Where Energy Flows

I love working with the Abundance area because it holds a depth of meaning, far beyond material abundance. It is really about the law of attraction and I write about this in my e-course Dancing with Energy: 9 Steps to Manifesting your Soul’s Desires with Feng Shui.

The Law of Attraction
The law of attraction says that whatever you think about, you attract. If you are thinking about scarcity, lack, waste, need, neglect, exploitation or manipulation — you will attract more of it. How do you feel when you read those words? Did your energy fall? Now think about the words abundance, plenty, equality, fairness, respect, attention and consideration. These words raise energy.

Abundance is really about the choices you make.  Your choices reflect your essential values, discovering what is important and valuable for you and letting go of whatever does not represents those values.

So, working with the Abundance area, imagining and experiencing your inner wealth, you can ask yourself what is important and valuable to you in each of the bagua areas:

reputation     •       relationship     •     creativity     •     helpful people      
career     •     self knowledge    •    family

This is all well and good, I hear you say, but what about material abundance? That’s what I am really interested in. Getting clear about your essential values will help you attract material abundance.  (If you say, I don’t think about scarcity …  oh wait, you just did, didn’t you?) Without clarity on what you really want, those sneaky self-sabotaging thoughts creep into our thoughts and vocabulary.

Stay tuned for the rest of this series on the bagua areas, and refresh your memory by reading the first post in this series The Bagua Map: Family Heritage.

~*~ When to Enhance the Abundance Area ~*~

• when you are ready to embrace abundance on all levels
• when you have experienced a set back in any area of life

~*~ Colours to Use ~*~
Traditionally the colours for the Abundance area are red, blue and purple.

~*~ Element Symbols ~*~
The Element symbol for the Abundance area is Wood. Wood element symbols are healthy plants, flowers, objects made of wood, columns and floral prints, stripes.

~*~ Life Symbols ~*~
Images and symbols that represent abundance are those that have a good flow of energy. Water, for example, is traditionally associated with wealth. Water can be a bowl of water - perhaps with some flowers floating on top, a tabletop fountain, aquarium, courtyard or patio fountain or pool, and of course property located on a lake, river or ocean.

But beyond this, if an object, symbol or colour feels good to you, it is an appropriate life symbol for abundance.

~*~ How to Use ~*~
Use any of the enhancements of colour, element symbols or life symbols in the Abundance area of your home.

© copyright 2007 Deborah Redfern. All rights reserved.

Last week I wrote an article “Five Elements and the Wizard of Oz.” The next morning, I opened my e-mail to find a note from June, the editor at Self Healing Expressions. She asked if I had any articles for this month’s newsletter. I wrote back and said, “of course! Is there a theme?” The reply: Lessons from Oz. I wrote back and said, “You aren’t going to believe this, but yesterday I wrote a piece on Oz!”

The idea for the five-element piece linked to Oz had been percolating in my subconscious for quite a few years. I keep a folder of article ideas and it was in there — not much more than a title. But the timing — why I opened that folder and clicked on that file on that day? That is a wonderful mystery. Call it chance, or coincidence, or synchronicity…I call it the law of attraction.

Very simply, a vibration was sent out (June’s intention to center this month’s newsletter around Oz) and I received it. I wrote the article very quickly; it seemed to flow from me and I felt very aligned and confident. You might like to see the finished article on the Self Healing Expressions newsletter website. Mike, the web designer, added fun sound effects from The Wizard of Oz. Click on the link to read the interactive version of The Five Elements and the Wizard of Oz.

Much of Interior Alignment™ is about the law of attraction. Some would say it is all about the law of attraction because behind all that we do as practitioners and teachers is Intention. Intention is simply this: what do you want in your life? Then, we as Interior Alignment™ practitioners and teachers give you examples of how you can create a conducive environment, one which is in alignment with your intention. When you are sending out a vibration which matches your intention, you have created the first important step in the law of attraction and drawing to you what you desire.

© Copyright Deborah Redfern 2007.  All rights resserved.