As far back as we can trace human activity, we have sought shelter in caves, under tents, in igloos, and more recently in brick-and-mortar houses. Being bereft of fur, fangs, or claws, we really have no choice but to seek protection and retreat from the elements and other wild creatures. Our sheltered space is where we find the sense of safety and security needed to create a home. Our home is a place that has strong emotional significance for us. Having a safe home provides us with a basis of emotional stability that a person who has lost house and home in an earthquake or armed conflict has been robbed of.
What type of energies does a building store?
Given that we spend most of our lives in buildings, be it our home, our place of work or even places of worship, these structures are in frequent contact with the emotions and energies we experience, and they absorb them.
The first source of energetic baggage for a building can be found in the land it stands on. Whilst our forebearers sought out places of serene energy, natural beauty, strategic outlook and secure supply of water and food to build their houses, the increasing population density means we cannot afford to be as selective these days. As historic towns expanded beyond their original walls and continue to do so to this day, chances increase that buildings will rise on land that was once a cemetery for victims of the bubonic plague, a battlefield, or an otherwise less desirable site. The land absorbs the emotional charge that comes with the activities it hosts. An alpine meadow where cows graze will therefore have a significantly different charge than a battlefield.
The next source of energetic baggage for a building is the construction, which always represents a significant investment of resources for the investor, the planners, and the contractors. This stands true for a small family home today as it did for the construction of historic cathedrals. From the stonemason of old to the architect and electrician of today, all parties that contribute to the planning and construction of a building will bring their own emotions to the project. There are likely to be uplifting emotions, such as joy, satisfaction, or a sense of security, but there will also be heavier emotions stemming from the challenges such projects bring with them. These may include such emotions as stress, conflict, and anger from difficulties of both technical and human nature, anxiety born of financial distress, or terror in the face of accidents.
How can the energetic baggage of a building affect its residents?
Just as the beautiful architecture, layout, light and décor of a house will provide a visual and structural baseline that future residents will enjoy and add their mark to, the emotional baggage from the land and the construction will provide an emotional baseline that these same residents will subtly perceive and add to through their own experiences.
If you have ever visited the dungeon of an ancient castle, you may be familiar with a sense of cold down the spine or tension in your diaphragm. In this case you would have experienced what it means to sense the energetic charge of a room. Even if you do not actively sense such things, or maybe you resonated more with the emotions of power that the goalers would have exhibited, your body will still register and respond to such vibrations. This response will be stronger if the energetic baggage of a room strikes a chord with our own emotional baggage. A person who enjoys wielding power will likely resonate more with the energy of the king’s quarters of the castle, whilst a person that harbours emotions of worthlessness, humiliation or anxiety will more likely resonate with the energy of the servants’ quarters.
Older buildings that have seen multiple different residents and historical periods are likely to carry more energetic charge. Events such as fighting, family feuds, divorce, abuse, addiction, death from sickness, suicide, or murder would obviously give rise to undesirable energetic charge in the building. It is not uncommon to hear that a house that has once been home to a divorce seems to provoke divorces for future residents too. Similarly, there are buildings where residents regularly become sick despite there being no obvious discernible cause for this.
The emotional baseline of a building may thus resonate and amplify the best in us or the worst in us or leave us neutral.
What to expect from an energetic harmonisation
When we harmonise the energetic baggage of buildings, or anything else for that matter, we preserve the emotions that raise your energy, whilst identifying and releasing those that reduce it.
Following a harmonisation, residents often experience a decrease in conflict, an improved ability to talk things through and find solutions together, as well as a greater sense of peace and belonging. This allows residents to move forward with greater cohesion and collaboration, whether this be in a family or workplace setting. Once the energetic baseline of a building is neutral or uplifting, it will allow the single residents to bring the best of themselves to the activities they pursue and to their interactions with other residents.
If you own or manage a building and you think its energetic baseline may be adversely affecting you, your employees, or your business, do not hesitate to reach out to us.
