A potential client once called back to say that she had elected to work with a “space clearer” instead of going forward with a feng shui consultation. I don’t take these rejections personally, because I know that this individual doesn’t understand the real difference between the two. It might be on par with calling a doctor with no regard for their specialty.
Space-clearing can be explained in two basic formats. When there has been a lot of sickness, anguish, arguments, or any unpleasant episode in a house, then “space clearing” techniques can make the home feel like a heavy weight has been lifted away from it. Many people are familiar with some space-clearing rituals, such as burning sage inside or around a property, but there are also other procedures that can involve chiming bells, thorough cleaning of every surface, prayers, distributing salt on the floors and a number of other rituals.
These activities can result in a temporary shift in the chi (qi) of a room. Chiming bells can cut through a “stuck” magnetic field and salt can absorb excessive moisture in a room.
But the operative word is “temporary.” Space-clearing techniques are not as substantial or specific as feng shui remedies. Unless someone was dedicated to doing space-clearing rituals every day, (which could easily take an hour or more of time) I don’t know that the chi in a room would be continually balanced. One of my first clients, a store owner, would burn sage and space clear her store every single night after customers left.
An example of a place that might not need a literal feng shui analysis is the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India. This is a place of worship for Sikhs, where there has been almost continuous chanting 24 hours per day for hundreds of years. In this example, “space-clearing” vibrations are going on continuously. The Golden Temple would actually be a very interesting feng shui case study because it is surrounded by a man-made lake on all four sides. The building also has entrance doors on all four sides to symbolize their openness to people of all religions.
Another reason for using space-clearing techniques is when there is an actual ghost in the house that needs to be removed, but unless the person doing the space-clearing is in fact a very pure channel, then it might be better to bring in someone more experienced to do this kind of work.
The difference between space-clearing and feng shui is that space-clearing does not always address the cause of the problems which space-clearing attempts to “clear away.” Classical feng shui can reveal if a house has a tendency to cause problems with money, fertility, relationships, accidents, health matters, legal problems, even attracting ghosts. Then, there are feng shui remedies which can be installed and work on a semi-permanent basis. Most of the time, space-clearing is a nice, complementary modality to feng shui, but not a permanent solution.
Author: Kartar Diamond
Company: Feng Shui Solutions (R)
from the Philosophical and Metaphysical Musings Blog Series
