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Monday, August 28, 2006
A Reader Needs Our Help
A Reader in the UK with a house full of memories and the ghosts of a ten year relationship/marriage bearing down on him needs our help. He wrote to say he had found us, karmically, of course. Words of wisdom, and copies of Clear Your Clutter With Feng Shui, requested. Any thoughts from you all out there? More to follow if he agrees to be blogged about...
 
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  • At 4:21 AM, Blogger Manimala

    Sorry that I can't give both, but I'll try the words of wisdom. Well, first of all, he needs to realize that there's no simple one-step solution to your problem. Don't live with the false hope of rekindling your lost romance. Instead, aim to better yourself. Yeah, that sounds cliche. But don't make it cliche. First start by eliminating as many of your selfish needs as possible. Don't fall for the tricks of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, which are actually meant to outline the needs of animalistic humans (i.e. the lowest level includes biological and physiological needs such as food, water, sleep, and even sex). Don't be an animal. Believe that you don't need any of these things and minimize or eliminate your input of them. Of course, don't be a starving ascetic because some food and drink is necessary since you've become accustomed as a human to it and must continue to satisfy that naturalistic urge. But don't go to the extremes and be glutton or something like that. In fact, you probably wouldn't have been in a failed relationship if you'd have ignored your so-called basic needs and looked to others instead. You probably didn't even need to eliminate these needs; just make them the last priority on your internal to-do list. It's hard, but don't be discouraged. It will work to make you a happier and more effective individual.

    As for the feng shui stuff, that stuff doesn't really work; I mean, you'll feel uncluttered if you truly believe that whatever method you're employing makes you uncluttered. Of course, I suppose feng shui has developed a sort of quasi-legitimacy over the years as a way to be uncluttered, so people who think that they're doing it would feel without doubt that they're uncluttered. Somebody who doesn't follow feng shui would be like, "Hey, what's up? That doesn't work!" He/she might propose a different method. It's all a matter of perception per se. Okay, I hope you understood my cluttered post.

    I might post this on my blog. I need new posts.