As mentioned in my previous article 'Finding nature - homes and remedies' Yin Homes (Introvert Homes) which are very much closed off and hard to find, they are usually quite dark or shady.
Luke Skywalker with Master Yoda in the Swampy Forest
They are also mostly covered up by nature, whether that be on the side of a mountain, or inside of a mountain, a cave, or underground, closed in by many hills, in a valley or slope in the terrain, or surrounded by far too many trees that almost no light can be seen. Such places are often also remote and distant.
If correctly positioned, such homes allow chi energy to accumulate to a higher density. This is because chi energy flows slowly through these places, stores itself and then slowly disperses, it is not fast or turbulent.
This is the environment and home one needs to cultivate in order to acquire knowledge, gain wisdom, learn new skills and to achieve the best meditation
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This is also probably why we see ancient monasteries built into the side of a mountain or cliff or carefully hidden or isolated somewhere, to achieve this very purpose.
In the movie 'Star Wars', we also see Master Yoda who lives in a very isolated location, a shady, densely forested swamp, where there are so many trees around, the environment is quite gloomy - a typical Yin Home.
Interestingly, when such locations become darker than described, far too yin (or too dark, too still and too quiet) this can attract the spooks or the presence of a ghost (as well as other effects) - mind you ghosts are a very rare occurence. It is also interesting, that while Luke Skywalker learns from Master Yoda in this very location, acquiring the knowledge to become a Jedi, in another shadier, much darker part of the swamp, Skywalker confronts the ghost of his farther, Darth Vader.
Some Yin homes are so perfectly situated, due to the abundance of chi, allows one to heal quickly, recover from an illness or sometimes live a long time - Master Yoda is 900 hundred years old. We now understand why Master Yoda lives in the Swampy Forest.
On the other-hand a yin environment which is extremely dark and still, more than usual, this may have the opposite affect on one's health of course.
By Feng Shui Master Gabriella, Central Coast NSW Australia
hiddenempressfengshui@gmail.com
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