| Obviously much of our clutter is in fact | | | | and offices, the storage bins for old, dead |
| related to a lack of proper organizing of our | | | | energy. If you don't use it, loose it! Keep |
| space, and if that is ALL that is involved, | | | | your closets clean, neat, and free of |
| then you simply need to find one of those | | | | unwanted, old, unused items. Don't allow your |
| magical interior alchemists to help out. | | | | closets to become black holes, or they will |
| However, if you find that your clutter keep | | | | reflect that energy. Once you have cleared |
| reappearing, then you may need to look at the | | | | out those closets, offer a simple ceremony of |
| more underlying causes of its reappearance, | | | | smudging of sage or incense to clear the old |
| and this will take you in the field of | | | | lingering vibrations that were there as well. |
| working to shift the underlying energetic | | | | This keeps those closets from reacquiring |
| matrix of your home, the energy field that is | | | | their old residents again. Some people prefer |
| stuck, stagnant, or somehow blocked, which is | | | | to use lemon grass, or an essential oil |
| attracting the clutter to accumulate in the | | | | mixture of peppermint and lemon to freshen up |
| first place. | | | | the vibes. |
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| In Feng Shui, this concept is referred to as | | | | 4. Ceremony: Ceremony is a time when we honor |
| "Space Clearing." It is based upon the | | | | life, the seasons, and those aspects of |
| assumption that our homes reflect the | | | | living beyond the physical. It brings us in |
| vibrational imprints of the past, either | | | | touch with the worlds beyond our everyday, |
| ancient past, or more immediate. In this | | | | and reminds us of a vastness of Life beyond |
| case, the battles, and history of the land is | | | | our immediate attention. When we make time |
| reflected and imprinted upon our home | | | | for ceremony in our life and homes we open a |
| environment and may well be contributing to | | | | doorway into another dimension beyond this |
| the cause of your clutter. | | | | one allowing fresh new ideas, inspiration and |
| | | | energies to flow into our homes. |
| If you consider the ever popular concept of | | | | |
| "Ch'I" in a home--that infamous current | | | | By ceremonially burning a candle each night |
| loured into our homes by well placed mirror, | | | | we reinforce to our subconscious mind the |
| wind chimes and brightly colored, it is | | | | symbolic of letting the problems and worries |
| analogous to the life flow of energy in a | | | | of the day as we offer them to the candle's |
| property. Having sufficient flow of this Ch'I | | | | fire. It is a simple ceremony and one that |
| is considered the cause of prosperity, health | | | | keeps the energies of your home clean and |
| and good relationships. Conversely, a blocked | | | | clear of the burdens of the day. It is also a |
| flow of this Universal life energy produces | | | | great way to let go of the past, an ending of |
| the converse, chaos, blocks in | | | | a business, a relationship, an old job...all |
| communications, money, relationships and the | | | | are energetically "released" through simple |
| whole bevy of problems that lead most of us | | | | ceremonies so that their energetic baggage |
| to call in a Feng Shui consultant in the | | | | doesn't follow us into our future. |
| first place. | | | | |
| | | | Rather than follow recipes about which |
| However, we do not need to rearrange our | | | | ceremony is "right" for your space, feel the |
| whole house to avail ourselves of the magical | | | | unique connection you have with your space, |
| benefits of a space clearing. With just a few | | | | and allow yourself to follow the ceremony you |
| simple space clearing tips, even a novice can | | | | are guided to use. Look for a ceremonial act |
| begin to clear their environment of | | | | that seems to match your energies the |
| vibrational imprints of the past - to sweep | | | | intentions you wish to inaugurate into your |
| out the old to make way for the new, and | | | | space. Whatever the ceremony, when you do it |
| isn't that why we are de-cluttering our homes | | | | with intention and awareness that ceremony |
| in the first place?! | | | | heralds in the energies of your intention in |
| | | | a much more profound manner than when we |
| Six Simple Space Clearing Tips to Keep Your | | | | simply and perfunctorily go perform the same |
| Clutter Away: | | | | act. |
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| 1. Bring Your Life Energy back Into where | | | | 5. Consciousness: The power of this cannot be |
| there is Clutter: To our subconscious mind, | | | | overstated in my opinion. Find the places in |
| clutter triggers images of stagnation, stuck | | | | your home or office where you have vacated |
| energy and places where Life doesn't move. It | | | | your consciousness, those closets, corners, |
| usually represents the things we resist and | | | | and dead zones that you pretend are not |
| places that we don't want to put our | | | | there, or wish weren't. That room where the |
| attention. Simply put: clean out the clutter. | | | | kids used to live, or the pile of paper in |
| Piles of laundry, papers, boxes, | | | | the office that calls out for help, but we |
| mail...whatever it is, when we see clutter, | | | | ignore. Put your consciousness into that |
| our mind equates it with chaos and dead | | | | space, with intention, and yes, even |
| energy. So make a point to dive into your | | | | ceremony, and notice the MAGIC that happens |
| clutter like a heat seeking missile. Go | | | | when you do! Energy flows where attention |
| straight for it, you know where it lives! Put | | | | goes! |
| it away, find a home for it--address it! By | | | | |
| putting your attention and focused awareness | | | | 6. Cycles: There is a rhythm to Life, a time |
| into that place where clutter has collected, | | | | for growth, and a time for death. Cycles are |
| you are reclaiming the places in your | | | | important to observe: moon cycles are often |
| environment where you have vacated your | | | | used for planting, cutting hair, beginning |
| consciousness! So really do it with some | | | | new projects. Similarly, observing the cycles |
| enthusiasm, with the knowledge that you are | | | | of the sun of day and night, being more |
| putting your Presence back into this space | | | | active during the daylight hours, and winding |
| and that it is YOURS to reclaim. Once you | | | | down in the evening when there is less energy |
| move that dead energy in your home, you will | | | | available. As well there are the larger |
| be surprised at how it moves in your life! | | | | seasonal cycles, solstices, equinoxes. When |
| | | | we align consciously with these cycles of |
| 2. Corners: These are the places where the | | | | nature, the rhythm of Life, we find more |
| Life energy or Ch'i of our environment comes | | | | harmony and balance in our lives. |
| to a stop like traffic at a four way stop | | | | |
| sign. Take a moment to tune your | | | | When we follow these cycles, we harness the |
| consciousness into that part of your | | | | Life energy of the planet begin to dance to |
| environment to discover the plants, artwork, | | | | the same beat of Life. So by paying attention |
| or objects which will move the energy of your | | | | to the cycles of Life, we begin to work with |
| corners. The flowing water of a fountain, the | | | | them to receive the gift of their energy. |
| flow of air represented by wind chimes, or | | | | |
| even the life sustaining energy of a plant | | | | Fall is a perfect time to let go of the past |
| can be enough to keep the energy moving and | | | | and release the old habits and holds we have |
| flowing instead of stagnating in your | | | | on our "stuff" allowing a new energy to flow |
| corners. Allow your intuition to guide you | | | | in its place. |
| towards solutions that redirect the dead | | | | |
| energies of a corner into more harmonious, | | | | With some small investment on our part, we |
| peaceful and joyful spaces. | | | | can dramatically change the energies of our |
| | | | environment making our homes a sanctuary to |
| 3. Closets: They are the bowels of our homes | | | | reflect our highest intentions and dreams. |