Mar 28 2008
The Bagua Map - The Creativity Area
The Creativity area (also called Creativity and Children) is about experiencing joy in your life. We can all think ‘abstractly’ about what brings us joy. The challenge as I see it, is to be devoted to experiencing joy.
The pace of life is such that for many of us, joy is the last thing on our list after all we have to do has been taken care of. What a small world we then create for ourselves! I have observed in my own life that I am often my own ‘make-work project’, but those projects that seem very important and even urgent at the time, are quickly forgotten. And I observe is that they take me away from what is truly important in life.
The effect of the Creativity area is to wake us up, for many people feel fully awake and alive when they are experiencing joy. These are the moments where we are ‘being’ instead of ‘doing’. Getting more done will not feed your soul — most of the time we can not even remember what we have done. Taking time to experience, for instance, a beautiful sunset can be an experience that stays with you forever. And experiencing joy in your life supports your health on all levels. The gift of Presence is the biggest we can give to ourselves and to each other.
~*~ When to Enhance the Creativity Area ~*~
You can enhance the Creativity area of your home according to the bagua enhancements for this area, but better still, why not ‘be’ creativity? For many of us we will need to practice:
- putting yourself first
- avoid overbooking or creating more ‘busy’ work for yourself
- learning to delegate and say no
- identifying what brings you joy (a daily walk in nature, painting, reading a book, spending time with a friend, watching the sunset….there are endless possibilities.
- making time for joy a priority.
© Deborah Redfern, 2008. All rights reserved.