It’s Ma-ma-ma-ma-Monday! Hello!
Last week I made an allusion to energetic clutter in what
crowds our media these days, and that got me thinking. “Clutter…!”
A few months ago I discovered an awesome book called “Clear
Your Clutter with Feng Shui” by Karen Kingston. I want to share a bit about her teachings here today, but first, lets check your foundations!
While Feng Shui is a reasonably commonly used term
these days, I still wanted to check you’re familiar with what it actually is.
So here is a dandy definition for you (from Google)! J
(in Chinese
thought) a system of laws considered to govern spatial arrangement and
orientation in relation to the flow of energy (chi), and whose favourable or
unfavourable effects are taken into account when siting and designing
buildings.
So basically, if you strategically design the layout and
positions of objects in your home, according to the rules of Feng Shui, the
energy in the space flows better. And as the energy in your home represents the
energy in you, good, clear, free flowing energy in your home means the
same for your body/mind/soul! Sounds good, eh?!
Below is a diagram of the basic bagua (each cell). This grid
is roughly how Feng Shui works. This grid can be applied to your whole
property, to the home structure itself, and to each individual room. It is
possible that the more cluttered some corners/bagua of your home are, the more
likely that area of your life is cluttered too.
Reading Karen’s book was fascinating for me. On commencing the book, I’d considered my
home to be reasonably tidy (though potential guests always had to call ahead to
enable me to get the living areas ready for public presentation!). But as I
read the book, I started to get itchy fingers, because I suddenly understood
there were some things in my home that really didn’t energetically belong here
anymore. It’s hard to explain the feeling, but it was very clear in how it
affected me.
So I took 2 carloads of old clothes to a donation bin, gave
away an old bed, sold a cupboard, and rearranged some stuff. Interestingly
enough, once I was clear about what I really wanted (getting these things out
of my house), it was the easiest and
most satisfying cleaning I have ever done. I honestly enjoyed it. And the
way my home felt afterwards was incredible!
Imagine walking into a dark, dank building that just has
this oppressive energy. Now imagine walking into a bright, well ventilated,
airy space – the sort of place that just uplifts your energy by standing in it.
That is roughly how drastically the energy in my home
changed after this round of cleaning. My home had never been oppressive in
feeling, but it just felt so brilliant afterwards that I wanted to sing and
dance around my home (and did I ever!).
Amusingly, I did this big clean up a couple of months ago.
Sitting here, writing this blog post, and imagining how great I felt tidying
each bagua of my home – I’m suddenly wanting to do another round! It felt THAT
good! And so much has changed for me and my life since that last clean out,
perhaps the time is right?!
I do have one CAUTION for this recommended reading though.
As you read the book and get more and more motivated, you may end up cleaning
into the night. I know of a few people who have read this book (yes, including
me) and then gone hard-core (in delight, of course), in cleaning their homes,
until the wee hours of the morning...
I’m a big advocate for plenty of rest – so make sure you
don’t clean ALL NIGHT! J
Have you ever tried looked into Feng Shui? Karen Kingston’s ‘Clear
Your Clutter’ is a brilliant first step into a fascinating art, and its fun,
easy reading. If you are at all
interested, I totally recommend finding yourself a copy to read. And she doesn’t
just talk about clutter in terms of dust collecting objects in your house, but
you’ll have to read her book to find out the rest!
And with that, I wish you a delightful, joyful week, full of
love and laughter.
In love and light, be peaceful
Annalise
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