Feng Shui book review

Here’s the promised follow-up to Feng Shui intro: The book review

I read the following Kindle books, but cannot recommend any of them:

- Feng Shui For Beginners: Master the Art of Feng Shui to Bring In Your Home More    Balance, Harmony and Energy Flow! by Alexander Yamashita

- Complete Guide to Mastering The Art of Feng Shui: Learn How to Create Balance,  Harmony, and Energy Flow To Optimize Your Home and Office by Mai Jun

- A simple Feng Shui guide for beginners to use at home, the office, and at work for  increased simplicity, productivity, happiness and wealth! By Amy Delosa

- Learn Feng Shui for Beginners by Aurora Miriam

If your IQ is below 90 and you've never ever heard of Feng

Shui, then by all means read one (or all) of these books -but 

do not take the advice literally. 

Feng Shui That Makes Sense: Easy Ways to Create a

Home That Feels as Good as it Looks by Cathleen

McCandless 

This is my 2nd best read so far. 

Somewhat repetitive but all advice is good and the author is

a successful Feng Shui consultant. Her main conclusion is

that if it feels good, then it is good.

I agree!

Feng Shui For Dummies by David Kennedy

This book sure is for Dummies…it was a draining read, and

the jokes were annoying. The book is based on His Holiness

Grandmaster Professor Lin Yun’s Feng Shui School, and this

school does not utilize a compass, but the entryway. Also 

referred to as the Black Sect or Black Hat (Tantric 

Buddhism) Feng Shui.

Personally, I prefer the compass method - it feels more real

than just basing your calculations on the front door. 

A 9-inch red ribbon appears perhaps 40 times in this book. 

From Wikipedia:

"Traditional Chinese units of length include the chi (尺), bu (步), and li (里). The precise length of these units, and the ratios between these units, has varied over time. 1 bu has consisted of either 5 or 6 chi, while 1 li has consisted of 300 or 360 bu."

So how on earth can one end up with 9 inches?

If you were to follow the advice given in this book you’d have

bamboo sticks, windchimes and chrystals hanging around in

odd places (with all those 9 inch long red ribbons).

Fengshui-aapinen by Anja Banks

An excellent read, very practical. My favourite, but

unfortunately only available in Finnish.

Magic Cleaning by Marie Kondo

Not really a Feng Shui book in itself, but does make some

references. The book is written by a Japanese organization

expert. It has many excellent tips and some of them are

amusing like where best to place your Sukiyaki pan, not to

mention the Bibimbab pan and the Soba sieve.

Marie Kondo's book inspired me to fold my t-shirts into little

squares.

OK, I'm still practicing here. I'm not very good with my hands.

When I wrap a present it looks as if wrapped by a 5-year old.

Then I tried what happens when socks are rolled as Marie 

Kondo instructs:

 Looks neat and takes up much less space!

Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui by Karen Kingston

Written in a clear and simple way, and really motivated me to de-clutter!

Here's an example of what this book can take credit for:

More books are on their way: 

Feng Shui Your Life by Jayme Barrett and Feng-Shui: The Ancient Wisdom of Harmonious Living for Modern Times by Eva Wong.

...and a review of those will follow.

And here's some reality. After all this reading and blogging 

my kitchen looks like this:

And yesterday our entrance looked like this:

...but at least the cats are keeping it together