Principle
Bedroom Rules: What to Avoid and Where Heavy Furniture Goes
Keep heavy furniture and cupboards in the South, West or SW of the bedroom, and avoid sleeping under beams or tanks, near electronics, facing mirrors or over clutter.
Principle
Sleeping Direction: Feet Towards North, Never South
If the sleeping zone cannot be changed, changing the direction of the feet gives about 50 percent of the benefit. Feet towards North is best, West is second, East only for children and early risers, and South never.
What it does
Improves sleep and balance even in a wrongly placed bedroom.
Where
Bed in any bedroom
When
Nightly
How to do it
- 1Set the bed so the feet point North
- 2If North is impossible, point the feet West
- 3Never sleep with the feet towards South
- 4After meals lie down on the left side
Cautions
- Feet towards East only for children until adulthood and for people who rise an hour before sunrise, such as sadhus; after sunrise it shows the feet to the Sun, to whom we offer water
- Do not sleep with the feet towards the main door, a temple or God, a cow, holy scriptures or the tijori
Explanation and notes
The head acts as the north pole, so keeping it towards the South creates attraction and balance. Some interior designers turn everyone's feet towards the East, which is wrong for adults. Energy enters constantly through the main door, and spirits that come in at night are insulted by feet pointed at them.
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Principle
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Principle
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Remedy
Concave and Convex Mirrors to Enlarge a Cut or Reduce an Extension
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Principle
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