Most of us have goals. Hopefully yours are written down, and perhaps you even have a vision board related to your goals – something that can really help you achieve them more easily. But have you made space for your new ambitions, relationships and experiences to come into your life?
Whenever you want to bring in something new, you must be ready to let go of something to make room for it. When you think about everything as energy, then it makes sense that in order to create something new in your life, you have to let go of old energy.
In Feng Shui we recognize this as we talk about clearing clutter or removing items that no longer have current value for you. The purpose in doing this is to remove old, negative energy that is keeping you stuck or tied to the past. This helps to make room for what you do want to come into your life.
But this doesn’t just apply to your home, or to your office environment. The same concept also applies to your personal environment – your thoughts, beliefs, actions, life situations, relationships. To be able to open up to new energies, you have to be able to let go of the old. To be able to manifest what you want, you need to let go of what no longer serves you. This is true in every area of life.
For example, if you want to lose weight, you will have to let go of something in order to have the new reality of a fit, healthy body:
- You may have to let go of hurts from the past that have caused you to gain weight now
- You may have to let go of beliefs that do not serve you – such as I’m not good enough or feeling that you need to be ‘invisible.’
- You may need to let go of old habits, such as eating unhealthy foods and not exercising.
- You may need to let go of people who are not supportive – who encourage you to eat what is not good for you and tell you that eating healthily and exercising are a waste of time.
- You may need to let go of feelings of guilt or shame and non-acceptance so that you can learn to accept yourself and love yourself enough to do what you need to do to have the body that you want.
If you want to attract a loving relationship:
- You may have to let go of hurts and disappointments from past relationships
- You may have to let go of limiting beliefs, such as I don’t deserve to be loved
- You may have to let go of people in your life who tell you that you can’t have what you want, or who are not supportive.
There is a saying, and I’m not sure where it comes from, but it’s very appropriate here: “To reach for something greater, you must first let go of what’s in your hand.” I think that sums it up quite nicely.
If your life is already full, you will have trouble attracting new experiences and opportunities. You’ll have to let go of something to make room for what you want.
You can certainly use your environment to help you with this. When you let go of physical things in your home or work space, you are releasing energy that you don’t need. This, in turn, will help your personal energy and will help you to let go of people, situations, beliefs, etc., that no longer serve you.
Even more interestingly, when you actively look for what is no longer serving you in your life with the intention of letting it go – new, unexpected and wonderful opportunities just start showing up.
Tags: Feng Shui, Feng Shui Home, Feng Shui Life, Law of Attraction, Life Balance
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