Showing posts with label white light. Show all posts
Showing posts with label white light. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

More on Cleansing and Shielding

I've been hiding out in my studio as of late, making jewelry for an upcoming 6-day show in Portland (well, lorakellydesigns... that what she does for heaven's sakes), but feeling the associated stress that always seems to affect me when I'm under pressure is not so fun. Of course, it is a natural part of the process of change and growth. Surely, our temporal world expresses itself in myriad combinations of tension and release, from tiny seeds bursting through their hulls and once again through the soil to giant trees swaying in the wind. In truth, this tension will carry us to our destination if we allow it. But mostly we struggle like salmon against a current, only the most persistent fulfill their true purpose. And yet, no life is wasted. Even the salmon who dies before spawning feeds the creatures, the earth, the river and the sea.

Personally, if I had my druthers, I prefer a state of release ... like a floppy rubber band, a constant slackness ... and only to dream of the tension, dreaming being my nature. But that, my dear friends, will carry me no where! Even our breath requires tension, for we must breath in to breath out, and ultimately to live. A balanced life requires the same. Therefore I endure my tension, knowing it will not, cannot, last forever, and grateful it will transition in release sometime around October 25th ... for me! To be replaced by something else, no doubt!

In my last entry, I discussed steps to cleanse and shield the body's electromagnetic field and chakras and wanted to continue along in that vein ... a practice I had to master myself in order to live a fearless life in my new, ever-expanding, multi-dimensional reality. In my previous post, I discussed cleansing and shielding with light, using prayer, intent and visualization. For those experiencing an "opening" or what has been called in the New Age a "spiritual emergency," these will bring relief. No doubt these happenings have been experienced for eons. But of late, there appears to be a critical mass experiencing the phenomenon globally. For many, the fear factor is dibilitating, as it was initially for me. However, these practices will help you to take control of the wheel; stave off unwanted energies, repel negativity, sleep without unwanted "visitations", put an end to frightening nightmares, and keep you from soaking up other's emotional highs and lows.

Ritualistic practices can be powerful, with each renewal of the process laying upon the previous day's like energetic bricks and mortar, strengthening the "vows" ... which are merely words spoken with intent. It is as important to cleanse our personal space as it is to cleanse our aura. At work or in the grocery store (or other public place), I would recommend using the light practices, mentioned previously, as your local grocer might possibly object to a customer lighting a bundle of sage in the vegetable aisle! However, at home, you may do as you like! Here are a few practices which will provide and maintain comfort and peace in your surroundings:

Burning sage:
The practice of burning sage to repel and dissipate negative energy has been practiced by the Native American peoples for centuries and is considered a sacred herb. It is good to keep a bundle of sage on hand for this purpose, especially if you are sensitive to energy. Whether you've had a recent death in your home accompanied by depression and grief, a family reunion (yes, negative energy may be attached to anyone), strangers in your home, a general feeling of malaise, discomfort or sadness, or for no reason at all. Sage is extremely cleansing. You can purchase it at any New Age shop. Light one end and walk through your home blowing the smoke as you go. Know in your heart that it is dissipating all negative energies.

Say: "I cleanse and purify this space with sacred sage. Only energies of pure, divine, loving intent are welcome here. All others are not welcome and must leave now. So be it."

Open doors and windows afterwards and allow the smoke to flow out ... imagine shadows being pulled outside, and the inside of your room or home shimmering in light.

Once you have cleared a space, whether it be your aura, chakras, bedroom or wherever, always be sure to fill it again with white light and know that it will remain in tact until you renew the process. Refilling space with light is absolutely a must!

Ritual Bathing:
Water is the blood of the earth, and has been used in ceremony since the dawn of mankind, more recently, in the ritual of baptism. Thus, as with any important ceremony, it is good to prepare for a ritual bath with a sense of the sacred. Make plans the day before and gather your ceremonial symbols, salt, lavender and candles. Set a special time aside for your bath, preferrably when you will not be disturbed. Consider why you are doing it. Perhaps you have been angry or depressed, you cannot let go of grief, you've had intercourse with someone you don't feel love for, or you feel you have alien energies attached to you. Whatever the reason, have the expectation that the bath will bring relief.

Prepare a warm bath. Light white candles to add a sense of sacred intent. Add oil of lavender or clippings of fresh lavender, Epsom salts and sea salt to the bath. Speak words of intent as you add each ingredient to the water. Call upon your guardian angels, or spiritual master such as Jesus to stand by and assist with your healing.

Say: I bless this water and call upon its sacred energy for my purification and cleansing. Remove all darkness, negativity and debris from my physical and etheric bodies. Purify my chakras. Remove all thought forms, energies and beings from my person. My energy is my own. In the name of the I Am that I Am, so be it.

Be sure to dunk your entire body while you bath, to the top of your head. Stay in the bath at least 15 minutes, preferrably longer. Relax and know that you are being healed. When you rise from the bath, dry yourself with a clean towel and don clean clothes with great care. If it is before bed, be sure your sheets are clean. Prior to putting clean sheets on your bed, you might toss sea salt on your mattress to cleanse the energy. Especially if someone else has slept in your bed who's energy you no longer desire.

It is not uncommon that those who are "open" can be susceptible to piggy-backing energies if they have not learned self-protection techniques and do not routinely perform cleansing practices. I imagine there are many "open ones" locked away in asylums or walking the streets on prescription anti-depressants and anti-psychotics, just to make it through their days without fear of flipping out, committing suicide, hearing voices or seeing "things".

There is a stem of energy that runs from the uppermost chakra to the base chakra whereby we are connected multi-dimensionally. If clogged by the murky energies of depression, child-hood traumas, sexual abuse, substance abuse, inability to forgive, etc, it can attract more of that same energy until an individual appears to be "out of character." However, if routinely cleansed, these same marauding energies will get "off your back" so to speak, and remain off.

Clearing the Spinal Pathway
Sit quietly in a comfortable chair with feet flat on the ground in a place where you will not be disturbed. Ground yourself; (Create a cord of white or golden light from your base chakra (the bottom of the spine) and run it to the center of the earth.) Know it will remain in tact.

Envision a glistening ball of white light above your head. Tip the ball like a cup and see the white light pour out like milk into the top of your head and down the back of your spine. When it reaches the base of the spine, allow it to continue down the cord to the center of the earth. After a moment or two, stop the light from falling down the cord and instead turn it back up the front of the spine towards your head. When it reaches your heart, split the light three ways. One cord going up out of your head, the other two going down both arms. The light comes out of your hands and out the top of your head now. Keep running this energy. Follow it as it comes down through your head to the base of your spine and back up again and out through your hands and head continually. Envision that there is a monitor on the ball of light above you and there is a button for "manual" or "automatic" ... switch it to automatic. Know it will continue to run until you switch it back to manual.

While that light runs, imagine your feet on a platform of violet light on the ground. With great respect, ask the earth (Gaia) if she will allow you to drink in her healing energies. Imagine green light coming up from the earth, through the violet platform, through the bottom of your feet, up your legs and up the front of your spine, mixing with the white light and also splitting three ways and dissipating into your aura from your hands and head. Notice that there is also a button down by your feet for "manual" or "automatic" operation. Visualize the light moving awhile, then switch automatic on and know that it will continue until you switch it back to manual.

Perform any prayers or meditations at this time that bring you peace and help you to feel your connection with God. Know that this light that cleanses you is the pristine light of Heaven and your purity, safety and blessedness is the will of God.

Switch both your "buttons" back to manual. At this time, you can shield yourself with golden and violet light for a peaceful night's sleep or a great day! (See my previous post for instructions).

Having experienced my own opening and subsequent lessons in self-protection, I understand the relief that comes when we realize we are not alone. I also know that the very best "medicine" for staying clear is simply happiness. Yet I also understand how hard it can be to let go of the traumas of our past, we carry them around like heavy baggage and it seems even grab the baggage of others if we are careless with our thinking. Having practiced these rituals for many years now, I can tell you first hand they work and will give you peace, and put you back in control of your life and enable you to explore your newfound "gifts" without fear. I would love to hear your own experiences and hope you will leave your comments.

Finally, I leave you with a beautiful protection meditation prayer (from Unity):

The light of God surrounds me
The love of God enfolds me
The power of God protects me
The presence of God watches over me
Wherever I am, God is.


Blessed be...
Lora

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Psychic Protection or Taking the Reins during a Spiritual Emergency

Throughout my life I have had strange experiences that I felt necessary to keep to myself, until very recently. I've been lucky enough to find others like me who have been there and understand. I now realize there have always been others out there, who like me, have kept their secrets, for fear of being "misunderstood" or outright, persecuted.

To experience an "opening" can certainly be frightening. One day you think you know what the world is and how it operates, the next, everything changes. For most, it is a re-opening, because most of us are open as children and shut down as soon as the adults in our lives embed their own thoughts and emotions and perspectives on our impressionable minds. I was shut down for years, but even then, I was prone to extraordinary dreams and "happenings" that made me wonder at times if I was mad. Luckily, finding others ... mostly through books but eventually through seminars and classes and of course, serendipity ... I not only found out I was okay, but I also discovered the strength to explore my particular kind of "knowledge" in more detail and without the fear I had been taught was appropriate.

Being "open" is how I refer to this most intimate aspect of my life, wherein I have a different sort of vision, than most, which is in fact, heightened senses. Rather than a 6th sense, I feel it is my own senses operating at optimum power. Perhaps not all of them, but even one expanded sense can be mind bending for the unprepared.

Luckily, my own opening came in small fits and bursts. Initially, I "felt" more intensely for others as an empath, that caused me great discomfort in social situations, wherein the resulting physical and emotional stress and strain would cause me to shake uncontrollably. Without the tools necessary to clear excess energy I continually had mini breakdowns, these "episodes" consisted of complete withdrawal from human-interaction for days on end, or fantastical crying jags wherein I lost control of myself until my body was spent. Later I would learn, this enabled me to purge negative energy from my body and auric field. This was before I understood what negative energy was and how it effected me on the physical level.

Eventually, energy itself became visible to me, I could see it moving in everything. Nothing was visually solid anymore (think of a Van Gogh painting). Great billowy clouds of white and color surrounded people, animals, stones and plants. I experienced visitations almost nightly; faces moving through the air over my bed, small-winged angels or fairies on my headboard or hovering in front of my face, as well as strange symbols, geometric, celtic, the Hebrew alphabet, and mathematical equasions in brilliant colors, sounds of strange watery music, or chorals, sometimes the world around me became achingly beautiful with colors and sounds unlike anything I'd ever seen. I could sense those who had passed on, often hear them speak, and soon began to feel them touch me. Along with all of this came mystical dreams and experiences of serendipity.

However, aside from all the beauty and wonder, there were moments that were absolutely frightening. I believe that as we experience openings, the output of light increases so much, that many are drawn. Some whom we are not prepared to meet or deal with, if we are lacking a strong spiritual foundation. I eventually learned the most important lesson in the gaining of psychic awareness, and that is how to protect oneself.

I have finally realized how it is important for me to impart this information, despite the possibility of being ostracized or laughed at, because I realize such "spiritual emergencies" are happening on a global level. Had my own mentors feared persecution, I would've been left to struggle with depression, fear and possible insanity. It is evident to me that there are others who desparately need this information, as much as I did when it began happening to me. My hope is to empower them, to keep them out of the psychiatrist's chair, off of medication or out of an asylum. It is vital they know it is a gift of spirit, and that we hold the power in our hands and are surrounded by multitudes of invisible helpers who are merely awaiting our request for the next level of assistance. Therefore, I offer these daily practices which will bring relief for those who are feeling out of control, inundated, fearful or unsure about what's happening to them.

First, however, let me expound on the first important rule of thumb for the "open" ones, if you take any type of recreational drug, alcohol or mind-altering substance at all, these practices cannot help you, and you will be left wide open for marauding energies. Substance experimentation and abuse breaks down the protective aura to such a tragic extent. If you feel this has happened to you, comment here and I will direct you to assistance. I do drink wine, though not often, but when I do, it is a small amount with a meal, or else watered down to a great extent with piles of ice, never in uncomfortable, public places and never before going to sleep. Also, if you are dealing with a great deal of internal fear, refrain from watching or listening to negative programming, such as the news, and definitely don't watch any kind of movies that invoke fear, such as horror and gore. That being said, let us move forward.

Psychic Protection:
I perform these same practices every night before I go to bed, which I recommend, however, you may do them as often as you like throughout the day, but at the very least once daily.

1) Pulling In White Light: Sit comfortably in a place where you will not be disturbed and close your eyes and take three very deep breaths through your nose and exhaling through your mouth. Imagine the breath coming down to the base of your spine and as you exhale, imagine it moving up the spine and expelling through the top of your head. Know that you are drawing in cleansing white light and moving it through your chakras.

Say: My Blessed Guardian Angels and Spirit Guides, I ask that you surround and protect me now. You may also call to Jesus or a special spiritual master you feel drawn to.

Say: I call upon the Eloheim of the White Ray, to come down and fill this space (this house and grounds) with pure, crystalline source light. This powerful, source light cannot be trespassed against, it cannot be altered or weakened, it grows stronger each time I renew this process. This light blesses, sustains and protects me on all levels of being in all directions of time. Only beings of pure, devine loving intent with my highest good in mind are welcome here. All others are not welcome, and must leave now. In the name of the I AM that I Am, so be it.

As you say this prayer, imagine a beam of pure white light coming down from above, and becoming a ball in the center of your house, it extends a cord of light to the center of the planet. Then this ball expands to fill each floor of the house, every nook and cranny, until the house and all within it are filled with this light, then expand to all corners of the property. Don't worry if you aren't very good at visualizing, do the best you can, intent is what sets prayer in motion.

2)Cleansing the Aura: Feel your aura around you, sense it with your mind. If you push out with your hands you will feel a bit of tension and warmth. Extend your arms outward to each side with palms flattened and facing upwards, imagine your aura pulling in and stopping at the palm of your hands. Know that that's where you want it. Imagine above you a ball of glistening white light, pull it down through the center of your body to your base chakra ... which is at the base of your spine, extend a chord of that light to the center of the planet. Know that it will remain in tact. Imagine a glistening, golden cloud above you that pours golden rain through your aura. Sense it cleansing your aura and all debris is washed to the floor and down a drain. Let the rain cloud dissipate and be gone. Imagine your aura glistening like a diamond. Now pull in golden light into and around your aura.

Say: I call upon the golden light from the holy city of angels where the Great White Brotherhood dwell, the Ascended Masters and the Arch Angels. Golden light, fill my aura, heal all imperfections, cleanse my chakras of all debris. Surround and protect me. This light will remain in tact, it cannot be altered or weakened, it will grow stronger each time I renew this process. Amen.

3) Setting a Force Field: Finally, imagine a ball of violet light surrounding you, 12 inches thick all the way around. You may call upon St. Germaine to bring this light, as he has been called "keeper of the violet flame", a phenomenon usually experienced during meditation. Remember, intent is what is important here, rather than saying the correct words.

Say: This violet light is a powerful protective force-field. It transmutes lower energies to a higher form of light for the good of all. It repels darkness and negativity. No harm of any kind can come to me.

If your home is prone to visitations, surround it with violet light as well, 12 feet thick. Knowing this light protects your home and family, as well.

Finally, before falling asleep say: Thank you Angels for protecting me while I sleep. I will only travel to the highest realms of light during dreamtime. I will have pleasant dreams only. Amen. Be sure to add any special prayers to "God" that bring you peace, such as The Lord's Prayer, or even better, something you've made up that comes from your heart... including meditations and affirmations which should come just before dropping off to sleep, as these you want to imbed in your subconscious mind, and it is most receptive just before falling asleep and upon waking.

Every morning, it is important to draw protective light to shield yourself before going out into the world. You can perform these same "rituals" before rising. You can also fill any space anywhere with white light, such as your office or the building where you work, your car, the grocery store, etc. As time goes by, you will memorize these prayers and become quite adept at quick self-protection techniques. I pull up my shields anytime I am in the presence of strangers or those I know have cluttered energy. It helps me to maintain clarity and personal power, and enables me to remain free of energy that doesn't belong to me.

Some people feel violet light to be very strong and it may "put off" people, or make them feel uncomfortable or suspicious around you. If you must work with people, you might try placing a layer of pink light on the very outside of your shields, which is a gentle, warm light and comforts others in your presence. Remember, you have a team of helpers, angels, who are ready to help in any situation. Ask before you leave your house each day that they be on guard, assist you in all situations, guide and protect you. Ask them to watch over your house when you are away. Form your request as a affirmation, rather than a plea.

Say: "Thank you for watching over my home, for going before me this day and making the crooked places straight, for assisting and protecting me in all situations. Amen."

These are the basic protections which you should use daily that will help you sleep better and feel safe, and more at ease in your surroundings, and keep "visitors" at bay. I would love to hear how these have worked for you!

In my next post, I will discuss further steps that involve clearing your personal energy and how to get free of tag-along energies that do not belong to you, including the use of ritual bathing, crystals and burning dried herbs. And finally, a ritual for clearing the spinal pathway to keep piggy-backing energies "off your back" forever.

I hope this brings you peace.

Blessed be,
~L