In layman terms, Vastu is the science of managing energy elements of any place of living or conducting business. The literal meaning of the word Vastu might differ as it means dwelling or a house with a plot of land. In modern context, this definition might be limiting especially due to evolution of architecture of living spaces. Over the time, the silent and hidden evolution of Vastu led by some Indian practitioners has taken the elements of traditional Vastu Shastra and transformed to modern realities of life making it suitable for modern living.

Why is Vastu Important?

The most important assets any human being have are the faculties of body, mind and consciousness. The daily struggle is to make sure that the alignment between these faculties is maintained. This is pretty much evident from the increased emphasis on different yoga and meditation techniques in past 5 years. However the impact of living spaces on the faculties of body, mind and consciousness is understated and/or completely unknown.

Everyone has an idea of ideal home where he/she wants to live. Are we really chasing the ideal home or we are looking for certain characteristics through which we want to define our life? These characteristics can be togetherness with family and friends, abundance of wealth, health & happiness and/or a private space secluded from the world etc.

Just like yoga and meditation are instruments to internally align your body, mind and consciousness, Vastu is the science to externally align your body, mind and consciousness with the energies of living spaces. Vastu facilitates us by facilitating our faculties to not only achieve the goals of life but also clarify the purpose of life. For example, if you are living in a house that has kitchen or toilet built in North-East direction, you will face problems such as mental fog, lack of new idea generation, inability in taking decisions and other health problems. In such a state, there is hardly anything great that can be achieved when your faculties are impacted adversely in such a fashion. No doubt your personal aura and efforts in physical exercises, yoga and meditation can reduce the impact, but it would be like running a marathon with broken shoes.

Five elements of Vastu – The Science of Living Spaces

There are five elements that are universal to all physical existence. Our body and mind are also created of these five elements. Along with balancing these five elements within the body, it is also important to balance these five elements within the living spaces. Once these balancing is done, then specific elements can be enhanced to make living spaces fit-for-purpose. Without balancing these elements if any Vastu remedies are applied, it would further deteriorate the imbalance rather than enhancing the impact of any. It would be like trying to perform advanced physical exercises when your body is not used to basic foundational exercise.

What does balancing of living spaces means?

Balancing is all about ensuring all the five elements are correctly energized in the living places. The imbalances can be due to geopathic stress originating from the land on which the living space is created or the shape of the living space or position of kitchen, toilet, bedroom, home entrance etc. or the color choices of each direction or placement of furniture in the house.

Please contact FortuneVasstu (fortunevasstu@gmail.com) for checking if your home is balanced.