The Incredible Resiliency of Being
By Liv Kellgren, WSFS Instructor
My mom was enjoying a romantic weekend away.
With her boyfriend.
On a motorcycle.
It did not end well.
Crisis = Danger + Opportunity
The Chinese character for Crisis is actually two characters side by side: Danger and Opportunity. Danger seems to be short-lived and easily identifiable. Danger, hot water! Danger, mind the gap! Danger, accident ahead! Meanwhile, Opportunity triggers the start of a much longer process, teeming with questions and decisions that can only unfold over time. Opportunity, go back to school! Opportunity, travel abroad! Opportunity, 6 months of rehab!
I’m really glad that Danger is over so quickly.
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: Wind and Water
Feng Shui, translated as “Wind and Water,” observes the relationship between the seen and unseen forces of nature. Like wind and water, you and your environment are two forces of nature. Your desires, goals, talents, attitudes, and feelings—like the unseen force of wind; and the home environment you live in—like the seen force of water; are constantly interacting and influencing each other. And as with wind and water, when you and your home blend harmoniously, the effect is friendly, comfortable, and positive. Life is replete with fair weather conditions such as abundant resources, good relations, and a steady stream of opportunities. In such harmonious circumstances, your health, prosperity, and happiness thrive.
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: Opening Your Feng Shui Eyes
It is a real act of courage to open your Feng Shui eyes and take a detailed look at what your home is saying about you. It usually leads to extraordinary insights, immediate calls to action, and deeply empowering inner and outer changes. Your discoveries can also be exhausting and overwhelming. As you correlate the arrangement of your home with your goals and desires, you recognize what’s strengthening and enhancing—or weakening and detracting from—your well-being.
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: Connected by Ch’i
Everything Is Connected by Ch’I: The second principle of Feng Shui is that every person, place, and thing is connected by Ch’i. The energy that connects us to our personal environment extends to include our entire planet. Energetically, there is no such thing as isolation. Although our connections are usually strongest with the people, places, and things that are physically located close by, we are essentially in relationship with everyone and everything on Earth.
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: Alive with Ch’i
Everything Is Alive with Ch’I: The first principle in the Feng Shui philosophy is that every person, place, and thing is alive with the vital energy we call Ch’i. This concept is all-inclusive, changing our physical existence from a world “that” is largely inanimate to a world “who” is completely alive. When we see our world as made up of animate “beings,” we make decisions differently than when we see things as inanimate. Indiscriminate destruction of our natural world, as well as amassing large quantities of possessions we don’t love or need, can only happen when we believe it’s just “dirt” or “stuff.” When we feel the aliveness of all things around us, including the earth beneath our feet and the belongings that surround us, we are compelled to be “care-full.” We tend to slow down, treating ourselves, each other, nature, and our belongings with dignity, knowing that every “thing” is imbued with vital energy.
Read MoreEssential Feng Shui Tips: Simplify and Organize
One of the greatest challenges in our abundant world is to simplify and organize our possessions. Crowded garages, basements, attics, and closets are often the showrooms of excess in our homes. So, when I began to practice Feng Shui, I had to learn some new skills—how to simplify and thoroughly organize my possessions. As I cleared the stuff out, I noticed a rather magical thing happening: the more I released the old, the more I received the new—in the form of wonderful new belongings and opportunities that I really did want and need. I’d simplify and organize my closet, give away a bag of clothes, and the next thing I knew, I’d find the perfect new clothes. Then, I’d be invited to an event, wear my new clothes, meet people interested in my work, and my business would expand. I’d sort through my cabinets, get rid of things I no longer had a use for, and something I needed or wanted to do would soon flow into my life. It’s absolutely predictable.
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