Cleaning One Self: In and Out

When you feel upset, discouraged or out of control, do you feel the desire to clean? Well, I don't, but when I do try it, it often works for me. There's a deep connection between our personal environment and our innermost selves. Our senses go deep, and those same senses also feel our surroundings. So is it possible that by shifting the arrangement of our stuff we can re-arrange the molecules of our emotional lives as well?

When our homes become messy and disordered, other aspects of our lives also tend to feel stuck. A messy home reflects a distracted and cluttered mind, and it also makes it difficult to focus and think clearly. It tends to be easier to put on hold decisions that could put you back in control of your life. Somehow or rather, we give up on it. The task seems overwhelming, and the clutter is so pervasive that we can't decide where to begin.

Clutter drains your energy and erodes your spirit. Clutter makes it challenging to get things done, enjoy peace and quiet, or spend time the way you really want to. It piles onto your stress, slows you down and drains your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual strength. Clutter makes you lose your focus, thus making you losing your confidence and power as well.

On an energetic level, all this stuff is clouding a clear vision of self. Anything that is neglected, unwanted, or unappealing to you, will bring your energy down every time you look at it. Even a fine-looking object of great value does nothing for you or your home if you don't like it. So if you don't appreciate it, get it out of sight.

Look around you. If you could only choose three, five or even ten items to live with for the rest of your life, what would they be? When you're considering this question, ask yourself - What do they really do for you? Do they empower you? Are they inspiring you to improve yourself?

Everything that surrounds you, should be working for you in one way or another. If the things around your space are not supporting you and contributing to the positive quality of your life, it is time to do something about it!

The defeat, fatigue, and depression that you feel when you think about your clutter will start to lessen as soon as you put yourself in action. The hard part is getting started, but once you do, you will feel the effect of it.

Clutter-clearing creates space for us to discover our true path in life to define who we want to become and align our out self with the inner most self. With this new vision we can consciously decide to surround ourselves with objects and imagery that reflect and support our authentic concept of self.