Frequently Asked Questions
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Q1. Is your Home
Lucky for you? How does Vastu affect luck?
Ans. Each structure that is built has a purpose. Vastu as per the contemporary
definition helps a building achieve its purpose. Such a building is considered
'LUCKY'. The word Vastu is derived from the Sanskrit root 'Vas-Niwase',
which literally means 'a liveable space' or, a space worth living in.
Therefore, your home is lucky for you if, it provides you with love, happiness,
prosperity & a sense of fulfilment. Your office or workplace is lucky
for you if it gives you success, growth, fame, recognition, money, etc.
These spaces fulfil their purpose. If the opposite is true then the spaces
are considered 'UNLUCKY' such spaces have Vastu dosha which prevent them
for achieving their purpose. With the understanding of Vastu principles,
Vastu doshas can be corrected which then ensures a particular result.
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Q2. How is Vastu done?
Ans. Vastu is done in two basic phases:
Phase I: Checking & Analysing the Building
In the first phase the building and its surroundings are examined at
various levels:
External Level: The following are the factors that are taken into consideration:
Land (behaviour, receptivity, strength etc.)
Topography (low & high areas, position of water bodies, hills &
mountains and general landscape)
Roads (accessibility, flow of traffic, flyovers, crossings, junctions
and 'T' junctions)
Gates and entrances to a plot
External appearance of the building, plot layout and plot landscape
Mid Level: The mid level factors are:
Position of the main entrance door
Rain water and Sewage disposal pipes and outlets
Water tanks & borings
Building Massing
Internal Level: The internal factors include:
Internal planning and layout - 16+1 directions and activities
in each of these directions
Colours
Placement of appliances / furniture / machinery / other objects
Phase II: Corrections and Remedies
The second phase begins once the building has been analysed and the
symptoms matched, and it includes applying Vastu remedies and / or making
Vastu corrections. Vastu solutions include:
Changing the placement (direction or zone) of an activity
Changing the furniture layout
Changing colour schemes
Cutting or segregating extended portions with certain colour strips
or metal wires
Applying Vastu energy enhancers (galloping red horses, statue of Indra
dev etc.) in weak areas
Once the solutions are applied the building is rechecked to ensure that
the
desired results are achieved.
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Q3. How does Vastu work?
Ans. As per the ancient Hindu wisdom, in a given space,
when all the 5 elements (panchmahabhoot) assume their respective places,
their energies combine to form a life.
What drives life? Is it the flesh and bones, or the heart, or the brain?
It is neither of these; life is controlled by the mind. The mind is
divided into the conscious and the subconscious part. The subconscious
part controls every aspect of life, physical, mental, neurological,
emotional etc. We do not have direct access to this part of our minds.
It is this subconscious part of the mind that is one with the universal
or cosmic intelligence; the same intelligence that creates sustains
and destroys the world. This cosmic intelligence expresses itself in
the form of instincts, insights and or intuitions, all beyond logical
explanations.
The subconscious mind is formed and shaped by the environment around
us, which in turn is the product of the energies that make up life itself.
The radiations from the cosmos and the earth continuously affect all
life at the
neuron level by effecting the chemical composition. The link is clear,
an imbalance of these energies would have and adverse effect, causing
disease, sickness, mental strife, anxiety, anguish, blocked creativity
and a whole range of problems. The converse, a balance state and harmony
with nature would support life and all its activities This is where
and how Vastu Shastra influences life.
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Q4. How long does
it take a Vastu remedy to show results?
Ans. If applied correctly, Vastu remedies generally give
results within 15 to 45 days depending on how receptive the land is,
and the intensity of the Vastu dosha. With more advanced Vastu techniques,
an expert achieve the desired results in as little 3 days in certain
cases.
Q5. If my place is
wrong according to Vastu, do I need to change it?
Ans. In 90% of the cases Vastu doshas of a space can
be treated either with the help of remedies (energy enhancers, colour
/ metal strips, colour schemes) or through Vastu corrections (shifting
rooms or activities to another location, etc). Only in very rare cases
will you find a space that must be vacated because the Vastu doshas
cannot be treated.
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Q6. What is Vastu
Shastra?
Ans. Shastras are books, texts and treaties on a particular
subject so any written records on Vastu are known as Vastu Shastras.
These shastras were written by well-known and well-respected scholars
and expects of vastu. These ancient texts now serve as the basis for
modern day Vastu practices.
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Q7. What are the original
books on Vastu?
Ans. The original ancient texts on Vastu are as follows:
Manasara Silpa Shastra
Mayamatam
Vishwakarma Vastu Prakash (by Vishwakarma)
Samarangana Sutradhara (by Raja Bhoj)
Aparjit Praccha (Aparjit Vishwakarma's son)
Silparatna
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Q8. Is Vastu based
on science or faith?
Ans. What does the word 'science or scientific' mean
when used to describe something? If it means that when an experiment
is performed repeatedly, then the results achieved must be similar each
time. By this definition Vastu is scientific as it guaranties specific
results. For example by placing an energy enhancer like galloping white
horses in the North of North-West you can ensure support from banks
and other financial institutions (loans, over draft etc). Vastu follows
certain laws and principles. It does not require you to have blind faith
but encourages you to take part in experimentations.
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Q9. Why is Vastu necessary?
Ans. Vastu is necessary because it ensures a holistic
growth. Vastu is the study of the law written by nature. It is the knowledge
of the power that each of the 16 directions (as per the KB Way) offers.
It is the art of assigning functions to the directions so as to enhance
the outcome of each action. Vastu is the tool given to us by Mother
Nature with which we can create an environment conducive to the fulfilment
of our desires. A careful study of each space will enable the creation
of a space that will ensure a solution to most of the problems that
each of us faces everyday. Vastu creates the ideal living and working
conditions by connecting each individual life to the cosmic life and
each, individual intelligence to the cosmic intelligence.
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Q10. Where or in
which places is the application of Vastu absolutely
essential?
Ans. The most important places are where we live and
work. These spaces affect us the most as we spend the longest duration
of our lives here. Places where invest money as well as temples, hospitals
and institutions are also important as they too play a vital role in
our lives. Vastu ensures that the purpose of a building is achieved,
thus the proper application of its principles in these buildings is
essential.
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Q11. How do Vastu
remedies or solutions work in favour of human beings in terms of family
life, business, home, career, etc?
Ans. As explained before, life is an outcome of the play
of energies of the 5 elements. A space can be divided into 16 zones,
each with its own function
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