Every one of our life circumstances is a reflection of our inner state of Being. So it’s not surprising that incredible amounts of insight can be gained just by looking around our physical space!
Have a look at your current environment, just as it is right now. Your entire surroundings are reflecting your inner state of Being back to you, just as you are right now. I had tremendous fun doing this exercise this morning, contemplating the several boxes that, two months after moving, are somehow still sitting around upstairs. Here’s what I discovered:
Boxes that are open but not yet unpacked. Meaning: I’m almost ready to settle down after a year of whirlwind changes in life and business … but not quite. And since I’m tolerating the boxes with a surprising amount of equanimity, I must be willing to wait on settling down until I’ve created exactly what I want.
A bookshelf in mid-assembly. Meaning: I’m creating supportive structures. I have the concept and I’m in the process of implementing … but it’s not all built yet. It’s amazing how true this is for my business right now!
Everything is really, really clean. (I’m not a neat-freak … my housekeeper was here today. I’m still taking credit for the cleanliness!) Meaning: I am clear on what I want. No negative energy is interfering with my process.
There are disorganized places all over … in closets, on my desk, etc. Meaning: While I’m clear on what I want, I’m not sure yet where or how everything fits in! So true …
I have a surprising amount of water glasses everywhere! Meaning: Hmm. I’m going to take it as a nudge from myself to drink more water!
We can gain a stunning amount of insight into ourselves from our surroundings. If our space is disorganized, are our thoughts and plans in disarray also? If we’re constantly picking stuff up off the floor, are we dropping the ball somewhere in our lives … or feeling that way? If we have too much stuff and our closets are overflowing, have we outgrown other circumstances, such as a relationship or job?
Don’t second-guess your initial interpretations! You are trying to tell yourself something through your physical surroundings … and you are not going to be cryptic with yourself.
We create all the time, consciously or unconsciously. We do this so that we can experience ourselves though our creations in new ways – even if that creation is just the state of our home.
Can you “read†your space? What is your environment reflecting back to you?
Blessings,
Andrea
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Ouch! That one hurt!! OK,
I did laundry today and pillows and blankets are strewn everywhere:
Cleaning but ready to get messy with it?
There are stacks and stacks of catalogs and magazines everywhere…love new ideas, but not ready to settle on one yet?
Shoes dominate every room: ready to go at a moments notice?
Very dusty (VERY dusty): overall lack of clarity.
Ironically, on my list today is major cleaning and organinzing…just haven’t quite started it yet…nursing a stiff neck. OK, Andrea, what’s THAT about?
A few months ago I downsized to a smaller home. After reading what you wrote, I thought about my new environment.
I actually have things better organized here and mostly like the way things look in all the rooms. It’s clean and smells good, there is plenty of light,and I have more houseplants than ever. I even have both a tall ficus tree and Norfolk pine tree inside.
I took my time unpacking so I could put things in the place I felt best. There are still some boxes not unpacked, but they are put away for the day that I feel in the mood. I have a list of things that I am looking to buy when I find the right ones, such as a new bedroom set. I have acquired quite a few new things already.
What this means to me is: 1)that I am in a happy place in my life 2) I’m indulging myself with special things more now that my self-esteem is better and my kids are grown and on their own,3)nature is playing more of a role in my life 4) I am becoming more organized in my life, thinking thinking things through better, and planning ahead 5)It is easy for me to decorate now in a way that suits me since I know myself so well, and 6) Although I worked hard at getting rid of things when we moved to a home half the size so it would be easier to take care of I can see I have begun to get more clutter-oriented again and will have to conscientiously work on that since it is a long-term issue that keeps arising in my life.
Overall, I am actually very pleased upon reviewing this. I have accomplished quite a few of my goals and my life is getting better all the time. Acquiring too many things just shows I am human and still make some mistakes. Also, that I like to shop. LOL.
Wow! Your post today was talking to ME !! (and I am sure hundreds of others who read it as well ) !
Now I see why I am doing what I have done….so time to clean it up and get on with life! Why do we hesitate and make time for other things when we would be much more centered and happy in just cleaning up and finishing each project as it comes along. Ok, that is probably NOT going to happen hahaha. But I do have to thank you for todays article, Andrea! Surely opened my eyes and made me want to get to work at finishing ‘a few’ needed tasks around here.
Thanks for writing this b/c my homespace is speaking loud and clear.
To show a picture would really say it all. Now picture mail, stray papers, a purse throughout the floor, and sleeping pillows all over the sofa. The adjacent laundry area a disaster: unfolded clean clothes and unlaudried clothes separated by color to be washed! Since I have started a new job it looks worse, and it is waiting on me to decide were to start to set things in its proper order or place. The truth is nothing has been in place for a quite a while, and it reflect the lack of decisiveness, direction, etc. For some reason, I can direct others and think well outside my space, but I just can’t do me right… A past bout with medical issues and conditions can really set you off track, period!!! I believe my living space wants to be clean and whole again.
As that is just what I want for myself, to be set on a clear new chapter or path.
Hi Zan – I love the idea of shoes everywhere. Maybe you really DO want to get going somewhere! It’s actually really funny … unless we create a matching internal shift, our home will usually revert to the same state, even if we get around to organizing and cleaning!
Hi Beth – Congrats on what sounds like a lovely new space!!!
Coral – I confess that I have a hard time finishing things, too. I love to start them, but it’s those last 5% of a project that are just … tedious. Sigh. Something I’m working on, too!
Erica – It sounds like you’re ready to put everything in order, inside and out! Just be gentle with yourself … one thing we have to remember is that one person’s sense of order is another person’s version of a nightmare.
It’s all about creating a space that reflects our most Divine aspect … whatever that looks like for US.
Blessings,
Andrea
Hi that is a great idea Andrea. I have just glanced through but will come back to it. Thank you so much.
i live in a house that is a constant state of remodel and clutter…i realized when i read your post that i have been in a constant state of ‘remodel’ ever since we moved in. every time i would reach a new stage of growth we would finish a room or take a load to the dump. i’m not broken anymore so maybe it’s time to finish the job and move on.
It is funny how I can know something but only selectively apply it. This concept of our environment mirroring our energy state is also consistent with Feng Shui, which I have been working with lately. The concept is that whatever is in around us in our environment is the message we are sending to the universe. Andrea’s message brings this concept down to earth. My house has slipped into a bit of chaos, and my office space is also chaotic, with workbooks, client files and new and unfinished projects lying about. No wonder I don’t have clarity in what I want to do!!
Hi Andrea,
Interesting post! I wonder if the situation is different when you live with 3 other people and 3 dogs?
Meaning – my house is not as orderly and uncluttered as I would like, but I am not willing to make it that way because I end up doing all the work. That says I am honouring my boundaries!
My office is homey, comfily cluttered with art and family mementos, quite organized. What does that say? I want to work from home! Ha – working on that!
Love and light,
Keena
Hi Andrea!
This post is so true. At the moment I am in a temporary state, desperately wanting to move on. So all around me I see temporary arrangements. Nothing is permanent.
And when I wrote this message, guess what the keyword which I had to type said? “move”
Thanks a lot for the insight.
Fran – What an interesting comment! Isn’t it funny how we remodel inside and outside at the same time? It’s also sometimes funny how we’re reluctant to “finish the job,” as you say … it almost then forces us to step up in a bigger way!
Elaine – It’s such a chicken-and-egg question – what comes first, the inner clarity or the outer organization? It’s hard to think clearly in a cluttered space … but the space is cluttered because we’re not thinking clearly. I LOVE life’s mirror effect!
Keena – It’s an interesting question! We DO create all of it, so it’s still a reflection of US.
I hear you on the “work-from-home” subject … I love my commute down the hallway to my office!
Raj – Glad this resonated with you! I guess you know what to do, huh?
It’s tough when we’re in a space that doesn’t energetically “fit” us. I felt like that before I moved into my house … I was in a transitional post-divorce apartment that just didn’t align with me. It was such a relief to move into a more congruent space …. aaaah.
Blessings,
Andrea
Your newsletters are usually about something I need to hear or have been thinking about myself… I don’t know why I’ve never commented before though. But I want to thank you now, for sharing so much with us.
I already knew that my messy space was a reflection of the fact that I am in a kind of limbo right now, and do *not* want to be where I am, but looking around after reading your e-mail I also realised that what my messy space was also telling the universe was: ‘I don’t have the energy to sort this out.’ I don’t have the energy to clean up my room, I don’t have the energy to clean up my life. I don’t have the energy to face how much it hurts, I don’t have the energy to do anything but sulk. And I’m terrified to *start* cleaning, because I’m terrified of what happens next.
Realising this has helped me a great deal. Slowly, I’ve started tidying up
Thank you, Ms Hess. Thank you, thank you
Wow Andrea,
I was going through some websites that I had book marked at some point and had filed under the category of “Spiritual”
Lo and behold I just happened to on one and it brought me here.
Talk about when the student is ready the teacher will find them. I downloaded one of your e-books and now having just finished this article, I’m amazed at just how spirit, the universe, consciousness call it what you will works. Seek and you will find.
This article hit a little too close to home but, that’s how it goes. I realize I’m where I’m at and it’s where I’m suppose to be according to my present state of consciousness. Nothing changes until I do.
Ugh, reality. What a concept lol.
Thanks for everything and blessings to you.
When I read the title of this post, I thought, “Ugh.” Then when I saw how you put it in positive light, I felt so much better and do see how my environment reflects where I am in my progress
I took a look around my space, the first thing I noticed is that it’s small. I reorginized so I’m only cramped in places. Reality check I’ve felt cramped in this room for 4 years.
Haven’t got room for everything, neither is everything where I want it to be (both litterailly and metaphoricly). I’ve got paintings other wall decor that just never got hung up when I move things around (things got displaced and are no longer where they should be). Parts of the room are wodden (which to me is ugly, I prefer plastic and metal) 3 of the 4 major pieces of furniture are not only ugly to me I didn’t even get any say to speak of in picking them (which tells me that other people have gotten alot of say about things in my life that they shouldn’t have). There are spots that are disorginized, not the whole place but spots.
I can’t say that the rest of the house is really my space, infact I walk out of my bedroom door I’m greeted by 2 people who make me pray to a god I don’t beleive in to give me an advance on my money manifestation (I’ve got constant intrusion from them no matter how you look at it)…I’m also being denied oppurtunities by some of the people in my life, oppurtinities for peace being the easist option. But the rest of the house is full of furniture starting to falling apart, and items older than I am most of which work just fine, and there is no need to replace.
Truth be told my enviroment has been sending me one massive message, move on. That’s a message I’ve been trying to take it up on, but it’s far easier said than done. There’s alot of stuck energy and energy of poverty in that house. Just a year ago I was unable to call the place home even though I’ve never lived anywhere else. Like I said I’ve been praying to a good I don’t beleive in for even just enough money to get out of there and stay out so I can grow as person.