Richard, If those houses are not facing east or north, they may not be good for the residents according to MMY's principles of vastu. It's also a good idea to have an atrium in the middle of the house.
---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote: By 6,000 B.C.E. the art of geomacy resulted in the megalith and mound culture of Europe and South India. By 4,000 B.C.E. we see communities emerge, of which the Indus Valley Civilization, with it's planned city streets, being a prime example. In the Fertile Crescent the city states of Mesopotamia arose. Example of Yaqui Vastu House in San Antonio: Spanish style house at Brenda Gallery: Spanish Style House: "The Spanish Colonial Revival Style is a United States architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Colonial_Revival_architecture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Colonial_Revival_architecture On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Share Long <sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@...> wrote: Richard, I really like feng shui and knew that it meant wind and water. But I didn't know the other details about that. And I never knew about the role of fire in geomancy. Very fascinating knowledge. Of course the Zone of Tranquility reminds me of the brahmanstan in vastu vidya. On Monday, October 14, 2013 1:45 PM, Richard Williams <punditster@... mailto:punditster@...> wrote: To the extent that the building embodies meanings conducive to an intellectual vision of the non-duality of principal Unity and manifested multiplicity, it functions as a symbol, that is to say, as a representation of reality on another. The belief that the building is capable of performing this symbolic function is founded on the Indian doctrine that there exists an analogy, or a correspondence between the physical and the metaphysical orders of reality, that the sensible world is a similitude of the intellectual, in such a way that: "This world is the image of that, and vice-versa." (Aitareya Aranyaka, VIII.2, Keith) We really like the idea of having an interior courtyard as a zone of tranquility in a Spanish style home. It's like bring the outside into the inside. The outside doesn't have to very fancy, just simple daub and wattle with some Spanish tile. "The simple exterior, in keeping with Spanish/Mexican adobe construction of a century ago, gives way to a modern interior, a "contemplative courtyard experience" centered on the sky and a swimming pool, creating a "year-round connection between the home's interior and exterior spaces." More at HK Associates Inc. Photo: Timmerman Photography. http://barrio-historico-house http://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2011/07/24/barrio-historico-house-by-hk-associates-inc.php On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Richard Williams <punditster@... mailto:punditster@...> wrote: Inside the zone of tranquility, there should be a balance between wind and water. The art of Fengshui in its earliest recorded context specifically refers to the School of Forms. Terrestrial features serve to block the wind, which captures qi and scatters it, and channel the waters, which collect qi and store it. Fengshui may literally indicate "wind and water," but this is merely shorthand for an environmental policy of "hindering the wind and hoarding the waters." The science of Fengshui, therefore is "windbreak-watercourse qimancy." The art of Kanyu, on the other hand, the precursor of the Compass School, relies strictly on astrology and numerology as a means of fathoming qi on a cosmic scale. While Fengshui is local, Kanyu is universal. Since the medieval period in China, masters of qimancy were versed in the environmental science as well as the occult art. The term we have coined, Yaqui Vastu, applies to both Vastu and Fengshui. Example of a Yaqui Vastu dwelling: On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Richard Williams <punditster@... mailto:punditster@...> wrote: It's all a matter of positioning and placement. Geomancy is at least half a million years old, dating from early Homo Sapiens. Images of 'Mater' dating from 30,000 B.C.E. were placed in small wall recesses in homes, in order to insure vitality and abundance. All traditional cultures have their own systems of geomantic placement. There are many solutions that nature has provided in the way of housing, such as cocoons, shells, webs, nests and dens, which are but a few examples of natural geomancy. Thus, geomancy is inherent and vital to life and survival. In human society, geomancy is a part of our animal heritage and the result of continuing improvement in human dwelling construction. People have always developed shelters and homes in concert with nature. Tree houses, caves, cliff dwellings, and commanding views are some examples of universal geomancy. Buckminister Fuller 'Dymaxion' House at the Henry Ford Museum: Geomancy can be defined as "The skillfull use of the best available knowledge in order to create the most suitable conditions for living and working." Geomancy involves the awareness of how the ways of construction, orientation, and placement affect our environment and thus our own daily activities and relations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 2:15 PM, <emptybill@... mailto:emptybill@...> wrote: The Yanqui all natural terra-form home from West Texas. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com mailto:fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: dear Richard, well may your entire home be a Zone of Tranquility (-: thanks for another lovely photo. On Friday, October 11, 2013 2:45 PM, Richard Williams <punditster@...> wrote: We are thinking about a modest home - one with an interior courtyard garden for the Zone of Tranquility. Spanish style house exterior courtyard front door: http://www.cococozy.com/ http://www.cococozy.com/2010/06/see-this-house-spanish-revived-for.html Spanish style house exterior courtyard front door: http://www.cococozy.com/2010/06/see-this-house-spanish-revived-for.html http://www.cococozy.com/2010/06/see-this-house-spanish-revived-for.html On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Share Long <sharelong60@... mailto:sharelong60@...> wrote: Thanks, Richard, nice topic. You may remember that some of the FF vastu homes are made of straw bales; some off the grid; some just eco friendly. I love this idea of building in harmony with the surrounding land. On Friday, October 11, 2013 10:40 AM, Richard Williams <punditster@... mailto:punditster@...> wrote: Years ago I was very impressed with the home designs of Buckminiter Fuller. I once visited Colorado to see solar, self sufficient homes. http://www.livingearthconstruction.com/ http://www.livingearthconstruction.com/ There's a nice house in San Antonio designed by the famous architect O'neil Ford: http://www.mysanantonio.com/outside-in-in-an-O-Neil-Ford-1369441.php http://www.mysanantonio.com/real_estate/article/Spaces-Bringing-the-outside-in-in-an-O-Neil-Ford-1369441.php Several years ago we drove up to Fairfield to look at some of the vastu designed homes. I've also looked at homes that employ Asian Feng Shui designs and we drove to New Mexico and Arizona to look around at places that have a Southwest design. According to what I've read, there's a lady down in Brazil that is building her house out of concrete. Has anybody ever wondered how much their home weighs? Go figure. Most people don't get to design their own dwelling - they buy or rent already built homes or apartments. I know a guy up in Austin that lives in a daub and wattle shack out on the road to erewhon - ever since his wife left him he does't even care about where he throws his dirty socks. LoL! So, Rita and I are designing our own house. It's going to be based on Yaqui Vastu principles. It's not complicated. The first thing you have to do is find a suituable place to build and then follow the natural flow of the physical terrain, so that you find a good balance of man-made and the natural landscape. The second thing you have to do is decide on pier and beam, or slab foundation. It's all about placement and positioning. So, what is Yaqui Vastu? Yaqui Vastu teaches alignment, placement, and the relationship of physical space in relation to man and nature. How we build our homes and how we set up the interior of our shelters has a dramatic impact on our way of living. An essential part of any vastu living home is a zone of tranquility.
