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Vaastu Shastra is based
on the laws of gravitational forces, magnetic forces, flow of electric current,
flow of wind and water, and takes into account the importance of the sun's rays
also known as the solar energy. The proper effect of all these in necessary to keep
good health and balance of mind.
Vaastu is an ancient architectural
tradition of India based on the Vedas. Vaastu developed its building technology
on the fundamental premise that the earth or soil is a living organism out of which
other living creatures and organic forms emerge.
Vaastu by tradition is the
life force contained within the earth. Vaastu also means living space or dwelling
space.
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Vaastu is the individual
site or land identified for a village or neighborhood. Vaastu is also the building
enclosure.
Man does not inhabit this
earth alone; he inhabits akasham or space. He is linked with his Shakti or energy
to other energy form. He is part of a movement, a cycle of life and death, which
is known as Kaala (time). Space, Time and Energy are traditionally primed as existing
in their free, unlimited state. Vaastu experts have not only devised an order pertaining
to the creation of manifested space, but have also ascertained a link between time
cycle and the life of a person.
Vaastu is not about magical
cures but about the physical, psychological and spiritual order of the built environment
and its consonance with the energies of the cosmic universe.
The science of Vaastu revolves
around the affect of the 5 elements (Panchbhuutas), on the human body.
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The 5 Elements (Panchbhuutas)
 Sky
: Aakaash - It is the unending (Anantha) region remote from the Earth,
in which not only our Solar System, but the entire Galaxy (Brahmaand) exists. Its
effective forces are light, heat, gravitational force and waves, magnetic field
and others. Its main charecterstic is Shabda (Sound).
Air : Vaayu
- Atmosphere of the Earth which is about 400 kms, in depth and consists of 21% Oxygen
(Praan Vaayu), Nitrogen 78%, Carbon Dioxide, Helium, other kinds of gases, dust
particles, humidity and vapor in certain proportion. Life of human beings, plants
and animals and even fire depends on this. Its main characteristics are Shabda and
Sparsha (Touch).
Fire :
Agni - Represents light and heat of fire (burning), lightning, volcanic or plutonic
heat, the heat of fever or inflammation, energy, days and nights, seasons and other
aspects of solar system, and also enthusiasm, ardor, passion, spirited vigor. Its
main characteristics are Shabda, Sparsha and Roopa (Form).
Water :
Jala - This is represented by rain, river, sea and is in the form of liquid, ice,
and gas steam, cloud. It is a combination of hydrogen and oxygen in the ratio of
two to one, perfectly neutral in reaction. In every plant and life on Earth, water
exists in certain proportion and its main characteristics are Shabda, Sparsha, Roopa
and Rasa (taste)
Earth :
Bhuumi - Earth, the third planet in order form the Sun, is a big magnet with north
and south poles as centers of attractions. Its magnetic field and gravitational
force have telling effects on everything on Earth whether living or non-living.
It is tilted by about 23° at the meridian of its either side for six months
called Uttaraayana and Dakshinaayana and rotates on its own axis from West to East
resulting in day and night. Its one orbit around sun takes 365 days (1 year). Three
fourths of Earth's surface is water and one fourth is land. Its main characteristics
are Shabda, Sparsha, Roopa, Rasa, and Guna (quality).
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