That last paragraph is beautiful, Richard. But it does seem to be about the senses! Anyway, yes, I was wondering about the cement used to hold the stones together. Any stress involved in creating that?
On Saturday, November 16, 2013 1:27 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com> wrote: What you have to do is select a site that has most of the needed elements already at hand. That way, you don't have to dig into the earth very much - you just pick the ideal stones and carry them to the site. Ideally it should be no more than 10,000 feet to transport the stones. There should be a minimum of shaping the stones, they should be selected based on the positioning of the stones. Remember, it's all about positioning and placement. The tricky part is to try not to disturb nature any more than you have to. According to Yaqui Vastu, you should employ the minimum exertion in order to obtain a maximum benefit. Now, for the cedar posts: you should select a site that has an abundance of cedar trees. Keep in mind that only certain branches of the tree will be used, so as to minimize stress during the pruning process. The really tricky part of the Yaqui Vastu is the cement or the plaster used to hold things together. More on this later. As for sustainability, here is an example of a Yaqui Vastu structure from circa 1760: San Jose Mission, San Antonio, Texas Note on edifice architecture: In the traditional Indian view, a building, if it is properly conceived, satisfies both a physical and metaphysical indigence. It has a twofold function: it provides 'commodity, firmness, and delight' so as to serve man's psychosomatic, emotional and aesthetic needs, and also supra-empirical principles. In this view an adequately designed building will embody meaning. It will express the manner in which the phenomenal world relates to the Real and how the One 'fragments' into multiplicity; it will carry intimations of the non-duality (adwaita) of the sensible and the supra-sensible domains. On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Share Long <sharelon...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >Richard, I love that Yaqui Vastu principle of building with non stressed >materials. But I have to wonder how sustainable that is. I mean, are there >enough stones lying around? I wonder if straw bales would be acceptable. And >before, you had mentioned cedar. But wouldn't cedar have to be transported? I >admit the principle is wonderful but it seems extreme measures would be needed >to realize it. What do you think? > > > > > > >On Friday, November 15, 2013 9:29 PM, Richard Williams <pundits...@gmail.com> >wrote: > > >The Sanskrit word 'vastu' means a dwelling or house with a corresponding plot >of land. The word pertains to construction. Vastu is based in five elements: >earth, air, fire, water, and space, all interrelated. Yaqui Vastu involves the >awareness of how the ways of construction, orientation, and placement affect >our environment and thus our own daily activities and relations. > > > > > > >Wall detail, Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo: >http://www.nps.gov/saan/planyourvisit/sanjose.htm > > >Following up on the Yaqui Vastu principle of 'non-stressing', we should make a >note on the nature of the materials vis a vis the stress factor. It should be >obvious that the ideal material for a Yaqui Vastu dwelling would be natural >stone. Not stressed stone made by quarry or dressing, but found stones that >lay on top of the land. These stones would ideally be found locally (within >10,000 feet of the building site) so as to avoid the stress of transportation >whether by truck or rail. > > >Yaqui Vastu can be defined as "The skillful use of the best available >materials and knowledge in order to create the most suitable conditions for >living and working." > > > >On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 5:25 PM, <jr_...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> >> Richard, >> >> >>If those houses are not facing east or north, they may not be good for the >>residents according to MMY's principles of vastu. It's also a good idea to >>have an atrium in the middle of the house. >> >> >> >> >>---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote: >> >> >>By 6,000 B.C.E. the art of geomacy resulted in the megalith and mound culture >>of Europe and South India. By 4,000 B.C.E. we see communities emerge, of >>which the Indus Valley Civilization, with it's planned city streets, being a >>prime example. In the Fertile Crescent the city states of Mesopotamia arose. >> >> >> >>Example of Yaqui Vastu House in San Antonio: >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Spanish style house at Brenda Gallery: >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Spanish Style House: >> >> >> >> >> >> >>"The Spanish Colonial Revival Style is a United States architectural >>stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish >>Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas." >> >> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Colonial_Revival_architecture >> >> >> >>On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>>Richard, I really like feng shui and knew that it meant wind and water. But >>>>I didn't know the other details about that. And I never knew about the role >>>>of fire in geomancy. Very fascinating knowledge. Of course the Zone of >>>>Tranquility reminds me of the brahmanstan in vastu vidya. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Monday, October 14, 2013 1:45 PM, Richard Williams <punditster@...> >>>>wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>To the extent that the building embodies meanings conducive to an >>>>intellectual vision of the non-duality of principal Unity and manifested >>>>multiplicity, it functions as a symbol, that is to say, as a representation >>>>of reality on another. >>>> >>>> >>>>The belief that the building is capable of performing this symbolic >>>>function is founded on the Indian doctrine that there exists an analogy, or >>>>a correspondence between the physical and the metaphysical orders of >>>>reality, that the sensible world is a similitude of the intellectual, in >>>>such a way that: >>>> >>>> >>>>"This world is the image of that, and vice-versa." (Aitareya Aranyaka, >>>>VIII.2, Keith) >>>> >>>> >>>>We really like the idea of having an interior courtyard as a zone of >>>>tranquility in a Spanish style home. It's like bring the outside into the >>>>inside. The outside doesn't have to very fancy, just simple daub and wattle >>>>with some Spanish tile. >>>> >>>> >>>>"The simple exterior, in keeping with Spanish/Mexican adobe construction of >>>>a century ago, gives way to a modern interior, a "contemplative courtyard >>>>experience" centered on the sky and a swimming pool, creating a "year-round >>>>connection between the home's interior and exterior spaces." >>>> >>>> >>>>More at HK Associates Inc. Photo: Timmerman Photography. >>>>http://barrio-historico-house >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Richard Williams <punditster@...> wrote: >>>> >>>>Inside the zone of tranquility, there should be a balance between wind and >>>>water. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>The art of Fengshui in its earliest recorded context specifically refers >>>>>to the School of Forms. Terrestrial features serve to block the wind, >>>>>which captures qi and scatters it, and channel the waters, which collect >>>>>qi and store it. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Fengshui may literally indicate "wind and water," but this is merely >>>>>shorthand for an environmental policy of "hindering the wind and hoarding >>>>>the waters." The science of Fengshui, therefore is "windbreak-watercourse >>>>>qimancy." >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>The art of Kanyu, on the other hand, the precursor of the Compass School, >>>>>relies strictly on astrology and numerology as a means of fathoming qi on >>>>>a cosmic scale. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>While Fengshui is local, Kanyu is universal. Since the medieval period in >>>>>China, masters of qimancy were versed in the environmental science as well >>>>>as the occult art. The term we have coined, Yaqui Vastu, applies to both >>>>>Vastu and Fengshui. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Example of a Yaqui Vastu dwelling: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Richard Williams <punditster@...> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>It's all a matter of positioning and placement. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Geomancy is at least half a million years old, dating from early Homo >>>>>>Sapiens. Images of 'Mater' dating from 30,000 B.C.E. were placed in small >>>>>>wall recesses in homes, in order to insure vitality and abundance. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>All traditional cultures have their own systems of geomantic placement. >>>>>>There are many solutions that nature has provided in the way of housing, >>>>>>such as cocoons, shells, webs, nests and dens, which are but a few >>>>>>examples of natural geomancy. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Thus, geomancy is inherent and vital to life and survival. In human >>>>>>society, geomancy is a part of our animal heritage and the result of >>>>>>continuing improvement in human dwelling construction. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>People have always developed shelters and homes in concert with nature. >>>>>>Tree houses, caves, cliff dwellings, and commanding views are some >>>>>>examples of universal geomancy. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Buckminister Fuller 'Dymaxion' House at the Henry Ford Museum: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Geomancy can be defined as "The skillfull use of the best available >>>>>>knowledge in order to create the most suitable conditions for living and >>>>>>working." Geomancy involves the awareness of how the ways of >>>>>>construction, orientation, and placement affect our environment and thus >>>>>>our own daily activities and relations. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_house >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 2:15 PM, <emptybill@...> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>The Yanqui all natural terra-form home from West Texas. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>dear Richard, well may your entire home be a Zone of Tranquility (-: >>>>>>>thanks for another lovely photo. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>On Friday, October 11, 2013 2:45 PM, Richard Williams <punditster@...> >>>>>>>wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>We are thinking about a modest home - one with an interior courtyard >>>>>>>garden for the Zone of Tranquility. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Spanish style house exterior courtyard front door: >>>>>>>http://www.cococozy.com/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Spanish style house exterior courtyard front door: >>>>>>>http://www.cococozy.com/2010/06/see-this-house-spanish-revived-for.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Thanks, Richard, nice topic. You may remember that some of the FF vastu >>>>>>>>homes are made of straw bales; some off the grid; some just eco >>>>>>>>friendly. I love this idea of building in harmony with the surrounding >>>>>>>>land. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On Friday, October 11, 2013 10:40 AM, Richard Williams <punditster@...> >>>>>>>>wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Years ago I was very impressed with the home designs of Buckminiter >>>>>>>>Fuller. I once visited Colorado to see solar, self sufficient homes. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>http://www.livingearthconstruction.com/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>There's a nice house in San Antonio designed by the famous architect >>>>>>>>O'neil Ford: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>http://www.mysanantonio.com/outside-in-in-an-O-Neil-Ford-1369441.php >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Several years ago we drove up to Fairfield to look at some of the vastu >>>>>>>>designed homes. I've also looked at homes that employ Asian Feng Shui >>>>>>>>designs and we drove to New Mexico and Arizona to look around at places >>>>>>>>that have a Southwest design. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>According to what I've read, there's a lady down in Brazil that is >>>>>>>>building her house out of concrete. Has anybody ever wondered how much >>>>>>>>their home weighs? Go figure. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Most people don't get to design their own dwelling - they buy or rent >>>>>>>>already built homes or apartments. I know a guy up in Austin that lives >>>>>>>>in a daub and wattle shack out on the road to erewhon - ever since his >>>>>>>>wife left him he does't even care about where he throws his dirty >>>>>>>>socks. LoL! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>So, Rita and I are designing our own house. It's going to be based on >>>>>>>>Yaqui Vastu principles. It's not complicated. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>The first thing you have to do is find a suituable place to build and >>>>>>>>then follow the natural flow of the physical terrain, so that you find >>>>>>>>a good balance of man-made and the natural landscape. The second thing >>>>>>>>you have to do is decide on pier and beam, or slab foundation. It's all >>>>>>>>about placement and positioning. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>So, what is Yaqui Vastu? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Yaqui Vastu teaches alignment, placement, and the relationship of >>>>>>>>physical space in relation to man and nature. How we build our homes >>>>>>>>and how we set up the interior of our shelters has a dramatic impact on >>>>>>>>our way of living. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>An essential part of any vastu living home is a zone of tranquility. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> > > >
