Serenity

"...Without it wounds are slow to heal.  With it all things are possible."

-From the Healing Runes

I commit to more practice, daily, every day, of serenity.  The first pair of new boots I've bought in several years enclose my feet and ankles to aid the restoration of weakened ankles.  I'm getting used to them.

A douser from the Island comes to help me with energies affecting me where we live in the forest.  We wish to stay here.  Gods willing the serenity I need to accept comes as part of that 'all things are possible.'

I'm stitching up a sweet Penny Pouch for the Vardo's Abundance Corner.  A meditative hand-stitching project that keeps me in the practice a stitch at a time.  Once the dousing cures have been set, the Penny Pouch will hang in the Fortune Corner. 

(...for more information about Feng Shui, Abundance, Fortune Corner there are many books to glean meaning for you.  I have enjoyed The Feng Shui of Abundance by Hilton for many years, and it's from that resource that the idea of the Penny Pouch did spring.)

MOVE THE Scissors: a feng shui lesson from VardoForTwo

Feng Shui, the ancient science of placement and space based on the Chinese philosophy of attending to the elements of nature and their affect on life with ones home or office or town has been a long-time practice for me.  While we constructed and then created our tiny space which is in essence a bedroom, Feng Shui was ever present in my view.  Challenged by the sensitivities I live with, the basic "good feng shui" tenants have had to be adjusted to accomodate the reality that it is difficult or impossible (at this time) to be with some of those Feng Shui tenants or "cures."  My great-grandfather AhKoon was pure Chinese, my grandfather Amona was half Chinese.  The blood of that ancient legacy traces itself in me, so I ask the ancestors, "Help me out here!"  I've gotta make some wise adjustments to the perfect alignments because we live in a space that is lined with Metal Energy (all the stainless steel walls) and we have one of those beds that is right out of the "not so good feng shui" examples. 

3.  Make sure (THE BED) is a good height. To allow for a balanced feng shui energy flow under the bed you need to have your bed at a reasonable height above the floor level. Generally, the beds that have built-in storage drawers underneath to help you with storage solutions are considered bad feng shui beds. Why? Because the energy needs to circulate around your body when you sleep, which is not possible if the space underneath the bed is blocked.

http://www.wikihow.com/Feng-Shui-Your-Bedroom

Trust the universe, tether our camels and Feng Shui

In so many ways I live a life of symbolism and am challenged to navigate the concrete world. Perhaps the greatest opportunities for us come from knowing how much I value the symbolism and make everyday rituals present everywhere I turn. Today has been a mixed bag of tricks I knew I'd need a few naps ... so, I've been napping and tinkering with a few of my favorite everyday rituals. Every where we have lived, on each island in the Pacific where we have made a home, including the inside of our faithful "Scout" the Subaru I have brought my understanding of Feng Shui to clear, bless and balance with respect, the places we make our home. The inside of VARDOFORTWO fits easily into the eight-sided shape of the traditional Bagua. To keep things simple I focus on two "corners" as I start to be inside: 1) the left-hand corner and the center of the home. The left-hand corner is the prosperity or wealth corner. It is the corner that when in harmony, will attract all that 'abundance' means to us. 2) the center of our home is the health or true center of all ... the balancing point... and we need that. It is said that if some area of your life is out of balance, and you're not quite sure where that imbalance is, harmonize and pay attention to the middle.

The photo above is the Center of VARDOFORTWO ... the health of our home ... I've hung my crystal from the center beam to encourage harmony, and clear what needs to be cleared. Yellow is a good color for health ... with that in mind we have painted the ceiling a muted yellow-green and may yet paint it again with a true yellow.

The crystal seems to be reflecting beautiful light there ... happy, happy !

I love this photo of Pete's walking stick, his o`o, in the Prosperity and Abundance Corner. In a very meaningful way the simplicity and usefulness of that stick placed in the left-hand corner is an everyday ritual of acknowledgement. Simple Works. The stainless walls reflect that stick in a spacey dazey way. Amplifying the intention. It's ALIVE and we are thankful.


We are great fans of leaving MESSAGES FOR THE WATER we drink. See the photo below: Today I wrote out a new message for our water, perfect reminder for me when I start feeling allergic to my own DNA ... ie. holding on to thoughts and body messages that are no longer good for me. That new message is on the freshly filled water in the kitchen. I'm drinking that as soon as I'm pau with this post:)

The photo above is one of the "tether our camels" sort of practices. I use powered milk and baking soda to wash and rewash fabric that I get from thrift shops that need to be de-stinked of smells, and use those two simple products for all our clothes washing these days. Learning how to live without buying a lot of off-the-shelf cleaning products is both a MCSmart tether our camel practice and a wise way to use our resources. Before I cut and stitch the fabric (pictured on the VERY TOP) everything goes through the milk and soda washing routine. We do so appreciate the many, many days and nights of having this very good washing machine. We have had other days when washing everything we owned by hand in a bucket was our choice (and it worked with some practice).