| "A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation | | | | organized closets with (gasp) extra space! The first |
| for your life." --His Holiness the Dalai Lama | | | | home feels slightly neglected, even if the rest of the |
| The above statement may seem simple at first | | | | furnishings were pleasant, while the second space |
| reading, but upon consideration, it is really quite | | | | feels freer, lighter, and, cherished. Even the smallest |
| powerful. I believe that the Dalai Lama is emphasizing | | | | of details have an impact. Our subconscious mind |
| the importance of the state of one's living space. | | | | takes images without a filter. |
| Too many people are careless with the space in | | | | A wonderful start to a loving atmosphere is to first |
| which they work or dwell. In terms of the Black Sect | | | | discard or give away any objects that you do not |
| Tandtic Buddism school of feng shui (which is a | | | | love in your home. Clutter is a sure way to block |
| derivitive of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism), when a | | | | your highest potential as the subconscious sees it as |
| person is thoughtful (or thoughtless) in regard to his | | | | a symbol of things that we don't love or need in our |
| or her living space, it spills out into his or her life. | | | | lives and creates accordingly. It is amazing how letting |
| So why does feng shui have all those strange and | | | | go of a thing as simple as a candle from an unfaithful |
| curious "cures," you might ask, if all one has to do is | | | | ex-lover or a blanket that you have never used |
| create a "loving atmosphere"? The fact is most of us | | | | because it is too scratchy can lighten your load! The |
| have forgotten what a loving atmosphere is. Sure, | | | | subconscious gets the message that you'd rather |
| we may recognize it when we see it, but making it | | | | have something (or someone) better in your life. |
| happen is a different story. This is a result of a mass | | | | Next, play with ideas, and find out what it is that |
| disease that has taken over our world: that is the | | | | want to invite into your life. Then consciously bring it |
| disease of not knowing how to love our selves | | | | into your home symbolically. For example, you've |
| completely. Otherwise, creating our lives according to | | | | always wanted to travel to Italy. Then stick a |
| our deepest desires and most lofty dreams would be | | | | postcard of Rome on your refrigerator. Would you |
| a cinch. | | | | like to amp up your love life? Figure out your own |
| I like to tell my clients to imagine reading a short | | | | personal "romance symbol" and drape it, plant it, or |
| story where the author describes the space. This a | | | | play it on your stereo everyday. The key to creating |
| quick way to notice the "symbolism" that occurs in | | | | a great life is to get creative! |
| your own home. After all, the subconscious sees | | | | With every object in our homes, we are sending a |
| everything. It constantly absorbs messages from our | | | | message to ourselves and to the Universe. Wouldn't |
| environment and processes these messages. In turn, | | | | you want your message to be one of pure and |
| these messages are sent into our energy fields, | | | | uplifting love so that you could receive that, and only |
| creating the very lives we are experiencing. Imagine | | | | that, back? Use your conscious mind to transform |
| the difference of a home filled with unwanted gifts, | | | | your subconscious mind, and then witness the shifts |
| dying plants, and cluttered closets compared to one | | | | in your life. |
| with healthy flowers, treasured objects, and neatly | | | | |