2. The Book of Knowledge. 1. 3. Sha

The BOOK of KNOWLEDGE,
a novel by Alexandra Kryuchkova
in the “PLAYING ANOTHER REALITY” series

PART 2. ANOTHER REALITY

Day No. 1

CHAPTER 1.3. SHA, the energy of Death

The needles were removed. Svetlana sighed heavily and asked,

“Maybe I should change the furniture in our house?”

Suddenly, I remembered some photos of a flat, sent to me by a woman so that I could look and say what I saw. Her huge flat with many rooms looked like a pile of broken mirror fragments on the floor, they would never get together. In those photos, everything looked both clean and expensive, but there was no warmth in the house. All the rooms seemed gloomy and very dark to me, although some of them were decorated exclusively in white colors. It felt like there was neither a man nor a woman who in fact lived there for many years, but each of them on their own, own life. They used to come home to spend the night and scatter in the morning, just like in a hostel. The void screamed. The absolutely dead energy of that space was aggravated by the unfortunate location of the mirror, that opened the Door to Another Reality, but only to the Lower of its Spheres. The only warm place I felt was the fireplace in the living room, but it was about to go out forever.

I asked Svetlana to take her wonderful notepad and pen.

“Why?” she wondered.

“Write,” I said in a commanding tone. “First of all, determine which areas of the flat do not receive sufficient positive Life Energy Qi. For example, it may encounter an obstacle. So the destructive negative Death Energy SHA is formed. Everything too fast, direct, sharp and abrupt generates SHA. For example: knives, forks, corners, cornices, beams, long straight corridors – energy routes, stairs, windows and doors located opposite each other, pointed towers, roofs – all these are favorites of SHA, they attract it. Subconsciously, we prefer round and oval shapes, everything with smooth outlines, because Qi flows not along a broken path, but in waves.

The flow of Qi needs to be restored. Stop forcing bookshelves and rectangular cabinets exclusively with books or rectangular objects, alternate and add round items: vases, bowls, balls and the like. On upholstered furniture to soften the corners and straight lines, you can throw round pillows or rollers. I have already talked about the magic of color. Remember that not only the shape, but also the color of everything in the house contributes either to the inflow of strong energies or to the retention of weak ones, and even the structure of the material matters. For example, fabrics should be exclusively natural. No synthetics.

Determine which of the five elements (Water, Fire, Earth, Wood or Metal) you belong to, and match the interior to your element so that others don’t dominate yours. For example, I am Fire, therefore, if I have everything in my house in the colors of Water, nothing will remain of my Fire, except for oceanic depression. However, if there are several people in the house belonging to different elements, the predominance of one element can cause trouble. Thus, you must take into account all those who are with you, if you don’t want them to rebel against you one day.

When you return home, take the Bagua. See which room falls into which zone. Let’s start with the front door. Approaches to the front door of your flat should be as curved as possible. Let’s invite Qi to our home by hanging sounding pendants and bells. In general, it’s also supposed to hang bells on the windows. The front door to the flat should open inward, and the windows should open outward. Don’t you have them that way? Change urgently. Don’t forget, there should be a wreath on the front door. A small one. Floral. And on both sides of the front door, plant a couple of exotic Fu dogs. They protect the house from SHA.

In the Career zone, which is always, by definition, the Hallway, the blue color must be present in abundance, since it promotes career development. In the Hallway, curtains are to be at all corners to soften them. Well, or some fabric. I almost forgot the most important thing: just don’t avoid to hang a bamboo flute! On the wall. And be sure to mouthpiece down. Qi loves to play that one, bamboo. And if you have a long straight corridor, SHA likes to scatter and rush back and forth in it. The music playing in the corridor will be able to delay its rapid lightning speed.

In the Family and Health zone, don’t try to grow cacti. In the Wealth zone, don’t forget to install an aquarium with eight goldfish. Are you taking notes? I repeat: goldfish, and exactly 8! In the zone of Partnership, Love and Marriage, which I personally get into the Kitchen, it’s necessary to plant peonies – they solve the problems of partnership and marriage, place a bed and a tray for storing wedding rings. It doesn’t matter if there are no rings. And that this is not a Bedroom, but a Kitchen. Visualize the rings. Move the kitchen to the bedroom. And the bedroom into the kitchen. The main thing, before moving them back and forth, it’s to remember in time that the windows of the Bedroom should face exclusively the East. By the way, in the Kitchen, don’t forget to hang a red silk ribbon over the sink. So that money doesn’t flow away with water from your home. Don’t put the bed in the middle of the room in the bedroom, feet towards the door and under the window. And the man should lie exclusively to the left of the woman. Write it down in capital letters. Underline it. Cut it out and hang it over your bed. You can even put it on the door at the entrance to the Bedroom. So that someone doesn’t accidentally mix it up one day, God knows what can happen…

The fireplace should be in the Glory zone. In the Children’s zone – for me, for example, it falls on the Toilet – harmonious music should play and a doll should sit there. As for the Toilet, don’t forget not only about the permanent closed lid, but also that it’s impossible to do without a rock crystal pendant in it.

In the area of ;;Good Helpers, scatter piles of gems. No matter what kind of them, the main thing is that amethyst should prevail among them. It’s a symbol of happiness in this zone. Don’t you have gems? Precious ones? Buy them urgently… And before that, don’t even count on Good Helpers, you haven’t appeased them with amethysts yet!

The central space in the flat should be absolutely free of everything, as a place for collective meditation. What difference does it make that you have no one to meditate with now? The only thing that can be placed there is a bowl with rock crystal. So, meditate with it. If you, God forbid, have a ladder in this very place, break it sending to SHA. All energy-saving lamps and fixtures with transformers are also the machinations of the SHA. Better live by candlelight. But don’t overdo it, because too many burning candles are bad. And don’t forget to hang pictures of nature everywhere, they increase the flow of Qi. They also recommend hanging angels. Exaggerating, in my opinion.

In general, one should be careful with works of art – any of them is a creation of a human being, and each person, depending on who he is, is guided by some Forces, and not always by the Light Ones. A painting, for example, is a Door to Another Reality. The more soul the artist puts into it, the stronger the influence of the picture on the audience will be. It’s no coincidence that icons are painted only with a preliminary blessing. And now the last thing: put the Green Dragon in the East of the flat, the Red Phoenix in the South, the White Tiger in the West, and the Black Turtle in the North. Well, have you recorded it?”

Svetlana was about to ask something, but I interrupted her, “Give it to me…”

She handed me her notes. I pulled out the pages carefully written by Svetlana and ruthlessly tore them into small pieces. Svetlana covered her mouth in horror with her hand so as not to scream. I threw her work in the wastebasket.

“Is everything you’ve said now, a trash?” she whispered in surprise.

“No, it’s all correct. Yes, yes, yes! But… Have you been to my house?”

“I have,” Svetlana answered softly.

“Did you see the wreath on the front door?”

“No,” she shook her head.

“Maybe at my entrance you were met by a pair of exotic Fu dogs? Or the Qi itself, playing the bamboo flute with the mouthpiece down? Or maybe you saw somewhere eight goldfish in an aquarium? Did you see the bed under a bush of blooming peonies in my kitchen? A doll sitting in the toilet under a rock crystal pendant? Or the sign above the bed, saying ‘Man! Sleep on the left!!!’ And in the bathroom, a scattering of amethysts? Have you ever met at least somewhere in my flat a Green Dragon, a Red Phoenix, a White Tiger, or even a Black Tortoise? Maybe my windows open outwards?”

Svetlana was about to cry.

“What did you feel in my flat?” I asked.

“Amazing energy. It’s your home…”

“Svetlana, Feng Shui is a theory. In practice, the main thing is to listen to yourself! I arranged my flat the way I saw it. So that I feel good in it. I have an Egyptian style front door due to my personal irrational connection to Ancient Egypt. I adore the front door, it has Egyptian signs, with Ankh, my Key, in the center. This is my door, you see? Why the hell do I have a wreath on it, that reminds me of my mother’s funeral?”

Svetlana sighed.

“Can I, living in a standard high-rise building in a crazy city, change the layout of the common corridor so that the way to my flat has the most curve trajectory? Or do I need to become homeless only because no cross obviously was put at the base of the foundation in Soviet times?!”

Svetlana looked down at the floor.

“If I like some fabric, drawn to it, if it’s my thing, what do I care if the fabric is synthetic? I’ll suffer incredibly if I don’t buy it! I’d rather enjoy its acquisition. I also love citrus scents. Aromatherapy is a separate topic, the main leitmotif of which is as follows: noble smells attract Light Spirits, mint and eucalyptus, as well as fire, drive away Evil Spirits. Incense can purify the energy of space. I do it. But if you can’t stand citrus or don’t understand the meaning of incense, why would you force yourself and act as written somewhere, even if it’s a hundred times right? Try to visit your friend, who has never heard of incense and cannot light church lamps. And say that the shoals of all doors in his flat should be urgently burned crosswise with the Thursday Candle, and in the Red Corner, which he has not, never had and never will have, it’s necessary to put, and first of all to get (!), fallen leaves from the trees of the Garden of Gethsemane, and look at his reaction. Svetlana, we are all different! Everyone has his own path. An unbeliever can have a beautiful, cozy home. But not at all from the fact that he constantly sprinkles it with Epiphany water singing the Troparion ‘In the Jordan, baptized by Thee, Lord …’ You should be comfortable in your home!”

“And… stones and crystals?” Svetlana asked timidly.

“Stones and crystals, of course, like everything around, carry certain vibrations. Each one has one’s own. Yes, they are alive, although they seem to be motionless. They were used in ancient times for healing purposes, as small energy stations. Crystals rebuild unhealthy vibrations in a person to the correct wave. They can accumulate energy and transform it. Many different programs can be put into each crystal. Exactly as many as it has faces. Programs can be erased. If not, they will work forever, influencing the world around them. Crystals perceive the thoughts and emotions of a person. I have read that the very first radio in the world was precisely crystalline, because the quartz crystal received electromagnetic signals. Thoughts are also waves, only of a different length. Round and oval stones soothe energy flows. Sharp and pyramidal ones focus energy and send it as a beam into space. It’s dangerous when the top of the pyramid is directed at a person. Red stones and everything shiny and sparkling increases and stimulates the human energy and activity. You can use stones and crystals as a pendulum. For example, when working with the Subconscious. Hang it on a thread or string. Ask questions and get answers. I use my magic silver ring, which I once dragged into Another Reality in a dream, not stones or crystals. Silver has magical properties, it conducts and accumulates spiritual energy. Vishnu’s magical necklace is made up of five precious stones, each of which symbolizes one of the five elements: pearl (Water), ruby ;;(Fire), emerald (Earth), sapphire (Air), diamond (Ether). In general, if you are interested in what this or that stone means, buy some smart book. Why should I tell you all this now?

I really like sapphire. I was drawn to it even before I knew what it meant. This stone is dedicated to the Moon, it has magical power, it opens the Doors to Another Reality, however, it can also cause sleepwalking. Sapphire is an electropositive stone. There are electronegative ones, such as diamond, garnet and amethyst. The Moonstone, which I got from the bottom of the lake in my dream, according to legend, arises and grows in sunlight, which gives it magical properties. But I still have no Moonstone in Reality. I have a Zee Stone. I brought it from Tibet. It’s found only there. Oval oblong shaped. It’s dark agate with light patterns in the form of eyes and various stripes, straight or waves. It’s considered a very strong amulet. Depending on the number of eyes, the stone carries different information. No one knows how the eyes appear on the stone. There are many legends. Most likely, this is the magic of the Siddhas of ancient times. Genuine Zee is almost gone. People think of stones as jewelry. But they are much more, they have power. The white carnelian was worn by the Initiates. In general, a white stone is a sign of Initiation. The word should be engraved on it, as a symbol of the just transmitted Knowledge to the Initiate, who has passed through all the Mysteries. The Word was a new, secret name for the inner man. This name should not be known by anyone except the Initiate. The Black Stone, a melted meteorite that once fell to Earth, is located in the Kaaba in Mecca, in the north-east corner. At first it was white as snow, but it turned black because of human sins.”

“What about the Philosopher’s Stone? Where is it?” Svetlana asked.

“In a person.”

“What do you mean?”

“The alchemists said that with the help of a universal solvent they wished to turn less noble metals into pure gold. They said so. But they had in mind the transmutation of the Lower, animal nature of man into his Higher, Divine nature. The transition from life in the Lower Triangle under the Diaphragm to life in the Upper Triangle above the Diaphragm.”

“I don’t understand you,” Svetlana whispered.

“I’ll tell you someday. This is a separate story. Better yet, let’s get back to what to do with your home. So… wallpapers, fabrics, furniture, flowers, decorations – everything in the flat should be yours, alive and bring positive energy to the inhabitants. One of the main things to be done in the flat is to keep it clean and get rid of unnecessary things. Holding on to things to which you are no longer drawn, you don’t part with the Past, don’t focus on the Present, thus blocking the Future. Our Subconscious is like an attic or cellar littered with rubbish, where everything is covered with centuries-old dust. A mountain of unnecessary, but we stubbornly don’t want to get rid of it, we suffocate. Listen to yourself looking at something. It doesn’t matter what it is: a painting, a watch, a carpet, someone’s gift, a book, a photograph, a spoon or a fork. Everything in your home affects you, in a positive or negative way. Do you feel good looking at a thing? What emotions does it evoke? What are your memories? What connects you? Each thing has a certain energy, each object vibrates, carries its own information. One thing suits some people, and another suits the others. It’s not about whether it’s beautiful or not, useful or useless. Your things should come to you by themselves, being attracted to your energy. Remember how much I found of mine during my travels. Unique finds. My things support me everywhere, in every corner of my flat. Remember the way I found that strange turtle. There was an inscription in Arabic on its shell. People said that it was just a pattern, and the Arab guide was interested in where I had found it. Translated from Arabic, the inscription on the shell said, ‘I’m the chosen by God.’ A message from the Higher Forces at my hard times. And my Ankh? I found it quite by chance at the merchants in Petra. What about icons? You have seen them! They came to me themselves, we felt each other. And they were one of a kind.”

Svetlana nodded in agreement.

“You, too, put your energy into things and even into the food you cook in this or that mood. As well as in general into your flat. The energy consequences of quarrels don’t disappear anywhere – they settle on the walls as invisible clots of negative energy. As long as at least one of the inhabitants of the house treats it with Soul, the house is alive. If no one puts their Soul into it, if people who are strangers to each other come home only to spend the night, you can even change the furniture every day. Or curtains. Or wallpaper. Or mirrors. Or immediately move the bed into the kitchen. This will change nothing, absolutely nothing, if the inhabitants don’t change something in themselves.”