Dear Ms. Kingston:

I am hopeful that you can provide some guidance for an urgent and delicate situation. My life partner's 50 year old aunt suffered a brain aneurism at the wheel of her car over 6 months ago. She was unconscious and on feeding and breathing tubes for many weeks. Over time, she has been removed from the breathing apparatus, but she is still not conscious. She remains hospitalized in a special care unit. Doctors are puzzled, as her EEG and other diagnostics show no reason why she shouldn't be walking and talking by now.

Now, for the clutter. Aunt L. lives (or did, before she was hospitalized) in a house which is SO packed, that you would think an invisible force must be holding it all down. I've read your descriptive examples of cluttered space, and this exceeds anything you described. No where to sit, walk or even stand without replacing something that is already there. It is a small house, and there is no room or hall or stairway less cluttered than any other.

The Question: Is there a safe way to clear this house clutter, and fill the space with intentions and prayers of healing? I am fairly close to her only daughter, a young adult who lives on her own, but I do not know Aunt L's husband well. He continues to live alone at home, and to visit his wife regularly, praying that she will somehow pull through before her kidney's fail, etc. My partner is not committed and involved in space clearing as I am, she supports my work in our own home. I think she would support me in approaching her cousin and/or uncle with the possibility of clearing the home and filling it with healing intentions.

I believe this may be L's best hope for survival. I know that I shall have regrets if we lose her, and I didn't try to share the space clearing option with someone close to her. Thank you in advance for any suggestions you can make.

- RS

Karen's reply:

It is out of integrity to do Space Clearing or clutter clearing in a person's home without their permission. The only person who could do the Space Clearing with integrity is your partner's aunt's husband, because it is his home too, but even he would be out of integrity doing the clutter clearing while she is still alive. The information in my books is designed for people to clear their own homes or homes of close relatives, so my best advice to you is not to get involved at all.

For a new perspective on dying and death, read Death: The Great Journey, a Knowledge Track by Dr Samuel Sagan, which is available from www.clairvision.org. I rate is as the most insightful and helpful work I've ever read on this topic.