Sweep Away the Crappy and Make Room for the Happy Part I
Dear Reader, I will be doing a multi-part series on the principles of decluttering and Feng Shui and their effects on your personal life. This is part 1 of some (not sure how many yet 3-4). Be sure to complete the “challenges” given to you in each article and win prizes and a better life! Simply post a comment at the end of the article, letting me know you have completed the challenge and any experience you had or effect you noticed. Those who do this for all articles, will automatically win one of my supercharged bath salts (read more about these at https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AXKEHsQGKKfuZGdncWQ5emRfMTNjZnNxdGRkOA&hl=en)! Additionally, you will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win a free healing session! Happy Cleaning!
Tis the season for spring cleaning! As you rustle through your attics (for the suburbians) or storage units and cramped apartments (for the New Yorkers), we are actually making more room energetically for the good stuff to come. You see, everything is energy and everything’s positioning and perspective affect everything else. It is impossible to move a lamp even, and not alter the spacial relationships, and therefore, energy in our lives. Every time we move anything, there is a shift and interplay of both the kinetic (moving energy) and potential (stored energy just waiting to be tapped into) energies.
There is a whole “science” on this called Feng Shui, which I will go into in a bit more detail in next months article, but for now, the greatest service you can do is to declutter your physical space, which will help declutter your mental and emotional space. As the old quote goes, “As above, so below. As within, so without”. This basically means that your environment is a reflection of what’s going on inside, and visa-versa. It is therefore very important that you aren’t holding on to outdated, old, useless, harmful junk, which manifests into the same type of physical and emotional junk. Before you start rearranging your space, or your mind, you must clean up shop! Clear out all of the cobwebs and outfitted crap in your head and your home. There is so much stimuli these days (especially in NYC) that your home should be as simple and peaceful as possible…don’t bring the city into your space as well. Living in a cluttered environment can create mental disarray, confusion, being “fleity”, constipation, lack of concentration, inhibit your thinking and creativity, and block the energy flow of your life! It is time to roll up our sleeves and get ruthless. I challenge you to a home, and therefor life, enema.
Are you ready to get the energy flowing again? Let’s undo this dam that’s blocking you from your best potential! I summon you to the following, easy to do exercises which are guaranteed to free the chi (pronounced chee)! (don’t forget to complete and post about your challenge)*:
1) Throw away old paperwork! Are you really ever going to go back and reread any of that crap? I hope not! There is so many other new and exciting things to read everyday! Supposedly you are to keep financial records for 5 years due to taxes….other than that, recycle those papers! They are taking up valuable space in your home, and therefore in your head!
Challenge: Recycle one whole paper grocery bag of papers. Repeat this Mantra as you get rid of them: “I rid myself of mental clutter. My mind is calm and at peace”.
2) Also, the same is true for books. We rarely read them again, as there are so many more awesome books out there to read. I therefore dare you to choose one that affected you (preferably in a positive way) and give it to someone whom you intuitively feel would benefit from it. Tell them to pass it on to someone else after they’ve finished reading it…it is the gift that keeps on giving and you’ve just created a love chain! Congratulations! You will undoubtedly receive the love back exponentially.
Challenge: Share a book or DVD with someone without expecting it back in return! Repeat this mantra as you hand off your book or DVD:”I share the wealth willingly and happily. The more I give, the more I receive.”
3) Snail Mail and paperwork are not the only things bogging you down. Your email inbox can clog you up as well..in many ways. Having too many emails can clog your butt pipes, and keep bigger and better offers, deals, love letters, and opportunities from coming your way…not to mention taking up memory in your computer! Notice the crap email you are receiving (NOT Bella Life Telegrams, or Sprouting Love Newsletters), but things like 8-minute dating (from the time you tried it once 8 years ago out of curiosity), updates from the gym you quit a long time ago, attempts to get you to spend $3.95 per minute on the phone with a fake astrologer, that kid who keeps trying to sell Cutco knives…just send them a friendly “unsubscribe” email. While you’re at it, you need to erase emails from exes…do you really want them taking up space in your inbox, and therefore, your life? Clearly their mushiness did not stand the test of time. Why not make room for Romeo or Juliet…remember, you and your ex broke up for a reason. Let them go, and allow a yummier person to come in.
Challenge: Email at least 3 “unsubscribes”. Erase at least 10 emails from the ex(es). Mantra: I make room for the delicious to come in. I live in the present.
OK, get cracking. This month will be tough, but you will reap the benefits! This is just a precursor to next months, which will be quite a feat…getting rid of the clothes that no longer serve us! Stay tuned…and clutter-free! Heal, baby, Heal!
