Feng Shui to Embrace Change!
Change, it’s what we voted for!!! Feng Shui allows us to harness the power of our intention to create change in a fun way, turning our environment into a playground of possibility!
All around us in our environment we are affirming the life that we wish to lead. And I’ve learned a few tools in my practice of Feng Shui that I’ve found to powerfully facilitate a smooth and exciting transition.
Firstly, REMOVE THE OLD!!!
As simple as it sounds, the first step I take is to get rid of anything that reminds me of the old pattern I wish to change. If I am looking for a new lover, I discard all momentos, photos, gifts, shared items with the previous lover. If I am looking for a new job, I shelve or give away any briefcase, clothes bought specifically for the job, business cards, or reminders of the job I am leaving.
Not only is the clearing something of a ceremonial cleansing, I am internally being forced to look at anywhere that I may still be attached to the old, as when I don’t want to give away that beautiful gift my ex got me for Christmas.
Think of it like the hard-drive on a computer. If we want to run a new operating system, we need to clear the hard drive. If we keep 10% of the old information, the new beginning only gets 90% of available space. If we want to date someone new but have a few special items from our ex, that’s exactly how much less the new person can come into our lives.
Removing tokens of the old creates space for the new. Which leads to our next step…
Secondly, CREATE SPACE FOR THE NEW!!!
Not long ago, I was doing a home consultation for a woman who wanted to start a new business venture. We went to her Career quadrant and assessed her situation. She had literally filled every space on the wall with photos, furniture was crowded in and the table-tops in the area were packed with do-dads and trinkets and, dare I say it, “clutter!” There was no room for anything new to be created!!!
For me, I liken it to going into the kitchen wanting to make dinner, but every space on the counter and stove is full. It’s impossible to prepare, cook, or do anything because there is no room. When we want to create something new, we need to have space to create it.
Internally, this is emblematic of having too many emotions or problems weighing on the heart and mind. The solution is to meditate, releasing each of these internal issues and creating a place of silence where the mind and heart can feel the room to conceive something new.
One quick tool is whenever someone says they wish for more wealth, the first thing I look at is their wallet. Take a look in it. Is every pocket filled, sometimes double-filled? The universe would love to give more, but there’s no room for it to go! If we’d like to attract more wealth, we need to keep one pocket of our wallet empty with the intention of allowing the universe to fill it… and it will!!! The universe is overflowing as it is and will fill any empty spaces it finds!
So, we’ve cleared out the old, we’ve created space for the new, now what?
Thirdly, SEED THE CHANGE!
Here’s where things get really fun! Find a symbolic representation of the thing that we are attempting to create and place it in the appropriate quadrant of the environment (consult the Feng Shui Bagua to determine quadrants). The idea is to visually affirm our intention of creating something new. Every time we see the object, we are reminded of our intention and our wish is re-broadcast once more around the universe.
It can be a simple as a toy car to represent getting a new car. It could be a cool looking key to represent a new home. It could be an emblem of a new/desired job such as a new briefcase or suit. Or maybe it’s a heart to represent a shift in our love life.
This small token is like our planting a seed in the universe of life. Each time the token catches our eye, our remembering our intention is watering the seed. And while it sometimes takes time for the universe to align things in our life to bring about the change we desire, keep hope alive, for the seed will sprout! Remember that intention creates reality! It may not be as fast as we like, but once we think it, there is no stopping it from manifesting in our life in some way at some point.
Remove the old, create space, and plant a seed of change… and watch as the universe brings manifest your fondest dreams!!!
If you would like help in assessing your environment and clarifying your intentions to bring about smooth and exciting changes, please allow me to share my practice of Feng Shui with you. In any case, I wish you all the peace and joy possible in the only “constant” in life, “change!”
Salvatore
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