Your doorway faces one of the eight compass directions, which corresponds to one of the five elements. The element to which your door is aligned is the element that rules your space. You need to take a compass reading of your doorway to determine the element that rules your space. To do this correctly, stand in your doorway facing squarely out. The direction you find on the compass indicates the door’s element. Read the rest of this entry »

The way to neutralize, or remedy, any of the secret arrows you may have found when looking out your windows is quite simple_; it involves using the compass and applying colors. Colors correspond to the elements: black and deep blue to Water_; green and light blue to Wood_; red, pink, rose, and purple to Fire_; brown, beige, orange, and yellow to Earth_; white, gray, and silver to Metal. We are about to select and use a color as the antidote to the element that contains the secret arrow you found outside your window. Read the rest of this entry »

Have you ever noticed how people slow down on the freeway when they see a state trooper? That’s probably because they’ve all gotten tickets from them at one time or another. What happens when a good old city cop is on the road? Nobody slows down. They just ignore him. Is this an example of a blatant disrespect for the law? No. It’s an example of stimulus control, the idea that a response can vary as a function of the stimulus present at the time of reinforcement or punishment. Although both law enforcement authorities can give tickets for speeding, most of us know that city cops don’t typically give tickets on the highway. The stimuli have different effects on our behavior because they have led to different consequences. Punishment only comes from the trooper. Read the rest of this entry »