WORKPLACE WELLNESS
Eastern views promote harmony with environs
Sometimes I just seem to be in synch with everything. The lights turn
green as I approach the intersection, I unexpectedly meet a friend I wanted to see on the street, the rain stops as I step outside, a person I was just thinking about calls me. There was a day about four years ago when many seemingly
unconnected events contributed to change the course of my life. I was just back from Asia where I had experience many of such meaningful coincidence; as my life became emptied of most of my usual activities, my travel plans were no longer
relevant. I found myself opened more and more to the miraculous unknown.
Intellectually most people can understand the theory of quantum physics, but to apply this understanding to our everyday life seems a little more difficult.
The microcosm and macrocosm mirror each other. Whether we care to engage with this or not, we are connected with the world around us.
We care about the relationship with our friends, lover and family, ourselves but to care about
our relationship with the phenomenal world and all the stuff surrounding us might seem a little far fetch for some people. Yet this concept has been growing in popularity as Feng Shui and the less known Vastu are becoming part of the
western landscape.
Recently I did a major reorganization of my living space where I also do much of my work. Feng Shui is a complex art, but getting rid of clutter is one of the simple action that can bring much result. Clutter is
similar to an accumulation of tension in the body; energy cannot circulate freely and stagnate around the area of tension. By paying attention to clutter, I saw very clearly which aspects of my life I was either avoiding or taking for
granted. All the stuff around me is not only there to serve me, I have a relationship with it. It is imbued with my presence or my absence.
For example, I have a tendency to accumulate paper work. This aspect of my life seems to
go unnoticed for a while until my basket is overflowing and then it takes me a long time to go through it and most of the time a few details were not taken care of in a timely manner. The clutter in my paper basket is a mirror of my lack
of connection with administrative details.
All the little details of our everyday life reflect our connection or disconnection with the world. After removing clutter, my workspace felt much more vibrant and I seemed to be able to
concentrate better. I kept all the objects that were meaningful to me and I let go of the others. The spaciousness of my physical environment reverberates with my state of mind.
Since the big bang entered the western mind we have
grown familiar to the idea of energy and interconnectedness. But in the east, these notions are at the core of their culture for thousands of years.
The Chinese developed Chinese medicine, Feng Shui,and Qi Gong and the Indians,
Ayurveda, Vastu and yoga. These traditions all reflect a science and art of knowing the environment and the possibility of living in harmony with it.
Understanding and influencing the natural forces of nature is an effective way to enhance our wellbeing and environment positively as well as productively. It places us in the driver seat, we become pro-active of our life’s situation. I
am not an expert in Feng Shui nor Vastu, but my practice in Qi Gong, acupressure and Thai Massage teaches me daily of the merit of awareness both of my inner reality and of what is around me. To sharpen my ability to see and feel when
things are not quite right gives me the possibility to adjust before it becomes a big problem.
We all have days of synchronicity. We are welcomed and received into the world. We find support for our project, we feel at peace with
our surroundings. We can actually experience our inter-connection with everyone and everything. When this happens we have more energy and there is a tremendous wakefulness to our state of being. Balance and harmony is our fundamental
wealth and the beginning of peace. |
