‘Tis the season for spring cleaning! As you rustle through your attics or storage units, and cramped apartments, we are making more room energetically for the good stuff. Everything is energy and it’s positioning and perspective affect everything else. It is impossible to move a lamp, 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) energies.
Feng Shui is the science of these energies which I will go into in further detail in next months article. The greatest service you can do is de-clutter your physical space, which will help de-clutter your mental and emotional space. As the saying goes, “As above, so below. As within, so without”. This means that your environment is a reflection of what’s going on inside, and visa-versa. It is very important that you aren’t holding on to outdated, old, useless, harmful junk, which manifests into the same type of physical and emotional junk.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 preventing your home from being as simple and peaceful as possible. 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 therefore life, enema.
Are you ready to get the energy flowing again? 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? There is so many other new and exciting things to read everyday! Keep financial records for 5 years. Other than that, recycle those papers! They are taking up valuable space in your home, and 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 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. 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 junk emails you are receiving, 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, or that kid who keeps trying to sell Cutco knives. Send them a friendly “unsubscribe” email. Erase emails from exes. Do you really want them taking up space in your inbox and your life? Why not make room for Romeo or Juliet? 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!
