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Tips for
Springtime Space Clearing
by Christan Hummel |
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As we enter into Spring, it is a time to clear out
the old energies of the past to create a fresh space for
the new seeds of our intentions to sprout. The start of
Spring presents an opportunity to turn our attention to
the new growth, new potentials, and new life beckoning,
and clear out the energetic remnants lingering from the
past, for a fresh new start. What better place to start
than in our own homes.
While feng shui and space clearing have become a
multi-billion dollar industry catering to the likes of
corporate CEOs as well as Hollywood celebs, there are
some simple techniques that any novice can use to spring
clean the energies of their home or office, in preparing
the space energetically for the year ahead. These are
simple spring cleaning tips that will allow you to clear
your space of the vibrational imprints of the past.
Although these tips are by no means comprehensive, they
will provide a quick and easy way to align the energies
of your environment with your intentions for the year.
The following "Six C's of Space Clearing" will empower you to sweep
out the old and make way for the new growth of Spring in
your environment.
1. Clutter: To our subconscious mind, clutter
triggers images of stagnation, stuck energy and places
where Life doesn't move. It usually represents the
things we are resisting and where we don't want to put
our attention. Simply put: clean out the clutter. Piles
of laundry, papers, boxes, mail...whatever it is, when
we see clutter, our mind equates it with chaos and dead
energy. So make a point to dive into your clutter like a
heat seeking missile. Go straight to it, you know where
it lives! Put it away, find a home for it, if you use a
pendulum or know dowsing, you can use it to help
decisions about it, address it! Once you move the stuck energy in your home, you will be surprised at how it
moves the stuck energy in your life.
2. Corners: Keep them especially free of clutter
as corners are the places where the Life energy or Ch'i
of our environment comes to a stop like traffic at a
four way stop sign. Co-create with your environment to
discover the plants, artwork, or objects in your corners
which will move the energy: the running water of a
fountain, the flow of air represented by wind chimes, or
even the life sustaining energy of a plant can be enough
to keep the energy moving and flowing instead of
stagnating in your corners. Follow your intuition and
allow it to tell you what will make the space feel more
harmonious, peaceful and joyful and redirect the dead
energies of a corner. These energy transformers for the
corners of your home or office will have a powerful
effect, as your corners are special energy spots in the
house.
3. Closets: Clean them out! They are the bowels
of our homes and offices, the storage bins for old, dead
energy. If you don't use it, loose it! Keep your closets
clean, neat, and free of unwanted, old, unused items.
Yes, you looked marvelous in that dress you've been
holding onto for the last five years, and one day you'll
loose that extra 10 pounds and will fit in it again, but
for now, give it to a friend, or family member who can
use it. When you loose that weight, you'll owe it to
yourself to buy a new dress! Don't allow your closets to
become black holes, or they will reflect that energy.
Again, use your intuition to let you know what you need to
keep and what can be ditched to make room for the new.
4. Ceremony: This is sadly lacking in our modern
society. Where we do have any kind of ceremony it is
usually around a sporting event, food, or commerce.
Ceremony is a time when we honor life, the seasons, and
those aspects of living beyond the physical. It brings
us in touch with the worlds beyond our everyday, and
reminds us of a vastness of Life beyond our immediate
attention. Make time for ceremony in your life and your
home and you will open a doorway into another dimension
beyond this one, allowing fresh new ideas, inspiration
and energies to flow into your home.
Rather than follow text books or recipes about which
ceremony is "right" for your space, feel the
unique connection you have with your space, and allow
yourself to follow whatever ceremony you are guided to
use. Look for a ceremonial act that seems to match your
energies and the energies of your space to inaugurate the new energies of
spring. It could be a simple
ceremony like a ribbon-cutting ceremony to initiate the
new energies of your place, or popping of the champagne
cork to signify the bringing in of the spring season. Whatever
the ceremony, when you do it with intention and
awareness, it heralds in the energies of your
intention in a much more profound manner than when we
simply and perfunctorily go perform the same act. Even
the simple ceremony of smudging a new dwelling can be
quite profound when done with an awareness of the
intention. Burning a candle each night and ceremonially
letting the problems and worries of the day burn in the
fire, is a simple ceremony and one which keeps the
energies of your home clean and clear of the burdens of
the day. Ceremonies to acknowledge and honor the
ancestors of the past, through music, song or dance, is
another way in which ceremony helps to keep the energies
of your space clear and clean. Keep ceremonies simple
and heartfelt and they will do wonders to keep the
energies of your space aligned with higher dimensions
and energies.
5. Consciousness: The power of this cannot be
overstated in my experience. Where we put our
consciousness, we put our life energy. Use this time to
find the aspects of your home or office where you have
vacated your consciousness, those closets, corners, and
dead zones that you pretend are not there, or wish
weren't. For some people, it could be a room where their
dead parents used to live, or where the kids used to
live before they went off to school, or the pile of
paper in the office that calls out for help, but we
pretend isn't there. Put your consciousness into that
space, with intention, and yes, even ceremony, and
notice the MAGIC that happens when you do! Energy flows
where attention goes!
6. Cycles: There is a rhythm to Life, a time for
growth, and a time for death. Cycles are important to
observe: moon cycles are often used for planting,
cutting hair, beginning new projects. Similarly,
observing the cycles of the sun of day and night, being
more active during the daylight hours, and winding down
in the evening when there is less energy available. As
well there are the larger seasonal cycles, solstices,
equinoxes, and the times in between them (what the Celts
called the cross quarter days.) When we are in tune with
and align consciously with these cycles of nature, the
rhythm of Life, we find more harmony and balance in our
lives.
Spring is a natural time to go forward and celebrate the
energies which are coming out of the hibernation of
Winter. How much more potent a time it is when we greet
these new energy and enthusiasm unencumbered by the
past. On Feb. 1st (ground hog's day) it was a time
between the Winter Equinox and the Spring Equinox,
traditionally honored by the Celts as the time to plant
the seed of the new idea so that it may sprout in the spring. Now that
spring has come, we can support those
tender little sprouts of Life by clearing out the past
and creating a space for them to grow and flourish.
When we follow these cycles, we harness the Life
energy of the planet and begin to dance to the same beat of
Life. So by paying attention to the cycles of Life, we
begin to work with them to receive the gift of their
energy.
With some small investment on our part, we can
dramatically change the energies of our environment
making our homes a sanctuary to reflect our highest
intentions and dreams.
© Copyright Christan Hummel 2005. All Rights Reserved.
Christan Hummel is author of the "Do It Yourself Space Clearing
Kit," lecturer, and workshop leader. She has taught
thousands around the world how to use sound for personal healing and
awakening, and to activate power points for planetary transformation.
She is the co-creator of the international seminar, Geobiology-Earth
Acupuncture, and has presented at The British Society of Dowsers, the
national ASD conference,and regional ASD conferences in the US. She is
co-founder of Earth Transitions, and a former Flower of Life
facilitator who has worked extensively with leading edge inventors to
create a global grassroots pollution clearing network now underway in
over 25 cities around the world. She has studied with the Alice Bailey
teachings since a teenager, and integrates a knowledge of ancient Vedic
and indigenous approaches from around the world in her work. Christan
provides a unique synthesis of modern science and ancient wisdom in an
easy and understandable manner accessible to us all. www.earthtransitions.com
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