Imrama is a celtic word that roughly translates to the journey of the soul, even sometimes we don’t know the destination. When the card kept appearing on my spiritual practice last July when I was facing a potential lawsuit, I thought it only meant that my soul space creation business, working primarily locally at Edinburgh at that time, needed to evolve or that I needed to journey to different parts of my soul to fully grow as a human being.
Little did I know it also predicted the upheavals, the epic joy, the profound changes I experienced during the transition of my physical home. Moving is indeed a soul journey - when you decided to move, or when circumstances propel you to move, you aren’t sure where your future home is, you aren’t sure what new experiences are waiting for you. To me, that’s an imrama, and all soul journeys are meant to bring you back to alignment with your soul
As with all soul journey, there were parts that are extremely ecstatic, there were also parts that brought you to confront your fears, your darkness, your anxieties. Owing to the lingering energy of the seller (It was a super difficult sales at the end), it’s taken me a long time to feel settled, comfortable and safe enough to share all that I’ve learnt during moving
There’s no perfect Feng Shui
Even if you are planning to build your own home, there’s no everlasting perfect Feng Shui. While there are some fundamental rules in Feng Shui, the flying stars changes all the time affecting the energy flow inside a property. Although we each have our own kua number and favourable directions, the frequent changes in flying stars mean that sometimes our space is not optimal even though you might have applied Feng Shui cures before.
My experiences in property selection and moving means that I know that no single property can benefit from an everlast, all-rounded good Feng Shui. In my personal opinion, I find it a risky and timely pursuit to find the most perfect Feng Shui home because the searching process can be incredibly draining. It’s often when we live there and interact with the spaces for a period of time that we start to understand the flow of the space, and can apply cures to create the most aligned home.
Our intuition is our closest ally
Scottish property market is extremely fast and a lot of the time we’ll find that we’re bidding a property against other buyers.
How do you know what’s the correct bidding amount?
How do you know whether placing an offer immediately is a good idea or not?
How do you know if the property you viewed is the right one?
Even after you successfully bidded a property, there are still countless decisions to make.
How do you know which tradesman to hire when there are so many out there?
How do you know which paint colour to go for?
what if..you regret it?
The truth is you can spend hours researching or talking to your family and friends, but at the end of the day, there’s no way you can know the answers with 100% certainty.
I remember the brutal lesson of hiring the wrong builder. He had great reviews and had done a decent job for my friend. The quotation was reasonably priced. I didn’t listen to my intuition and I went with his quotation despite my intuition told me something’s not quite right - I trusted my reason instead of following my nagging feeling. When he started to disappear without answering the calls, I knew that I should have followed my make-no-sense intuition.
Our intuitions will never betray us. It’s always a compass to bring us back to alignment with our soul. Your intuition might not necessarily give you the exact answer, but trusting the nudges, the niggling will always help us to make more soul-aligned decisions.
Be open to surprises that Universe gives you
Anyone who’s moved would know that not all things go according to plan. The more detailed your plan is, the higher chance of disruption. Although sometimes I struggle to get organised because of my ADHD, I have an overwhelming need to plan important events.
Planning makes me feel in control, and therefore, safe and secure.
And I’ve never been challenged so much in such a short period of time.
The beginning of the moving process was quite smooth and we somewhat painlessly identified the correct property and have our offer accepted relatively quickly. I then proceeded to plan the interior design and Feng Shui activations; I arranged builders, furniture deliveries as soon as the transaction date was agreed, and at the same time we gave our landlord notice.
My plan was to finish all the renovation work within a few weeks of the transaction, and then we could move from our original home to the property. I thought everything would work according to my plan (which already buffered in a few days) so we can move into the new property as soon as the work is done.
We had a deadline to work towards as we needed to leave our flat by the date. I thought everything would work according to my plan….
At 4pm on the last working day prior to the transaction, I was told that the transaction needs to be delayed owing to uncertainty in one of the upper chains. The solicitors had no idea when the transaction could be complete. It could be days, weeks, or months.
Moving is a soul journey.
that calls for us to surrender to all the beautiful surprises
I was devastated. The uncertainty meant rearrangement of deliveries, delay in renovation and ultimately the search of a temporary accommodation. It’s the same time when we found out about my pregnancy. The pregnancy came unexpectedly early and like all pregnant women, I was confronted with nausea, morning sickness, mood swings and major fatigue.
I buffered in the extra budget; I buffered in extra time. But I didn’t plan the uncertainty, the news of my pregnancy as well as the possibility of temporary homelessness. The transaction became so difficult that I was questioning whether it was the right abode for us.
It was definitely a soul journey that called for deep faith and surrendering. Out of all the lessons I learnt during moving, knowing the Universe would throw unexpected surprise to you is the most valuable one. Looking back, I realised everything is a blessing in disguise because it equipped me to be a more reliable, more experienced soul space creator. It allowed me to birth the moving programme that has planted its seeds many moons ago.
Had I not decided to surrender and opened my heart to all these surprises, I would not be able to share my journey and birthed a programme that could help women to create their soul home.
I am extremely grateful for all the hurdles and obstacles that I needed to jump through in the last few months - It is through the process of journeying back to my heart that I polished my skills in space clearing and Feng Shui, so that I’m now a more experienced, compassionate soul space creator.
When Universe says no, it can be a form of protection
Imrama
There are always different lessons to be learnt during the transformational moving period. We often find ourselves confronted with our deepest fears and anxieties during moving, and often it’s also a time where spiritual growth happens rapidly. I can’t wait to share more of my journey. At the meantime, I’d love for you to check out chapter 1 and 2 of my journey.
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