I'm not sure if this is the correct category to start this thread, so it might be moved elsewhere if a moderator sees a better place. Nevertheless, I'm asking people how they deal with the influences of 'stuff' in their lives, things in their homes; clutter, and things you may have been given, purchased, things handed down from family - things you have attachments with and that you just can't get rid of and you're not sure why? Do these objects we have all around us have meaning, are they symbolic of something, do the hold memories, and why that might be so? Could they hold negative memories and have an unnoticed influence upon us? In this respect, I'm thinking of T. C. Lethbridge, whereby he discusses objects and memories (generally archeological objects), and some were heavy memories, according to T. C.
As a practical reason for this thread, how do people work to clean-up, or not, their individual environments in which they live? What tools do you use to create better Feng Shui (as some call it) in your space? This also relates to the inner cleaning of our machine and even the Crystal project (see May 2016 Session), which has influence and intentions if given.
Influence of stuff, of course, can be variegated due to whether or not we live alone or have partners and family (it gets hectic with the latter).
My example: I've too much stuff, either being handed down, bought, given - acquired via different family members etc. Some of it is practical; tools and such, yet other stuff sits there year after year, and being asleep to it, possibly to their very influences, I'm having a closer look.
On the outside environment; gardens, weeding, constructions etc., I'm more favorable to attending these things, while things inside build or remain in a type of static space. The kitchen I try and keep very clean and tidy, and bedrooms, bathrooms. My home office is not so great, nor my bookshelves and the shop/storage area that is a place that is easily forgotten and one on my list of things to do that keeps getting pushed down the list (consciously).
Another aspect might be the objects themselves (think Lethbridge), and if it is possible to revisit these for influence of one sort or another. What I mean here is that some things/objects have a certain negative feel; perhaps it is a subconscious feeling about them, not sure. A really quick example here is that when I was young (a pre teen in fact) there was an Inuit artist who was selling carved bones (Walrus/Caribou... not sure what). Anyway, I did not have much money and was attracted to what he was making and purchased a small example. Now there is something about this piece, not sure what it is, yet it later registered as having a bad feeling to it - an energy if you will. If it is true, was it the animals death, the artist or something else? Nonetheless, it has cross my mind to get rid of it on many occasions, yet it has perhaps this unconscious hold on me; so I threw it in a box and moved it out into the shop - I'm thinking I've had this now for 45 years. Now this is an extreme example of an object, and there are many other things that I don't need that found a place against a wall or are in a drawer that need looking at again - a new way of approaching to simplify e.g. why have two of something, or if you don't use it, look at it, or it is just something one decides to not deal with, then this is an opportunity to inventory stuff, rearrange or let it go. Finally, in this extreme example above, have you ever been given something, had it handed down and not felt quite right about it? Could it harbor a certain energy from another person and you might feel that it would not be right to get rid of it out of politeness; avoiding possible hurt feelings?
Just throwing this out there for people to add their thoughts and experiences.
As a practical reason for this thread, how do people work to clean-up, or not, their individual environments in which they live? What tools do you use to create better Feng Shui (as some call it) in your space? This also relates to the inner cleaning of our machine and even the Crystal project (see May 2016 Session), which has influence and intentions if given.
Influence of stuff, of course, can be variegated due to whether or not we live alone or have partners and family (it gets hectic with the latter).
My example: I've too much stuff, either being handed down, bought, given - acquired via different family members etc. Some of it is practical; tools and such, yet other stuff sits there year after year, and being asleep to it, possibly to their very influences, I'm having a closer look.
On the outside environment; gardens, weeding, constructions etc., I'm more favorable to attending these things, while things inside build or remain in a type of static space. The kitchen I try and keep very clean and tidy, and bedrooms, bathrooms. My home office is not so great, nor my bookshelves and the shop/storage area that is a place that is easily forgotten and one on my list of things to do that keeps getting pushed down the list (consciously).
Another aspect might be the objects themselves (think Lethbridge), and if it is possible to revisit these for influence of one sort or another. What I mean here is that some things/objects have a certain negative feel; perhaps it is a subconscious feeling about them, not sure. A really quick example here is that when I was young (a pre teen in fact) there was an Inuit artist who was selling carved bones (Walrus/Caribou... not sure what). Anyway, I did not have much money and was attracted to what he was making and purchased a small example. Now there is something about this piece, not sure what it is, yet it later registered as having a bad feeling to it - an energy if you will. If it is true, was it the animals death, the artist or something else? Nonetheless, it has cross my mind to get rid of it on many occasions, yet it has perhaps this unconscious hold on me; so I threw it in a box and moved it out into the shop - I'm thinking I've had this now for 45 years. Now this is an extreme example of an object, and there are many other things that I don't need that found a place against a wall or are in a drawer that need looking at again - a new way of approaching to simplify e.g. why have two of something, or if you don't use it, look at it, or it is just something one decides to not deal with, then this is an opportunity to inventory stuff, rearrange or let it go. Finally, in this extreme example above, have you ever been given something, had it handed down and not felt quite right about it? Could it harbor a certain energy from another person and you might feel that it would not be right to get rid of it out of politeness; avoiding possible hurt feelings?
Just throwing this out there for people to add their thoughts and experiences.
), but as well as the literal physical action of cleaning and dusting everything down (and I mean, everything, walls, floors, doors, carpets, cupboards, paintwork, windows), I kind of saw it as 'saying hello' to the house too by touching every inch of it, a way of getting to know it as well as clearing out whatever else was there before. Not seeing that aspect in a magical way though, more a practical moving on kind of attitude to it.
). A lot of it is common sense I think when you boil it down and think in terms of 'energy flows'. There’s a lot to be said for intention and the art of placement too. A few items intentionally well placed (and that can include keepsakes etc) creates a very different impression and environment than a collection of random objects that have gathered together by accident. A mantelpiece or shelf can become a 'shrine' as such, though without the overtly religious gloss or wishful thinking.