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The Circle of Life (and stuff)

Feng Shui is an evolving art and science. Although it comes to us through China, it is the meaning that we personally assign to these principles that affects how this knowledge can and will be applied to our lives. Sometimes we learn new information that causes us to reexamine or let go of old thoughts that are no longer serving us.

The same is true for our stuff. We bring new items into our home, we assign them a place and a purpose and eventually we let go of these things. It is a cycle that we participate in, ongoingly, throughout our lives.

Some of these things take on a meaning that we assign to them and sometimes items have meanings assigned to us by others. It is the meaning of the objects that can shift over time.

Let’s say that you are in a relationship. During this relationship you gather a whole bunch of items that relate to that time period. As long as the relationship is going well those items are supporting you, and the relationship in harmony.

If the relationship ends somehow (either by our choice or the choice of others) all of a sudden these items, which before seemed friendly, now feel differently somehow.

So what to do?

The process of transforming your home from a feng shui perspective has three stages to it:

• Declutter (remove anything that is no longer serving you.)
• Reorganize (envision a new blueprint, or design scheme and organize around that)
• Beautify (add in new items that support your present and your future….where you are headed)

Does this mean you have to get rid of all those items that remind you something that now is painful? Absolutely not. Sometimes we must cocoon ourselves and spend time with these items before we are ready to let some of them go. Just as skin cannot be ripped from a snake before its time, it is not necessary to napalm all of your items to move on in your life.

Sometimes we find that the person and the item can separate in our memories and we can INTEND the item anew. We can simply relate the item to something that is pertinent now or in the future of our lives and over time the item will no longer remind us of our ex.

Lastly, we sometimes need to do a cleansing ritual to transform the energy of these items. This generally means doing some sort of action accompanied by some sort of sound. We can light a candle or candles. Burn some incense or sage. Or spray some lavender, or citrus (orange/lemon) over the items. For sound we can either say some words aloud, sing, or chant. We can also ring a bell or singing crystal bowl, or even play a cd. It is the thoughts, combined with the words and the action that transforms the energy of the item, room or building.

So as you transform your relationships with your “stuff” remember the secret formula:

Thought, Word and Action