Feng Shui Fun On The Run

A silk ficus tree wrapped in white twinkle lights with a blue ceramic pot enhances the energy of all the elements. 

Feng Shui Fun On The Run

Set the stage for an enchanting evening with 33 tea light candles in votives/jars placed all around your garden.

The Heart's Intuitive Intelligence

The Heart's Intuitive Intelligence

If you're not aware of the Heart's intuitive intelligence, add this to your knowledge today. Please share. I recommend everything HMI does. Be a part of the GCI and join me and many others as we contribute our energies to the Earth's collective field of energy.

Boring Cubicle Farm to Soaring Cubicle Charm…Pick a Theme!

A good friend of mine sent me a photo of her new "office" the other day in an email with a Subject Line that said "Help!" This is what I saw:

I do love to play with these grim, gray spaces and turn them into fun, fanciful spaces. 

Move your Office to the Islands! 

My friend had already made considerable effort to change the vibrational frequencies in her cubicle She has her monitor mirror up to see anyone stepping into the open space at her back. There is a pot of bamboo in her wealth corner. There is a calendar which affirms what I know about her affinity for the beach. She also has a photo of herself at the beach tucked in behind her monitor.

I am sending you to the islands every day instead of to the grind. Let's set the stage. Here are photos of what is in my imagination. Simple additions will result in big shifts of how this cubicle feels. I've added the Caribbean images here but you can certainly do the Pacific if you prefer that energy. Choose your favorite place and get some of that printed wallpaper. I've even seen posters at Michael's and Hobby Lobby you could cut to fit. 

To follow through on the theme, you will see that I've PhotoShopped in a Hawaiian basket under her orchid and removed the Glade air freshener she had beside it (not cute, indicates she feel the space smells bad). She can keep the air freshener, just not out where you can see it as it detracts from the sense of BEing in the islands. I have also moved her monitor mirror to the lower edge of the overhead cabinet, effectively creating the illusion of its disappearance while reflecting incoming activity from behind.

In the other photo I've PhotoShopped in a little Hawaiian lamp, a pineapple platter for her papers, keys, pens, or whatever; and a couple of chambered nautilus shells. I encourage her to hang a mobile of tropical fish or one of those fish scale wind chimes from the ceiling above her cubicle's left wing. She should post lots of photos she has taken on trips to to the beach, including her personal visits to Belize, Arruba, Cancun, Cozumel, and Hawaii. She can take this to the next level by posting images of the next trip she intends to take...and cutting herself out of other pictures and placing herself into the new image. She can keep a dish of taste treats from the islands such as macadamia nuts or pineapple candies, whichever appeals most to her. She could keep some of those tiny umbrellas for her water glass, add a ring of orange or lemon or a wedge of pineapple, and stay in the mood all the time.

IF she worked in Honolulu, she'd have a lei or two draped somewhere, and maybe a carved statue - perhaps a hula dancer(?), and perhaps a fan made of palms. She might have a coconut shell pencil holder? She can just as easily switch this to Cuban beach or the Bahamas, depending on her choice of accessories. I encourage you to have fun staging the scene. I would bring sunscreen to the office and use it like lotion just to get the scent into the mindset.  :)  Hit every sensory input button you can. Think steel drum music or perhaps ukelele music - again whichever matches your personal magic.

Here's the thing to remember: Every time you step into your space, you want to step into another reality. Put Jimmy Buffet or some reggae on your computer, or play the sound of the sea all day softly so it doesn't bother others. The background images of the palms and water posted on the background fabric are of primary importance. They will have the biggest impact. Your co-workers will FLIP and you will love it every day!

"The Boughs" - watercolor, artist unknown

4 Easy Steps to Blessing Your New Home

So you have a new home... Congratulations!! Blessing your house changes it from a structure to a home, giving it life via your appreciation, love and respect. Here is a simply way to place your vibrational frequencies to harmony in a new home.

First, clean it top to bottom, inside and out. The windows should sparkle. All plumbing fixtures should be pristine. Floors should glisten. The place should look, smell, and feel fresh.

Bring the house a beautiful bouquet of your favorite flowers. Place them in a vase in the heart of the house. Raise your arms out to the space as if to hug the whole place, and speak aloud, "I am your new owner. (If you are going to name the place, now is the time to do that and tell it its name.) You and I are one. We will live and grow together, protect one another, and honor each other always and in all ways. I bring you life and beauty as my gift to you. I ask for your support and sanctuary. May God and all the angels bless this home and all within with health, wealth, joy, grace, and abundance." (Click here to download this blessing as a PDF.)

Bow to the house. Then take a fresh box of Kosher or sea salt. Sprinkle a line of salt across the driveway entrance(s) and all exterior doors (including garage doors). Then, starting just inside the front door with the door closed, call in the four archangels. Ask Uriel, Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael to guide and protect you always. Then, moving always clockwise, place a pinch of salt in each corner of every room (and in front of any poison arrows you come across as you go), until you have done this in all corners in all rooms on all floors and returned to the front door where you redraw an inside line of salt. Then go put a heavy pinch of salt down every drain, including toilets, sinks, showers, bathtubs, washer drains, and dishwasher bottoms.

Light a candle and put on some awesome music. Break bread (eat something tasty) and drink a glass of your favorite beverage, saying in your blessing of the food that there will always be bountiful food and celebration in the house. Thank God and the angels for your feast, your celebration, and your wonderful new home.

Yes, You Can Take It With You

Make Your Own Traveling Feng Shui Supply Kit

The man in my life came home from a business trip recently complaining about the hotel room and how he found it to be uncomfortable, noisy, and sterile. He was there for three nights and he began to find its lack of supportive energy tedious. By the time he got home, he was exhausted. His energy didn't return till after 48-hours in his normal sweet feng shui support.

Knowing he had to go back the following week, I prepared him a travelling feng shui supply kit. I sent him with a blue scarf to lay across the table or chest in his room (also to cover poison arrows), a couple of stones, a candle in a glass votive with a box of matches, a tiny metal statue, a chunk of wood from a special tree, and a small octagonal mirror. He set these out when he got into his room, lighting the candle as he came back each night. The next trip was much easier on him. He returned home charged by his journey instead of drained, and he was ready to return to his routine the next day.

You can do this too. Whether it's a trip to a friend's home, a business trip, or a vacation, you always benefit from supportive feng shui in your environment. All you need to do is pack something lovely from each of the five elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. You can even combine elements for less things to pack. For example, a square metal framed photo of a loved one standing under palm trees at the seashore gives you all five elements in one item:

• Earth energy from the square
• Metal energy from the frame
• Fire energy from the loved one (all living things have Fire energy)
• Wood energy from the palm trees
• Water energy from the ocean at the beach

The most important things to consider when choosing what to take with you are that

• You like looking at each item: they make your eyes smile
• All five elements are represented
• They travel easily: not too large or heavy or easily broken

In order to determine what to pack, select any one from each of the following five headings, according to what feels right to you. Feel free to mix and match for each trip:

Wood

• Things made out of any kind of wood
• Things that look like wood or plants
• Small silk plant
• Paper
• Book
• Basket
• Something made of cotton
• Anything the color of wood, any shade of green, any color that might be in a cornucopia

Fire

• Candles
• Statues of animals and anything made from animals like leather or ivory
• All technology-your computer, cell phone, iPad, iPod, et.
• Anything that uses electricity
• Anything the color of fire: reds, oranges, fiery yellows

Earth

• Anything made of earth: marble, terra cotta, limestone, sandstone
• Crystals, rocks, geodes
• Stone coaster for your beverage
• Jewelry with gemstones: diamonds, emeralds, rubies, turquoise, etc.
• Anything the color of earth: sand, brick, taupe, yellow (like sulphur), ochre, rust, etc.

Metal

• Anything made of metal
• Coins from your pocket
• Keys
• Metal dish
• Anything the color of metal: gold, silver, copper, bronze

Water

• Jug for your water
• Bucket for ice
• A mirror
• Anything made of glass
• A watercolor
• Anything the color of water: blue, turquoise, aqua, navy, or black

I'd love to hear about your Traveling Feng Shui kit. What did you choose? Send me a photo of your kit set up and I'll send you the Five Elements Chart so you can identify even more layers of the energies of each element.

Mystery, History, and Hidden Meanings

5 Things To Keep In Mind About the Meaning of Papal Resignation, Lightning Strikes & Meteorites

First of all, the Pope has resigned. Heaven only knows all the details and reasons behind that choice.  What we do know is that he is done. Finis. Stick a fork in him, wave bye bye, he's outa here. That means there will be a Cardinal's council convened and charged to elect a new Pope. The Church will continue and has procedures in place to ensure its continuity. They have waaaaay too much money and power to just close their doors and go away because Benedict resigned.

Yes there is a prophecy from back in the 12th century that said there would be 112 popes and Benedict was number 111. There was a much older prophecy that the world would end with the Mayan calendar last December and you know how that turned out. Foretelling the future is tricky. You should keep in mind that our Earth is not broken. The Big Bang is not going to come back together in a Big Crunch. In fact, scientists tell us that the Universe is expanding more and faster than ever before. The Divine Plan is that everything everywhere seeks to grow. That includes you and your dreams. When you quit growing you begin dying. Benedict is dying. You and your dreams are not!

According to my sources, the Catholic Church—and Christianity for that matter—is not done. Dogma is done, but not the teachings of Christ. Churches, in general, are losing their appeal to their members, due partly the tendency today to resist blind acceptance of edicts from an organization which seeks to get between a person and their God. People today are more spiritual and less religious. With the understanding that God is not a Catholic, Jew, Muslim, or Hindu, comes the realization that God simply is. No church is required for admission to talks with the Big Guy in the Sky. Kindness will always be a good idea.

The fact that lightning struck the peak of the Vatican just after Benedict's announcement means there was a powerful charge of static electricity that discharged itself from the sky, through the lightning rod at St. Peter's, to the ground. Lightning has always rattled us. Hearing the thunder will cause people and animals to cower. Zeus and Thor are well known for their lightning bolts, as well as many other gods. All of us have heard "God will strike you down for saying/doing that!" That strike part refers to lightning and we know it. Lightning has supernatural importance. If it struck the top of your house it would get your attention. What YOU think it means determines the meaning of it. My sources say, "Hmmmm, very interesting. I wonder what's been going on in there lately?" What we know for sure is that Benedict is leaving and someone else is coming in. We also know there has been a large discharge of power.

Right on the heels of this comes the 55 foot in diameter/10,000 ton meteor which let loose nearly 500 kilotons of energy as it burned through the sky at Chelyabinsk, Russia. This was almost thirty times more energy than the atom bomb released when it was dropped on Hiroshima! Thirty times more! Yes, some buildings were damaged and some people were hurt, but everyone really did come out in the best of results with this natural disaster. A meteor falling to Earth adds a bit of star dust to our planet. Something new has definitely been added. A miracle happened when so little damage and death were caused by this event.

Put these events together and you have quite a pot of gumbo, as my mama would say. Here's your take away:

1. There are BIG changes coming to the Catholic Church with a completely new leader on the way. Change is good.
2. Spirituality is growing to be more pervasive while religious dogma is fading from our lives. We will connect to our God without assistance, interference, or guidance. This is all good.
3. Lightning strikes all the time all over the earth. We are watching the Vatican. We are aware that a wrist has been slapped. We are also aware that a shift in power has occurred. Another good thing.
4. A once in a century sort of meteorite has landed in Russia and caused surprisingly little damage. Smile. Expect more good stuff.
5. Whatever is coming next, expect something wonderful. What you look for is what you'll see.