Making
Room
“Every
aspect of your life is anchored energetically in your living space,
so clearing your clutter can completely transform your entire
existence.”
Karen
Kingston
Sometimes we feel a strong internal urge to get rid of things. This often manifests as clearing clutter and getting rid
of material stuff in our lives. I've experienced this phenomenon many
times. I feel myself wanting to throw out or give away everything I own—clean
sweep. Do you ever feel that way? As though having fewer things to
take out and put away, to sort, to straighten, to dust, would make
life less stressful? I could breathe easier if there weren't carpets
to vacuum, dishes to wash, meaningless knick-knacks to dust. It's not
so much that I hate house work—I love my house, especially when
it's clean—but there's too much of it. And that's because, there's
too much in it.
Being anchored
energetically in our living space means that when our external environment is cluttered and chock full of stuff, our biological energy is cluttered,
too. We go from room to room, trying to decide what to do first, and
end up doing very little, because we're overwhelmed by the scale
of the task. When our energy is in a tangle, we feel confused,
indecisive, at odds, out of sorts, off kilter. In other words, it
messes with our heads.
Here's an anonymous quote
I saw on-line just now that gives some good advice: “Create space
in your head, heart and life. To create some new possibilities start
to ask yourself: What is working? What's not? What do I want? What's
next?” Sometimes, when we get this overwhelming urge to clear out
our exterior space, it is because we are making room for what comes
next internally. Like a snake shedding its old skin in order to grow,
we clean out the attic and basement, mentally and physically, to
allow something new to come in. We toss out a lot of outdated ideas
and unwanted limits to our belief system in order to go beyond what
has been before. We let go of whatever fear is holding us back. There
has probably been sufficient reason to hold on to these notions in
the past, but now they are only obstacles to progress, so we bless them
and let them go.
Your living space is more
than your house or apartment. It is the entirety of you. Clear the
clutter. Something new is waiting to be born.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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