "Politics is the lubricant that oils your organization's internal gears." Office politics has also been described as "simply how power gets worked out on a practical, day-to-day basis."

An office environment can nourish and support the human spirit as much as it can deny and suppress it. If our offices are humane, loving, and sacred, then what is produced in those offices will have a sense of humanity and integrity. The act of turning the places where we work into places that we love, can transform our own lives, and will in turn positively affect the lives of everyone around us.

A proper Vastu based office helps you feel inspired, productive, and powerful. And when done well, it will enhance your creativity, discipline and success. Follow these six essential tips to get rid of office politics.

1.      De-clutter and Organize

2.      Put your Desk is in the proper place

3.      Use appropriate Artwork and Images

4.      Balancing and Harmonizing the Space

5.      Select appropriate Office Colors

6.      Amalgamate Stress Relieving Techniques

1.        De-clutter and Organize

One of the most fundamental steps in creating an office is to get rid of clutter. If you have read about clutter control then you know that clutter has a profound impact on your emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. When you clear clutter you bring in vital energy that will help you with mental clarity, focus, and inspiration.

A clutter-free and organized office allows room for new, refreshing energy and ideas. Maintaining an organized office and desk will help you in innumerable ways. It will:

·        Increase effectiveness, efficiency and productivity

·        Enhance discipline, creativity and success

·        Attract abundance

·        Improve mental clarity and focus

·        Reduce stress and help you to feel more relaxed and peaceful

·        Give space for new projects and creative endeavors to flourish

Here are a few other things to keep in mind:

·        Try to leave your desk clutter-free and organized at the end of the day;

·        You might add curved or flowing shapes, darker colors, soft furniture and some window coverings;

·        Don’t overcrowd your bookshelves, it will leave you feeling overwhelmed and overextended;

·        If your space is cramped, then open it up with mirrors;

·        Keep everything that you use daily within arm’s reach.

2.        Put your Desk is in the proper place

In office you want to make sure that you are sitting in the power position. That means that you can see the door when seated at your desk. Ideally, you should be able to see as much of the room as possible. Sitting in the power position is a key element in an office. The person seated farthest from the entrance will have the most power. If you sit too close to the door, you will be distracted by daily/petty details. If you sit with your back to the door, you will suffer inauspiciously to office politics, backstabbing, etc. If you have to share your office space with another, you should try to avoid sitting back to back. It is also best to avoid sitting face to face. Both positions tend to create conflict. If you cannot avoid sitting face to face, either stagger the desks or create a small barrier with a plant, photo or other object. In an open plan with many desks, use plants to soften sharp edges and corners. Sharp edges create ‘poison arrows’‚ which contribute to conditions such as irritability, discomfort, and even disease. Also, the aisles should be large enough so that the energy moves slower. Make sure to use subtle colors in an open office plan. Bright, vivid colors are too active in a large bustling room.

3.        Use appropriate Artwork and Images

When you surround yourself with images and objects that you love and that inspire you create a living affirmation for your goals. In an office if you want to surround yourself with images and objects that keep you inspired, creative and productive. Add flowers, art and beautiful window treatments. Hang pictures, mottos and images that symbolize what you want to accomplish. Choose furniture and accessories that speak to you of prosperity, abundance and success. Infuse your office with your personality; it will foster and support personal growth and success. Every object in your office has an influence on you. According to Vastu it is luminosity, the relative brightness of something. Make sure your office is having a positive and uplifting effect on you.

4.        Balancing and Harmonizing the Space

Balance and harmony are important attributes of an office. There are two ways to balance and harmonize your environment with yin and yang energies. (Yin and Yang are the basic expression of ancient Chinese science of Feng Shui represented as darker side as Yin and brighter side as Yang. Yin is a feminine & submissive energy and on the contrary Yang is masculine expression & active, aggressive energy. Both are interrelated containing aspects of each other in the form of a ‘Dot’ in symbol of Yin & Yang. It is a belief in Chinese theory that both the energies can’t live without each other and also manifested as embracing & encircling around each other; hence live together to harmonize the surroundings.)

Yin and yang represent feminine and masculine energies as explained above. Nourishing energy strikes a balance between the two extreme forces of yin and yang. Let's say for example you worked in an overly yang environment with high ceilings, light colors, angular furniture and lots of natural light. You would need to balance this overly yang environment with some yin energy.

Vastu represents the natural elements of Air, Earth, Space, Fire and Water. It is important that all five elements are represented in your environment. Even more important is that the elements are in balance. When the elements are in balance then your life is more likely to be in balance and you will have greater success in manifesting what you desire.

As an example, let us say that you work in a very bright office (the Fire element) with an abundance of light colors including metal filing cabinets, computers, faxes, etc. In this case, you would want to focus on bringing in the other elements. You could bring in some plants, some earthy colors for the Earth element and an aquarium for the Water element.

5.        Select appropriate Office Colors

Color has a remarkable impact on your psychological and physical well-being. When choosing office colors consider following Vastu.

Soft yellow, sandstone, pale gold, pale orange, pale green, and blue-green are always appropriate office colors. Adding white will increase clarity and mental focus. Browns and earth tones will ground and stabilize the office.

6.        Amalgamate Stress Relieving Techniques

Keep stress and irritability to a minimum by choosing furniture with rounded corners or positioning sharp corners out of traffic flow. Avoid harsh lighting or lots of glare since it can cause irritability and fatigue. You can also add music, running water or mist with essential oils to keep stress levels to a minimum. It does not matter which method you use, it only matters that your space is balanced and harmonious. Choose the system that feels right for you.

Here are some tips for alleviating workplace stress for example:

Don’t skip breakfast; Go for a walk; Stretch at your desk; Stick to healthy snacks; Watch your posture; Learn to prioritize; Don’t bite off more than you can chew; Keep pictures of loved ones at your desk; Take up a stress-relieving hobby; Ask for help: if workplace stress has become unbearable, it might be helpful to speak to someone about dealing with your anxiety.

DIVINE VASTU TIPS FOR VALENTINE’S DAY- 2014

DIVINE VASTU TIPS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY- 2014

In Pyra Vastu, the subject is man, his surroundings, how they affect him, what he can do and what he can achieve. Our journey in life begins with the divine union of a micro ‘Fa’ (sperm) and a micro ‘Maa’ (ovum). In Chinese philosophy, the concept of ‘Yin-Yang’ which is often called ‘Yin and Yang’, is used to describe how opposite or contrary forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world; and, how they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another. Many natural dualities (such as light and dark, high and low, hot and cold, fire and water, life and death, and so on) are thought of as physical manifestations of the ‘Yin-Yang’ concept. ‘Yin’ is characterized as slow, soft, yielding, diffuse, cold, wet, and passive; and is associated with water, earth, the moon, femininity and nighttime. ‘Yang’, by contrast, is fast, hard, solid, focused, hot, dry, and aggressive; and is associated with fire, sky, the sun, masculinity and daytime.

Therefore, ‘YIN’ is equivalent to ‘Maa’ (Ovum/ Female) and ‘YANG’ is equivalent to ‘Fa’ (Sperm/Male). Hence, it is due to ‘Fa’ and ‘Maa’ that we have our present miraculous body. Everything in this universe including us is harmoniously divided into two divisions ‘Fa’ and ‘Maa’. A BALANCE BETWEEN ‘MALE’ AND ‘FEMALE’ ENERGY IS NECESSARY in a harmonious relationship. To maintain a balance in the atmosphere of the house, it is necessary to keep a balance between the ‘Maa’ and the ‘Fa’ energies.

FOR HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS:

• In the entire house, including the bedroom, the presence of both female-dominated things as well as male dominated things is necessary to maintain a mutual balance between the male and the female energies.
• In case of a lack of the female-dominating energy, one should make more use of blue and sea green colors while to keep the male energy in balance, one should use red, yellow and bright lights, bright colored curtains, paintings, etc.
• If a young man lives alone and uses only male-dominated things in his house and bedroom, then there is always a lack of nearness of women in his life. Such a young man should include the female dominated ‘Maa’ energy in his bedroom. He can also get a lot of help from attractive pictures of women and lamps of blue light on his north-east wall.
• In the same way, in the houses of young girls living alone, there is a lack of the male energy which makes it difficult for them to find a life partner. They should put up in their houses pictures of strong men, lamps of red, bright and yellow lights, curtains, etc. to increase the male energy.
• If female-dominated energy in excess, then there is a lesser possibility of establishing a relationship between men and women. In the same way, if there is an imbalance of these energies in a house, then the members of that Family begin to feel negatively about taking part in the social life.
• Unmarried girls and boys living in a hostel or in a house together with their friends find it difficult to establish relationships with persons of the opposite sex because they always have to live in an atmosphere of imbalance between the ‘Maa’ and ‘Fa’ energies.
• Therefore, it is necessary that the bedroom of the head of house should have a balance between both energies. While on the one hand, one can use blue and bright colored lights and paintings for balancing ‘Maa’ energy, one can also use red, yellow and other bright colors for a balance or the ‘Fa’ energy.
• If you want to keep your marital life full of love and romance, then put up bulbs of bright light on a pole in the south-western angle of the garden of your house. On this light, fix a yellow-colored round lamp-shade. This will make the auspicious energy of the earth even more active, which will keep the fire of love between a husband and a wife burning brightly. Not only this, it also helps the young girls and boys of the house to form serious and clear ideas about their life partners.
• The roofs that are built on beams or pillars create many problems for the members of the Family. Due to them, one can have pain in half the head, tensions and breaches in the Family relationships.
• If you sleep on the bed right under the beam, then such couples move Far away from each other physically.
• If the persons sleeping under the beam, live in such a house which is multi-stored and every room in the house has roofs which are made over the beams, then there is even more inauspicious energy. This will have an adverse effect on the persons living within the house. Some people have decorative beams fixed in the houses. These beams are relatively less harmful.
• To stop the harmful effect of the inauspicious energy of the beam, put up a wind-chime in the room.
• You can also hang a flute or a small stick of bamboo to do away with the ill-effects of the inauspicious energy.
• You can install beam pyramid also to minimize the adverse effect.
• To reduce the harmful effect of beam, you can focus light on both the sides of the beam.
• The best way to end the inauspicious energy of the beam would be to cover the beam by having a false ceiling under it.

If it is not possible, then you can adopt any of the below mentioned remedies.

THE BUBBLES FULFILL THE WISHES:

If you are an unmarried girl or a boy looking for a good life-partner, or you are a lover who wants to have your beloved as the life-partner, then blow the bubbles of the soap on the ‘Full Moon Night’ towards the moon. As per Vastu the moon is said to be the god of marriage. On a ‘Full Moon Night’, take a solution of soap and water with you and go up on the terrace or in a garden. Blow up big bubbles of this soap solution towards the moon. Try to see the image of your lover in every bubble and imagine that both of you are getting married.

This is a well-tried experiment which will definitely fulfill your desire for marriage. All you have to do is to repeat this experiment on every ‘Full Moon Night’ till your aim is fulfilled.

PURIFICATION OF YOUR HOUSE:

If husband and the wife relations are not favorable, their relationship remains abnormal and they have to live in an atmosphere of constant quarrels, arguments and depression. The environment of the Family can be made normal only after getting rid of such kinds of abnormal behavior. We can create a normal situation in the family by purifying the house according to VASTU. To achieve this, you can do the following:

• To purify the north direction, take some water in a jug, dissolve some saffron in it and moving clockwise sprinkle this water on the floor of the rooms situated in the north direction.
• To purify the north-east and the south-west directions, bring some soil from a holy river or the sea. Light space purifier (Camphor). After the space purifier turn into ash, mix this ash with the soil and sprinkle it in the north-eastern and south-western parts of the house.
• To purify the eastern and south-eastern directions, sprinkle the leaves of seven kinds of flowers in these directions.
• To purify the south direction, light up three red candles in this direction.
•  To purify the western and the north-western directions, take three gold or silver coins in a small bowl and place them in these directions.

Let all these things remain in the rooms for twenty four hours. After the lapse of this time, take the soil and the flowers and immerse them in the river or the sea and keep the coins in the temple. This is a traditional way of energizing all the important parts of the house according to Vastu. You can keep repeating it from time to time.

FLOWERS ON VALENTINE’S DAY:

Red roses with thorns break up relationships. If you are planning to give red roses or bouquets of red roses to your friends, relatives, etc. on Valentine’s Day or any other auspicious occasion, then take care. In Vastu the red roses are not considered to be auspicious, especially if they are accompanied by thorns.

• The thorns are considered to be a source of inauspicious energy. If a red rose is given to somebody along with its thorns, then such a relationship cannot continue for long. If you do this, then you can think that you have begun the end of that relationship. Therefore, avoid using red roses with thorns. The husband and the wife who exchange such roses, also may find soon that their relationship is turning bitter.
• Yellow roses like other yellow flowers are your well-wishers and supporters. Give yellow roses (after separating the thorns from them but remember to have fresh leaves and buds included in the bouquet) to your well-wishers, friends and relatives. In Vastu, yellow roses have been considered very auspicious. Yellow roses have Feng-shui’s ‘Yang’ energy and the earth’s land-energy. Both these have an auspicious effect on everyone.
• Take care-never give dry flowers to anyone. According to Vastu, they are considered inauspicious.
•  For decoration and an increase in the positive energy, you can use pink and blue roses. But remember to take out their thorns. 

GIFTS ON VALENTINE’S DAY:

Water, Fire, Earth, Air and Space; these five elements are the basic pillars of Vastu. Lack or the excess of any of these, can bring many kinds of ups-and downs in life. If these are balanced, then life begins to move on smoothly. This balance stops all failures. Undertake the remedies for any weak element in the house to enhance harmony for both the husband and the wife.

• If there is a lack of the Fire Element in the house, then the husband and the wife should gift to each other a red-colored dress, red lamp or a ruby ring.
• If there is a lack of the Earth Element, then the husband and the wife can give each other rose quartz, natural crystal and pearl, etc. as gifts.
• If there is a lack of the Water Element, then the husband and the wife can gift to each other a blue-colored dress, golden fishes, blue lamps, sea fishes, etc.
• If there is a lack of the Air Element, then the husband and the wife can gift to each other gold ornaments, metal utensils & golden wind chimes, etc.
• If there is a lack of the Space Element, then the husband and the wife should gift to each other sceneries of flowers, silk-flowers and their bouquets as well as potted plants and trees.

To make the married life successful, there is a practice of giving some traditional gifts also under Vastu. At the time of marriage, the bridegroom should gift to his wife gold ornaments, sweets, a red dress, sandalwood fan, golden mirror, some coins and currency notes. It is believed that doing this helps to maintain happiness and peace in the married life.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY-2014

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Divine Vastu Tips to Bring Prosperity and Prestige with Purse Colors for 2014

Divine Vastu Tips to Bring Prosperity and Prestige with Purse Colors for 2014:

By harmonizing the color of your handbag, you tap into the energies that are available in the year. In some instances, the color is based on a missing element or it’s based on an element that is available but that when tapped, brings about greater opportunities for wealth and prosperity. In 2014, for keeping money purse color is not just one color, it’s two. The two colors that reign supreme in Vastu which represent Fire and Water elements are red and blue-black. When it comes to success, prestige, the color most associated is red.

Red is a color that imbues the energy of fire and the Sun. It is a color of happiness. It’s also a color associated with love and romance. In Vastu it’s the color of recognition, fame and a rise in prominence, everything most of us work really hard for in our careers and businesses. For sheer financial power and the serious business of making money, there’s only one that meets all the qualities of a power broker and that color is black.

Think about the color of a power car, it’s the long black Rolls Royce, Mercedes or BMW. The color black brings about the image of power, authority and sophistication. The women who wear black dresses draw admirers in.

Blue is the color of water, and water represents wealth and prosperity. If advancing financially in your career is your goal, the color blue-black is the color that means business and advancing financially. A blue-black handbag is the color for business and making money.

If recognition is the goal, the color handbag you need is red. Red gets you noticed in business. Think of the woman’s red power suit or a man’s red power tie. When it comes to color that symbolizes that you have arrived with positive vibes, that color is red. Buy a red handbag to announce to the world that you’re here and going places.

But in 2014, there’s another color that brings the best out in both red and black; and that color is gold. Gold is one of the missing elements (‘water’) of 2014. This year, adding the bright sun-like energy in the form of the bright, warm luminescence of gold with your blue-black or red outfits is the perfect way to tap into the water-producing ability of gold. Because gold is metal, it makes water, and water is wealth. Select gold hardware to make your handbag even more auspicious. Plus, there is simply no more stunning look than black with gold and red with gold combinations. A black or red dress with layers of gold chains looks prosperous, auspicious and wealthy, not to mention gorgeous. A gold wallet will have fun with your handbag this year. It’s a fabulous year to pick up a new wallet and purse in the two most important Vastu colors.

 

'Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year 2014'

WITH BEST WISHES 

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