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Feng Shui and Money: A Nine-Week Program for Creating Wealth Using Ancient Principles and Techniques

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This book has been a tremendous gift in my life as I have come to a greater self-awareness regarding my relationship with money, my environment and myself.

The practical exercises have been very helpful to me, and I love to tell the story of one particular experience in which I reflected on being more welcoming towards money. I placed a vase of flowers at the entrance of my home, and the next day I received an unexpected phone call with a $2,000 scholarship offer! Remarkable and true.

With its insight and humor, I have found it to be an excellent and well-appreciated gift. I highly recommend it!

This book is a clear outline of how feng shui works and exactly how to create better conditions in your home and office. A lot of the other books on this topic have lots of complicated theory that tends to lose me after the first few pages. But, this book took me step-by-step through each area of my house, and showed me how my energy, life, and even my financial outlook are being directly affected. It is more than just a book--it is really a guidebook that takes you step-by-step through a program--like having a professional consultant working with you.

The other part that has been really motivating for me is the way that it explains personal finance. It is really like a feng shui book and a personal finance book in one. It goes through spending habits, savings, and even investing, and shows the relationship to your feng shui situation. I am in the second week of the nine week "program" and already my relationship with money has shifted. I feel more empowered with money, more hopeful, and more confident about making a good living doing the things that I really love to do. For the first time, I am starting to really respect myself as someone who can handle money, and I feel a lot more in control of my financial future.

Instead of feeling that I should be miserly, the book is showing me how my finances are a direct expression of my life energy and spiritual outlook. I don't usually hear people talk about money and spirituality in the same sentence (at least in a positive way), but this book is one of the first that explains how these two aspects of life go together harmoniously.

The book has a lot of humor, but it also has a lot of practical principles and ways for making a better life for yourself and having a better relationship with money. I want to see how my life continues to improve as I do the exercises and feng shui changes in the book. I definitely recommend it for peope who are interested in feng shui and, like most people, who are interested in creating a better money situation for themselves. I have aready gotten a couple of copies for some friends, and now they are getting some copies for some of their friends!

This author's approach to Feng Shui for prosperity cannot be described as "easy", but it is certainly thorough.

Each chapter covers different areas of your living space, and how you can transform them (for wealth) through the principals of feng shui.

In addition, each chapter includes different activities and meditations which are used along with the physical principals.

Finally, there is a summary at the end of each chapter, done checklist-style, to assist the reader in completing all the chapter's actions.

Though the book is well-written, the problem I had with it was this: the author's use of lots of (authentic) feng shui terms and language. This does NOT make for easy reading for anyone who is a beginner to the uses of Feng Shui.

Now, if you don't mind reading chapter after chapter filled with phrases like "Make one step every day toward the fulfillment of your Chen goal from your Dream Bagua", then you'll probably enjoy the book and get a lot out of it.

As for me, the struggle to keep on wading through the new-to-me language of Feng Shui convinced me that finishing the book would be worthwhile, but starting the program would not be.

I think a more mainstream use of language would have turned this book into a five-star read.

However, for the reasons given above, I can only rate the book three stars. I don't believe the average reader will even finish reading the book unless their interest in Feng Shui is VERY strong.

Reviewer: Linda Painchaud

This is a wonderful book on feng shui and money! I have purchased similar books on feng shui and most of them were quite complicated to understand and to integrate into my daily life.

This book took me through a comprehensive journey with insightful exercises and rituals. Page after page I was amazed how my beliefs around money uncovered. I realized that in certain areas I felt uncomfortable asking for the wealth I wanted. By working through the book I was able to change that limitation into an invitation. I am excited about the process I am making!

The humor and pictures add to the pleasurable read.

I wish I could give more than five stars!

As a personal and business coach, I am always trying to find helpful resources for people to use in all areas of their lives.
Feng Shui and Money should go on the top of the list for many reasons. First, it is extrememly practical and can be used as a guide and program immediately. Second, one does not have to be a feng shui expert to understand it. Third, the book supports and integrates both inner and outer transformation.It's hard to get a book that so practically and aptly brings together many components of our lives to help us grow and change. The focus is on money ( something we all need!) using feng shui principles but you will see by the end that you will be motivated and inspired in many different areas - your mission and purpose, your business, your family life and relationships and of course your pocketbook!!

I highly recommend it as a best seller - Put it at the top of your list!!!!

Feng Shui and Money honors, celebrates and acknowledges us with the tools to move physical/psychological/emotional and spiritual energy by unveiling the beliefs and attitudes that are preventing us from having what we truly desire. In this nine week program, you will have the opportunity to re-evaluate and re-establish your relationship with your living environment, your Cash $$$ flow and more importantly with your "self worth". Eric Shaffert brilliantly takes you step by step through this program by sharing his expertise and a solid foundation in the art of creating wealth using ancient principles and techniques. Easy to read, easy to understand and to apply. For those who are committed to themselves and their journey.

I'm really glad that I chose this book to be my introduction to Feng Shui. I really like Eric's sense of humor and easy reading style. It is not too overwhelming for me so I can make adjustments in small and joyful ways. I especially like the cute drawings! I'm looking forward to increasing my prosperity and enjoying my living space more in the coming year.

"Feng Shui and Money" would be more honest and better off leave OUT the so-called Feng Shui since the book far better as what it really is: A book written by a phychotherapist who basically uses a "soul searching" self-help approach to deal with and suface ones particularly more "negative" ideas about money.
The reader will do lots of journalling/writing, thinking through ones core issues, answering questions in the simple fill in the line manner to get to the heart of what ails or aids you where money/wealth is concerned.

The "Feng Shui" part of the book deals with the "Ba-gua" sections. The information is skimply and simplistic. On its own it would only amount to several pages not worth bothering with.

The author includes mantras, mudras, meditation, visualizations, and empressing energies into ones efforts. This is all good and fine on its own. It has been ADDED to Feng Shui..but its not part of the system of analysis of Feng Shui. Yet, its being marketed as such.

In the first week of the nine week "program" the author is already offering shallow "cures" and telling readers to apply them. Of course, theres no real mature explanation as to why or how these cures work or the deeper theory behind them...e.g:

"Hanging a small wind chime in the tai chi area (center of home) will intergrate the flow of chi for the entire home. Since the area is associated with the number 5, a wind chime with five metal tubes is ideal. By hanging a chime in this position you send a vibration that balances all the areas of the bagua at one time".

The tai-chi area of ones home could be the living room or the toilet!...It could be a back room some odd place. Then what!?. If there is no air; windows, or breeze then there are no moving of the chimes!. If the air; vibration hitting the metal is not strong enough or if the metal is of cheap quality...then there is NO vibration to go anywhere...much less "all the ba-gua at once". What if you live in a large space or a small tiny cramped apartment?. What size chime to use?. None of these issues or related are address in this book..so whats the point.

The author claims to make a living advising people..in person... in their home..yet writes nonsense.

The author advises for the Hsun area (aka..prosperity corner) to put fro e.g. nine plants, purple colors, mirrors, and water;fountains. What if this Hsun area is in the kitchen near the stove...or the area has no windows?.The use of his contant placing of mirrors and plants is cute to redundant. "Good Housekeeping" magazine does better!.

This book is rife with telling what to put in which area without much consideration to anything else.

The author repeats the generic "keep the bathroom door closed at all times". What if you have not windows or general ventilation in your bathroom?. Plants in the bathroom has its pros and cons...but without natural light and air..plus a perpetually closed door makes no sense for most plants..much less general unhealthy hygeine conditions. It makes less sense that such suggestion are doled out like candy; many authors never even address these issues.

One reviewer mentioned that author uses "authentic" feng shui terms. The author uses the chinese names each section of the ba-gua. The rest of the book is in plain english. There is nothing in this to be overwhelmed about.

There A LOT of things in this book that are NOT Feng Shui. Like "Moving Water Cures": call a certain number of people for a certain amount period of time and take on any invites. Maintain this and you'll be instantly popular..money will flow. Yes..to the phone company!. Actually this is really just socializing, networking; its someting teens do all the time...its NOT Feng Shui.

Another one of the authors suggestions is putting bowls of flowers around the house. This is nice. It could be one of grandmas things to do or "101 things to do to decorate or uplift your living space".

Balance and promoting beneficialness in ones life is what these things and Feng Shui have in common. Thus, certain activities or ideas have been INCORPORATED along side or with Feng Shui.. but they are NOT Feng Shui.

Feng Shui like Martial arts is a vast and whole study/world to itself with many areas of substudy. Bruce Lee reruns and Chuck Norris is NOT Martial Arts.


"Feng Shui and Money"..its strong point is as a money management helper book with a "spiritually" and "looking-within" type of approach.

If you are interested getting to your inner issues regarding money and wealth..with a holistic touch then get a book that frankly cuts to that chase. You can get this book of course but for any hope worthwhile Feng Shui instead of the "ancient chinese secrets" lure....look elsewhere.

Found the book to be very informative and helpful. You will need to realize that you will have to answer some hard questions about yourself in order to take full advantage of his insight. Definitely worth purchasing. However, be careful if you sign up for his conference call class. If you have a cell phone, you can not join in and you will not get your money refunded.

Found the book helpful but my house is not in order of the Tai Chi, still working on it with a sister who is doing the same. Good help and advice in everyday life.