Consult any reputable Feng Shui Master and one of the
very first prescriptions they will give you is a lesson on
clearing the clutter in your life. It is Feng a Shui 101! Do
you know why?
One of our greatest obstacles to manifesting our goals and
dreams in life is reflected to us on a daily basis, every time
we look at the top of our desk, the nightstand drawer, the
kitchen junk drawer and stare at the pile of magazines we
keep telling ourselves we are going to read one day and
yet never do. Everything in our orbit is energy; it all has
meaning attached to it and it is in a perpetual holding pat-
tern swirling around you, until you determine it’s time to be
released.
Then the law of physics kicks in: the Universe abhors a
vacuum! Empty space means it’s time for something new
to fill it! But until you decide to let go, for example, of the
boxed and cleaned wedding gown/tuxedo in the back
closet shelf from your failed marriage, then how can that
new relationship find you? You know the dress I mean,
the one that meant so much to you because he meant so
much to you, but that was then... Fast-forward to now and
you wonder why you haven’t dated anyone in ten years!
Time to give the dress/tux away and open up a space in
your closet for a new memory to find you.
Clearing clutter sounds relatively easy, but in actuality if it
were easy, there would not be a booming storage rental
industry where we can rent little boxes for our stuff- all
the stuff we can’t seem to part with. If you have ever seen
George Carlin’s skit on stuff, you know what I am refer-
ring to. Carlin says that when we get rid of our stuff, as if
by magic new stuff appears! And in some cases, what he
didn’t mention in his comedy sketch is this- sometimes
that new stuff might happen to be something you have
been wanting for a long long time, and by clearing out the
old, a path was finally made for something shiny and new!
Start your fall clutter clearing in small rewardable doses.
Pick a time this autumn season as the leaves are falling
and being raked away, to tackle one area of your home
or office. The rule here is if you select an item you have
these choices to make- keep it or put it in either the donate
pile or recyclables depending on its condition. You may
be tempted to keep your old girlfriend or boyfriend’s sleep
shirt and convert it into a cleaning or art rag! Remember,
the goal here is to move old stagnant energy out, not offer
it a new form in which to hang out in your life a little longer.
As you tackle the areas in your home or office where clut-
ter has accumulated, set your own personal intention for
what it is you do wish to experience, and write down those
goals in blue ink on unlined paper so they really sync into
your brain!
And remember to reward yourself for a job well done with
a tall glass of crisp fall apple cider or a massage vs. a pur-
chase of more stuff that will just need to be cleared again
anyway!
And if you need some personal motivation and inspiration,
remember Gandhi- He had simplified his life to the point of
only owning three things- his cloth cover, his eyeglasses
and his book!
Happy fall clearing!
Lori Tierney is an author and Feng Shui consultant living in
Los Angeles.
Lori Tierney
@cougaryoga
www.loritierney.net