celebrations

today is quiet, the air crisp and dry. I'm visiting my in-laws in Athens, Georgia for my nephew's bar mizvah, an honored rite of passage and celebration at the age of thirteen in the Jewish community.

In feng shui, this time - the fall - is also considered a time celebration, a time to offer gratitude and enjoy the fruition of the harvest. it's important to look at and acknowledge time.

I was thinking about why I like to title these weekly love notes by date. and why I begin by noting the weather at the moment. for me, it's a little celebration to stop - feel - and notice the phenomenal world. what will you celebrate today?

from the Shabbat opening meditation:

WELCOMING DOORS

May the door of this synagogue be wide enough to receive all who hunger for love, all who are lonely for friendship.

may it welcome all who have cares to unburden, thanks to express, hopes to nurture.

a feng shui ritual

One Good Deed a Day

The first feng shui adjustment my mentor Rosalie prescribed for me was "One Good Deed a Day." My go-to deed at that time was to open doors for people. I would literally run to get the door for anyone. But what happened was by opening doors for others, I was opening doors for myself.

Try "One Good Deed a Day" for 27 days...and see what doors you can open in your life!

Did you see this?

Smoke Blessings

offering tools:

• dried botanical (you can dry your own tangerine peels or juniper)

• a candle

• firesafe container

instructions:

1. start at your front door, the mouth of qi.

2. circumambulate the space clockwise, hugging the wall on your left

3. chanting OM MA NI PAD ME HUM

4. visualizing the smoke is filling your home with love and protection

5. close with a humble offering of gratitude

May all you walk through doorways with compassion,

Anjie

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