Bye Bye, Bad Energy!

Just as every home has some odor, every place has an energetic "feel." And, as you seek to minimize odors, you can also minimize negative energies and raise positive energies.

If you have been cleaning, removing clutter, and organizing, you have already greatly reduced negative energies. For that matter, simply opening the window and allowing fresh air into your home reduces negative energy. Using eco-friendly products also reduces negative energy.

Arranging your furniture to allow for a good flow of traffic increases the positive energy in your home. Adding houseplants and fresh flowers adds even more positive, vibrant energy—these are the things that make your home feel great. How to arrange furniture and more about plants and flowers are explored in the next chapter.

Negative Energy

This section goes one step further than simply adding objects to make your home positively vibrate with life-affirming energy; it shows you how to eliminate any leftover negative energies. You can choose to think of this section as "extra credit," as it is certainly not imperative to do the exercises in this step to sell your home. But, it might just sell it that much faster.

That said, if anyone in your home has been ill, or there has been a death, an angry divorce, or other devastation, I highly recommend that you clear your home, as these situations bring negative energy into the home and buyers can often feel or sense it.

An explanation of energy follows, then a guide to clearing your home.

Everything on and of the earth has energy—a continuum from the highest vibrational positive life-force energy to the lowest vibrational negative energy. The earth itself has positive and negative energies that affect its living inhabitants. Buildings and other structures have energy and absorb either negative or positive energy, or a combination of both. Plants are able to absorb negative energy (such as toxins) and convert them to clean, fresh energy in the form of oxygen (air). Animals, including humans, can pick up and create both positive and negative energy.

Some animals, including dogs and cows, seek out positive energy. Cats, conversely, prefer negative energy. If you have ever wondered why your cat is drawn to friends or family who dislike them, this is the reason. Given the opportunity, cows in a pasture will graze in the areas that emit positive energy.

I had my own validation of the difference in energy early on in my practice of dowsing. Several years ago, by dowsing, I cleared (removed negative energy) a client's newly purchased condo. The next day, she called me and told me that her dog, who had always slept in a particular spot on her bed in her old apartment, but had refused to sleep in that spot in the new condo—was now back to sleeping in "her spot" on the bed. When I had doused my client's bed, I had detected and cleared negative energies. It was a wonderful validation of dowsing. Obviously, the dog could not understand what I was doing, but recognized the difference in the energy afterward.

Like dogs, humans feel best when surrounded by positive, life-force energy. And, just like dogs and cows, we know when we are surrounded by positive or negative energy. For many of us, this knowing is hidden from our general state of awareness and may be consciously ignored. But our bodies are paying attention and understand shifts in energy.

When we enter a place that is filled with negative energy, our instinct is to leave the area as quickly as possible. But, when we are somewhere that emits positive energy, we want to stay and soak up the good energy.

It's common sense, really. What buyer would want to spend time in a dilapidated, dirty, dark, cluttered, and creepy feeling home? If you were a buyer, wouldn't you rather spend time looking at a light-filled, clean, organized, and beautiful space that feels great?