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Principles of Vaastu Architecture

Vaastu architecture ensures that a building or community will have only nourishing influences on its occupants. This results from the use of several key natural law-based, Vedic principles:

Right Direction:

The orientation of a building has a dramatic and easily-measured impact upon the quality of life of its occupants. The sun’s energy is most nourishing when it is rising. East facing buildings bring the greatest benefits to the health and success of their occupants.

Right Placement of Rooms:

The sun has differing qualities of energy as it moves across the sky. Fortune-Creating buildings are designed so that the differing activities that we perform within the various rooms of a home are aligned with the appropriate quality of the sun.

Right Proportion:

Proportion is a key to successful design in nature. Right proportion and measurement in buildings strengthen the connection of our individual intelligence to Cosmic Intelligence.

Natural and Nontoxic Materials and Solar Energy:

An important component of Maharishi Vedic architecture is building sustainably with natural, non-toxic materials suitable to the local climatic conditions. This includes using materials such as wood, brick, rammed earth and adobe, as well as natural finishes such as clay stucco, marble, ceramic tile, natural fiber for carpets, curtains and furniture, and healthy, natural, non-toxic paints and glues.

Vaastu also take into consideration other important influences, such as:

Slope of the land
Shape of the land
Unobstructed rising sun
Influences in the environment, including water bodies
Auspicious timing

Benefits of Vaastu Homes & Buildings

The Vedic texts report that living in Vaastu a homes/ or spending alot of time in a Vaastu building leads to the following positive effects:

Good health, wealth and happiness for everyone.
Increased good fortune, good reputation.
Prosperity and abundance.
Stable peace of mind and well being
Increased creativity and success.
Harmonious relations and great comfort.
Coherent thinking and decision making.
No problems in private and professional life.
Support of nature in all areas of life and daily living
Fulfilment of all desires
Victory over adversaries
Longevity and fulfilment

In addition to the qualities above people who live and work in Vaastu find that they:

think more clearly and creatively
make better decisions
feel happier and healthier
feel more alert and refreshed throughout the day
enjoy more restful and refreshing sleep
enjoy more energy and less fatigue
experience less stress and greater peace of mind
feel protected by their home

According to the knowledge of Vaastu — architecture, houses and offices not built in accord with Natural Law can create problems:

anxiety, depression
illness, chronic disease
blocks to creativity
bad luck, financial loss
obstacles to progress and success

disharmony in relationships, breakdown of family
anti-social behavior and even criminal tendency
The negative effects of inauspiciously built buildings include:
Accidents and sudden death
Destruction of the family, great misfortune
Anxiety and constant fear
Calamities and mental afflictions
Enmity and quarrel, criminal tendencies
Frailty of women
Weakness, ill-health, chronic diseases
Lack of creativity, dullness, constant fatigue
Lack of money, financial loss, No success, whatever one tries
Mental restlessness, no peace of mind

SHORT BUT IMPORTANT VAASTU TIPS TO CONSIDER WHILE PLANNING THE INTERIOR OF YOUR HOME

Door

Always make sure that a door opens at least up to ninety degrees, which signifies that you are welcoming maximum opportunities into your life. Besides this, you also have to ensure that the door is made of a rock solid and strong material. This makes sure that your private and personal life is away from the interferences and protected from the outer world.

Say No clutter

Clutter in your home kills positivity and brings frustration and anxiety in the mind. Make your house a clutter-free environment with enough room for movement. According to Vaastu, clutter of any type, especially the ones that lies inside your cupboard or under the bed, sofas is highly harmful. This clutter could also contain some things of your past, which you are letting affect your life by clinging on. It is best to remove the clutter of your house and let the positivity enter and help you start afresh.

Mirrors

Mirrors should never be placed on the northern side of any room. This will envoke negative thoughts and troubles into your life, whereas it will also ensure that your problems bounce back at you. Move mirrors to another wall and try to keep them covered before going to sleep at night.

Sharp corners

Vaastu refrains us to sleep directly in line with sharp corners. Sharp Corners deprives you of relaxation, serenity and make your life much stressed and tensed. This will not help you do better and succeed in life.

First thing your eyes see

When entering your home, what your eyes sees first matters the most! It is always good if that is something beautiful and serene. This could be many things like flowers, photographs, a scenery that calms your mind etc.

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