"Awareness,
as it relates to clearing in this course, is the ability to tune into
and observe an experience with the five primary senses (smell, taste,
touch, hearing, sight) and the sixth sense of inner knowing - in present
time.
Feeling and witnessing a task or a stressful situation in the
present moment does a magical thing: it releases stuck energy, quiets
the mind, helps us detach more easily, and creates openings that weren't
there before."
Today's lesson is an invitation rather than a "to do" to get out and
practice it! Looking at clearing my space as an invitation rather than a
dreaded obligation or a sense of overwhelm and then avoidance. Because
it is in looking at the dread or overwhelm or avoidance, I get to tune
into my senses as well.
Right now, as I notice that reaction, I smell the lovely lavender
lingering on me somewhere, I taste the slight and pleasant aftertaste of
a green smoothie I just had, I'm touching this cold keyboard on a cool
overcast damp day, I hear the chimes in the wind, and I see before me my
altar I created on my deep windowsill, sparkling subtly, realizing that
I created this altar a few weeks ago as a way to clarify my intentions
for the coming year.
I then can start to relate with gratitude for the home that shelters
me and all of its contents and ask myself, why wouldn't I want to care
for it and clear away the clutter. It has provided me with so much. Or,
what if I took on being curious about my piles? Hah! Look at that
curious little sculpture of willy nilly papers mixed in with some
whatnot! How can I reassemble this? Hmmmmm. When I can look at my home
space as an emerging sculpture that also functions for my life, I can
get real creative and make it fun.
So on this last day of the year, I'm inspired to honor my space and
it's contents, thank it and sweep away what's in the way and create
clear pathways for the new year to come in. Then by tomorrow in the new
year, I will set my intentions that I have been crafting and place them
on by Abundance gua to give a charge to the year!
