We all go through times in our life when we feel "stuck," however, when we're in the midst of our "stuck-ness," what we sometimes forget is what Albert Einstein knew so well - we can never solve a problem from the same level of consciousness that created it.
Since your home is a metaphor for your life, one way to transcend being "stuck" is through clearing the stuck energy (chi) in your home. Stuck energy shows up as physical, emotional and mental clutter. These three types of clutter are interconnected and often exist simultaneously. By focusing on and taking action toward clearing your physical, emotional and mental clutter, you'll free up energy for living in the present, gain a new perspective on what's been keeping you stuck and create the space for a new and beautiful future.
The key to bringing harmony to your heart, mind and home is to clear your inner (emotional and mental) and outer (physical) clutter simultaneously. Clearing physical clutter means being mindful of every object in your home and keeping only the things you truly love, use or absolutely need. A considerable amount of energy, time and space is taken up by all your unloved, unused and unnecessary stuff.
What can be even more challenging than clearing your physical clutter, however, is clearing your inner (emotional and mental) clutter.
Your emotional clutter consists of the clutter you carry around in your heart and includes:
- regrets
- unfulfilled dreams
- losses that you have not grieved
- unexpressed feelings in your heart
- fears that you have not faced
- negative friends, companions, colleagues
- people and situations from your past that you have not released
Your mental clutter consists of the clutter you carry around in your head and includes:
- old belief systems
- guilty/blaming thoughts
- schedules that are too full
- decisions you've put off making
- judgments you harbor about yourself or others
- old habitual thought patterns which don't serve you
- lists of tasks waiting to be completed (excludes things you are currently working on)
To get started on clearing your inner clutter, go through each of the nine areas of life, which correspond to the Bagua (you may download a free Feng Shui Bagua Map on my web site, www.inspirationalfengshui.com) and take a written inventory of the mental and emotional clutter that resides in each of these areas. Once you've completed your inventory, ask yourself what you need to do in order to clear each of the items on your inventory list and write that down. Now beginning with the area of life where you feel the most "stuck," do what you've noted needs to be done - get down to the business of creating the space for you to become unstuck and manifest your heart's desires.
Clutter clearing is one of the fastest ways to becoming "unstuck" in life, but proceed carefully. Clearing too much clutter too fast can make you feel sick, as you need time to adjust to so many changes at once. You could also find yourself inundated with massive disruptions in your life if you make too many changes too quickly. Proceed slowly and your entire life can change with grace and ease - just like magic!
Abundant Blessings,
