What the hell is going on with Vastu?How can I convince people from blind vaastu principles that are prevaliing in
the society. Can I have some solid points with which I can oppose
against vasthu?
It seems that you don’t believe in vastu…
I don’t blame you for that… vastu is just a mindset…
Believing in vastu is like believing in god… if you believe in it, no explanation is necessary, and if you don’t believe in it, no explanation is possible…
Although, as you read in previous post, gradually modern scientists are scientifically proving vastu principles correct…
Vastu literally means arrangement; vastu shastra is the science of arranging… arranging anything… and everything in and around you… even the most unarranged room or unbuilt empty plot has some arrangement pattern in it… and vastu shastra is the science of rearranging that arrangement to suit us…
Tell me something ashhwinn, do u believe in astrology, palmistry or kundalis… do u wear gemstones… vastu is nothing but an extension of Indian astrology. Earlier vastushilpis were also distinguished astrologers (or distinguished astrologers worked as vastukaars). vastukaars used to first study the kundali of the plot owners and find the exact traits of that person from that kundali. they then designed his house or workplace according to that traits. the principles remained the same, but the proportions in which they were used were adjusted to suit that person. for eg. there is a ratio of north openings to the south openings, which depends on some calculations on kundali. the no of stairs in the house is also to be calculated from the persons kundali… the house was, thus, tailor-made to suit the owner and was ‘falit’ or fruitful to him. that is the reason why wealthy merchants and great rulers used to establish new capitals and build their own palaces, because it suited them. and kundali is the reason that even today, you will find majority of the pandits pursuing vastushilp. unfortunately, this science has almost eroded completely from the soil of this country. the science is lost, only the principles remain. this is the reason why vastu doesn’t prove beneficial to many people and they call it bogus and fake and its principles ‘blind’.
Although the real crux of vastu is the underlying kundali system, there is no harm following its principles. they are like a broad ranged antibiotic, beneficial to everybody but can cause side-effect to some exceptional person. and since vastu is ‘hip’ today, as architects, we should deliver vastu if our client asks for it and en cash it… for money is the primary goal of all architects… isn’t it…