All clutter has an energetic hold on us, even when it is not in our living or working spaces. Many of us have things stored in our parents’ or friend’s garages, or in paid storage space. This can be costly, draining, and a nuisance for the people storing it.
Sometimes we store things elsewhere because they don’t fit with what we are doing at the moment. This can be a temporary arrangement, for example, we are moving overseas for a while, or permanent, because our belongings have outgrown our space. When putting things in temporary storage it is important to set a time limit. Temporary storage can easily turn into permanent storage which we aren’t dealing with.
Businesses store archived records out of necessity. Archived records should be looked through occasionally to see if they are still needed for taxation purposes or other obligations.
Sometimes people borrow things and still have them years later. Try to get closure by gifting them the item or asking if they want to buy it. By dealing with off-site clutter you’ll also clear you subconscious mind of clutter and feel energetically free.
Copyright Helen Harvey 2007. All rights reserved.
Phyllis Krystal has a wonderful book ‘Cutting the Ties that Bind’. It describes a method of meditation in which you energetically separate yourself from those people who have some sort of a “hold” on you. It allows you to deal with them from a centered place rather than from a place with baggage.
Not returning borrowed items and resentment of the non-returned items seems to me like a situation that could hold a quite an emotional charge that would underly all interactions. This kind of chronic irritant cannot be good for any relationship. So, when there is trouble in the areas of relationships, family or career looking at those areas of the bagua map with this kind of clutter clearing in mind may unearth some interesting findings.
Cheers, Brenda