It will do us good to consider the ancient art of Feng Shui in the context of modern realities where change is relatively constant and stress is accepted as a way of life. Apart from the daily grind of work
related malaise, we have to put up with the malady of rising crime in our midst, be it at office or at home, day or night. What can we do to protect ourselves and our loved ones? Criminals are getting more sophisticated in keeping up with technological change and outrageously bold. They will resort to all kind of tactics and ingenuities to break into our homes and offices when opportunity presented itself.

Based on crime surveys, most burglaries or theft are crimes of opportunity due to negligence or ignorance on the part of the victim such as leaving an opened window, an unlocked door, a lackadaisical regard for security etc. What has all these got to do with Feng Shui you may ask?
Well, the principles of Feng Shui have its relevancy in the concept of security simply being that Feng Shui is predicated on the existence of Qi or energies in our environment. We have to take cognizant of our surrounding and the flow of energies within it. Objects and structures in our environment can affect the Qi in our living space. Safety or for that matter security, is one aspect that hinges on how we manage the Qi in our environment to create peace and harmony in our life. In the home environment, the Qi can be vibrant, stagnate or hostile depending on the locations and directions of the property in relation to the immediate external forms such as mountains, rivers, land contours
etc. However, in the context of home security, we shall focus on the vicinity of the property such as the compounds and the perimeter of the house and the interior.