This is a series of lessons offered to the public who have the desire to know what this ancient art is about. It deals with the most fundamental concepts put into practice and explained without referring to abstract theories. The three levels of my correspondence courses give a formal discussion of Feng Shui. The 101 series introduces some practical steps everyone can follow. They are not tailor made feng shui for an individual location and therefore cannot replace formal feng shui audits. They are like harmless vitamin pills that may help you to keep healthy. Therefore, safety is my first concern. If you are trying some do-it-yourself feng shui, some safety measures are to be taken.

Safety measure #1 : Do not employ anything red in color to "enhance your wealth luck" without knowing the qi map of the house.

In fact, red symbolizes fire and is not an ingredient to enhance wealth luck. It may give strength to a certain fortunate wealth star. The danger lies in the fact that fire can activate sickness energies and cause financial difficulties if used in inappropriate places.

Safety measure #2 : Do not use mirrors to try to "repel sha qi".

It simply does not work. If your front door is attacked by, let us say, a straight road heading directly and you hang a Ba Gua mirror on top of the door. Assuming that it can reflect the sha qi hitting on the mirror surface, can it repel all the sha qi attacking the entire door? Imagine you have thousands of arrows shooting onto your door. A few of them may miss the door and hit your mirror. The rest simply hit the door. The only thing the mirror can do, is to occasionally reflect light into the eyes of the driver of a car, causing an accident. The car may lose control and head for your house.

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