| Thank you all for this letter about world peace and how Feng Shui can help achieve it. What a blessing this information is to everyone who reads it. |
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"Remember, peace is not a noun to be objectified, it is not something to be obtained. Nor is peace an adjective, a mere qualifier enabling you to compare it to something else. Peace is an action, a verb - something to do and something to be." Rev. Deborah L. Johnson From: |
| Feng Shui at Your Service Vikki Albers, Consultant |
To Rake or Not to Rake Look down and see last springs sprouting miracles crunchy and curly under your feet. Depending upon your trees, possibly millions of former miracles are under foot. To rake or not to rake, that is the question. At least one of them... That’s all very nice but just look at this mess; dead leaves all over the place! If you are lucky, only ankle deep. They stick to your shoes. They stick to the dog. Sometimes they’re slippery-slimy and sometimes dry and crisp and smell so good we must shuffle through. Is it Feng Shui-OK to leave the little decaying pages of tree lore here and there to leach back into Mother Earth in their own good time? Would this be a way to nurture next year’s crop of leaves and flowers? No, it would not. Remember, we frown on clutter. We weed through our clutter indoors and raking is the equivalent of clutter clearing outdoors. It is not optimal Feng Shui to leave the leaves; it is optimal Feng Shui to remove the leaves. Fallen foliage is lifeless. Energetically it does not support any thing. In Feng Shui we want to surround ourSelves with that which is alive and thriving; we want growth and expansion. Fallen leaves do not fit the ‘alive’ category. Consider this. The Feng Shui Bagua can be superimposed over an entire property. Imagine a huge deciduous tree in the back left corner: your Abundance and Prosperity life area. Do fallen leaves represent how you feel about prosperity? Or maybe a wintery, leafless tree is in the back right corner: your Relationship life area. Crunchy leaves don’t conjure up warm and huggy do they? Or what if… it only gets worse. Trust me on this, please, and pick up the rake. When raking the leaves remember to peek under the low-growing trees and bushes to be sure all Chi-less tidbits are removed. If the out-of-sight dead leaves are left behind they too can impact your life. Be thorough and when possible, be Green. If you have a home with a front and back yard try to manage the leaves with a rake. Take this opportunity to conserve energy and not use a blower. Raking may also be a good time to meditate; similar to a walking meditation. Repeat a statement of gratitude for the consistent demonstration of abundance you are standing knee-deep in or maybe repeat a mantra. ‘Be’ with nature. Set an intention while raking for the cleared space to open your home (i.e. your life) to new experiences, fresh growth, and a willingness to release the lifeless that no longer serves you. Be as specific as possible with your intention. Just like indoors, as you clear something new rushes in. Once all the leaves have been gathered up you may consider placing the heaps in your compost bin or in your garden garbage to be recycled and reused by your community. If you haven’t done this before, check with a local arborist or nursery about the compostability of your particular type of leaves. Will these enhance the quality of your compost or diminish it? Are these particular decaying leaves safe for humans, pets, and all who visit your garden (to include the feathered and multi-legged)? You will love how this feels! It is not only about clearing leafy debris from your surroundings; it’s an experience of opening up for all matter of aliveness! Take a look. This isn’t really a ‘former miracle’ is it? Affirmations In gratitude and with an intention to serve. |
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| Feng Shui is about acknowledging an energetic component in the items we choose to surround our Selves with. |
"If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace. If peace mattered to you more than anything else and if you truly knew yourself to be spirit rather than a little me, you would remain nonreactive and absolutely alert when confronted with challenging people or situations. You would immediately accept the situation and thus become one with it rather than separate yourself from it. Then out of your alertness would come a response. Who you are (consciousness), not who you think you are (a small me), would be responding. It would be powerful and effective and would make no person or situation into an enemy." Eckhart Tolle From: |
