What is Vastu Shashtra?
Vastu Shastra is like architecture science from the ancient Indian. It tells us how to create our homes and other real estate for harmony and prosperous living by channeling and enhancing positive energies around us. It also focuses on reducing or suppressing negative energies.
Vastu has a set of rules for various situations and conditions. Though Vastu doesn't provide much scientific rationale, it does take multiple factors into account. For example, Vastu takes the magnetic fields into consideration. It also relies heavily on sunlight and air flow. Vastu rules try to maximize natural energies abound, and create great living spaces.
Anyone building a house or office or any other business premises should take Vastu rules into account for best atmosphere.
All buildings and even the land on which a building is erected has vibrations of energy related to it. We are constantly bombarded with energies 24×7. Some energies are positive while others are negative.
Vastu aims to eliminate negative and enhance positive energy present at an area or location in order that an individual , family or maybe business inhabiting a building become prosperous and progressive.
What's Vastu Shastra? In simple terms we will say that, vastu aims to form harmonious buildings at places in tune with mother-nature, in order that the human inhabiting the building, lives well balanced and happy life.
What Happens if a Building Doesn’t Follow Vastu Shastra?
If a building isn't constructed on the principles of vastu shastra then the thinking and action of individuals inhabiting or working in these buildings isn't harmonious and progressive.
Homes that don't follow vastu shastra principles can cause problems: loss of cash, physical illness and other forms of troubles in lives of its occupants.
How Did Vastu Shastra Originate?
In ancient India, people believed house as a living organism and treated constructing a house as sacred ceremony.
The spirit dwelling within the house was called Vastu Purusha, based on an ancient Indian story of Vastu Purusha.
As per vastu shastra, different directions belong to different Gods that supervise respective sectors of the house.
For example, God supervises Eshan or North-East direction and hence is best suitable for prayer room; Agni (Fire element) supervises South-East direction and hence is best suitable for Kitchen.
Many rules of vastu shastra are simple sense as they relate to ventilation, amount and quality of sunlight a building receives etc.
But some principles of vastu shastra relate to energy field of earth and subtle energy fields in natural and constructed environments.
Also, people living/working in such buildings have appreciated and verified the consequences of those fields.
Vastu Shastra and Link to The Universe
The principles of vastu shastra allow humans to use limitless energy of Sun in absolute best way.
Guidelines of vastu shastra enables human to draw on all-embracing role of mother earth for best results.
Many factors govern the lifetime of a person's being; his fate, karma and vastu of the place where he lives and work.
If the vastu is poor but the fate of an individual is sweet then results obtained can range from poor to mediocre; where as if the vastu is sweet and fate is unfavorable then the ill effects are minuscule.
It is important to follow vastu shastra guidelines while constructing a house, shop or the other structure because it changes a man’s destiny for betterment.
