Time is Relative

I had second thoughts about my last post and realized that it sounded quite elitist. I am well aware that not everyone has total control over her or his time. Having said that, being aware of our own energy ebbs and flows can help us to pace ourselves throughout the day even if we must work a schedule set by someone else.

Have you noticed that as we go through life there are periods that seem to require too much energy, due to career demands or raising a family? Times when we don’t have enough time in the day? Then there are times, either due to illness, family problems, or unemployment that we seem to have too much time. Our feelings about time are relative and depend on whether our personal energy is yin or yang. There are things throughout life that influence our time and energy that we cannot control. But Feng Shui provides remedies that can mitigate the stress on us both physically and emotionally.

For a person with yin energy, it might be tempting to surround oneself with calm, using pale colors, plush carpets and low lighting. But this will lead to the feelings of being sedentary, tired, stuck or even depressed.  This is when you feel like crawling into a hole. 

For a person with a lot of yang energy the temptation is to surround oneself with hard shiny surfaces, lots of metal, loud music, and bright colors.  This will lead to rash, frantic, hyperactive behavior. People describe this as being “beside themselves.” Yang energy needs spaces of quiet yin energy to calm them down while yin energy needs at least spaces with yang energy to give them a new lease on life. Deliberately arranging your surroundings with supportive energy is healing for both extremes. There are always factors that we cannot change that determine how we spend our time but with intention and Feng Shui remedies we can focus on balance and healing.

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