Doing a Bit of Feng Shui

The discharge process of Stage 7 can be a lot like de-cluttering in Feng Shui. In Feng Shui, everything in your house must either serve a purpose or be something you love. All else needs to go.

You can understand a lot about people when you look at their surroundings. How people arrange their furniture, the way they decorate, and the stuff they hang on to can give a good external representation of what’s going on in their body-mind. The way we put things away, how we organize items in closets and the ease with which we can part with old stuff says a lot about who we are.

People are drawn to Feng Shui when the time is right. Clearing clutter cannot be done effectively when we are not ready. If we attempt to purge prematurely, we usually get rid of things we still need or like and end up feeling unhappy or needing to get more stuff. Even if an expert comes in and reorganizes everything perfectly, if this new configuration does not also reflect a shift inside, things will invariably move back towards chaotic clutter. This would be discharge without an energetic resolution. It is not a beneficial situation; it is not sustainable and it can even be damaging.

However, when the time is right and a person is whole enough to clear things out and embrace a new order, the de-cluttering process in Feng Shui works. This is because the physical discharge of stuff is accompanied by an energetic resolution within. The energetic pattern that supported all of the extra junk moves to a more authentic and energy efficient pattern that supports a cleaner, more harmonious and auspicious surrounding.

As we begin to get into the process, we know it will be messy. We know it will be uncomfortable to go through all of our belongings, papers and paraphernalia and make decisions on how to deal with everything, but we are okay with it. We know that much of this stuff is no longer a part of us and we want to get it out.

Stage 7 is like doing some bodily Feng Shui. As the person we are evolves to a more authentic being, old energetic patterns need to shift. Patterns of behaviour, emotional responses and protective postures need to be discharged. As we move through Stage 7 mechanical discharge from the body can occur with movement, sound, emotion and even the release of built up toxins. This accompanies the bio-electric discharge when the resolution takes place.

The end result is a feeling of accomplishment, calmness, success, peace and freedom. Just as a clutter-free home feels spacious and Zen, our body, after Stage 7, feels cleared and energetically stable.