Reason 1
Every object that exists is a form of energy. Every object has an energy field. Our spirit and psychological status are greatly influenced by such objects surrounding us. Where you are and how you feel are deeply interrelated and interact with each other. Therefore, cleaning our environment increases our spiritual power.
Support A
Imagine you are in a room where the window blinds closed for a long time. You may feel the air heavy, stuffy and dark. You also feel yourself lousy or gloomy. You can’t feel happy in such a room.
On the other hand, when you visit shrine or temple cleaned up, you feel good and pleasantly refreshed. This is a good example how the environment affects your mind.
Support B
According to a research by a psychologist, those who keep working in a messy and dirty office easily get restless and angry without any special reason, and tend to have troubles in their physical condition such as higher blood pressure and heart rate, or stiffness on their neck and shoulder. Under such circumstances, you can not expect high productivity.
Reason 2
In the society, more troubles and criminals tend to happen in unclean areas than in clean areas. Dirty places attract people with evil mind and keep those with good thinking away and then, the places become further dirtier. We can see the same examples in schools. Such a vicious cycle should be broken by cleaning these areas.
Support A
NY City succeeded in decreasing criminal rate by 75% through cleaning the subways and towns. In some junior high schools in Japan, violence and class interference by students were drastically reduced as a result of cleaning campaign by teachers.
Support B
Mitsuhiro Masuda engaged in house cleaning business for a long time and wrote a book “Cleaning Power” based on his experience of visiting lots of offices and houses. He says, “If you are in a clean place and try to be filled with good feeling, like spiritual richness, happiness or high motivation and that will lead you a peaceful and comfortable daily life.
On the other hand, if you are in a dirty place and filled with bad feeling, like anger, jealousy, greed or complaints, you tend to be caught in a trouble life.
Conclusion:
If you fall in a bad mood or feel unhappy, don’t be trapped in a vicious cycle, instead, create a virtuous circle by cleaning your desk or room to begin with. Then you will get a feeling of accomplishment and psychological empowerment, which makes you able to conduct yourself and your life in a more appropriate way.