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Feng Shui Your Clothes and Improve Business Success
Feeling blue? Then don’t wear black!
If the gray skies of winter have you singing the blues, it may be time for you to change your clothes!
According to the principles of Black Sect Tantric Buddhist (BTB) Feng Shui, everything in our environment, from inanimate objects like stones and furniture to living beings, has an invisible energy force we call ch’i. Whether the ch’i around you is positive and uplifting, or negative and depressing, is often your own choice.
Feng Shui works on the premise that what is closest to us has the most impact on our physical and emotional health. Based on this theory, the colour of your clothes can have a significant influence on how you feel. After all, other than the food we eat, what can be any closer to our physical body than our clothing?
Most business women – me included – own a black or navy blue ‘power suit.’ But did you know that draping yourself completely in such a somber and drab colour before that presentation of a lifetime may not be such a good thing? Black suit, black pantyhose, black shoes…do you really want to look like Catwoman?
Yes, black is a colour of authority and is worn by judges and the clergy. And yes, black is the colour associated with the Career area of the BTB Bagua. (More on that another day.) But consider that in many cultures black is also associated with sadness and mourning or satanic rituals. …
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