‘Housework’ – that dreaded word and task – is something we do and share if we live with others, but sometimes it can be difficult to fit it in, or your week has been so full-on that the thought of having to do the housework becomes a real chore, instead of the real joy that it is or can be.
It can feel a tireless and endless chore, because no matter how much you cleaned the house last week, every week it awaits requiring the same attention; it can feel a thankless task because nobody notices your housework, unless it’s not done!
The very word ‘housework’ holds an association of something that requires several hours of hard labour… perhaps a changing of the word is needed. For example, instead of saying, “I have to do my housework because it’s looking like a bomb just went off,” we can say:
“It’s time I brought some love and harmony into my living space.”
There is a different quality to our house cleaning and clearing when we do it for ourselves as opposed to doing it when we have guests arriving, so the outer looks good, but inside those cupboards and drawers are perhaps bulging messes as we have shoved things away quickly. Out of sight, yes, but nevertheless affecting us energetically.
What if we saw the bigger picture that having a clean orderly, spacious house actually supports us in all areas of our life, for example: clarity in decision making, expressing our feelings, a deeper quality of sleep, and on a practical level, completing tasks, getting things done without any push or drive, and keeping life simple and uncomplicated…?
Every home has a different feel and is a reflection of the person or people living there, and if one is willing to accept this, then what is your home reflecting back to you?
If your home had a voice, what message would it relay?
And would you listen or would you ignore and continue in old routines and patterns?
Our houses provide a solid foundation for our physical bodies to come back to and rest after the activities, demands and the busyness of the day, where we may have allowed our energy to be scattered and even absorbed things from others, leaving us feeling tired and drained.
In coming home after a long day, do you walk into a mini-heaven, embracing the stillness and the holding quality of love that you have built that supports your body to release and let go… or do you enter a mini-disaster and feel the tension escalating in your body?
However we leave our house in the morning, is how we will find it on our return.
It feels to me our house or homes are so much more than bricks and mortar. How we treat them, either with neglect or with care and love, is a reflection of how we are treating our physical vehicle of expression – our highly tuned and sensitive light bodies.
I now get a sense of a deeper message and symbolism between the two.
However we leave this life, is exactly what we’re coming back to…
Housework and maintaining a clean orderly, spacious house has a whole new perspective and dimension.
If there is any possibility that we do come back, then it is my responsibility to come back to a physical, bodily vibration that has harmony in-house.
I have already started preparing!
By Jacqueline McFadden, BA, Complementary Health Practitioner, Own Business, Scotland
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Clearing Out Clutter – The Room at the Back of the House
Cleaning my House: A Lesson in Trust and Honouring
How to have fun while preparing to pass over