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choose whichever solution you prefer. They each add strength to your surroundings. They each work as appeasements to the offended element or elements and restore harmony, including the harmony of your own soul.
Examples of Common Problems
Your kitchen is in the southwest quadrant when it should be in the southeast. To be certain that you have not offended the element of the southwest, earth, and the element of the southeast, fire, you should play it safe and make an appeasement to keep the harmony in balance.
Your bathroom is in the northeast quadrant of your apartment. Worse, the toilet is in the northeastern quadrant of the bathroom. The northeast is the element of water, but unfortunately it is also the gateway to the gods and must never be contaminated by bathroom waste. You'll want to make an appeasement to the element of water.
You have a fabulous swimming pool, the joy of the household. But swimming pools belong in the northeast, the realm of the element of water, and yours is located in the southwest so that your family can enjoy the hot southern sun. Though you have no intention of moving the pool, according to the vastu guidelines, the southwest, which belongs to the element of earth, should serve as a barrier to hold in the positive energy that flows through the property. You'll want to protect yourself and make an appeasement to each of the offended elementsearth and water.
You work in an open area with about twelve other people. Your personal space is not much larger than your desk, and so you have no way to respect the sanctity of Brahma's realm, which is in the direct center of your small area. If fact, when you sit at your desk, Brahma's realm, which belongs to the element of space, is right under your feet. To keep the spiritual power flowing in your tiny work area, you should make an appeasement to the element of space.

 
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