Our energy flows are, with few exceptions, the largest energy flows in our homes and communities. Symbolic actions almost never survive the tenancy of a single user of a place, and rarely have the power of actions that actually correct negative situations or enhance good ones. Some chi of place comes from topography, some from geophysical anomalies, some from how we have attuned the places we build to channel and enhance those energies. Good natural chi in land and place may continue for millennia, or may change tomorrow due to altered underground water movement, road cuts, new power lines, dams, ground water withdrawal, etc. Requires monitoring to confirm continuation.
Deep intention embodied with physical actions gives greatest impact and duration.
This is very much the opposite of conventional design that focuses on outward appearances. Individual actions may have varied impacts. This element involves simplification, focusing our intention and energy, and eliminating extraneous diversions. It is often a prefatory action of clearing intention prior to direct raising of chi, enhancing the energy of individual users, or specific practices and rules. But because of our material-centered lives, it is valuable in considering in itself.