The Official Treasure Map of 2011--It is here! - Page 2

[PlayaMama]

i'm in!

i'm in the middle of a one year master's program and i've had very little time to do anything, but i've done maps for the last two years and it's just been amazing.

i've always been very thrifty and this year i just don't have the time to make my board from scratch (with watercolors for the orange) so i'm going to buy one. i think. if i can find time to get to the store.

i will at least finish getting my pictures tonight. i think.

ugh! i just have so much on my mind that needs to be done that i'm finding it really hard to focus on the map.

[sunnysandiegan]

Last year, I was still very attached to my previous year's map and I kept it in its original place. I'm fairly certain it was still in play this last year, as well. My map from last year was moved around a bit last year. I read them both a little while ago and was ready to release them both. They are both gone now and I feel good.

Maybe now I'll have stronger inspiration for the coming year's map. I have a loose idea of a vase of flowers and am pondering the mechanics. I also had a fleeting idea of a scene from a boat close to shore...ocean in foreground, grassy park with flowers in background. Pondering that, as well....hmmm...

Taking a break for dinner and dishes, then I'll resume the pondering...LOL

[Kwan*Yin]

I really feel like this is my best treasure map yet! I am really happy with it! This is the first year that I used the feng shui bauga as far as placement goes. I have been researching a lot on feng shui this year and have gone through almost my entire home with feng shui remedies. With the help of a practioner though. I'm super excited to see how this year plays out.

[holyhelianthus]

Originally Posted by sunnysandiegan 

My treasure maps have never been simple. LOL First one was made from fabric and paper and I sewed nearly everything in a scene that is very important in my life (horizontal rectangle) and I loosely followed the baguas (areas, but not layout). Second one was on watercolor paper and I used watercolor pencils and watercolor crayons for the background scene (vertical rectangle) and then used markers to write my affirmations relating to the chakras and used three pictures/affirmations to cover what was missed with the chakras. LOVE them both!

Holy heck! Is there any way you'd be willing to share those with us? 

[Kwan*Yin]

Originally Posted by holyhelianthus 

I'm wondering if everyone will share their plans for their map.

What sections will you have (feng shui baguas, ones you have come up with and what they are, none at all, etc)?

How will you be putting yours together (poster board, on the computer, scrapbook, etc)?

Will yours have some sort of theme (black and white, all words, etc etc)?

I hope no one minds my asking I just love to hear everyone's process and ideas. It's so inspiring! And if you'd like to share images of past TMs I wouldn't argue. ;)

There are different forms of feng shui and I arranged my board according to the specific type I follow. In the upper left hand corner is the wealth section. Use the colors blue, green, or red. Images of waterfalls are great here too to represent money flow in your life. Below that is the family section and this is the color green also. THe lower left hand corner is the self knowledge section and the color blue and green are used. Pictures of mountains are a great thing to accentuate this section. In the middle next to this is your career sector and the color black is used. The lower right hand corner is your helpful people and travel section and the colors white and grey are used. Above this is creativity and children and use the color white.The upper right hand corner is your relationship sector and use the colors red, pink and white. The middle is thought of as the balance/earth/the center of yourself and all that is flowing.
 

[sunnysandiegan]

Originally Posted by holyhelianthus 

Holy heck! Is there any way you'd be willing to share those with us? 

Sure, I have shared them on MDC before.

Year 2009

Year 2010

[holyhelianthus]

Originally Posted by sunnysandiegan 

Sure, I have shared them on MDC before.

Year 2009

Year 2010

Thanks so much for sharing! My conclusion is you are awesome beyond words. :)

[sunnysandiegan]

You are so sweet and kind! I bet you are just as awesome!

[LionessMom]

yay! I am gong to go to the chiropractor tomorrow morning then stop at the pharmacy for a new mag or 2 then come home to do my map. I am so excited. I have manifested so much from last year that I can;t wait to make a new one!

[ElliesMomma]

what are the color correspondents to each area? can you pls list them. many thanks.
 

Originally Posted by Maiasaura 

Yes, baguas. Foam board. No theme-- just gluing down colored paper on each square that corresponds to each area, then pasting down all sorts of pictures and things.

[mysticmomma]

I have zero energy to this map so far. :(

[Kwan*Yin]

I posted the colors up above

[Tracy]

Oooooo this map is slow as molasses for me.  I was with my friends for 5 hours and barely scratched the surface of my map.  I need to get a few more magazines for inspiration.  I hope to have it done by the7th but I think I am going to need more time.  I'm feeling so much energy it is hard to contain it. ...

[jazzybaby9]

Hmm... it's been a strange TM period for me. I almost feel like I'm still clearing baggage from the previous year/s. DP initiated a pretty serious discussion and has been semi-distant today...which is not like him. I can't help but feel he's unconsciously planting seeds of doubt about our big plans... so I'm trying to step outside of that situation and focus on ME.

I decided I need some space for a few days. I put DD down to sleep, lit some candles, turned off the lights, took a hot lavender and epsom salt bath and just...took deep breaths. I have a hard time calming my mind with all the chaotic chatter in my head. I felt very overwhelmed and pressured today. I've never had to stop the TM process to go to work and it was really hard to hit the brakes on the creative urge and take care of routine business. I have two very major projects due tomorrow and I have to work all day... not to mention a million other things on my to-do list this week.  Interesting how TM's days fell on all days of my work week and not my mid-week weekend. Not feeling very centered. But of course, I'm assuming this is what Tracy warned us about.

After my bath, I sat in silence and played with my fairy cards... they have inspirational quotes and affirmations and delicate, soothing artwork... the five cards I pulled really hit home. It felt very reassuring. I jotted the affirmations down and I'll be adding them to my map.

I'm still not sure how I'll arrange it this year. Fear and vulnerability is really holding me back from applying some things I really want, but am too cautious to dive into. What's going on with me this year?!?!?!?!

[Aubergine68]

Originally Posted by jazzybaby9 

Hmm... it's been a strange TM period for me. I almost feel like I'm still clearing baggage from the previous year/s. DP initiated a pretty serious discussion and has been semi-distant today...which is not like him. I can't help but feel he's unconsciously planting seeds of doubt about our big plans... so I'm trying to step outside of that situation and focus on ME.

I could almost have written this - my dh initiated a conversation at midnight last night that absolutely demanded 100% of my attention - we were up till 3 am and I am just exhausted today.  I think it was a conversation that needed to happen - part of the decluttering of the negative from last year, maybe, and all the cleaning I had us doing physically and mentally in our lives over the past few weeks drew it out?   It was funny - I lit a candle in mid-afternoon yesterday to burn away all the negative energy from the past year, and I thought it would burn out after a few hours.  It kept going for nearly 12 hours, finally burning out as dh and I finished our conversation in the middle of the night.

Today, I did some chakra meditation and tapping and prayer - needed all the spiritual energy I could muster to get myself in the mood to TM shopping for supplies. I decided to draw pictures of myself and my family for my TM this year instead of using photographs.  I drew myself and my dh, and then I took a look at them and my sketch of him was much bigger than my sketch of myself.  That will never do.  This is my map and my life, and though I love him like I never imagined loving anyone, *I* am the star of my own life, not him. (How is that for some Aries mememe?)  So I will have to redraw him and my children and make sure the images are in proportion.

I am not leaning heavily on the magazines this year -- I have a bright background and it feels more right to sketch or print out b&W drawings and affirmations on white paper, so that they don't clash. This is a challenge for me - drawing is something I would like to be better at.  No time to practice like the present.   I seem to be doing a chakra theme again.

I handed my dh a sheet of scrapbook paper creased into 9 squares with the name of each bagua labeled for him to fill in with verbal affirmations as his TM.  He has never done one - I did the same thing last year, but he never filled it out.  He *is* actually working on it this year, but I feel like I'm putting a lot of energy into trying to inspire him to dream big.  I told him "You are in a salary negotiation with the universe. Don't lowball it - name the compensation package you'd like to get in your wildest dreams, both financial and benefits in every area of your life."  That seemed to get through.

Sign in front of the local United Church today provided a thought for the day:  "Vision: A picture in your mind that inspires passion!"  

My children are working on their TMs, too.  This will be my 4-yr-old's first one.  So far, his map is all about skateboarding images and garden tools - also a magazine subscription card.  My dd is taking pics of things that are important to her for her map -  and promised to take pictures of/for her brothers tomorrow. So there will be much printing and photocopying tomorrow.

[jazzybaby9]

Originally Posted by Aubergine68 

I could almost have written this - my dh initiated a conversation at midnight last night that absolutely demanded 100% of my attention - we were up till 3 am and I am just exhausted today.  I think it was a conversation that needed to happen - part of the decluttering of the negative from last year

Last night around midnight is when DP initiated the conversation as well. Draining, but necessary- you're right
 

[ElliesMomma]

i'm getting started, as in, i'm assembling/organizing my ideas. but i've put *nothing* onto my foam board yet. 

i think what i will do is organize into baguas:

1. Abundance/Money (left top)

2. Fame/Reputation (middle top)

3. Relationship/Marriage (right top)

4.Family (left middle)

5. Health (middle middle)

6. Creativity/Children (right middle)

7. Self Knowledge/Travel/Knowledge (left bottom)

8. Work/Career (middle bottom)

9. Helpful People/Angels/Friends (right bottom)

within the Health section, smack dab in the middle, i will list a manifestation for each of the seven chakras:

Chakra 1: All Is One

Chakra 2: Honor One Another

Chakra 3: Honor Oneself

Chakra 4: Love Is Divine Power

Chakra 5: Surrender Personal Will to Divine Will

Chakra 6: Seek Only The Truth

Chakra 7: Live In The Present Moment

some years ago, i studied the book, Anatomy of the Spirit by Caroline Myss, and those were what i wrote in the margins next to each of the chakras where she details energy anatomy and the various mental and emotional issues and physical dysfunctions that can result from disharmony. it is my personal belief that if the chakras are in line, ones health will take care of itself.

now... i am brainstorming *what i really want* and thinking of ways to include those wishes in my treasure map. i don't have a group of friends to do this with, nor do i have a great abundance of time. i'm actually afraid that if i put this aside for the night tonight i could forget about it for awhile and before i know it, April 7 will have passed. i don't want to lose my chance! with that in mind, can i bounce a question off of you? 

i would really like to meet my favorite rock star. i know that sounds silly. but his music has been a huge part of joy in my life and, i don't know, somehow i just feel like it *could* happen, and i sure would love for it to happen. i know putting a picture of him on the treasure map would be a good start. but *where* should i put it? i'm leaning toward either Abundance section -- since having such a meeting happen would certainly be bountiful, over the top lucky, cream of the crop good. or Helpful People/Angels/Friends section -- since his music has been inspirational and he seems like a friend or in some ways an angel.  hmmm... now that i'm writing this, i think the latter would be better suited. any thoughts?

[Aubergine68]

Originally Posted by jazzybaby9 

Last night around midnight is when DP initiated the conversation as well. Draining, but necessary- you're right
 

How funny!  We're in the same time zone, I think - Mountain time, right?  I wonder *what* was going on astrologically about then and if all the TMers back east were just lucky enough to sleep through it?
 

[Neva]

Originally Posted by Aubergine68 

"You are in a salary negotiation with the universe. Don't lowball it - name the compensation package you'd like to get in your wildest dreams, both financial and benefits in every area of your life."  That seemed to get through.

Thank you! This is just what I need to get through to my head too. So far I just have some clippings of flowers. IT's all I seem to be drawn to. I'm exhausted from mag shopping and would rather fold laundry and watch TV.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how to include my DH's health. It directly affects all of our lives and in a few different areas. I know the TM is supposed to be for me but this is something that *I* really need.

[PlayaMama]

Originally Posted by Tracy 

Oooooo this map is slow as molasses for me.  I was with my friends for 5 hours and barely scratched the surface of my map.  I need to get a few more magazines for inspiration.  I hope to have it done by the7th but I think I am going to need more time.  I'm feeling so much energy it is hard to contain it. ...

darn, that is just perfect for what i am feelling. the last two years i just jumped in feet first and created these beautiful representations of my future life. it's really been amazing to see so many parts of it come to fruition. i'm really in the hardest part now, and i know to get where i need to go is going to take so much work.

the only way out is through, but all i want to do is avoid.

i think this is being applied to my TM right now, by extension.

a little more time might take some of the pressure off, really great suggestion.