Here are creative ideas which will improve environment in your study. These fundamental ideas shall suddenly improve the efficiency and quality of your study time, and these ideas will help you to study and live in harmony with native by tapping full potential of cosmic forces. These tips have the power to direct you to new horizons of success in every area of your educational life.
One should face the northeast, north or east while studying. According to Vastushastra the northeast is the direction of knowledge.
Never study facing a blank wall. This will inhibit Vastu energy and creative thinking.
Your study desk should preferably be in the north or east portion of your room for better power of retention.
The study should have sufficient natural and artificial light for reading for long duration without causing any strain on your eyes.
Use preferably a table lamp for studying. The bulb of the table lamp should not be exposed.
A clock should be provided on the east or north wall of the study.
The study should be located in such a way as it should not be disturbed by noise or by visual distraction.
Television should not be kept near the study.
The study should have GREEN (mercury) and YELLOW (jupiter).
Books must be kept neatly arranged in the southwest side of the room.
According to Vastushastra, morning time is the ideal time for studying. This is the best time for concentrating as alertness is at its peak. Expose yourself to the rising sun for some time.
Goddess Saraswati is the deity of learning. A photo of the deity should be kept in the northeast corner of the study.
The study should have proper ventilation. Preferably face an open window while studying.
Cultivate keen interest in your subject by asking two questions before you start studying “Why am I studying this subject?” and “What do I want to learn about it”.
Study the subject repeatedly if you find it to be troublesome, and this will give you thorough knowledge about it instead of raw knowledge.
Improve your memory by using good Vastu. Success of remembering depends upon interest, attention, persistence, intelligence as well as good Vastu i.e. the supporting environment.
Learn to concentrate while studying by using Vastu principles and bring back your mind every time it wanders to other things.
Relax while you study. According to Vastushastra principles the body becomes healthy, mind becomes clear, and our awareness becomes balanced when we know the ways of relaxing our body, breath, and mind.
According to Vastu you should not force yourself to concentrate. Concentration can be like getting a donkey to move, push or pull, and it resists. You may adopt alternative and interesting methods to increase concentration.
While studying, adopt a physical posture that helps in proper concentration. Picasso once said “While I work I leave my body outside the door the way you take off your shoes before entering a place of worship.”
Learn to practice visualization and encourage your imagination to become as vivid as possible.
Do not worry if you forget something. Pay attention only to important things that you want to retain. To expect a man to retain everything is to expect him to carry about in his body everything that he has ever eaten.
Take some time every day to practice meditation and learn to silence your mind. Meditate sitting comfortable while facing the northeast direction.
Do listen to your parents and teachers. Even if you do not intend to follow them, they are your best well wishers.
Keep a dictionary. Try to be a vocabulary addict and learn a new word everyday.
Good Vastu can make learning pleasure. It can be a feast for the mind and spirit, and it can be a source of lasting joy.
Plants produce positive Vastu energy which has beneficial effect on your mind. take stroll in the garden occasionally.
Keep fresh flowers in a pot in your study because flowers are excellent Vastu tools which lift your spirits.
Never block the east or north side of your study because these are directions of knowledge according to Vastu.
Become an optimist. Eradicate ‘I can’t’ and ‘I am not’ from your thinking and speaking vocabulary. Replace them with ‘I can’ and ‘I can’.
The study should have constant supply of power. Have an inverter and keep this in the southeast or northwest portion.
Do not keep broken mirror on the walls of your study.
Do not keep photographs or paintings that generate negative feelings in your studies.
Do not keep any junk under your study able or in your study.
Do not have harsh colours on the walls of your study.
Do not face the door of a toilet, and do not keep your face towards a blank wall while studying. Place a pleasant painting or photograph on the wall.
Best of Luck….
Vastu and Education
