Redecorating and Repairs

When you want to change your life, you may not necessarily make a physical move, but a physical change is called for. Whether it's a haircut or new paint, you have a new look, and so you can be different.

Painting surrounds you with new colors. It's cleansing, as if it erases the old by brushing on a coat of a fresh life. We also make simple gestures such as burning candles or sage to change the energy in a room.

Your home's energy reflects your own. If you make a change, it affects you. For instance, if you install a spiral staircase, you're drilling through the center of that energy field. Whole philosophies exist of how to make physical changes so that they benefit you. One of these is Feng Shui, the ancient Chinese art of placement for the most harmonious energy.

Whether you're changing your home or your office, if you know what you want and why you're doing it, you're more likely to get the result you want. You wouldn't want a surgeon to dig into your body just to move something around without a specific purpose and desired effect.

It's the same with changing your environment, although in our physical spaces, we can experiment and learn what we want without damaging a life-support system. Sometimes, we need to move things without a plan in order to learn something on the intuitive level.

We redecorate to feel more comfortable. Back to the Moon and comfort -- if the energy doesn't reflect you now, you feel uncomfortable. To feel more secure in your physical space, you may paint a room or you may find that you have to move.

If there's a really big discrepancy in your life, the energy's not working for you, and you can't fix it by changing things around. You may start with trying to change your home, but if the neighborhood, the city or your work situation is not giving you back what you need, you may need to move.

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Wining and Dining
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