Do you believe in the art of placement and harmony? Also known as Feng Shui? It’s really easier than you think. You can and should use the bagua map for authentic feng shui arranging, but one quick way to scan a room is to to go deep inside your body and feel or senseyour surroundings. As part of my “Spirit of the Home” commentary I want to talk about placement. I moved my bed the other day…I just could not get a good night’s sleep. The bed was angled and seemed to follow the feng shui principles. But I thought, why not? I started moving the bed until it felt right. I would never have put the bed under a window but I did it. Since then the room feels clearer, I sleep better and the energy feels right.
Joseph Campbell wrote of the need for your own space, a place for inner listening and self discovery. “You must have a room or a certain hour of the day or so where you do not know what is in the morning paper. A place where you can simply experience and bring forth what you are and what you might be. At first you might think nothing is happening. But if you have a sacred space and take advantage of it and use it everyday, something will happen.”
Children have their rooms. Adults share their private space. But by making your own place, and giving them importance in our lives, we can give ourselves the gift of connection to the greater universe and learn to hear the voice of the true Self.
Do you have your own space? It doesn’t matter how big or small your home, you can create this wonderful retreat within your home with just a few changes. It can be an alcove off a bedroom, an unused corner of the basement or attic. Take time to make it beautiful, make it an expression of who you are, whether simple and unadorned, or filled with treasures collected over a lifetime. And make it a pattern of your daily routine to spend time there each day, in meditation, in contemplation, or in creative exploration. There is a great site called www.notsobighouse.com. Click on sacred places. Susan Susanka talks about living in smaller houses and many other heartfelt ideas.
My political statement for the day: a friend just emailed me and rightfully ranted about soaring gas prices, and staggering profits made by oil companies,which adds insult to injury. Do you understand it? I don’t. If we could get a statewide movement going to NOT DRIVE for one or two days, perhaps the oil companies would get a message, maybe other states would do the same. Is this a boycott? Maybe. Unfortunately we all must use gas and oil so we are at the mercy of these companies. Or are we?
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