I did a massive cleaning/clearing project last week!  It was motivated by a couple of feng shui questions. I’d wondered if I needed a remedy for the iron security bars on my windows and sliding glass doors.  (Yeah, I’m from Miami.)  I learned the remedy is what I’d already done: soften the inside with window treatments, and the outside with bird feeders and tall plants that move in the wind.  I also wondered how might I lay out my feng shui bagua if I have an integral garage? I have a built in two car garage, so it is in the No. 6 Helpful friends, Travel and Guides sector. I read that entering through a messy utility space “can lead to issues such as always putting other people’s needs before your own.” I had an awakening in that moment. I went out to the garage, which I’d last cleaned in 2011. I could get to everything, but it was in much disarray.  I’d slowly let it become a real mess, and I walked past my garbage bins, pest control, tools every time I came in the house.  Enough! I moved the car out and took photos of the garage, my “before” photos. The next morning, I began moving everything out of the garage and onto the driveway. That’s the fastest way for me to organize — clear and clean the room, then decide what goes back in there.
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It went by in a whirlwind, but I’ve definitely been in the flow the last two days. I delivered the May magazine to Cassadaga and Melbourne and had a dozen appointments and errands.  Everywhere I went, it was like clockwork. At Home Depot, I bought a new ceiling  fan since mine stopped working last week, and I also purchased a new shower arm and head.  (Mine had a leak and –> I wrote about it here.) I went home and was surprised it took only a few minutes to replace the shower fixture.  I cleaned up the broken passenger side mirror of my Prius. In just one morning, I attended to a half dozen projects I’d not made time for in months! After watching YouTube videos on replacing the ceiling fan, I scheduled a pal to replace it. The bf kept saying “maybe it’s a connection.” He yanked the pull cord several times quickly tonight — “See?” I said, “I told ya it wasn’t working.”  I told him I was going to open the new fan box and put the blades together. He told me to not open the box yet. He’s very psychic. An hour later I walked into the bedroom and the fan is going!  I know the reason the fan began working again is that I’d cleaned up the stagnant energy around the home repairs.   I’ve had a hole in my shower wall for a month.  It’s been easy to ignore as I shower in the guest bath. The car mirror has needed replacing for over a year.  It’s easy to ignore since I don’t see the duct tape patch when I’m in the car. That’s how I ease into stagnation. Taking my repair list and simply beginning the repairs freed up the energy, and everything began flowing better. And my ceiling fan began working on its own!

When I find myself mindlessly midnight surfing the internet or on Facebook, I’m glad to remember I can choose instead to psych myself up to get a workout in, since I’m always whining about my schedule. After a few minutes, I’m up doing it. Energy flows where attention goes…

Tuesday was a fun in-the-vortex day with longtime galpal Neesey. We did a road trip to Cassadaga and, even though it was work — we were delivering the May magazine — it felt like fun because we didn’t talk about work at all.  It’s rare for me to get to spend hours with a pal just catching up.  That makes it like a vacation in my mind.  I need to plan more of those.

When we came home Saturday night, Benny the Cat was nowhere to be found. We thought “What can we do to put ourselves in the vibe to attract him?” We turned on the TV to the Animal Planet show My Cat From hell and he appeared five minutes later.  Vibrational match!

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It was a great weekend of sleeping in each morning, rare for me!  Saturday we hung out with Ray and Vicki (Rayananda) and got to see the new trails at their barrier island home and a really cool raised veggie garden on the pool deck. We chanted (The Benefits of Chanting here) and there’s nothing like chanting with fellow devotees.  My spiritual lineage is that of twice daily meditation and chanting. I am living proof of the difference it’s made in my life: I am one of the most centered and chill people I know.  Sunday we took a noontime stroll thru the art show, then giant salads at Applebee’s, then home to watch The Legend of Bagger Vance. Didja know it’s based on the story of Arjuna and Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita? Were all golfers, aren’t we, waiting for some magical caddy to handy us the right club. Yeah, that’d be nice, huh?

People and events are responding to you according to what you call into your being.

They don’t just bust contractors for doing a bad job and ripping off homeowners. They offer to pitch in and help the guy get the job done right, under their supervision. Everyone deserves a chance to make it right, without having to do so under threat of prosecution. And when the contractor is honest, he gets free promotion!  Co-host Alison Bedell said on my Facebook post, “Exactly Andrea!!  I’m so glad you’re enjoying the show! It really is important to us that we give the homeowners justice since the legal system does nothing. It’s also really cool to make these hacks accountable for what they do, & also give them the opportunity to redeem themselves! It feels like a public service, LOL, but in the end it works out for everyone! They may learn a thing or two which is also invaluable. We are so excited that the show got picked up for a second season… And now it’ll be hour-long episodes so everyone can get more of everything.”