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Reassessing, thinking carefully, testing choices to keep the elements in harmony by aligning them with your self and with your home and your workspacethis is the right way to move forward with vastu. This is how you create a home for the soul. And this is the ultimate goal in vastu living.
Expressing Your Self
Your ability to express your personality in your home and workspace is another important factor that adds to the harmony that exists between you and your space. And you aren't the only one who feels this harmony. Everyone who enters the space feels good sitting there. This harmony is especially important in your workspace, where you spend so much of your time. If your personal environment does not serve as an extension of your personality, then that space will not work for you.
When you walk into someone's home, doesn't your eye tend to go to the paintings or photographs or displays of objects from trips or collections that appear to have a repetitive theme? These visual displays connect us to the person who lives there. At times, we may even feel a bit of a snoop as we admire these bits and pieces of an identity or identities. But these clues in a décor make the space a home, not a makeshift set.
When you do have a favorite space in your home or workspace, very often this space feels uniquely your own. If you take a good look around a favorite area, doesn't the décor reflect your interests, your joys, your tastes, ultimately your self? It usually does.
So look carefully at your present home and workspace. Does each space identify itself and speak to you? Does it reflect your personality and preferences? Or do certain areas make you feel aloof and uncomfortable? At work, for example, do you feel that your workspace gives an accurate impression of who you are, or could another person take it over without anyone noticing the change? If that's the case, something's amiss.
Of course, if you share a home or workspace with other people, their identities should also be reflected. The point is, when we enter a room, an

 
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