Give It A Rest!

We are in a most exciting time, and not one of us is here on the planet by accident.  Not only is it the end of a great world age, it is the beginning of an age that is new to all life, new to the cosmos and new to humanity.  The old orders are disintegrating, with new order emerging.  A powerful time! 

Every one of us has chosen this time.  And why would we have done that?  To spend a life making a living?  To live in depression, or in any state that is less than our full potential?  NO.

There is a flow, a movement of...Something.   How can we awaken ourselves to what that 'Something' is?  

Start with Nature. Have you noticed that Nature always thrives?

In answer to their constant questions as to what Heaven is like, Jesus advised the disciples to look at the order and perfection in Nature and her cycles.  One thing always emerges from another, according to a design, a pattern. By attuning to this natural flow we can best order our own lives.

Moon Cycles: Nature's Calendar for Success  -- Right now, as of this writing, December 13, 2012, we are in ‘new moon’, where the seeming absence of the moon indicates a stilling of the earth’s rhythms.  All Nature rests during this span of 3 days when we too should be at rest.  Choosing NOT to rest during this naturally restorative time leads our bodies to burnout.  For we are Spirit Beings and the body we wear is subject to earth's natural rhythms.  To put all aside and take time for ourselves will pay out much bigger than we know.  And, consequently, not to do so, will take its toll.

So accept the gift of rest and renewal during ‘new moon’.  Use this time to mindmap the ideas you would like to bring forth in your life, whether a new job, a new health regime-- whatever it is that you would like to bring forth.  Work with the natural rhythms as shone us in the stages of the moon.

After 3 days of rest and planning in the new moon stage,  notice that new ideas naturally start to show up.  From new until full moon is action time.  Concentrate energy and effort into ‘bringing things to a boil’, with all aspects of planning, launching your idea and projects.  

Then, just after the full moon, shift into a stage of tending to the responsive activity that will naturally occur, having been set into motion with your pre-full moon efforts.

By the last stage of the moon cycle, you will see resolution and results for your efforts, and things will subside into stillness with a new moon again.  Then it will be time to let things gel, give it all a rest, gathering energy for the next ‘wave’ of activity.

Even though long -term projects will require more than one cycle to accomplish the desired end result, your job is to keep your goal foremost in your mind, and work with the design in Natural Order, rather than fruitlessly against it.  You will indeed see the thing done.  

Or, you may find that, "Hmmm, it’s not what I wanted after all." But the activity you’ve stirred up will lead to "this, or something better."

The nonstop clamor of daytime demands numbs our minds to the 'still small voice within.' Many of us are being ‘awakened’ (in the wee hours, perhaps?) to sense the stirring deep within, a desire for change, for expansion, for more of that which fulfills our true Being.  In that each of us has chosen to be here at this exciting time, something must be wanting to express in a fuller manner, and these wee hour wake up calls are the best way for the Voice to get us to listen to that which gives us Inner Direction.

In that the accelerated movement of Everything-That-Is is caught up in this cosmic shift of our star system, it behooves us to pay attention, ordering our own life activity in accord.   What is it that is stirring within?  That of the Divine is seeking its greater expression through you. Use these wee hour awakenings to tune in and perhaps journal, or pray for direction and guidance.  Then notice what starts showing up in your life.

We are told, “Lo, it is the Father’s pleasure to GIVE you the kingdom.” But ya gotta ask!  I invite you to claim the gifts in natural cycles: REST.  And may you be happy and fulfilled.  

Namaste!

Energy Imprints

Energy Imprints

All-That-Is is energy, whether in something we consider 'alive' or an inert pile of old newspapers. 

A reading of energy-movement within a structure includes everything under the same roofline.  In our country the roofline of the house often includes the attached garage.  

In the preliminary interview with my client, a once-married-now-single 50-something female, she had many unfulfilled goals, one of which was to be able to travel.  In addition, she felt she was not getting anywhere in her career, and was also in constant squabble with her Home Owner Association over one thing or another.  

In reading her lovely 2-story California condo, I sensed a number of areas that were considerably out of whack.  Along with blocked energy and ‘wind tunnels’, there was much stuck energy in the garage. 

The 2-car garage was in good repair, kept very tidy in her meticulous manner of order, as was her vehicle.  She used only half of the garage. 

However, she had allowed a friend to completely fill the ‘unused’ area with items for storage.  In this instance the garage happened to be located in the Helpful People & Travel area of the Bagua matrix we use in Feng Shui.

Her front door was attractively maintained, except for a scraggly bougainvillea vine that she had purposely wired and staked to drape across the door’s small overhang. Stubbornly defying HOA rules that doors and walkways be kept clear and uncluttered, Jean explained she was exercising what she felt was her right to handle her property her way.

The front entry door was in the gua of Career/Work.  

Can you see the obvious? 

That day I helped Jean into many discoveries in how energy was being blocked or whistling past her right out the plate glass windows.  She implemented every one of the many changes I recommended, and here are two of the shifts that started happening almost immediately. 

• Helpful People/Travel:  In asking the friend to make other arrangements, she reclaimed her 'space', enlivened with HER own imprint.  
• Result?  Within weeks, Jean was on her way to Sedona AZ, a long-held dream destination.  
• Career/Work:  In recognizing the thorny vine was not only a sign of her unwillingness to cooperate, but also blocking any movement with her stagnant work situation, she had the vine removed completely.  
• Result?  For the first time in her years with the company, she received a Christmas bonus as a ‘thank you’ from the company president, in appreciative recognition for how she was helping the company’s continued growth and its consequently increasing profit margin. The amount?  $10,000.
• Further, he was planning to move the company to Texas, and invited her to move with them, all relocation expenses paid.  

We are told by Spiritual Masters that life is to be one of joy and fulfillment, with the “Father’s good pleasure to give” us the kingdom.  Yet unwittingly we block such gifts.  Once one cultivates a sense of how energy moves within a confined space, and the imprinting effect our thoughts have on such movement, Feng Shui becomes a matter of common sense.

Color Cures and Formulas

I once consulted for a children's center that was a combination day care and pre-school.  The enthusiastic young teachers had each treated their rooms differently.  Here are two examples of how the behavior of the children in each room was related to color and arrangement.  

In one room the teacher had created 'pod' centers..  She had designed areas where children could sit on a circular rug defining the area and read books, or work at a table together on a science project, or take a personal 'time out' at the aquarium to daydream with the fish they took care of, or rest, or gather around the piano for music.  There were no straight rows of chairs and desks; rather, curved areas designed for creativity and interacting.

The main source of daylight was from the south wall, with a row of windows low enough so children could see outside.  Above the windows, the architects had used glass block to insulate, provide structure yet allow natural light daylight. This meant a constant stream of strong daylight, which was regulated with window shades. The door opened at the left of the room.  The colors the teacher used in the room were medium intensities of cooling greens and calming blues.  

Despite having several of what other situations might label ‘problem’ children, there were few outbursts.  The room was an orderly hum of busy activity.

Another classroom had the same window configuration with exposure to strong southerly sunlight.  Its door opened in the same position as the aforementioned room.  However, the near left wall was painted a flaming raw fuschia color, and it almost felt as if one was bleeding upon entry.  Another wall across was painted an intense bright blue, beautiful on its own, but overwhelmingly oppressive and overactive in combination with the bright pink.  

The teacher was well qualified; the room was well organized.  Still, the ongoing behavior of the children was chaotic, with many emotional outbreaks, and absences from sickness.  

This room required a color correction.  The balancing color to the raw fuschia is a cooling green.  In this case I used a soft green (which is energetically in opposition to red tones) acted as a ‘block’, canceling and healing the raw fuschia, effectively neutralizing the 'bleed-through' from that overly yang and too-warm color.  As the room has the same south facing windows, the calm green paired peacefully with a welcoming creamy white, counterbalancing yet embracing the strong sunlight, resulting in the same effect on young psyches.  The problem behaviors for that room have disappeared and the room continues to fill with eager receptive young spirits.

The rules of color in Feng Shui are --of course-- in alignment with the laws of movement in Nature, in curves.  Each color has a frequency, or an energy quotient.  As most buildings tend to be built in rectangular fashion, the use of color is critical to break up the overly yang/masculine movement created with straight lines. All-white rooms scatter energy, whereas the use of one or more colors--whether in furnishings or wall surfaces-- manipulates it.  

the formula

Keeping the left-to-right circular movement in mind, follow this 'formula' for harmonious pleasing results. 

• LEFT:  Cools, with blue and green tones, will work best at the left side of an entry, and on left walls when entering a room   ‘Left’ is always ‘feminine’ and receptive, thus inviting ease of entry.
• BACK:  Warm red-based hues collect and hold energy, and are used in the back, preventing escape or leakage.  
• RIGHT:  To the right are lighter pastels which carry energy into the unformed future of potentials and possibilities.  
• ENTRY:  Dark colors associated with looking down into a watery pond are best used on the floor or doorway of an entry.  

do's and absolutely don'ts

NO-NO:  A room and its ceiling should never be all nor same tones of one color.  There needs to be room for other color to breathe.  

YES-YES:  A bit of red hue needs to be present somewhere near the rear and/or right  to bring the life of 'fire' into the room.