Vastu And The Psychology of Longevity

The Psychology of Longevity is interested in promulgating the actual applications of better vastu techniques for the prime purpose of helping you to benefit your health. The Psychology of Shortcuts engages the power of vastu for indisputably identifiable "tricks" and so-called secrets of better vastu to promote your development of wealth and prosperity. Since the use of better vastu tools such as quantum reflex analysis (Q.R.A.) combined with vastu shastra, or knowledge of vastu, has proven to work so many times in a row, several hundreds in the instant case, the Psychology of Longevity and Psychology of Shortcuts primarily urge you to learn techniques and methods, rather than the underlying science, unless and until you have both time and inclination to give deeper study a fair shot.

Vastu Jump-In

This is stated because vastu is so magnficently simply, and potent, that you can just jump right into the techniques and methods of developing better vastu. Still, as an academic excercise, both the Psychology of Longevity and Psychology of Shortcuts wish to acknowledge that vastu shastra has a long and storied history, rich within the realm of Indian literature. Surprising to some, this vastu literature has "mysteriously" found its way into a number of cultures and languages, even when attribution is spotty, non-existent, or prevaricative.

For those looking to get into the history and deep explanations of Vastu, which is more than the Psychology of Shortcuts or Psychology of Longevity seeks to cover, we cite from a dozen respectable-enough sources, such as Wikipedia, and the extended links offered by Wiki that had meritable citations on those websites, plus info from fourteen other websites that treat vastu shastra with sobriety and scholarship.

Serious Vastu Literature

Canonical Vastu Shastras include (just for starters):

• Manasara Silpa Shastra by Manasara,



• Mayamatam (by Maya,



• Visvakarma VastuShastra by Visvakarma,



• Samarangana Sutradara by Raja Bhoja,



• Aparajita Priccha (a dialogue between Viswakarma and his son, Aparajita, written by, get ready for a mouthful - Bhuvanadevacharya



• Silparatna



• ManushyalayaChandrika

You can also find some interesting writing on vastu by Agni Purana, Autilya, Sukracharya, and many other bright people, usually expert in vastu themselves, dating back longer than YOU can remember. Mayamata and Mansara Silpa Shastra are considered "Dravidian," as they come from the sourthern regions of India, and Visvakarama Vastu Shastra is thought to be "Indo-Aryan," coming out fo the northern part of India.

Fundamental Vastu Shastra Concepts

There are many principles in Vastu Shastra. To mention a few which involve a number of mathematical calculations, Maana is used for observing and measuring proportional relationships in a building, while Aayaadi specifies the conditions for maximum well-being and both physical and wordly or material benefits for the residents of a building. Examine and get comfortable with basic theories of Vastu Shastra.

Five elements

According to Vastu Shastra, the world is comprised of five basic elements, which in India is known as the pancha maha bhoota. Out of the eight planets that we used to count, Earth has life on board because of both the presence and balance of these five elements. The five elements of vastu are:

EARTH (Bhumi) - Earth, third rock from the sun, is a huge magnet with North and South poles as their centers of attractions The earth's magnetic field and gravitational force has many observable AND not-so-easily-observed effects on everything we find on Earth, both animate and inanimate. Vastu may not necessarily expand our knowledge of all these effects, yet you can be certain that knowing better vastu methods absolutely influences the forces that appear to impact us the most, with respect to health, balance, and even prosperity unto wealth itself. Vastu is THAT powerful.

WATER (Jala) - Our water comes to us in liquid form by way of rain and rivers, oceans and seas, and in solid form by ice, as well as gas, which comes by steam and clouds. Water forms part of every plant and animal on earth. Our blood is not much more than with hemaglobin, oxygen, and some basic elements.

AIR (Vayu) - As a life supporting element, air is far more powerful a life source than you have been trained to understand thus far. In fact, air is one of the magical medicines, and as soon as you learn to fully expel all of the dirty, filthy QUARTS of air that are still in your lungs after your normal exhalations, you find a widening range of physical, mental, and even emotional benefits... rapidly, repeatedly, (at will, in fact), and most often profoundly. Human physical comfort values are directly and sensitively dependent on existing in the best levels of humidity, temperature, air pressure, air composition, and even how the air flows around and past you.

FIRE (Agni) - Represents light and heat which account for day, night, the seasons, energy, enthusiasm, passion and vigour.

SPACE (Akasha) - The akasha provides shelter to all the above elements. It is also considered the primary conductor of all energy sources within the universal context - physical energies such as sound and light, social energies such as psychological and emotional, and cognitive energies such as intellect and intuition.

There is an invisible and constant relation between all the five elements. Thus, the person can improve their conditions by properly designing their buildings by understanding the effectiveness of these five natural forces. Vastu Shastra combines all the five elements of nature and balances them with the person and the material. It takes advantage of the benefits bestowed by the five elements of nature to create a congenial living and working environment thereby facilitating spiritual well-being and paving the way for enhanced health, wealth, prosperity and happiness.

In Indian architecture, the dwelling is itself a shrine. A home is called manushyalaya, literally, "human temple". It is not merely a shelter for human beings in which to rest and eat. The concept behind house design is the same as for temple design, so sacred and spiritual are the two spaces. The "open courtyard" system of house design was the national pattern in India before Western models were introduced. The order introduced into the "built space" accounts for the creation of spiritual ambiance required for the indweller to enjoy spiritual well-being and material welfare and prosperity. At right is a typical layout of a square building, with a grid of 9x9=81 squares, meant for family persons (for scientists, artists and yogi a grid of 8x8=64 is prescribed). The space occupied by the central 3x3=9 squares is called Brahmasthanam, meaning the "nuclear energy field". It should be kept unbuilt and open to the sky so as to have contact with the outer space ( called "akasha"). This central courtyard is likened to the lungs of the human body. It is not for living purposes. Religious and cultural events can be held here--such as yajna (fire rituals), music and dance performances and marriage. The row of squares surrounding the Brahmasthanam is the walkway. The corner spaces, occupying 2x2=4 squares, are rooms with specific purposes. The northeast quarter is called Isana, the southeast Agni, the southwest Niruthi and northwest Vayu. These are said to possess the qualities of four respective devatas or gods--Isa, Agni, Niruthi and Vayu. Accordingly--with due respect to ecological friendliness with the subtle forces of the spirit—those spaces (quarters) are assigned as follows: northeast for the home shrine, southeast for the kitchen, southwest for the master bedroom and northwest for the storage of grains. The spaces lying between the corner zones, measuring 2x5=10 squares, are those of the north, east, south and west. They are meant for multi purposes.

Vastu Purusha Mandala

The Vastu Purusha Mandala is an critical part of Vastu Shastra and constitutes the diagrammatic basis for generating architectural and landscaping design. It qualifies as the metaphysical plan of a structured building that incorporates the course of both heavenly bodies and what may seem to you supernatural forces, which are, in fact, nothing more and nothing less than the lines of magnetic energy that run around and through the earth... and everything that stands or moves upon it or near it.

Purusha is a reference to energy, to power, to soul. Mandala is a generic name for any architectural plan or chart which symbolically represents the cosmos.