GeoMancy & MyMancy

Do you sometimes feel crowded with thoughts, less spatial inside and out, feel there is no space to breathe, people and things crowding you physically & mentally. Well, that's how I felt today. So I did Geomancy & this is the 2nd time I'm writing about it and MyMancy(a new term invented by me). Let me define both.



Defination of Geomancy:

"House clearing or space clearing which helps to transform energies in your environment to make it safer, healthier and happier for you, your family, your pets and plants."

Defination of MyMancy:

"Clearing of personal, mental, spiritual, astral, ethereal, psychological space or any other space relating to human body."

I thought, I needed space, real physical space. So I boxed up a few things ready to go to the thrift shop and some for donation. They're all going out tomorrow or maybe, day after, out of my personal space, out of my life.

Being an addicted hoarder, it was not easy. You see, I try to save everything, almost to the point that I crowd myself and my sweet, understanding hubby's personal space. But sometimes, you need to consciously take that hard decision, "to let go". You can't bottle up a lot of data/ emotions all at once. You need to learn to let go of things, past and future. To clear that physical space, so that you'll have some mental space and finally, some peace of mind.

A few days ago, I was talking to my hubby telling him, how I remember people, things, those tiny details that people forget so easily, about past, present and future. I know, it's a gift and I like it many a times. But I feel, it's unnecessary sometimes. Just like a computer, even after being a machine, it can bear only upto a certain storage space. Human mind needs to work like that. We save so much bullshit in our heads, so much unnecessary data that doesn't need to be there in the first place. It needs to be saved on an external storage device, if it's that important. If not, it's better to click that "Delete" button and let it go forever in ether. The past is gone the moment I write this, the future unknown and I care a damn about it. I love the present, but I'm not stuck to it like a dependable clingy wife.

So, I say, from this moment (or who knows since how long I've been planning this), I'll click that delete button as soon as I realize the unimportance of something in my mind, my immediate surrounding and wherever/whenever I can. This can be something present physically, mentally, spiritually, astrally, etherally, psychologically or in any other realms, if they are.

Other thing that I conciously would be doing is, if & when I feel like shopping, I'll ask myself these questions:

1) Do I really need this?

2) Will it make a difference, if I don't have this thing in my life?

3) Do I need this much? If yes, how much do I need? If no, why am I buying this obsolete thing?

4) What will happen, if I buy it/ don't buy it?

5) Will this create a burden on my head?

& lastly and the most important question, if all these questions give me a negative answer, I will ask this to my intuition, my instinct:

6) What do you think? If still no, I'll smile & not buy, if it says yes, I'll buy it/ whatever & follow my high command's order without questioning.

My goal in doing all these exercises:

Clear all spaces and be everything or nothing(as some say). Be so light that to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time. To exist, yet not exist.

Extra Baggage

The other day, I saw the movie, "Up in the air". I love the part where George Clooney gave a seminar on how much extra baggage a person carries in his life. It's true, isn't it. We carry so much extra bagage on us, it's hard for us to walk or even drag ourselves.

I've had this huge hoard of things that I've been hoarding since I was so young that I didn't even know the meaning of hoarding. Yesterday, I started unloading this extra baggage and found out that it was simply meaningless to save it in the 1st place. Such a waste of time and energy.

I have newspaper cutouts, some dating back to the 80's, a lot of loose papers with poems and other information. I've got lots and lots of yarn, vintage and new beads, paintings, etc, etc, etc.

My hubby believes in this philosophy: If you've kept a thing for more than a year and you've not used it, the chances are that you'll never use it. Either discard it, donate it or sell it.

It's believed in Feng-Shui that clutter blocks your positive energy. I believe that old things do it too. As they're old and old means your past, psychologically you're clinging to your past, not allowing energy to flow. Thus creating present hurdles in your life. Hoard may also mean weight on your mind, a burden which you carry with each waking hour.

I know it won't sound good coming out from the mouth of a hardcore hoarder to say that hoarding is one of the bad habits. Well, I'm a hoarder but I realize that it's harmful and do take some action. Afterall, action is more important than just bragging.

A few years back, I hand shredded loads of papers which contained my poems and other handwritten stuff. I don't regret it a bit. I felt calm and at peace with myself and believe me, a lot of good changes happened in my life as I let go of my past.

Space can create magic within and outside. The more space you've, the more you'll feel calmer. Yesterday, I got rid of another 6kgs worth of weight from my life. I gave away a few fashion mags. Today, I'm in the process of unloading or shedding another 10kgs. Although, I'm not that well, it already makes me feel good.

Physical space is important, but virtual space is just as important as physical space. Sometimes, we just favourite a page, or save a file thinking we'll use it when we get more time. I've bunchloads of favourites and I've hardly ever used them. This is a game to me. I'm planning next to clear my virtual space.

BEWARE: Never ever clear your clutter in a short span of time. This will bring a huge change in your life, sometimes overwhelming you.