Roads all over but do they stop?
A business is about profits. For there to be profits the business has to prosper. To proper, there must be activity. Herein lies the basic requirement of a successful business. And feng shui adherents believe that a good fengshui location is the first step in that direction.
How does feng shui consider as a good location?
Somewhat out of context but this line from third volume of the Snow Heart Verses which goes like this, “The nature of water is movement. Its wonder lies in its stillness.”
Modern roads and thoroughfares are treated as water. Maybe not water as such but more accurately the nature of water and that is its constant moving flow. Roads equates to traffic. Be it a major highway that cuts across boundaries, main streets, side roads or pedestrian paths, they all are conveyors of traffic, machine or people.
Let’s check how we can relate them to getting our business location right in a macro way.
1 Busy-ness = business
As the Snow Heart says, there are two aspects, movement and stillness. A busy street is an indication of business potential.It is a numbers game. The more people you have walking past you, the higher your chances of snatching a sale. Not much feng shui required!
2 People must stop and browse
A crowd is of no use if they just walk away hurriedly. They must stop preferably right where you are. That means there must be parking and other amenities. A fruit stall at a highway rest stop would do better than one at a junction simply because travelers stop to pee, rest and to relief their thirst.
A shop with no space does not encourage customers to stop and browse. Like they say, every window shopper is a potential spender. Shopping malls with crowds do better than those where flies flit at leisure.
That is wonder in the stillness. To stop is to be still.
3 Tapping the latent energy relevant to what you want to sell
A busy street selling clothes means nothing if you are selling insurance. This is so because people go there to shop for clothes not to get an insurance cover. If you set up a booth there, you will be transparent as far as they are concerned. If you are selling phone cards, you may stand a chance.
Feng shui calls it earth qi (that is the closest meaning). To borrow a new age term we could say it is about the vibrations of the place. If you are into hardware, it may be a good idea if your business premise is located in an area where there are furniture, plumbers and building products. The earth qi resonates with your business or the other way round.
Feng shui literature abound with many descriptions of the different types of water but these basic points are the essentials. If we can see their relevance, we should have a good start.
In theory, we have the potential qi and the manifested qi. Potential qi is invisible and hard to pin down. Roads are manifested qi. They are a good gauge of the motility of a business location. And happily, they can be discerned.
