Painting your house
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When spring time rolls around, the tradition was to spring houseclean one's house from top to bottom. That means, changing over from Winter Stuff to Summer Stuff. The walls were washed, rugs, beaten, and curtains washed. Bedding was changed from heavy to summer weight. Often times, a new coat of whitewash was daubbed on the walls. Now, we tend to paint our house in the spring and summer.
What does painting one's house represent? It is the changing of the colors representing the change in one's point of view or outlook. It also may be the the change in one's vibration. Dark colors for lower vibration, and light colors for higher vibration. The colors usually are representative of one's aura.
Painting is also symbolic because of who is doing the painting. Is it someone from the outside world or, do you do the painting yourself, or with a spouse, or with friends? If it is a painter/decorator it means that you are looking for someone externally to come and change your life because you are unhappy with the current situation. The more expensive the service, the bigger 'Change hit" you are looking for. However, only "you" can really change what is going on in your life. When you paint with a spouse, the interpretation is that the couple are looking to work together to make changes. If one spouse is only doing it to humour the other spouse, and not really working at the decisions or doing that great a job, then expect that things will break down both in the relationship, and the painting. Doing it yourself shows that you are ready to be the instrument of change in your own life.
I found this interesting as I went from a coral color on my main floor to a coffee brown...and an outside painter to boot. My daughter now says our house no longer looks like an Easter egg! I chose the brown as I felt it grounded me to earth...and when I paint there is paint everywhere!! I think though there is truth to an outside source vs painting it yourself with confidence.
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I like the idea of the brown grounding us to Earth! I have the outside of my house green for the same reason. The green outside is the Earth while the blue inside is the sky.
When I have trouble grounding, I do go out and dig in the Earth, in my garden, and my flower beds, and I walk in the grass. I am very much drawn to the colours of blue, green and brown, and as I think about them, I realize it is for the grounding, the healing and the loving. Blessings!
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Painting my house, to me, is about loving and honouring my home. And in turn, loving and honouring my spouse and all who dwell in our home. As I prepare the paint, I center myself and am completely in the moment. I send reiki to the paint and apply it to the walls with serenity and love. Many who enter our home, pause then say 'what a lovely feeling in here....
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What a lovely idea! Thanks for sharing it. I do not do Reiki, however, it seems very appropriate to do a "loving kindness" blessing while I paint. It is, for me, like cooking with love. Many blessings!
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