43things TEAM PROJECT: embrace housework as a spiritual practice

a friend comming for the weekend has spurred us on and the whole house looks better than ever! We wanted it to look nice to reflect ourselves well because the visitor was Selwin. (Hannah, the night before, knows us well so doesnt mind the clutter!)

it looks like most people have ‘done’ this, so i wasnt sure who to ask about joining. so i signed up anyway as it is such a good idea. hope you dont mind!

when clearing out before a festival or gathering i have an easier time, and think it is because of the ‘higher purpose’. so if i can think about creating sacred space around us and honouring my family and self through housework, things may be easier to achieve.

I do treat it as a daily spiritual practice. And since I’ve no time to physically sit in meditation, doing housework with mindfulness and concentration (even using the FlyLady system) is just as good.

I’m VERY excited about this goal. Having my own place has made a huge difference for me emotionally and mentally, both for the good and the bad. There’s also the difficulty of working out the kinks of living with someone I’m in love with who happens to not always pick up his dirty socks off the floor.

Spirituality could be rather helpful here. :)

Thanks for letting me tag along, guys!

I hate housework. I really do! I feel it is a waste of my precious time! I believe people should be PAID to do housework. And I know my attitude is really negative concerning this, which is why I want to get in touch with the spiritual side of housework. Not necessarily to like doing it – I never will – and frankly, I don’t want to:) But I want to do this to improve my attitude towards housework, to change it from negative to positive. HELP!!!:)

I get moments of supreme pleasure at random times..I’ll be cooking or cleaning..and i’ll just feel this bubble in my chest and I’ll start smileing.

I am cleaning MY house and fixing dinner for MY family. It is my responsibity. I do it..

I just can’t find the zen in dusting…I hate it….so that means this goal is going to take a bit more work. LOL

Hope YOu don’t mind me tagging on to the end here. But I love this thing to do!!! Such a cool way to bring magic into the everyday.

I find myself chanting the Kuan Yin mantra (om mani padme hum) while cleaning. Today was special because a friend bought me a singing bowl and it arrived today. So after I cleansed the kitchen I brought my singing bowl (pictured above) in and struck it…my kitchen now feels like a sacred space…

Hello everyone. I am so excited about this. Any helpful suggestions are appreciated. I tend to be rather lazy and it creates negative energy in my home when the house is messy. I also am lax about meditating, so combining the two will be ideal. Namaste’

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So tonight I wash dishes. My goal was to pay attention and discover the exact moment when the dishwashing liquid suds stopped working. Unfortuantly, I neglected to tell my family that I was doing a dishwashing meditation so I have yet to discover that precise moment. Ah well…there’s always tomorrow