The world is full of diversity -” we hear this quite often. But have you ever thought of the underlying reason behind it? Why people belonging to a particular region have similar behavioural and thought patterns? How is it that just by looking at a person’s face, you are able to tell his regional background differentiating south Indian from an African or an African from a Southeast Asian. Does that mean the geographical features of a region such as its land, rivers, slopes, mountains, have an influence on the lives of the people inhabiting it?
You must have noticed many a times, you enter a shop and a certain product catches your attention instantly. You end up purchasing that particular product even though you had never planned to buy it. In fact, soon after, you wonder why you bought it, when You did not need it in the first place!
On the other hand, sometimes you enter a shop with the intention of buying a certain product. You even find it, but come out of the shop not buying it. Later, you wonder why you did not purchase the product, even though it matched your choice completely!
Similarly, many homes, although beautifully designed and fastidiously maintained, make you feel oppressed, negative, unwell or just generally uncomfortable, while some which are simple, architecturally plain and common, make you feel uplifted and joyful. More importantly, they make you feel at peace
with yourself and comfortable in your surroundings. The primary reason why you experience different feelings in different spaces (buildings) is their adherence to or violation of certain laws of nature. This phenomenon has been summed up as VASTU SHASTRA.
There is a continuous flow of different kinds of energies in the Universe. These energies also flow through your living space, which is in fact scaled-down replica of the Universe itself. All aspects a of your life – health, business, personal relationships, relationship with self, social networking, social reputation, fun and vigour everything is controlled by these energies. However, the exact influence of these energies on your life is determined by the direction from which these are flowing into your space, namely, the space you inhabit.’This space may be your home, office, shop, factory, and so on.