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Dream Interpretation

2/4/2017

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Since I write a dream interpretation column for Paranormal Underground Magazine, I thought we could talk about how to interpret your own dreams. Of course, I'm happy to interpret your dreams for my column, as well. You can send your dreams (anonymously if you wish) to editor @ paranormalunderground.net (no spaces).

Why We Dream

We have different types of dreams.
  • Some dreams are memory processing and storage where our minds sort through the minutiae of our lives. These are typically dreams we don't remember or super mundane dreams that aren't very interesting.
  • Other dreams may be symbolic in nature, in which our subconscious minds, higher selves, guides, etc. try to communicate with us via personal symbology (symbols that make sense to each of us individually) or collective conscious symbolism (symbols that are common to everyone). These are often the "weird" dreams with elements that don't seem, upon waking, to make much sense.
  • A third type of dreams is the prophetic dream that may predict future events. I'm not a fan of these because there's usually nothing I can do about what I see on a global scale. They may be very specific or quite broad, and we often don't realize the dreams were prophetic until after the fact. For example, I tend to have prophetic dreams about earthquakes, train derailments, and school shootings - but never with enough specificity that I can actually warn anyone or take any action.
  • We may also have "visitation" dreams. These dreams tend to be hyper-real, and we visit with loved ones who have died, or in cases of astral projection, visit with people we may know who are still alive. If a dream seems hyper-real, chances are it is either a visitation or astral projection.
While there are other types of dreams, as well, these are the main types that you may experience.

Dreaming of Other People

One of the keys in dream interpretation is remembering this: every person you dream of in a symbolic dream is actually an aspect of yourself, so when you dream about another person, you are actually dreaming about yourself. If the person is someone you know, ask yourself which aspects of that person do you resonate with in your waking world. Or, which faults do they have you can barely stand? These might give you a clue to the aspect of yourself the dream is talking about. If it is someone you don't know, look for personality traits or features that may be telling you something about yourself.

The other thing another person might represent in your dream is an archetype. Without delving too deeply into Jungian psychology (which is a fascinating topic all of its own), Jung outlined major archetypes that represent aspects of self, desires, fears, etc. 

​The 12 Major Archetypes


Below are the main archetypes that appear in dreams.
  • OUTLAW - This is your rebellious side. The part of you that fights the power and desires to live outside of the bounds of polite society. The outlaw may represent your desire to change what isn't working in your life or pointing out areas where you may be causing damage to yourself. Taken too far, the outlaw can become harmful to self and others.
  • EXPLORER - This is your desire to get out, experience, learn, and know. Often, the explorer is a call to your soul's true purpose, guiding you to where you need to be to follow your soul's path. On the dark side, the explorer can avoid creating ties or finding satisfaction in life.
  • CREATOR - Your creative side! It is your call to action to explore how you create in your own life. The dark side of the creative can be lack of focus or pursuit of vision to the detriment of gaining knowledge and wisdom.
  • HERO - A call to courage, this is your desire to be the hero in your own story through acts of both everyday courage and extraordinary bravery. At it's darkest, the hero may become the martyr or sacrifice self.
  • MAGICIAN - The magician is the source of alchemy in your life. It invites you to make things happen in your life - and on the dark side, it may be showing you how you are manipulative or feeling manipulated.
  • SAGE - Your wise self, the sage is your call to seek the truth in your life, whatever it may be, through the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. The sage is about more than intelligence, however, it's also about wisdom. At it's darkest, the sage can become a know-it-all with an out of control ego as opposed to one who has gained wisdom through scholarly pursuit.
  • RULER - This is the aspect of yourself that is about power and control. On the positive side, power is about personal power and presenting yourself in the world in a powerful way. On the negative side, power can become about ego and control of others.
  • ​INNOCENT - I often call this the Divine Child, because the innocent sometimes comes across in dreams as a beautiful and pure child. The innocent represents your faith and optimism. Taken too far, the innocent archetype can lead to foolishness and blind trust in those who do not deserve it.
  • REGULAR - The regular guy/gal is a representation of egalitarianism (equality for all). It is about belonging and lack of pretense. Taken too far, it represents going too far to fit in and losing oneself.
  • CAREGIVER - This is about loving and helping others. The caregiver represents selflessness, although taken too far it can represent loss of self or abdication of personal needs to the point of self-exploitation.
  • LOVER - This archetype is about relationship to others - not just romantically, but also via friendship, family, or humanitarian love. It's a recognition of the oneness between all souls. Taken too far, it can become loss of self or desire to please for love and attention.
  • JESTER - The jester represents living in the moment, finding enjoyment in the small things, and living life to its fullest. The jester is lightheartedness, humor, and joy. Taken too far, the jester is frivolity or wasting time.
What To Notice
So what should you pay attention to in dreams? Everything can be symbolic. Colors (wall colors, vehicle colors, etc.), numbers (such as a number of people or a number of items), objects in the background, landscape, thoughts and feelings, words....pretty much everything in your dreams may be symbolic. How people look, what they wear, if they have facial hair, if they wear glasses....The more detail you recall, the more likely the interpretation is to be accurate.

Common Symbols

While sometimes a cigar is just a cigar (thank you, Dr. Freud), often objects in symbolic dreams mean something other than their literal interpretation.
  • CLOTHES in dreams are about how we want to be seen and perceived - or how we are feeling psychologically For example, if you're wearing a sexy little number, it may suggest that you want to be perceived as sensuous, while wearing a huge parka may suggest you wish to stay under cover, or your underwear may suggest you're feeling exposed (and who hasn't had that dream?) The context of the clothing is important, as is the color (we'll cover colors on another day.)
  • VEHICLES in dreams are about control in your life. Are you in control of the vehicle, or have the brakes stopped working? Can you steer? Have you lost your vehicle and can't find it? These all tell you something about how in control you are feeling in various aspects of your life. For example, if someone else is driving the vehicle and you're just a passenger, you may feel that person is controlling some aspect of your life. If you're barreling down hill and can't get the brakes to work, you may be feeling out of control and in danger of crashing and burning. If you lose your vehicle, you may feel as if you've lost control over some aspect of your life (look to other hints in the dream to tell you what that might be).
  • ​DOLPHINS/WHALES represent spiritual guidance and inspiration, as well as intuition and awareness.
  • WATER in dreams represents spirituality, emotions, and the unconscious. With water, look to it's state, color and clarity to provide more context. For example, muddy waters may suggest you are feeling confused or like someone is obfuscating on an issue. Choppy waters (rivers, rough seas) may suggest emotional or spiritual turmoil. Clear waters may represent clarity and clear vision. Calm waters may represent spiritual peace and calm emotions.
  • SCHOOL dreams are common anxiety dreams for adults who haven't been in school for years. For example, I have a recurring dream that it is finals week at college and I haven't been to class all quarter and haven't a damn clue where my classroom is, much less how I will be able to take the test. This is a very common recurring anxiety dream for people. School in dreams may also represent the desire to learn or the need to gain knowledge/wisdom about something. Look to dream context for other clues.
  • HOUSES are about your inner self and who you really are. Different rooms in the house may symbolize different things; for example, the kitchen may be about spiritual or emotional nourishment, while a bedroom may indicate that you need to rest.
  • HOSPITALS in dreams --perhaps not surprisingly--are about healing. It doesn't necessarily mean physical healing (although sometimes it can.) It can also be spiritual, mental, or emotional. If you are in a hospital having surgery, it may suggest it is time to cut something out of your life, or it may be suggesting that you feel you have lost control of your body in some way. Doctors in dreams may also symbolize healing.
  • KILLING in dreams is one of the symbols that people find the most disturbing, especially if you are the one doing the killing. However, fear not, if you've never had the waking urge to kill, you probably aren't a closet murderer just waiting to waste someone. Instead, killing in dreams represents your desire to kill a part of your personality - either because it doesn't serve you, or because it is part of yourself with which you are uncomfortable.
  • BIRTH dreams often symbolize creativity, as giving birth is creation in its purest form. It can also symbolize new beginnings.
  • ​BABIES in dreams may symbolize your need to nature some aspect of yourself, or it may symbolize starting anew.
  • FLYING in dreams can represent spirituality. It can also represent rising above some situation or it may represent success.
Colors
Color is very important in dreams, so if a color stands out to you at all in a dream (whether it's a color of a shirt, the name of the color, or any other way a color might show up), it's probably meaningful.
  • Light colors - In general, lighter colors tend to represent positive things, as do very clear colors.
  • Dark colors - On the other hand, dark colors (colors mixed with a lot of black or very cloudy/muddy colors) may represent negativity.
  • Vivid colors - The brighter or more vivid a color, the more your subconscious is trying to get you to pay attention and recall/remember the color and its meaning.
As with all symbols, look to your personal beliefs about the meaning of colors before you look to symbolism from the collective consciousness.
  • Black - Black is often representative of the unknown or unconscious. It might also represent your shadow self - that is, an aspect of yourself that makes you uncomfortable. However, it's important to work with your shadows and bring them into the light. Shadow aspects can be used for good in your life - because there is duality in everything, so you can choose whether it is a positive or negative force.
  • Blue - Blue represents truth, wisdom, and integrity. You can also tie colors in dreams into chakra colors, so blue is the color of the throat chakra.
  • Brown - This is the color of being grounded and can represent earthiness, as well.
  • Gold - This is the color of spiritual richness and spiritual reward.
  • Green is the color of healing. It's also a color that represents positive change and growth. It can also represent your heart chakra, which is associated with unconditional love.
  • ​Indigo is the color of the Divine. It may also be associated with psychic abilities and spiritual guidance.
  • Orange is a sociable, friendly color. It's also the color of your second chakra, which is related to your place in family and society.
  • Purple is more than just the color of royalty. It is also a color of wealth, prosperity, devotion, compassion, and kindness. It is associated with the sixth (third eye) chakra, as well.
  • Silver is the color of justice and protection.
  • White is a color of peace, purity, and new beginnings. It is also representative of the Divine and related to your crown chakra.
  • Red, which is associated with the root chakra, is a color that may represent vigor, passion, intensity of emotion, shame, or danger.
  • Yellow is the color of intellect, illness, taking action, and self-confidence. It is also associated with the third (solar plexus) chakra, which is associated with a sense of self.
Numbers
When numbers appear in dreams, they come in various ways. You may actually see, speak, or hear a number. You might also note a certain number of objects - such as two people, four forks, etc. If a number sticks out to you post-dream, it is probably significant.
  • 0 - I always think it's funny that 0 is included as a dream symbol number. After all, if there is zero of something in your dream (I had zero pink bunnies in my dream - that must mean 0 was in my dream), is that significant? Of course not - but zero can still appear mostly written, heard, or spoken. If it does stand out to you, it stands for nothingness or empty space. Its presence in a dream might be telling you it is okay to clear space in your life and leave room so other things can enter.
  • 1 - This number stands for ego, individuality, or autonomy.
  • 2 - If two appears, it speaks of balance, yin-yang, or partnership.
  • 3 - The number three speaks of inner strength, vitality, and trinities (such as body-mind-spirit, etc.)
  • 4 is a number of balance and stability. It may also indicate hard work, or things that come in fours, such as the four directions.
  • ​5 indicates taking action, boldness, and spontaneity. It may also indicate the five senses.
  • 6 represents cooperation, community, union, and bliss.
  • 7 is a number of healing and completion. It may also represent things that come in 7s, such as your chakras or days of the week.
  • 8 represents intuition, success, and karma.
  • 9 is a number of inspiration or rebirth. It can also be a number of completion.
Numbers beyond the first nine are a combination of the meanings of the two numbers (so 63 might indicate inner strength and cooperation. Look to additional context in your dream to give you clues to the meanings of the numbers.

The information I've shared about dreams above is just the tip of the iceberg in dream interpretation. If you are really interested, I recommend finding a good dream dictionary. As far as online sources go, I find 
dreammoods.com tends to have information about symbols that resonates with me and most closely matches my own interpretations. Always look to your individual interpretations before you look to the collective conscious symbols. I find that many people actually do recognize what their dreams are telling them once they spend a little time thinking about it.

Sample Interpretation
Last night I dreamed about playing dodgeball (which later morphed into field hockey and then some weird golf game), and everyone was divided into a yellow team or a purple team. I didn't get a jersey for either team, and the director of the game kept trying to give me a clear jersey (always great for showing off the bra or greeting your husband at the door when you come home). I wanted to be on a team - I didn't care which - and insisted that the director give me a team.

I discovered there was a blonde woman (her name was Annie) with short hair who had taken my jersey (that bitch!). She was on the yellow team, but she wanted the opportunity to be on either team depending on who was winning or losing. I was so upset at this injustice, and I tried to get her to give up my jersey, but she wouldn’t.

The director (who had short, dark hair) looked through all the colors and kept giving me colors that weren't either team. I kept insisting on being placed on one of the teams. Finally, she came up with a purple jersey, but it was more violet while the rest of the team was dark purple.

Then I went and joined the game, but realized what a slow freakin' runner I was. I was adept at playing, but I just wasn’t as fast as the other players. Two other teams had joined the game, and nobody was sticking to a team anymore - the teams (the other two colors were blue and red) were all intermingled. So instead, I found a cache of colorful golf balls buried in a hole in the ground and played with that. The cache was at the top of a hill, and I pulled up each colorful ball and tossed it down the hill to a green playing field.

Here are some of the symbols that showed up in my dream:
  • • A director or overseer
  • • Blonde woman (Annie) who tried to “steal” my position
  • • Short hair
  • • Dark hair
  • • Blonde hair
  • • Balls of different types and sizes
  • • The number two (two teams, two lines)
  • • Wanting to be part of a team
  • • Sports
  • • Teams
  • • Running
  • • Various colors with the most predominate colors being purple, yellow, violet, and white/clear
  • • Jerseys
  • • Slow
  • • Hole in the ground hiding a cache of something
These are the symbols I will start to work with when interpreting the dream. From here, the interpretation is part intuition, part personal symbolism, part collective symbolism, and part self-understanding.

Here’s the process by which I interpret this dream.

1. I start by looking at the context of the dream, which is a ball game of some type. I desperately wish to participate. This gives me the overall theme of the dream – it tells me what the dream is about. It is being played on a field that is rough and rocky – with lots of hills, but there is a bright green, smooth pitch at the bottom of the dirt hills. In this case, the sport changes throughout the dream, so what is probably important is the field on which it is played – as well as the fact that there are balls in the game.
  • A ball indicates wholeness and playfulness.
  • The field – which is the main setting of the dream – is kind of dark (overcast with an overall dark feel), and the terrain is variable and often hazardous. Still, there are also beautiful, flat green parts, as well. This indicates a duality of both abundance and freedom (green field), along with my belief in lack (lack of abundance, etc.). Since both are in my dream equally, it shows I’m struggling in my life with optimism and pessimism at the same time, and neither is particularly winning out right now. The hills represent obstacles and dirt represents frugality. The overall darkness indicates this is all part of my shadow self, and the dream is telling me something about aspects of myself I wish to hide or not acknowledge.
  • In the dream, I am throwing balls down dirt hills to greener fields where the balls can come into play again. So I am tossing my wholeness away from pessimism and darkness towards optimism and joy once again. I am tossing it away from the darkness, pessimism, and lack of abundance towards the abundant and optimistic play field.
2. Next, I look at other people in the dream, realizing others in dreams are aspects of self.
  • Annie was blonde with short hair. She took something that belonged to me, leaving me to feel as if there was an injustice there. Annie is an aspect of me.
  • Blonde is often a symbol of needing to be more carefree and joyful. Annie (or variations such as Anna, Anne, etc.) is a name I often use for characters in short stories, so clearly some subconcious aspect of self that comes to fore – perhaps an idealized version of me. That Annie is a female shows some archetypal aspect of the feminine - caring, passivity, nurturing, etc.
  • The director of the game was also a woman. She had short, dark hair.
  • Short hair is suggestive of downsizing or masculine aspects.
  • Dark hair depicts an aspect of mystery or shadow. The fact the woman is a director shows she is somehow in charge or a leader – she has control over the duality or the game.
  • Both of these people are aspects of myself, and they played a big role in the dream and my emotions there.
  • Looking at the two women who were main characters and the cues they provided here, I am seeing them as the yin and yang aspects of myself. One side is fair, open, empowered, and little bit mysterious, and decisive but at the same time isn’t arriving at decisions quickly enough for my tastes. The other side is more carefree, but also passive, and not always as honest or forthright as she can be – probably out of self-protection or a desire to be a certain way (in this case – she wanted to be on a “winning” team and was therefore deceptive in her practices.) I see her as behaving unethically and blocking me from something I want.
  • I was equally frustrated with both women, but for different reasons. This shows me there are aspects of both my yin and my yang that still frustrated me or make me unhappy. However, in the end I prevail with both women and am allowed to enter the playing field, which suggests I am consciously working to accept my shadow self in order to bring it into the light of my consciousness.
3. Next, I look at other supporting symbols and how they fit within the context of the dream to tell me more about the situation.
  • Numbers: The number two is a very strong symbol that repeats throughout the dream (two teams, two more teams, two women, two lines, etc.), telling me it is something important. Two suggests balance and yin and yang, which is reinforcing one of the main themes I’ve already discovered.
  • Colors: The four main colors of yellow, purple, violet, and clear/white are as follows:
  • Yellow is self-confidence, intellect, and taking action; purple is loyalty, wealth, kindness, intuition and compassion. Violet is spirituality and intuition. White is peace and new beginnings.
  • These are again supporting the main theme of the dream – that I am struggling between two aspects of self – intellect and compassion perhaps – and that I am also trying to overlay it with a sense of peace or Divinity. Ultimately, compassion prevails (I wind up on the purple team) – although it is more focused on spirituality and intuition than wealth and compassion.
  • Other symbols: Teams (which are filled with my friends, by the way) are about relationships and friendships and working together. The fact I am unhappy I am not part of one or the other suggests I am struggling with a relationship in my real life (I am), and that I long for resolution.
  • Sports indicate recognition of talents and achieving my goals. I want this very badly in my dream, but I realize I’m a slow runner (however, I am adept at the sport – just not quick) – which suggests the (self) recognition of talents and achievement of goals is coming more slowly than I would wish.
  • The jerseys in the dream are just a way to convey the colors – which they do. The balls are different colors, as well.
  • The hole in the dirt suggests hidden aspects of self, but it is filled with a cache of colorful balls – which indicate wholeness and various aspects of my personality. I dig up the balls and toss them down the hill – tossing each aspect of self from dark to light.
4. Finally, I look at the entire dream and place it in the context of what is going on in my life to arrive at an interpretation.
  • This dream is about some frustrations I have going on in my life right now. It is suggesting that I feel I am somehow falling behind, particularly spiritually and as it relates to prosperity/abundance, relationships, and my feelings about how my life is going right now.
  • I’m feeling some impatience with myself, as I am struggling a bit spiritually now. It may help to know I am recovering from a concussion right now, and since I was injured a few weeks ago, I’ve not been quite as able to be my usual sunny self, although it’s getting better every day. This has led to frustration about several things in my life, including my professional and spiritual growth, my prosperity and abundance, and a few relationships that have been giving me trouble.
  • Normally when I feel I’m not winning at life, I’m able to go to my happy place and bring about changes through positive thinking, etc. Right now, I’m feeling a bit blocked in my ability to do that due to some cognitive changes associated with the head injury.
  • However, this dream, while it is showing me my frustration, is also showing me that I am moving in the direction of returning to my more customary happy place where I can create and manifest positivity by my thoughts, words, and actions. It’s showing me that I am, through my own thoughts and actions, ultimately returning to that place even though I am feeling frustrated right now.
  • I believe Annie is a manifestation of my frustrations with my concussion, while the director is showing me that – while I may be a bit confused right now – ultimately I will return to the place that I am in charge of my thoughts and actions and how they manifest in my life.


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Meditation

2/4/2017

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I know many people struggle to meditate - and I'm terrible at the traditional form of meditation myself. 
Why would you want to? Look at meditation's numerous benefits:
  • Improved focus and concentration
  • Stress release
  • Lower blood pressure
  • Increased happiness
  • Increased creativity
  • Improves ability to focus on the now
  • Improved immunity and less disease
  • Improved anxiety/depression
Here's a link to a great infographic about the benefits:
http://liveanddare.com/benefits-of-meditation/

One of the biggest challenges is clearing your mind, and honestly, it's a tough one. Having some kind of a visualization might help. For instance, as you notice thoughts arise, picture them on a blackboard and erase them, or imagine yourself sweeping them away with a broom. You can also use other visualizations or vocalizations as focus points, such as a mantra (which can be anything from OM to an affirmation) or visualizing different colors, focusing on an image of some sort, or even focusing on your breathing and counting breaths. The trick is to find something that works for you, and gently move your focus back to it whenever you notice thoughts interrupting. Be kind and patient with yourself.

Perhaps one of the biggest blocks to meditation is the belief you are unable to meditate. It's an easy trap to fall into, and it becomes a self-perpetuating cycle. The more you tell yourself you can't meditate, the truer this becomes for you. You can meditate. There's no trick to it. Still your mind as best you can. When you notice your thoughts invading, take a deep breath and once again still your mind. Do this starting with just a few minutes at a time and work your way up. And, when you catch yourself thinking or saying, "I just can't meditate," remember that thoughts become things. When you notice this belief arising, replace it with the belief that you can, indeed, meditate.

Another type of meditation to try is guided meditation. With guided meditation, you listen to someone else's words and music and let your mind follow along. For some people, this is an incredibly powerful form of meditation. You can find all kinds of guided meditation on YouTube, and there are great smartphone apps, as well. I'm a fan of Glenn Harrold's guided meditation sessions.


Two other forms of meditation you can try: journaling and trataka. Try writing as meditation. Start with stream of consciousness writing - put pen to paper and just write. If you get "stuck," write the same word over and over until you get unstuck. Trataka involves gazing at a single point - many people use a lit candle for this. Just gaze at an object or point, and as your attention wanders, bring it gently back to the object. Try all the methods we've talked about this week and see what works for you - or mix it up and incorporate them all.​



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Dealing With Toxicity

2/4/2017

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It's natural to have a strong emotional reaction to a toxic person or event. Unfortunately, what often happens is the strength of the emotion attached to the person or the event creates energetic ties that grow stronger every time you revisit how you feel. This can (and often does) become a series of looping thoughts that keep us energetically connected to the toxicity. And the more energy we give to that person or event, the more deeply ingrained the toxic energetic pattern grown in us. We create energetic ties that can be harmful to us.


I'm not suggesting you don't react emotionally to painful events, toxic people, negativity, or betrayals. You're not robots - you feel how you feel. It's natural and even beneficial to experience a range of emotions in relation to negative events or people. Allow yourself to feel them fully.

However, when you keep revisiting these emotions weeks or months after the relationship or event has ended, you are building energetic ties to negativity. For your own self preservation, it's important to detach yourself from that energy just as soon as is humanly possible.

So how does one detach from these negative feelings?
  1. Allow yourself in the first few days to fully experience all emotions that arise. Don't try to stop them. Be in the moment and experience how you feel without making yourself wrong for doing so. You are allowed to feel how you feel.
  2. If you notice that, after a time, you experience events, thoughts, and emotions regularly related to the person or situation, realize you are creating a negative energetic pattern which doesn't serve you.
  3. Pay attention and notice every time this person or situation comes up in your mind. Notice how it affects you, and then work to consciously change your thought pattern.
So you've caught yourself reliving a situation, looping thoughts and emotions, or caught in the negative energy in the wake of toxicity. What do you do next?
  1. Close your eyes and visualize the person or situation. See the energy stretching between the two of you, connecting you. Now, visualize yourself using scissors, a knife, a sword, a machete, or any other tool and cutting every single one of those energetic strands.
  2. After you've cut the energy, imagine a shower of white light coming down from above you and showering you in healing energy. Feel the light and energy flowing throughout your being until you feel calmed and refreshed.
  3. Now here's the hard part. Imagine the other person or the event. Shower the person or event with the same white light, perhaps affirming, "I wish you love," "I release you," or, "I wish you peace." You probably won't actually wish them love to start - I get that. So fake it 'til you make it. Eventually, you'll mean it. If it's a toxic person, it often helps to imagine them as they were when they were a young child or a baby, or visualize their higher spiritual selves instead of how they are currently embodied.
Do this every single time you notice your thoughts looping back to the person or event. If you do, soon you will have replaced the negative energetic ties with new positive energy that will allow you to move forward in a joyful and positive fashion.

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Cleansing Rituals

2/4/2017

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There's nothing really magical about cleansing rituals - I believe they do as much to reset your mind and help you set intention as anything else. Therefore, while I'll make some specific suggestions, what I tell people who wish to engage in cleansing rituals is that they should listen to their intuition. If something feels appropriate to you and your situation, then do it with the intention to bring about positive change and remove negativity.

The Power of Intention
I want to start our discussion of cleansing rituals talking about intention. When working metaphysically, intention is everything. Therefore, your first and most important cleansing ritual is recognizing a pattern of negativity has entered your life and setting the intention to convert the negative energy to positive. Then, you need to continue to re-set that intention until it becomes ingrained.

Affirmation and visualizations are both very powerful methods of re-setting intention. A simple intention setting exercise you can perform is this: sit quietly somewhere that you won't be disturbed with your eyes closed. Breathe in deeply and then exhale. As you breathe in, say to yourself, "I breathe in the positive," and visualize positive energy flowing in through your nostrils with your breath and filling your body. As you exhale, say to yourself, "I exhale the negative," and visualize negativity flowing out of your body with your breath. Continue doing this for as long as you feel is appropriate. Then, throughout the day as you notice yourself caught up in the negative energetic patterns, take a moment to briefly close your eyes, place your hands over your heart, take a deep breath, and visualize breathing in the positive (restating the above affirmation) and breathing out the negative (restating the above affirmation.)

Another exercise for releasing negativity and converting it to the positive is a simple visualization. Sit or lie comfortably with your eyes closed. Visualize the negativity as dark shadows in your body. Now, watch those dark shadows leave your body, rising out into the atmosphere or flowing down into the earth and dissipating. Next, see white light come from above and surround and fill you completely. Do this for as long as you need to feel the energy patterns shifting. Then, throughout the day as you notice the negativity slipping back in (as it inevitably does) breathe in white light and breathe out dark energy, saying to yourself, "Release."

Using Smoke for Cleansing
Many people are probably aware of the ritual of burning sacred herbs, such as sage, to transmute energy. Sage is probably the most well-known and commonly burned herb, and many believe it clears negative energy, setting the stage for more positive energy to come in. After burning sage, you'll need to burn another herb to invite positive energy, such as palo santo (my favorite), sweetgrass, or lavender. When burning herbs, you can leave them in the middle of the room to fill the room, or you can walk with a bundle around the house starting at the front door, and making sure the smoke goes around all doors and windows.

You can also use incense smoke as a method for clearing energy, or you can burn resins like frankincense or myrrh. Nag champs is a a good incense choice, although you can find incense to be burned for all kinds of purposes in metaphysical stores.

Of course since the cleansing rituals are intention based, you can also do something that requires very little, such as light a candle and let it burn. As long as your intention is to signify a change in the energy, this may work, as well. Choose a scent like sandalwood or frankincense, which have sacred properties. Although it isn't technically smoke, you can also diffuse essential oils, choosing oils that have properties of the energy you are trying to bring about. Here's a good link with properties of many essential oils and fragrances: 
http://www.spiritual-path.com/aromatherapy.htm

Cleansing Your Environment
Cleansing Your Environment: A cleansing ritual can really be anything that allows you to begin to shift the energy in your life. When you're ready to start to shift energy patterns, it's time to literally clean house. Use scents that uplift you - I recommend happy aromatherapy scents like grapefruit or lemon. Remove clutter, clean out closets, vacuum away cobwebs, and wash your windows so the sunlight or moonlight can enter in to your home. Open the windows and invite in fresh air. Once your environment is sparkling (don't forget your car!), bring in positive energy with objects you love - like a bouquet of flowers or a scented candle.

If you're cleansing energy in the wake of a toxic relationship or friendship, remove objects around the house that maintain ties to the other person. Clear out things that may leave you still energetically linked to that other person - such as gifts they've given you that are still around the house. Remove those energetic links by getting rid of the items. Don't just shove them in a closet. Donate them or throw them away. Once you have, replace them with items that invite positive energy - such as crystals, aromatherapy diffusers, photos of beautiful landscapes, or anything that makes you feel positive, happy, and whole.

Cleansing Your Environment: Once you have created an environment that makes you feel healthy, happy, and whole, add objects that invite good energy. I have several in my home, placed where I can see them as a reminder of the positive energy I wish to invite. I love aromatherapy diffusers and a few in places where I spend my most time. I make my own blends. I use a blend of mandarin, cinnamon, and clove in one diffuser, and I use a blend from doTerra called Console in another. I also recommend Himalayan pink salt lamps and/or candle votives, which release ions to improve serotonin levels in the brain and boost energy. I keep those where I work as well as in my Reiki studio.

Creating Positive Energy Flow
Once you have cleansed the energy in your environment, you can create a flow of positive energy throughout your home. How the energy flows throughout your space is important. I once worked with a family whose home had such an awkward layout that the energy came into the house and then just swirled around in the foyer because the house's architectural features and layout didn't allow it to flow freely. There were spots in the house where they had consistent energetic issues (i.e., they felt these were spots where "bad" things always happened.) We were able to help change this energy by placing objects in and around the house to invite the energy to flow throughout and not stagnate.

Inviting positive energy into your home starts with the front door approach to your home. Make the approach attractive and free of debris that may block the energy. Having an attractive front porch also puts you and other visitors in a positive place as they approach your home. Living plants are especially helpful near your front entrance, such as on either side of the steps, and a lovely mat invites the energy inside. A small water feature placed near your front door is also excellent for inviting positive energy into your home. It doesn't need to be anything fancy or expensive - just something that moves water to invite the positive energy.

Indoors, you can place water features in the entryway to help energy continue to flow. You can also use items like wind chimes, which can keep energy from stagnating. Mirrors and crystals can also help direct energy throughout the space or reflect away negative energy. For example, if when you walk in your front door you have a small foyer and then a sharp turn to a staircase, placing a small mirror at an angle facing both the front door and up the staircase can direct the energy you have invited in up the stairs. Likewise, if you feel you have negativity coming towards your home from a neighboring property, you can use a small mirror to reflect that energy away from your home. Wind chimes set up around tight turns in your home can also help to allow the energy to continue to flow. Placing crystals throughout your home, as well as himalayan salt lamps and other items that make you feel positive and joyful can help keep positive energy flowing.

One of the things I recommend doing is, after meditating, walk through your home and make an effort to sense the energy as you move throughout the space. Note where it flows nicely and where it feels stagnant. This is pretty intuitive, so just listen to your inner voice as you do so. Then, sit for a few more moments in meditation after your walk through focusing on the best ways for you to remedy any energy stagnation. Remember, intention is everything here, so there aren't a lot of missteps you can take because it's about creating the energetic environment that is best for YOU and your family. Listen to your inner voice and follow the wisdom it offers.

Personal Cleansing
Sometimes, what really needs cleansing is your energy. It's easy to get trapped into patterns of negative energy and thinking, so personal cleansing rituals can play a meaningful role in helping you re-set so you're on a more positive track. Again, choose a ritual that is meaningful to you. For instance, try cleansing by fire. No - don't light yourself on fire. Instead, write all your negative thoughts or worries on a piece of paper and burn the paper. Then, replace them with a series of more positive affirmations.


A ritual bath may also be valuable for changing personal negative energy patterns to positive. Light candles in your bathroom, turn of the lights, and fill the bathtub with hot water. Add sea salt or Himalayan pink salt and a few drops of an essential oil, such as rosemary. Soak in the bath, imagining all the negativity flowing into the water. Then, pull the plug while you're still in the tub and allow all the negativity to flow down the drain. Once it's gone, get out and dry off. While the water drains, I like to repeat positive affirmations.

​You can use any other ceremonial cleansing rituals, as well. For example, cleanse yourself with incense or sage smoke, spritz yourself with an essential oil spray, seek an energy healing treatment with the purpose of clearing negative energy, play a singing bowl and bask in the vibrations of the music, take a dip in the ocean or another natural body of water, or dance in the moonlight. The key is to set the intention in your mind that you are now changing your patterns of negativity for a new, positive energy pattern.
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Prosperity Consciousness

2/4/2017

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Being prosperous doesn't necessarily mean having material wealth (although it certainly can). Rather, it is feeling wealthy in the things you value, such as love, friendship, compassion, joy, health. One of our biggest blocks to prosperity, however, is tied up in our feelings about money, wealth, and having enough. Many people believe the desire for prosperity is counter to spiritual principles, which can create blocks to achieving it because our thoughts and actions lack clarity.

Many of us have been given messages throughout our lives that have caused us to believe a desire for prosperity is selfish (or there is nobility in lack - like the Biblical idea it is much easier for a camel to go through the eye of the needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God). Others may believe on some level they are not deserving of prosperity. I know I have struggled with both of these beliefs throughout my life. However, in order to truly be in a position to help others, we must first be in a position to help ourselves. Prosperity doesn't mean keeping everything for yourself. The more prosperous you are in all ways, the more you have to share with others. At the same time, it's okay to want things because you want them. There is no shame in desire. Desire does not have to equal greed, and you can choose to be a good steward of your prosperity so it doesn't cross the line into avarice.

If you believe - even on a deeply subconscious level - it is not okay to want "things" for yourself, then your thoughts, words, and actions won't align in a way that allows the universe to consistently deliver for you. Therefore, the first step in changing your mindset about prosperity is to notice thoughts that are counter to being prosperous as soon as they arise. Often, these thoughts are quite fleeting or just feel normal. So the first step in changing your mindset about prosperity is to listen deeply to your thoughts and words. Do you have thoughts or beliefs that are limiting what the universe provides?

Thought, word, and action are all creative. In other words, thoughts become things. The things we say, think, and do send messages to the universe, which then creates the exact conditions we have requested through our thought, word, and deed. So every time we think a limiting thought about prosperity, the universe responds in kind, giving us what we have created.
When you catch yourself thinking a limiting thought (or speaking of limitation) about prosperity, it is important to realign that thought (or word or action) right away. Here's a concrete example. You might catch yourself saying or thinking, "I'm broke!" Catch that thought and immediately cancel and replace it. When you hear this come out of your mouth (or pass through your brain), say to yourself (it can be in your head - doesn't need to be aloud), "Cancel that. I am prosperous. I have all I need to live the life I choose for myself," or something similar.
The point is to make it a positive statement that cancels out the negativity that passed through your mind. You don't even have to believe this to be the truth. You've probably heard the old saw, "Fake it 'til you make it." Changing your thoughts at first may seem unnatural, but consistent effort eventually brings a change in beliefs, attitude, and ultimately circumstances.

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You Are the Light

2/4/2017

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If the world - or any aspect of your life - seems cloaked in darkness, there's something important to remember. You have the Light inside of you. It goes with you everywhere and when you walk in that Light, you illuminate even the darkest of corners of the universe.
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Sometimes we forget who we are, and we think we are surrounded by darkness until something reminds us once again that we are beacons of Light. This is your friendly reminder. You are the Light. It's what we call came here to do - to be the Light. It is our sole purpose and our soul purpose. You take the Light with you wherever you go, and all you have to do is choose to activate it to make it shine all around you.
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Being a Lightworker

2/4/2017

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To many people, the world may feel like a scary and tumultuous place right now, and I understand. I believe we are seeing the push back of darkness (old energy) because so much Light (new energy) has entered via individual's spiritual work.

I believe what is happening is the darkness (old energy) is seeking to create balance with the Light (new energy). I also believe the way to resist the darkness is with our own Light. Darkness is an illusion. It is the absence of Light, but it easily vanishes when you flip a light switch. Stay in the Light. Try to step away from your anger, ego, fear, judgment, and reactions and be the true Lightworker you are. Spread Light, unconditional love, compassion, and peace by recognizing the Light in you and in others.

Namaste (नमस्ते)- The term roughly translated means 'the Light in me recognizes the Light in you.' Live in namaste. Focus on the Light and not the dark. When you focus on the dark, you give it power.
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When I saw the women's marches and how strong, peaceful, loving, and powerful they were, I got chills. This is the new energy - powerful and loving and based in a positive focus about what we DO want, not about what we don't want. The Light always wins, and going through the "battle" leads us to a better place and makes us stronger Lightworkers.
नमस्ते Namaste. I love you for the Lights you are.
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10 Tools for Forgiveness

2/4/2017

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​Forgiveness sets you free. It's something I work on every day - choosing to let go of anger, hurt, pain I feel others have caused me. Intellectually, I realize nobody has caused the pain - I'm choosing it. Sometimes it takes a bit longer for the heart and emotions to respond but with work, I always get there eventually.

I can't remember who I heard say it, but this has always stuck with me. It was spoken to an adult survivor of child abuse, and I'll paraphrase here - "Your abuser stopped beating you years ago, but every day you're choosing to pick up the stick and continuing to beat yourself."

Are you continuing to beat yourself with a stick that someone else put down long ago? I'll say it again. Forgiveness sets you free.

Forgiveness doesn't mean you have to allow a destructive person back in your life, but it does mean you release them from the destructive ties that are binding you. You can step away with love. Here are some tools to help in the process:
  1. Close your eyes and imagine cutting the ties that bind you. As you do, say, "I release you." Then, surround them with Light. Do this as often as you need for as long as you need until you have reached a state of peace.
  2. Picture the person you are struggling to forgive as a young child before all the pain began and send them unconditional love. Surround that young child with light and love.
  3. Hold your hands over your heart center as you imagine the person you wish to forgive. Now look at their heart center and see the Light inside of them that is the spark of the Divine. Imagine the light from your heart center meeting the Light from theirs.
  4. Focus on the heart chakra, which is where forgiveness begins. Meditate on the heart chakra, surrounding yourself in pink or green light of unconditional love. Then, bring the people you need to forgive into that light.
  5. Use crystals that support unconditional love, such as rose quartz and rhodonite.
  6. Ask yourself "who would I be without this thought?" about your anger or resentment. Then imagine what you would feel. Put yourself in the place of who you could be and how you could be empowered if you let go. For more, try Byron Katie's The Work (thework.com)
  7. Ask yourself what good things the relationship with that person has brought to you. What opportunities or experiences has it provided you? There's always a nugget of something there, even if that nugget is you are now stronger or more resilient. This is a gift that person gave you, no matter how destructively you felt it was given.
  8. Remember people almost always do the best they can with the tools they have right now. Sometimes, that doesn't feel like they are doing very well, and I get that. That is their path to walk. Don't let their path destroy you.
  9. Let go of ego. How does holding anger, hate, or a grudge help you? If it doesn't, then choose to let go. It's always a choice.
  10. Don't forget to forgive yourself.
One more time: forgiveness sets you free. Put down the stick and move forward in love.
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Sharing the Light

2/4/2017

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Send a little Light everyday. Just for a few moments, before you go to sleep and/or when you first get up, put your hands over your heart chakra, close your eyes, and visualize Light. Then, visualize sending it to the darkest corners of the world.

Don't send it where there's already an abundance of Light, but to places where darkness appears to have taken over. Send it to the Middle East. Or to the Oval Office. Or to Congress. Or to the greediest of Corporations. Send it to terrorist cells. Send it to people in your life who have treated you unkindly. Send it to where people are dying, and where human rights don't seem to matter. Send it to fascist dictators and to war-torn and poverty-ridden regions.

Beam that Light to places where darkness appears to live, because you can't fight darkness with more darkness. You can only combat it by turning on the Light.

And as you visualize, affirm. Affirm that the Light you are sending will bring peace. That it will bring prosperity. That it will bring wisdom and compassion. That it will bring Love. That it will bring wise and compassionate leadership. That it will bring healing and joy. If enough people make this tiny effort every day, eventually even the darkest places on earth will be filled with the essence of who we truly are - Light.
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