Any energy is a flow of a field from a higher potential to the lower. This can be mechanical, electrical or cosmic. The laws are the same.

A plot represents both the positive and negative forces in a balanced sphere. This balance gets disturbed when the structure is placed in it. A balance in a plot is achieved when the positive and negative parts of the plot has an equal potential, (fig 1)

Here the north and east portions represent the positive field and the south and west portions represent the negative field. Granting that the level in the plot is uniform we have a well-balanced plot.

An imbalance between the two fields can be created by the following methods.

1) Increasing the level of any sector weakens that sector
2) Reducing the level by taking away the earth increases the strength of that particular sector
3) Creating extensions increases the area of that particular sector thereby increasing the strength of that particular sector
4) Water bodies enhance the strength of that particular sector

Let us understand these concepts more clearly with the help of figures. See fig (2) and fig (3). In fig. (2), you find that the level of the positive sector is higher in comparison to the negative sector. Because of this the strength of the positive field decreases and the negative increases. In this case energy flows from the negative portion to the positive portion. In essence the plot therefore has, what is known as the ‘negative energy’ flow.

See the fig (3) where the higher level is in the negative sector. In this case, the energy flows from the positive to negative side and hence the plot has a natural ‘positive’ energy flow.

Reducing the level again results in the same impact as explained in fig (2) and (3).

If the plot extends in a positive direction then the area covered by the positive portion increases and provided the level is uniform, the flow of energy takes place from the sector which has the extended corner towards the otherside.

See fig (4). Here the northeast portion is extended. Hence the field area of the positive sector is more. If the level is uniform, the flow takes place from the positive side to the negative resulting in a positive energy plot.

The reverse happens in case the negative portion extends. See fig (5). As the negative sector is more powerful, a negative current flows towards the positive turning the energy flow pattern into ‘negative’.

A water body basically represents a depression. Water can collect only when a portion of the land is depressed or is at a lower level. Fig 6(a)

Thus everything remaining the same, a water body in the ‘positive’ sector makes the positive half more powerful, resulting in a ‘positive’ flow. See Fig(6-a) Same effect is achieved if a heavy body like a rock is in southwest. Fig(6-b)

Similarly a water body in the negative sector increases the negativity of that sector resulting in a ‘negative flow’. Fig(7)

So far we have discussed the positive and negative features of plots. We will now see how the constructional aspects of the building affect the flow.

Vaastu for Buildings

It should be noted that the plot can only generate a positive field if the plot conforms to Vaastu. But the building should be constructed in such a manner that it receives the flow thus generated. So we see that actually there are two aspects in the construction of buildings. One, the plot which should generate a positive field and second, the building which should receive the field inside. Technically therefore it is possible to have a powerful field but a wrong structure could make the complete Vaastu ineffective. Conversely it possible to have a building exactly conforming to Vaastu but on a wrong plot which again nullifies the Vaastu effects.

Take an example. If a tasty dish is to be prepared, you must have an excellent cook, and ingredients of good quality. If you have a bad cook then notwithstanding the fact that the ingredients were of very good quality, you end up with a spoiled dish. Same thing happens if the cook is good but the ingredients are of poor quality. If the dish has to be of excellent taste, both the cook and the ingredients should be good.

Same analogy applies for the buildings too. To get the Vaastu benefits, therefore, the plot must generate a strong field and the structure must be so designed as to receive it. Only then the Vaastu benefits will reach the residents.

There is of course yet another possibility. The plot could be defective and the structure may also be defective. In this case the end result is deprivation of Vaastu benefits.

We will now see how various defects come in the way of the structure receiving the flow in spite of the fact that the plot is generating a positive flow.

See Fig(8). Here the plot is as per Vaastu and the building which is on the ground floor is properly placed to receive the positive energy.

In fig (9) the building covers the positive sector, thereby weakening it and the wrong sectors are opened up, making them stronger. In this case the building receives a negative flow and granting that the building is as per Vaastu, the benefits of Vaastu to the residents do not follow.

Now let us go back to fig (8) and familiarise ourselves with the various factors which can arrest the positive flow in spite of a strong positive field trying to enter the structure.

Fig (10) shows a building in which the toilet is present in the northeast corner. Defecation and fecal matter arrests the positive flow with the result that the building becomes Vaastu negative.

In fig (11) we have a staircase in the northeast corner. Again weight here arrests the flow inside the structure.

In fig (12), a store closing the northeast corner negates the flow whereas in fig (13), a kitchen comes in the way of the structure receiving the positive current. Heat in this sector virtually nullifies all the positive currents.

Same in fig (14) where the bath replaces the kitchen.

A higher floor level in northeast sector of the building as shown in fig(15) again prevents the flow from taking place. Wrong entry or exit doors in the north-northwest, the south-southwest, the west-southwest and the east-southeast disrupts the flow of energy inside a structure. The effect is more pronounced if they are single doors. The effect gets reduced somewhat if there is another door in the northeast sector of the building. See fig 16.

One should note that the terms ‘entry’ door or ‘main’ door and exit’ door or back’ door are relative terms which is used only for identification purposes. The flow can always take place from northeast to southwest. Whether your plot faces north/east or south/west, the direction of the flow remains the same. Only in case of west and south-facing plots, the entry door for the forces are at the back of the building whereas for north/ east-facing plots, the entry door is in the front of the building as far as forces are concerned.

In fig( 17) the floor levels are lower in the southwest sector. Here again the energy flow does not take place.

If the building has higher plinth level and the northeast sector is cutoff as shown in fig(18), the flow is distorted.

Fig(19) shows the levels and placements of the various utilities inside the structure to get the best vaastu benefits. Here you see that openings are kept in the northeast sector readily allowing the energy to easily enter. A depressed level here sucks the current making a strong field inside.

The kitchen in the southeast and toilet and bath in the northwest aid the flow to reach all sectors in full strength. The bedrooms are placed in the southwest, west and the south where abundant reflected bioenergy ensures the health of the members of the family.

We will now see how the first floor and subsequent floors can suffer from Vaastu defects. A first floor has no periphery. Thus the fact that you have a very good northeast current in the ground floor is of no consequence here. The plot of the first floor is the roof of the ground floor. Thus to have good Vaastu benefits we need to provide low level open terraces in the northeast sector so that sufficient energy to sustain the requirement of the first floor building is generated in the open roof area. Necessarily the balconies and open terraces are to come towards the north, east and the northeast.

Here the building abuts on the Southwest corner leaving sufficient open space in north and east. Provided the structure conforms to Fig(19) we have a perfect house which abides by Vaastu and its principles. See fig (20)

See fig (21). Here we have balconies in the north-northwest or the west-southwest or the south-southwest or east-southeast. If there are no balancing balconies in the northeast sector, then the house has defective Vaastu.

Fig (22) shows a structure with an extension in north, towards the northwest and empty space in the northeast. This results in a negative flow as firstly, the energy giving sector is missing and secondly the extension liberates negative field.

Extension of the building in the east-southeast (Fig 23), the south-southwest (Fig 24) and the west-southwest (Fig 25) again results in the same phenomenon as explained for Fig 22.

Fig 26, 27, 28 and 29 show open roofs in the wrong sectors.

As already stated open roofs are energy liberating. If they are open in the wrong sector, then the negative field becomes strong. In all these cases, the structure suffers from poor Vaastu.

A sloped roof which slopes from east to west

Fig 30 (a) a north to south Fig 30 (b) or from north to south can effectively stop the flow of energy as higher levels in the roof weakens that particular sector. In a roof which slopes from east to west, the roof level is higher in the east than in the west. The southwest becomes more powerful in this case and the northeast is weakened which results in the structure turning negative. Same results follow if the roof is high in the north and low in the south.

We have now seen the defects that can occur in structures. We shall now see the effects of these defects. The effects vary depending on the purpose for which the building in question in used and the vulnerability of the individual concerned.

For example, a defective northeast in an industry can bring about production problems, whereas the same defect in a business house could lead to depressed sales. If this defect is present in a residence then it could cause health problems among the residents.

Again it is seen that a defect need not have the same effect on every family. For example, a kitchen in the northeast may aggravate the health problem of the eldest female in one house, but may act on the health of a male member in another house, while another may need a surgery following an accident.

Similarly a toilet in northeast can result in severe financial losses for a businessman who uses his residence partly for official purposes too. Whereas the same defect in the case of a houses of a bank employee fails to produce any financial distress on him because the latter is simply not vulnerable to this defect.

Thus a Vaastu defect in a building can affect its users differently depending on their own vulnerability. It is, therefore, important to analyse the defect in relation to the vulnerability factor and proceed further only if there are individuals who are vulnerable to the effects.