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Last month I met with Lt. Ed Skvarna at the Burbank Police Department. He invited me to join a panel discussion regarding how feng shui applications might be used in the future to improve police force morale. He's working on a thesis and I was both surprised and pleased that a Police Department would be taking feng shui into consideration. I invited my feng shui colleague Simona Mainini, who is also an architect, to join the panel. And Chris Shaul, a fellow consultant and teacher from the American Feng Shui Institute, also participated. Several other police force professionals were in attendance and we brain-stormed for two hours. Lt. Skvarna asked us to create a list of political and social trends which could increase mainstream awareness of feng shui as well as specific events which could easily take place in the near future---and whether or not it would effect how the police force operates. Just as one example: if someone was elected to a high office in city politics, who happened to also be an open advocate or adherent to feng shui, this could conceivably influence public policies or legalities regarding the real estate industry or city planning. One of the officers at the panel delighted in telling us about how he has been studying the I-Ching for decades. In a moment, my pre-conceived notion of him as a "good ol' boy" vanished. He was now a "mystical warrior---to protect and to serve!" Also in the group was a city Judge, ( an expert in Japanese martial arts) who stated that he would in fact take feng shui into consideration if it ever came up in court. As an example: if someone committed a crime, after living in a house with a track record for producing criminal activity, he may be more lenient or forgiving, considering whether or not the person had any control over their environment. Sound amazing? Well, all the police officers confirmed that there are "known addresses" in their community where they can count on certain houses to produce predictable problems for any occupants who live there. Without knowing it, the Police Department has been documenting feng shui case studies. For those of you who are relatively new to the phenomenon of feng shui, it is in fact possible to make predictions about certain house types being prone to: violence, drug-dealing, robbery, arson, rape, getting hurt by guns or knives, prostitution, and a whole variety of illegal or harmful activities. Throughout the panel discussion, the Police officers were also being educated about how feng shui can and should be used in the design phase. I emphasized that not only could we help create positive, productive work environments for police employees, but also in the most utopian sense, build houses which would INHERENTLY have good feng shui This can improve the quality of life and potentially reduce the crime rate! Maybe our next President should put feng shui in the national budget..... for more information contact: Kartar Diamond PO Box 67354 Los Angeles, CA 90067 (310)842-8870 kartar@fengshuisolutions.net fengshuisolutions.net |
May 1, 2000 |