The 3 types of luck and how does vastu enhances them

Chinese philosophy specifically mentions three types of luck which influences the success and growth of an individual; earth luck, heaven’s luck and man’s luck.

Once you understand them you will agree that indeed this is what happens in life.

Heaven’s luck is the effect of past karmas on your present life. 40% of the luck we have comes from Heaven. This means our Heavenly Blessings or the good fortune we have created from the past (our past actions and deeds create good fortune) – which accumulates to become the luck we have now. The past karmas decide which family we will be born in and what date and time we will be born. In astrology we understand this as planetary influences on our life.

Earth’s Luck is the influence of our environment on our life. 30% of luck we have comes from earth. These are earth and nature’s energies and space energies effecting our life. These energies help you create a success or a prosperity mindset. In Vastu we understand is the effect of the five elements on our lives.

Man’s Luck is the remaining luck on which we have total control. It is the decisions we make, the choices we take and the actions we perform to achieve the goals of our life. The English proverb – “Work is worship” and the famous Shloka from Bhagwat Gita -  “कर्मणये वाधिकारस्ते मां फलेषु कदाचन । मां कर्मफलहेतुर्भू: मांते संङगोस्त्वकर्मणि”  emphasis the importance of this type of luck. You cannot and you will not be achieve any objective in life without the required efforts irrespective of what you do in Astrology and Vastu.

Many people ask me then what is Vastu and Astrology for? And I answer, “Vastu and Astrology are to act as a catalyst in your efforts. Their role is to support you, program your sub-conscious to lead you to the right decisions and right actions. That is exactly why several successful people believe and have used such metaphysical sciences in their life. They do not leave everything to destiny, they also strive to achieve their dreams.

The attached diagram explains my understanding of this three luck phenomenon, spend some time reflecting on it.

VastuAcharya Manoj is a Senior Mahavastu Expert and Astrologer, you can contact him at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com for Vastu advice.

Vastu Myth- Employees should not sit on the head

Yesterday I was sitting with a leading realtor in India. He is renovating his plush office in Gurgaon. 

The office has two floors. On the ground floor the management will sit and on the mezzanine floor it will be the staff. Over a cup of tea he asked, “Please clear one doubt Manoj ji. Some Vastu expert told me that staff should not sit on the floor above. It is like they sitting on your head. Should I be bothered about it?”

“Bhai ji, If anyone has said this from a vastu perspective it is totally a myth. It does not affect the Vastu of the place at all. The right zones for the right profile is all that matters irrespective if the management is on the lower floor or the employees.”

Having said that, across the world there is a best practice. The Managing Director or CEO of the floor sits on the top floor. Why is it so? The CEO or MD or Chairman has to be the least accessible to the outside world. If there are miscreants who enter a premises the CEO must be the most difficult to reach. That is what top floor and corner office is what is the best practice for placing the CEO. There is a practical reason and not just a status symbol.

So it is not Vastu when someone says that employees should not sit on the heads of the management

VastuAcharya Manoj is a Senior Mahavastu Consultant based out of Delhi NCR. He can be reached at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com for professional advice.

How to spot Poverty Consciousness Part 3

A friend accompanied me to a famous temple in Indore. After performing the Pooja I donated a small amount in the DaanPeti placed in the Mandir.

Seeing me he said, “You know God does not need your money and if he needs He is not God.”

“Yes I know that He does not need money but he definitely want me to share.”

“If you want to share, why don’t you share with poor?” He argued. I got really annoyed.

“Is that what you do? When did you last donate to poor?” I asked.

He kept quiet and started looking elsewhere.

This is the state of affairs with many people. When it comes to donate in a temple they say it is better 

to donate to poor and when it comes to donating to poor they will come up with newer excuses – “It is all a mafia”, ‘why can’t he work?”, ‘Did you see that child in the arm of the woman was sleeping? Why are they always sleeping? You know they are drugged.” These are the responses you get for not sharing their money with poor.

In Christianity there is a concept of tithing where good Christians are encouraged to donate ten percent of their income to the church. The church then uses it for community good. A similar concept exists in Islam. Unfortunately the majority community in India does not practice any such thing. If any religious guru suggests such a thing we all will troll him on social media, main stream media and maybe on the roads too. He will be labelled to be regressive. Why? Just because we want excuses for not giving.

The act of giving is a sure sign of prosperity consciousness. By giving you are sending the message that I have abundant money and I am willing to share. The universe then gives you more such that you can share more.

By making excuses and justifying your “non-sharing” behavior you are actually telling the universe that you are living in scarcity and not having any intention to partake with what you have. My guru says it is better to give food to poor rather than money but give you should.

VastuAcharya Manoj is a Senior Mahavastu consultant and he can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com for Vastu advice.

Vastu Consultation for Office || what is a good time for it?

Few days back I posted an article on “When is the good timeto go for Vastu Consultation of  a House”, and readers messaged me, that I should also write on Vastu for shop, office and Factory as well. 

So here is the article focusing on office. At a later date I will write for Factory and Shops.

An office is where the business operates from. Even factory owners have offices other than the one in their factory i.e. corporate office, registered office, Sales office, etc.

The office or shop may be owned or on rent. In both these cases the same rules apply.

There are three times which are most suited to perform a Vastu audit and rectifications for an office or shop.

Before moving in

This is when the office is at a design stage, and a good Vastu Consultant will be able to guide on placement of different activities and departments. For example, he will be able to help you decide where the owner should sit, where the account department should be, where the design should take place, from where the marketing activities should be performed, etc. He will also guide on the color schemes to be used in the office.

When business is difficult

The next best time is when doing business becomes difficult. It can be due to the Vastu defects and hence a Vastu Correction needs to be performed. Many a times, the office premises is on rent and you have taken up the floor with all its workstations and cabins which are designed as per the previous tenant or the owner of the real estate. In this case a Vastu consultant will advise you on the corrective measures which need to be taken to make the space conducive to your success.

When you want to expand

When you are ready to expand to new territories or diversify into multiple businesses, a Vastu consultation by a competent expert helps you in re-designing and changing the placement of the office as per the fields and scale of expansion.

If you are taking up more space on rent and integrating with the existing office, the vastu expert will guide you to which side of your current office should you be looking for expanding the space and also guide on placement of different activities as per the new floor plan of the expanded office.

Vastu Acharya Manoj is a Senior MahaVastu Expert and can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com for Vastu advice. Please do not forget to write the name of your city of residence/work when writing an email.

The mind is an Antenna || How Vastu Acharyas manifest for you?

Technically, we know that antenna is a transducer designed to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic signals. Our sub-conscious mind is an antenna which communicates with the universe. Intuitive insights are achieved when the mind transmits the question and receives the answer from the universe.

Sub-conscious occupies about 90% of your mind while others say that it has unlimited capacity. Have you experienced that you were thinking about some problem while driving and suddenly you realize that you have reached the destination. Who took you to the destination? Similarly you are breathing even when you are in deep sleep. This is the faculty of the sub-conscious. Your cardio-vascular, digestive, respiratory, nervous, lymphatic, muscular systems are all governed by the sub-conscious mind and it works tirelessly throughout your life.

There are only two ways by which you can directly tap into your sub-conscious mind; by meditation and by dowsing.

Regular meditation done correctly over years develops in a person the capability to sense energies in the space which can be corrected to manifest for one self and clients.

A simpler method is dowsing. When a vastu expert dowse in search for an answer the sub-conscious still is the one getting the answers but it communicates the answer to Vastu Acharya through the muscular system by sending appropriate signals to the hands. The dowsing instrument which the Vastu Acharya is using is just amplifying the micro-signal received to a visible movement. That is the role of the instrument and nothing more the job appears to be done by it while it is just a servant of the sub-conscious reflecting what signals it receives.

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Vastu Acharya Manoj is a Senior Vastu consultant and can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com

Vastu Case Study || Arjuna’s focus

I got a call from my friend in Australia. He sounded worried. His son who has completed his graduate program was now trying to bootstrap a venture. Only problem is that he is unable to decide on the business idea to pursue.

“He talks about setting up an apparel business and after working for few months he starts talking about immigration consultancy. In the last year he has shifted gears thrice. He just doesn’t have focus.” He said.

“Like all modern parents, I do not want to impose my thoughts on him. I just want him to focus on one thing and pursue it to its completion. I have already agreed with him to provide him the seed money and support him till he builds sufficient traction.” He continued.

I started wondering what can be done in vastu to increase focus. The first thing came to my mind was “अर्जुन की आँख.” All Indians grow up listening the story of Arjuna.

Once, during archery training, Arjuna’s teacher Drona pointed to bird on the branch of a tree and instructed him and his brothers to aim for its eye. ‘Describe what you see,’ asked the teacher. ‘A bird on the branch of the tree,’ said Yudhishtira, his eldest brother. ‘A bird on the branch of a mango tree,’ said Bhima, his elder brother. ‘A bird on the branch of a mango tree that stands in front of a banyan tree,’ said Duryodhana, his cousin, the eldest of the Kauravas. Arjuna only said, ‘I see only the eye of the bird, nothing else.’ Drona ordered his students to release their arrows. Only Arjuna’s struck the target!

Arjuna is the true epitome of focus and so can become a potent symbol to increase focus.

The next question was which mahavastu zone to activate using this symbol. I thought since one should venture into a business domain where one has core competence we should focus on the mahavastu zone of skills to increase focus on his core competence.

I asked him to put an image of Arjuna in South west and observe the change in behavior in his son. Sure enough he informed me later that his son has successfully started an app-based information security business.

Vastu Acharya Manoj is a senior MahaVastu consultant and can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com

Role of Vastu Consultant in Buying a Property

For most of us, buying a property is one of the most important milestone in life. Property can be for residential or business use and in either case a lot of important episodes which create good and bad memories happen in these property we buy. While good memories are cherished, bad memories are feared.

In the last years more and more people are realizing the importance of buying a vastu friendly property and have understood the effect of space on their lives and psyche. Whether it is a kothi or apartment which they are buying they want it to help them in achieving the purpose and goals of your life.

Here is where a qualified Vastu expert comes into play. Let me explain what role a vastu expert play in helping you choose the right property.

A good vastu expert understand that there is no such property which is 100% vastu compliant. So he focuses on identifying the properties which are not having severe vastu defects. He understands which vastu defects can be easily corrected using vastu correction techniques and which cannot be rectified. He will advise you accordingly on the most suited property.

There are certain orientations which are more suited for a particular type of profession. For example, an east facing plot will be better for politicians and those who thrive on networking.

A good vastu consultant will also be able to filter the prevalent myths and will not take them into consideration while suggesting a good property to buy. For example, those who suggest South-West or North-East to be the ideal location for toilet are doing so based on certain myths which have no relevance to Vastu. By following such advice the client may end in serious health and financial troubles.

A good vastu expert will not suggest a property on pure commercial consideration. Many experts are focused on how much remedies can be sold to the client rather than whether the property is suited for the client. In my opinion this is not a proper practice.

Most houses and apartments can be made vastu compliant by balancing the space with appropriate colors and other techniques. The importan

t part is choosing the right vastu consultant.

Vastu Acharya Manoj is a senior vastu consultant and he can be contacted on mshrivastava2005@gmail.com whether you are buying a new kothi, row house, apartment or you want to consult for your current place of residence/business.

Vastu for excellence in XII Board Exams

In less than three months from now, students in their final year of school will both go through one of the most challenging tests of their life – the XII and X board examinations. This is the period of extreme anxiety and stress both for the students and their parents.

Can Vastu help the students to excel well in this exams. Yes.

There are five pre-requisites to great performance in studies – concentration, retention, recall, clarity of mind and good stress.

The angular area between West and South West which is termed as “West of South West” is the zone of studies as per Vastu. The North East zone provides clarity of mind, the South West zone provides improved skills and East of South East needs to be balanced to reduce anxiety. The anxiety should be enough to keep the students on their toes and at the same time it should not be such that it results into undue stress. Stand in the center of the house with a compass in hand and locate the aforesaid four directions.

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Vastu Acharya Manoj can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com for advice

Vastu Case Study || Aversion to Marriage

A friend of mine gave me a call one night. He was visiting his sister in Vadodara and an issue over there made him call me from that place.

“Manoj Sir, my nephew has suddenly got averse to marriage. He says he does not want to marry. He has become very interested in religion and visits one or the other temple and spends long hours there. 

Both my sister and brother-in-law are very worried.” He said in one breath.

“Tell me when did it start? What led to this behavior?” I wanted him to tell me in more detail.

“They are staying in this place for last 4 years ever since they constructed this bungalow.  They were already looking for suitable match for him when this change in his behavior happened about six-seven months back?”

“Was he ready for marriage before that?”

“Yes very much. He even called me a year back and told me, ‘Mama ji, start looking for a bride for me. Your nephew wants to marry.’”

“OK. Did they do any changes in the house around that time?”

“Not much they have just shifted the mandir.”

“Where is the mandir now?”

“I have not yet checked it. Will do so tomorrow after buying a compass.”

I already understood what has happened. I told, “Check if the Mandir is in South-West of their house.”

Since he had consulted me he knew how to measure the directions. Next day he reported that indeed the Mandir is in South-West of their house.

I told him to shift it towards west and his problem will be resolved. Few weeks later he informed me that the nephew is married and is off to a honeymoon.

As per MahaVastu, South West is the direction of Relationships and Skills. Placing a mandir there caused him to focus his thoughts on religious matters and be averse to relationships. In Mahavastu, we believe that every effect has a cause and without an effect there is no need to worry of the cause. Once the cause of an effect is diagnosed, it is just a matter of removing the cause to remove the effect.

Vastu Acharya Manoj can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com for advice.

Invite New Money Opportunities in the New Year : Vastu Tip

Vastu Acharya Manoj wishes all his readers a very happy and prosperous new year.

New Year comes with a promise of new opportunities to earn and grow. I suggest placing a money plant in blue bottle to attract more clients and more opportunities to all my patrons and readers.

Stand at the center of the house with a compass and determine the north direction. Take a blue bottle made of glass and put a stem of money plant in it. Pour some water. Place this on a table or stool in North direction.

See the opportunities flowing in. Happy New Year!!

Vastu Acharya Manoj can be contacted for advice at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com 

Effect of North East Toilet on Business: Vastu Case Study:

This American company has its office in 4 floors of a business center in Gurgaon. The problem was that they have been struggling for the last 4 years to make inroads into Indian market. They are into general insurance and though their competitors were all clocking a double digit growth this company was able to get mere one and a half percent of Indian mark

et in four years.

Their Admin head was known to me and wanted me to help. On a non-working day he arranged for my visit and I went and measured the directions and saw where various activities were performed.

The office was a irregular shaped multi-storied building leased by this company to make it their corporate headquarters. Except for one very difficult vastu defect the building dis not have major imbalances.

The problem was the toilet block and pantry. On each floor they were in the North East zone. I concluded that this is the reason why the company is not able to succeed and increase its presence. 

On my query the Admin Head verified that they have not been able to work on a consistent strategy in the last four years. Every year, they have to change their strategy mid-way because none of the strategies they made fructified into any results.

A toilet in north-east in an office, drains clarity of mind and vision. The business owners are unable to think clearly and whatever strategy they make, is full of confusion and self-doubt. They are unable to execute the strategy more due to the flawed strategy than their execution capability.

I advised them to change their corporate office by shifting to another building.

Vastu Acharya Manoj can be contacted for advice at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com