Creating my life spaces

by Rita Edwards

I woke up one morning a few weeks ago with this thought in my head – create new spaces. As I lay musing in my bed, this sudden strange fancy came into my head – what if I reorganized my life into spaces, a physical space, an emotional space, a mental space and a spiritual space. What would I put into each of those spaces, and how would I use each of those spaces?

I know that we create our own reality. We make choices all the time that create the space that we are in at any moment in time. So what if I consciously begin to make the choices that create the spaces that I want to be in, rather than haphazardly meander from one space to another in a disorganised, non committal way. What if I begin to create my own reality, consciously and mindfully aware of everything I do? Is that possible, or are we on this life path that is predetermined and karmic, fate rules the day. What’s to be will be?

I decided to do a little experiment. I used a technique from the book Spiritual Growth by Sanaya Roman. To create a new reality, first imagine going through a tunnel of light, and as you move forward through this tunnel, imagine rings of light floating down your body and off the body past the feet. The first ring comes from the root chakra and is red, then your orange sacral plexus chakra, then yellow solar plexus, green heart chakra, blue throat chakra, indigo brow, and violet crown and finally the white light of the transpersonal chakra. Now you are floating in the void, with no past present or future. You have no senses and no thoughts or emotions. In this void you just are. Enjoy the sense of just being. Then slowly begin to create the reality that you want in your life.

What do you want in your physical space? I wanted to have better vision, lose some weight, upgrade my car, some material possessions that would make my physical space a little more cosy, an increase in my financial abundance and a deeper appreciation of what I have got.

Looking at emotional space, I was quite content with this space just as it is, so I reaffirmed all my blessings in this space. I added a touch of courage and gutspah into the mix.

My mental space needed a little improvement in my organisational abilities and memory. I also created some new ideas for how to market my work in a new way. Increased creativity and mental alertness wouldn’t hurt, so I added that to my new mental space.

The spiritual space is where I needed to create a new paradigm. I want to put my whole spirit into life, I want to know and fully accept that I am spirit in body, not just a body with a spirit floating around inside somewhere. I need to access my spirit more fully, and know that I am a light body with the potential to be who I truly want to be. In order to fully acknowledge my spirit, I need to let go of any fear of ridicule, fear of prosecution or persecution, fear of rejection and fear of being too powerful in myself.

When I had finished creating my new reality, I allowed the energy of this new reality to merge into the DNA of every cell of my body, then I slowly bring back each of the Chakra rings of light back to their chakra positions on the body and affirm that I am now living my new reality.

I need to begin to think in terms of the new reality. If I have created a new reality in which I am abundantly wealthy, then I need to talk my walk. I must stop saying there is no money for things – rather the money is there, it may just take a while to materialise. If in this new reality I have courage and gutspah, then I need to act with courage and gutspah. How would I be acting with courage and gutspah? I would take action and be confident in my actions. I would phone the people that I have been reticent to phone, I would arrange talks and presentations and be seen in public.

I will get myself organized and efficient in my work and in my home. I will stop procrastinating and complaining. I will begin to scan all situations with my creative scanning mode, rather than the survival scanning mode that I so easily go into when things are not going so well.

An interesting thing happened when I started living my new reality. I suddenly saw all the opportunities that had been in my life all along, but because I was stuck in a reality of no opportunity, I just didn’t see them. In one day, I suddenly became aware of at least four huge opportunities to enhance my work and to make contact with so many new people. These opportunities have been there for ages, I just did not see them!

So to consciously begin to create this new reality, it is important for me to be mindfully aware of what I eat, physical exercise, what I think and what I say, how I organize my thoughts and my actions, and to take action on my plans, no matter what the outcome. My new reality has let go of all the fears. I can handle rejection, persecution, ridicule and all the other things that I may have been fearing.

It is time to step into the space of life lived to the full!

Enjoy creating your own new spaces, and clearing stuff from the existing ones!

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