How to Smudge (cleanse) the Native Way!             ; 

Smudging is a way of using the smoke from burning herbs as a way to cleanse the body or aura, an object, or a given area in a dwelling of negative influences.
I use this ceremony of "cleansing" for my house each change of season and after traumatic events occur.    It lifts the negative energy that accumulates within the dwelling.  It can be used for many purposes and in the healing ceremonies as well. Smudging can also be used before cleansing with sea salt also.  To cleanse with sea salt after smudging:


Spread sea salt in the four corners of the room and sweep all to the center.  Lift the used sea salt into a dust pan and remove to the outdoors where you will bury the salt in the earth.  I use both the smudging and the sea salt each spring after an especially hard winter where my home has been closed tightly to keep the warmth in.


I use smudging to "cleanse" crystals before using them  and for protecting my home from some recent stress producing events. I am aware that the skillful use of these smudging herbs can assist in warding and banishing ceremonies if used properly and with reverence. The three most used plant material for smudging are sage of all types, cedar and sweetgrass. I use pineapple sage that I grow myself and also I grow sweetgrass in containers.
Others use lavendar and ginger but I prefer the above herbs as they burn clean and light.


Sage

There are two major genii and several varieties of each genus of Sage that are used for smudging. Salvia, or the herb sage used for cooking, comes in two major varieties: S. officinalis, commonly known as Garden Sage, and S. apiana, commonly known as White Sage. Salvia varieties have long been acknowledged as healing herbs, reflected in the fact that its genus name comes from the Latin root word salvare, which is the verb "to heal" or "to save." Artemisia is the genus commonly considered "Sagebrush", and is more common in the wilds out here in California. There are two major varieties to the Artemisia genus: A. californica or Common Sagebrush, and A. vulgaris or Mugwort. There are many other varieties of both Salvia and Artemisia, and all are effective in smudging. Sage is burned in smudging ceremonies to drive out evil spirits, negative thoughts and feelings, and to keep Gan'n (negative entities) away from areas where ceremonials take place. In the Plains Sweatlodge, the floor of the structure is strewn with sage leaves for the participants to rub on their bodies during the sweat. Sage is also used in keeping sacred objects like pipes or Peyote wands safe from negative influence. In the Sioux nation, the Sacred Pipe is kept in a bundle with sage boughs. I would think special crystals could be so protected this way as well.


Cedar

True cedar is of the Thuja and Libocedrus genii. Some Junipers (Juniperus genus) are also called "cedar", thus complicating things some. Some Juniper varieties are cleansing herbs, especially J. monosperma, or Desert White Cedar. But for smudging, the best is Western Red Cedar (Thuja occidentalis) and California Incense Cedar (Libocedrus descurrens). Cedar is burnt while praying to the Great Spirit (Usen', the Source -- also known to Plains nations as Wakan Tanka) in meditation, and also to bless a house before moving in as is the tradition in the Northwest and Western Canada. It works both as a purifier and as a way to attract good energy in your direction. It is usually available in herb stores in chipped form, which must be sprinkled over a charcoal in a brazier. You can also use  a piece of charcoaled mesquite for this purpose, rather than the commercial charcoal cake.  They now sell in many online stores braided sage, cedar and sweetgrass for smudging that you can use.


Using Smudging:

Burn clippings of the herb in a brazier... not a shell as some "new age" shamanic circles do... it is an insult to White Painted Woman to do this, especially with the abalone shell which is especially sacred to Her. If the herb is bundled in a "wand", you can also light the end of the wand that isn't woody and use that. I like the latter way. I like to use small copper lined smudging pans that I have had in the family for years to smudge. Direct the smoke with your hands or with a Peyote (feather) wand over the person or thing you wish to smudge. If you can see auras, look for discolored places in the aura and direct the healing smoke towards those places on the patient's body. For cleansing a house, first offer cedar smoke to the four directions outside the house. Then, take a sage bough and go throughout the inside of the house, making sure the smoke penetrates every nook and cranny of the house. It might help also, if you have a power animal, to visualize your animal doing these things, to also dance your animal, and if you have a power song, to sing that too. Then finally, run through the house with a white candle that is well protected, to "light up" the house. Careful not to burn it down when you do it!!! There are smudging ropes that are a mixture of the above three herbs but I like to burn the herbs separately.


Final Thoughts

Smudging should be done with care, with reverence, and in an attitude of LOVE. Show your respect and honor to the plants that the Universe has given us for our healing, and they will return the favor by keeping us well and free from disease and negative energy.

Aloe Vera plants, though not to be burnt, are good for the cleansing angle as well. Keep one or more potted Aloe Veras in the house (modern varieties are too tender to plant in anything but full shade outside) in organic (wood or ceramic, never plastic or metal) pots. To honor the plant when you transplant it, sprinkle the roots with corn meal and smudge it with cedar once it is transplanted.
The spirit of Aloe Vera is a good protective spirit, and if you burn yourself, can also be used to heal your skin. Be sure to ask the plant's permission before cutting part of the leaf off for the healing juice. If you don't, the protective power of the plant will cease, and you will be left with but an inert houseplant... and perhaps some bad karma to boot.

I hope this helps you all in clearing and cleansing!  Many Blessings to you.

Rosie

This morning I am combining two articles into one blog so it is very lengthy but I do hope you will read the entire blog for it is an important one for all of us to consider.

The first blog is about the women who created the Fire the Grid event.  It is entitled "Shelley's Story" and is an amazing account of her near death experience and what was relayed to her during the experience.  The second section is about the event occuring tonight that is entitled "The Plan" that we all should be aware of.

I hope you will read each section and join with us tonight to spend one hour in prayer for our Universe.

Shelley's Story

We are now in a time when natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, and tidal waves are dramatically affecting our planet, and our lives on it. We now have the power to destroy this beautiful Earth quickly, with atomic power, or more slowly, with pollution and devastation of our resources, and overpopulation. I have been guided to tell you that we also have the very real power to save this planet, and to make it a loving and healthy place for ourselves and for future generations. Please take a few minutes to read my story. It will hopefully save our Earth.

I have a story to tell you that I know will be hard to believe in parts, but it has happened to me, and I cannot erase or deny any of it (though at times I wish I could). I am a "normal" woman who grew up in simple yet chaotic times. I am much like you in most every way. I always thought I would be the last one to have a miracle occur in her life, much less two miracles, and all that has happened since. Therefore the tale I tell could be of your life, and not mine. But seeing it is mine I guess I was meant to tell it.

What I want to establish first, is the fact that miracles do happen and they happen to people like you and me. What we need to make these miracles happen is to open ourselves to the communication that is all around us every day. Communication not from this world but from the world of our creator, the cosmos and the universe. The message comes from a distance, but you find it by going inside and believing. We can all create miracles within our lives, and that is one of the main points in writing this for you. I have no special tricks. Simply open yourself to the possibility that what I tell you is possible and that it is available to every person.

I will refer to God in many ways throughout this story. This is strange for me to refer to God in any sense, as I believed he had abandoned me a very long time ago. But I will refer to a prime creator of the cosmos and the universe, along with this earth that we live on every day. I call God the Prime Creator, because I want all those to understand that this story is completely unbiased and unprejudiced to any affiliation with any religion, and the God of my understanding is not only an earthly God, but a universal God. I will also refer to God as mother earth, Gaia, which I came to learn through this journey is the female piece of God. As in everything that is in our universe, you must balance darkness with light, peace with war, and recognize the two faces of God, the female and the male. We are all pieces of this Prime Creator. We are a part of God.

Two miracles happened in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. My son and I drowned in a flooded marsh and not only lived to tell the tale, but we are better than ever. I was "dead" for fifteen minutes. I was told by beings of light how to save myself, and my small son. And I was given a message on how to heal the Earth.

As you are reading this I ask you with all my heart to open yourself to the possibility of what I say. I feel it is imperative that we unite this world as one planet with one common goal - to establish peace and prosperity for all, not just the select few who were blessed to be in the right place at the right time. We are entering a new phase of humanity and what I will tell you in this website will help us as a race to assimilate the changes that the future will bring.

I have not had God in my life for forty years. I did however, as a child, chase the possibility of God. I felt that those people who had undying faith were the lucky ones, and the fact that I believed in nothing made me the loser. As a child I often spoke to God, but never felt heard or connected. It took life throwing me into a flooded marsh and drowning me, to open my eyes to the reality of how much we are all connected to the Divine power. It is showing up now more than ever. You can go on the internet and find thousands of hits about the next phase of humanity, the era of enlightenment and the time of change. These stories are in our religions and in the stories of the ancient cultures such as the Mayans, the Egyptians and the Native Americans. We have all been waiting for the moment when things would be different, for surely God will do something to save us from ourselves. Well there is something in the works, but God is merely directing it through people like me, and it will take the faith of people like you to create the reality. Once again I am getting ahead of myself but in the messages I am receiving, I am being given a way for us all to participate in a healing of mother earth, and a launching of the human race into a time of health, peace and positive change. But for this to happen, you will need to sit in meditation for just one hour of your life.

I once heard in the star trek series "resistance is futile." I did not want to be a messenger for God, but when God wishes our awakening, it will happen. So now I will tell you the truth of what happened to me, after a car accident that occurred in Nov. 2002.

My son and I were travelling to a friend’s house for an afternoon of play, when disaster hit. My car was swept into a flooded marsh after hydroplaning. The car landed upside down in this boggy marsh, and sank to the bottom. I tried to open the car's windows, but the power windows failed and we were trapped inside. I spoke with my tiny son who was four at the time, and assured him that mommy would get him out. The car was filling up quickly with the cold murky water and I held my son's coat tightly in my hand, while I waited to be fully submerged. I hoped that I could open the door after the car equalized with water and we would swim out. My final words to my little boy as the water came over his head was "hold your breath honey; mommy will have us out soon". I watched him take a large gulp of the remaining air, and the water took him. When I felt the last air pocket escape the car I tried the door. It wouldn’t budge! The other door was equally stuck. I struggled with the doors several times, to no avail. We were trapped and going to die.

At this point I took Evan’s little body and pushed it over the seat, hoping beyond hope that he would find air. As I struggled to free us from this coffin on wheels, I realized I had to breathe. As I drank the deep breath of water into my lungs, the fiery feeling added panic to the moment. I wanted my baby back and I swung my arms feverously about in an effort to find his body. I couldn’t, and I needed to breathe again. That is when I heard a voice, a calm majestic voice, directing me to relax. This voice cooed in my ear, reassuring me that all would be well. I was infused with the knowledge that if I fought the water, my rescuers would not be able to revive me when they arrived. The voice said that if I fought the water I would drown…no shit I thought, I get a wise ass ghost on my deathbed. The voice continued to give me instructions about what was to happen, and that all would be well if I just followed the instructions. I relinquished myself to this voice from beyond, and passed quietly into the other side.

While on the other side I saw beings of light, who once again assured me that my son and I would not only get out of this car, but we would both be fine. They were definite in explaining that I must follow instructions implicitly and not lose faith in their words. I was told to have faith that I would be divinely directed, and I was.

It took my rescuers fifteen minutes to pull my lifeless body from that car, and another seven minutes of CPR to revive me. As my body bolted upright, I blurted "get my baby out of the car". Twenty two minutes had passed, the rescuers jumped back into the freezing bog to retrieve my son, knowing against hope, that he was dead. It took rescuers another five minutes or so to get my boy free from that car. His limp body was transported to the IWK Children’s Hospital, where he was immediately hooked to every machine known to mankind.

The team of emergency doctors and neurologists were waiting for me. They assured me that my sweet little boy was indeed brain dead, and in addition to this, his internal organs were full of blood. He was haemorrhaging throughout his body and his organs were non- viable. Things were the most bleak I have ever known. That is when the voice came to me again. "Have faith child." The doctors advised me to unplug my baby and let him pass peacefully, for even if a miracle happened and he did live, he would be a vegetable. "No quality of life", is all I remember thinking. Once again I heard the voice, "have faith". For that moment the doctors agreed to keep Evan on life support, but advised me not to hold out any hope. He had less than one percent chance of living and then he would continue to be hooked to all these machines for the rest of his life. Remember, I had no God, so I could not even call for guidance. It was in the quiet of my first moment alone, that I was given the instructions. "Follow the instructions implicitly", memories of the visions and the voice in the lake flooded back to me. There was someone there with me, I was sure of it, and I decided to listen carefully. I was instructed to rebuild my son’s aura by infusing his little body with the auras of others. Twenty minutes at a time was one of the first rules; for if it was longer, you would drain the aura of the giver. They instructed me to parade loving people through Evan's room, each depositing their own energy field into his lifeless body. They were to do this by connecting their flesh to his flesh and allowing their energy to run through his body, and then to give Evan their “gift." If they sang, they were to sing. If they were story tellers, tell a story, and so on. Infuse him with positive energy and your love and your talents, and this will revive him.

I proceeded against hospital protocol to send loving humans into my son’s room every half hour. They then followed the instructions and gave their gift of love. This procession lasted twenty four hours a day, for three days. Dozens and dozens of people came. They "camped out" everyday and every night; loving trusting souls infusing his lifeless body with fresh energy. The fact that I was able to convince the hospital to allow this unorthodox behaviour to happen was a miracle in itself, but on the third day, after 72 hours of constant vigil, my boy opened his little eyes and recognized me. He was back!!!

The doctors were baffled. They continued to tell me that he would never walk or talk or be a normal child again. However their words this time had no effect on me. The guidance and direction from my spiritual light beings had proved to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that he would be fine; after all, my "friend" in the lake had told me so.

Within the first week Evan had recovered all his body functions, and by the end of the second week, he was running down the halls to the hospital playroom. This was indeed an incredible miracle. What had I done to deserve such reprieve by our Almighty Creator? I didn’t know nor did I care. I wanted to take my son home and be done with the whole nightmare. This is when I realized that I might be done with my light friends, but they were not done with me.

I continued to hear the voices and be directed with both visions and seeing auras. Needless to say, I was more than a little freaked out. As time passed I would ask "What do you want of me?" They would speak of the love for the universe and how things have gone terribly wrong. Humanity has spiralled out of control, and has lost its true connection to God and to this Earth. They want desperately for me to give the humans of this world a message from "beyond," that we have inside of us the power to unite this planet as one race with peace and prosperity for all. This power lies inside us all, and when combined with the loving energy of other humans, we can do for this planet what we did for my son. We can revive this Earth and catapult it into healing. With this healing will come a new phase of humanity. We will have a time of peace and harmony. All it will take is our intention, as a united group, and one hour of our time.

So as the voices and visions unravelled I was given the guidance of how to make this all happen. However it will take many of us on this planet to see to the success of the project. As they told me to rotate the humans through my son’s room, they have told me to unite humanity from every corner of the globe. Not every human, just representatives from every corner. We can do this. We need to unite enough people to fire the divine energy system of this planet and jump start it like we did with my boy.

This global project of loving intention is completely possible. Your intention to make it happen can change the outcome of this planet. I will discuss the details of the plan in phase three of this website. I will give you the directions to follow, and you will see how little it will take for you to become an ambassador of light to our home, planet Earth. I beseech you to join me when we fire the Earth grid on July 17, 2007 at 11:11 Greenwich Mean Time. — Tue, July 17 at 07:11 (7:11 AM) in your time zone — and add your energy to this project. I promise you, just one hour of your time and you can help heal this planet, and help create peace among all people. My son and I are examples of the power of positive energy, and what humans are truly capable of when they unite with the intention of love. Love is the universal language of our world, and the world beyond.

Light and love be with you and welcome to the next phase of humanity; be part of the excitement and please join us.

 
Section II  Fire the Grid II

The Plan

Fire the Grid is all about waking humanity up so that we become conscious individual cells of light. Each cell of light radiates not only in itself, but for others as well. Fire the Grid III was about raising your own frequency, finding that moment of joy and giving gratitude, As each of our fields lit up, we plugged into the grid and tapped into the energy system of the planet, essentially raising our hands and saying "I'm here". My beings have told me conclusively that they can see us now and that there are enough of us.

The second phase is called Fire the Grid II, and it is about using the power of “I” to unite once again to become “WE”. Just as with the first event, there is a corresponding date and time which have been given to me by my Light Beings. Much has transpired since that momentous day, and roughly 24 months later, there will again be incredibly powerful energy available for all humans to utilize on a new date. The energy I speak of is our own love energy we used on the first FTG event.

Let me explain.

On July 17th 2007 at 11:11 GMT, a Cosmic opening rained down a living, highly charged force full of awakening potential. It was infused with Source energy and it was available to all humans who wished to draw it to them. We are conduits, antennas if you will, and we accepted this energy, drew it into us, passing it through us into the water system in the earth below us. At the same time, the love energy of acceptance and joy and gratitude that we’ve nurtured and stored while the energy passed through us also passed through us into the water. The water system then took that energy throughout the planet and began a healing. It was to flow through the planet for a year and then to travel to Brazil where it is housed in a crystal bed under Brazil. Crystal is alive, an entity in itself and could even house one of us. This crystal bed has been housing the energy since July 17th 2008. It has been pulsating out its potential from its resting place under Brazil and this July, it will be ready to be released. This energy simply cannot stay here as there is an imbalance, so it must return to Source. As we all will someday. There is balance in everything.

See it, believe it then create it.

The energy of Fire the Grid is ready to go home and the skies are open for the delivery. We can once again draw the energy of the day through us and pass it onward to Creation. This is the energy of pure potential, pure love, pure abundance and of pure creative ability. This is the united energy of millions of humans concentrating on one purpose for one hour as one mind. This is very powerful manifesting ability.

I have been told to unite humanity again for one hour of time. We will sit in contemplation of the world that will be. This is an hour of earthly creation with the highest degree of pure intention. Use meditation, prayer, thought, music or intention - any tool of your choosing to manifest the world we so desire into being. Imagine millions of humans sitting, taking a stand for something better; a world of equality of balance of harmony and joy. We will gather for one hour and hold the vision of a world fed, a world of abundance for all, a world of joyful experiences. This world holds pure potential for all humans.

With this in mind, set about seeing in your mind what that world looks like, see green fields, beautiful clear rivers and clean air. Now see abundance for everyone, see people smiling, happy, well fed, well cared for. See humans sharing and cooperating. What does that look like you ask? Simply imagine it. Really see it in your mind. The imagination is the paintbrush of our creations. See it here during this very special energy time. See it here and dream it into being. We will collectively see it and dream it into being. Remember you are not alone, there are millions of us intending this new world into place.

Now put details into your dream, see all of the beauty you desire. Add color and delight. The more detailed your dream, the more tangible we make our intention. See the people of the world living in harmony not only with each other but with the planet itself. See engineering taking a turn to work with nature for the betterment of both all humanity and the earth itself, working together for the betterment of all. People all sharing in a plan to challenge the old ideas and incorporate new, better, healthier ideas. The winds of change can be directed and this is our opportunity to consciously choose that direction. It is the time of a great gathering, a uniting of minds to create a better way, a way without exclusion. We can change the world. It begins with our hearts and minds.

This energy is available for you on July 28, 2009 at 19:19 Rio di Janeiro time — 18:19 (6:19 PM) in your time zone — It will be accessible all day but complete alignment for the best use of this energy will be at the given time, and last one hour.

If the key component to the first FTG was joy and gratitude, then the main components to attend to during the second phase are to be present and accountable for who you are and your unique role in the cosmos. Visualize peace and abundance for all. This is the time we see the world we choose to live in. See it in all its splendour; you must see even that which you could not believe to be true. Imagine in your mind a community sharing and caring for all. Imagine a world of plenty using systems that work with our earth for a sustainable coexistence with humanity. See peoples' needs and desires met in a loving, peaceful manner cooperating in all so that we all will benefit. See it! What does it look like? See the people in your life living in harmony. See the children of the world in comfort and delight choosing just like us. A cooperative planet sharing the journey seeing to needs of all including our great mother earth. There is a new race of children ready to change the world from within. They will be the leaders of this movement, we are just clearing a path so they may see a better way.

Fire the Grid is a movement for change, and it comes from a place of love and integrity. It demonstrates how many we are and that there is great strength in numbers. It brings a united front for those who know that we can make a difference in this world. True change begins with each individual becoming accountable, not only for what is happening now but what will happen in the future. Embrace the “I am” and we will create the “We can” to follow through with the highest intention to create a better world. Remember who you truly are as an individual: a Divine piece of our Creator. And when you align with others, you become part of a collective of very powerful creators. There are many changes coming for this world. The energy we hold as a collective unit will influence the outcome of those changes, but before we manifest more for ourselves we must put time and energy into manifesting a healthy planet and a healthy people so that there will be something here to enjoy in our future.

When you’re in joy, you create high vibration. When you create high vibration, we create a high vibration in the world. And there will be ease in the transition. It’s just a linear kind of rolling. The Light Beings have instructed that we must unite in our similarities not dissolve in our differences. They say to find the differences fascinating. Unite in the knowing that there is more than meets the eye. Know that you can influence this time and space and then do so. Put forward your best foot, lay the plan of your intention then tend your garden. There are many projects where we can tend our garden. They will show themselves. It is up to each individual to find the way to incorporate living with purity of intention everyday.

To summarize, what we will do on July 28, 2009 at 19:19 Rio di Janeiro time — 18:19 (6:19 PM) in your time zone — is unite as one, sharing our purest intention to create a new world. As each of us as individuals see the earth in its true potential, collectively we will begin to create a world with untold possibilities. Hold that intention for an hour. During that time, the energy stored in the crystal beds under Brazil will be released and we will allow that energy to pass through us on its way back to Source.

The energy of Fire the Grid is ready to go back home. Please join us on July 28, 2009 at 19:19 Rio di Janeiro time — 18:19 (6:19 PM) in your time zone — for FIre the Grid II as we choose consciously to be present and accountable in the energetic creation of a new world.

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You can find more information about Shelley at:
http://www.firethegrid.com/eng09/FTGII.htm

STICHOMANCY

While reading the forum entries on Keen today, another Advisor I like, Brigid Bishop, suggested that we all try the practice of Stichomancy again.  I have used this practice in my life off and on throughout my career and it is fun and sometimes very enlightening.  I suggest you learn about it and try it for it will surprise you.

The practice of Stichomancy is at least 3000 years old. You open to a random page of a randomly selected book in your library, to find an excerpt that applies to what you seek. In order to provide you the widest possible experience you can use a wide variety of books.  When you use the Holy Bible it is referred to as Bibliomancy.

Stichomancy (literally, divination from lines) is the practice of seeking answers to the great metaphysical questions, as well as trying to gain insight into the meaning of existence and reality, by reading random passages from a book such as the Bible or the I Ching or other books.

It is a great way to redirect your thinking and give you a course of action for the day. 
 

1.  Select a book that you like and let it randomly open to a page.

2.  Decide how many paragraphs down the page you are going to start reading.

3.  Read the paragraph that you select from the book and see how it applies to your day.

Today I choose the book I have been reviewing called "Transforming Anger" by  the Authors Doc Childre and Deborah Rozman, Ph.D.

I selected page 56 and paragraph five before reading.  The paragragh that I chose to read states:

"Shift your focus to the area around your heart.  Now feel your breath coming  in through your heart and out your solar plexus. Practice breathing this way to ease into the technique"

I found that passage really resonated with me for I have been experiencing people's anger lately in an adverse way.

I hope you will try this divination method for it is fun for all to practice.

Blessings to you this day!

Rosie

    

Shifting your Focus!

The sun came up over my mountains this morning as usual and I watched the clouds and fog dissipate and clear blue sky touched with lavender appear.  All is well in Gods Kingdom and moving along just as it should be.  That is a fact that we must remember "everything under the sun is as it should be".

We tend to get involved in our little corner of the world and do not cast our eyes out to see the big picture and that is normal but at times it is important to do so.

This morning I would like you to partake in an exercise that I do when intense feelings and emotions cloud my otherwise objective mind.  When I am harboring intense feelings of anger and disgust with an individual I do this exercise to clear my aura of negativity.

For the first step, on computer, paper, or at least in your mind, make a list of the people you correspond with, or who impact your life, that you don’t like, who irritate you or in some instances you absolutely cannot stand to be around.

This can include those in your professional and personal world, and those in the public eye, who rub you the wrong way, who make your skin crawl, or who -- if you didn’t believe in kindness and compassion or at least in avoiding jail -- you’d flat out enjoy punching in the nose.

After you have composed your list then you are going to do some analysis about each person on your list.

What is it about this person that may be worth emulating?

Instead of focusing on their disagreeable qualities and actions, that is, for each person on your list shift your perspective to what their best qualities are … more particularly, to the one, two or more aspects of their character that YOU could learn from and perhaps use more of.

Perseverance? Discipline? A happy-go-lucky attitude?

Everyone has something worth emulating. Everyone. Though certain people may deserve to be fired, jailed, or impeached, even they have qualities that are worth appreciating and emulating.

It is our ego's that urge us to completely trash anyone who seems to have a negative influence in some way on us. Our subconscious brain tries to protect us from pain and if somebody strokes our ego, then that somebody is good, and if somebody kicks our ego to the curb then they are considered not so good or bad. Honing in on what we don’t like in people (or in situations for that matter) won’t change them, but it does make our lives considerably less peaceful and sucks away from our productivity and happiness. It becomes a habit that perpetuates the self-damage. Plus it makes us considerably less attractive to others.

This lingering reaction creates the notion of “dislike,” or hate, which blocks our eyes, mind and heart from focusing on anything but the negative. But by focusing on the negative in anyone – “I really don’t like that person” -- we are doing by far the most damage to ourselves.

I don't want you to think that you have to tolerate being abused or taken advantage of by those people "we just cannot stand".  You need to avoid some people no matter how much you would like to create a different attitude in regards to them.  You can avoid them however but change your feelings towards to be more benevolent.

This exercise will help you (your ego) to avoid letting those people pull you down into discord and disharmony in your life where you don't deserve to be.

The key in this exercise is to try and focus on what may be worth appreciating about the person in question.  Don't hone in on the negative but only list the positive even if these people are your opponents for example such as in court or your worst enemy at work.  You need to strive to keep your emotional responses in check in regards to the person in question.

So to continue the first step is to make the list and consider each person from an appreciating angle.  What is it that you can find about them that you can appreciate?  For example:  Are they good parents, do they take care of their business, do they care for their personal appearance etc.

The second step is to extend this practice into your daily life.

When you encounter someone who seems to be doing the opposite of their part to make your life worthwhile and wonderful instead of focusing on what makes them such a lousy human being, focus on what it is about this person that is worth emulating.  Keep striving to do this until you feel the shift within you.  As you continue to do this it becomes a habit and you automatically begin to see the good in everyone.

You will be amazed at how this shift reduces your overall anxiety and enables you to move ahead in a much happier frame of mind.

You cannot change anyone ...that is absolutely the truth if ever a truth was said.  It has to be their own choice to change.  You can alter how you perceive them however and I do this exercise regularly to keep my mind from dwelling on things that create negativity in my life.

Sometimes we need to step back from the trauma or discord we have witnessed and just assess the impact that it has on us.  You can use this exercise for situations in the workplace also.  Analyze each situation like you analyze the people you do not like.  Try to pick out the areas that you can live with and can accept.  Expound on those and do not dwell on the things that make you miserable like having to do other peoples work or having to stay late on a Friday night etc.

This process of shifting your focus works!  Just try it and you will see.  Make your list of those that are getting on your one last nerve and just see if you can find something that makes the person acceptable and unique to you.  Look for some quality that the light shines through.

Wishing you joy in this day!

 

Rosie

Poltergeists!

An interesting phenomenon has occurred in one of my client’s life which I am relaying here with her permission. To protect her privacy I will call her by a pet name of mine Pansy.  She is divorced and the Mother of three teenage daughters and the youngest was just turning 13 when this story begins, the other two are 15 and 17. Pansy is both Mother and Father to her teens for she gets very little support from their Father who conveniently moved to Europe after their divorce.

When I first became aware of the problems that Pansy was experiencing the activity in their home had already progressed to the point that they were hearing strange knocking on the ceiling of their home at all hours of the night.  Dishes appeared to rattle in the cupboards and books would fly out of the bookcase when no one was around them. Pansy tried smudging, putting sea salt on every window and although I tried I could not find any discarnate’s that were occupying her home at that time.  I finally decided that the problem was attributed to Poltergeist. Pansy  had  decided to also call the family priest to bless the house.

"Poltergeist" is a German term for "noisy spirit".... which is an excellent description for this frightening phenomenon.  This kind of paranormal activity has made many victims literally run for their lives, completely abandoning their homes and possessions!

Equally as frightening is the fact that this type of activity is relatively commonplace.  Many people in normal households have experienced it.

In the scientific world, Poltergeists are generally portrayed as malevolent, disruptive, mischievous, and unusually noisy and unwelcome entities - and rightfully so!

This type of paranormal activity has been reported since Medieval times, and to this day scientists (yes, even scientists acknowledge them) are debating the causes of Poltergeist activity occurrences.

Characteristic activities may include flying objects, foul odors, loud noises, banging, pounding, unexplained electrical light activities.....and even apparitions.

Recently independent research has shed a little light on this odd phenomenon.  The general consensus is that the cause may actually be the result of subconscious psychokinesis.
Psychokinesis is essentially a mind-over-matter situation that is unintentional....and is delivered involuntarily by an entity at the site of the activity.

The research revealed that many suspected "poltergeist cases" are caused by females under the age of 25, who are completely unaware that they are causing this type of activity.  Emotional problems which include emotions such as anger, anxiety, paranoia, and schizophrenia have been attributed to poltergeist activity in the cases.
 
With psychological help the activities may diminish or even disappear completely with time.

Although the majority of the poltergeist cases are associated with unstable teens and young adults there are a few cases that remain unexplainable.  One of the more famous incidents was a reporting in the United States and widely written about called the "Bell Witch Haunting". There are many references to this story on Google and it is well documented.  It has been referred to as the Great American Haunting.

Therefore, it appears that Poltergeist activity is usually, (but not always) not related to hauntings.  Poltergeist activity can occur at any time and can be triggered by a "living" person's trauma, while hauntings are usually associated with entities who are deceased.

Poltergeist activity can be dangerous, both physically and mentally, and often leaving the site of the activity does not make it go away, as the problem persists even with new surroundings. The best way to overcome the activity is first to try and identify who is the center of the activity.

In Pansy's case it was decided that the most likely person was the 13 year old who was just entering into puberty and who was harboring deep anger towards her Father for abandoning the family.

The combined anger and the hormonal changes within the girl had erupted into a full blown case of suspected Poltergeist activity.  Much of the phenomenon was filmed and recorded before Pansy finally was convinced to have her daughter enter a clinic for counseling.  While it was occurring the entire household did not get any sleep most of the time except the 13 year old who would sleep long hours and it was during those times when she was asleep that the most disruptive occurrences happened.

Dishes were flung across the Kitchen like missiles directed at specific targets.  Books became deadly weapons and Pansy was unable to go to work out of fear the problems would follow her.

On one occasion that I witnessed, the family invited me to join them for dinner.  We went out to eat at a small restaurant in a nearby town and during the course of the meal the entire restaurant was practically demolished.  Later Pansy felt obligated to help the owner make the repairs even though she had not caused it.  Dishes were hurled around in the kitchen, pots and pans were suspended in mid-air and a complete wall in the back of the restaurant crumbled. It was a complete disaster scene.

That was the turning point when Pansy decided that her daughter’s problems had become so disruptive that she was capable of inflicting great harm.

Over the course of the next two years the family suffered great indignities.  The older daughter entered College and some activity followed her there.  She was able to dismiss it and continued in school.

The middle daughter was ridiculed so much at school, due to the events that surrounded the family, that Pansy had to remove her from the high school at the request of the Superintendent of the School. Pansy had to have her home schooled until graduation.  She became very upset with her younger sister which compounded the activity as it added fuel to the fire so to speak. When she entered college the activity stopped.  The younger daughter had stabilized and the household returned to relative normality with just a few occasions of disruptions until they finally ceased altogether.

Although normalancy returned to the family the violence of the activity left them traumatized for life and the two older girls remain estranged from the younger girl and have very little to do with her to this day. This is so very unfortunate for she was totally unaware of what her mind was producing especially since it occurred primarily when she was asleep.

She has a tested IQ of over 160 points.  She is considered to be in the classification of genius.
Her studies are directed to the paranormal now and she has become a wonderfully well adjusted young adult.  She is writing a book about the occurrences as we speak.

She continues to live with her Mother Pansy and they moved to a small home in the country where all is well so far. 

No one is able to totally agree on the causative factors that lead to a cause of Poltergeist activity but I have witnessed three cases in my lifetime and I hope I will not have the pleasure of seeing any more.  Although I never could find any discarnate’s involved in Pansy's case in one of the other cases there was definite evidence of a malevolent discarnate that was manipulating a young girl.

That particular case was later classified as an unsolvable Poltergeist case like the Bell Witch Haunting.  However when the home where the activity was burned down all of the activity ceased.

I hope you enjoyed this story and if any of you have ever witnessed such activity I hope you will comment and let us all know about it.

Blessings to you on this Joyous Monday.  I hope your day is filled with adventure.

 

Rosie

Have you ever been overly critical about yourself? Not liking what you see in the mirror, thinking about going on a diet, not liking your image, etc.  Do you entertain thoughts like "I don't like what I look like", "I hate who I am" for example.  These thoughts are all too common, and they imply that there are more than one identity involved.  There is the "you" who is looking and the "you" who you do not like.  To put it a better way there is "the  judging you" and the "you being judged".  That creates a dilemma of trying to figure out who the real "you" is.

Spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle says that it was just such a perplexing thought that woke him up out of a deep depression and started his spiritual journey. His despairing thought was: "I can't live with myself any longer," and it thrust him into discovering  "who" was this person that he couldn't live with. The question raised by such self-critical thoughts is: "Am I one person or two? And, if I'm only one person, why can I not  accept myself as I am?"

These self critical thoughts usually come from a standard that we are judging ourselves by or a standard we have set up in our minds that we are supposed to meet.   These standards are usually based on how others view us.  We want to fit in and want to make good impressions so we automatically compare ourselves to the culteral ideal.  Are we thin enough?  Do we dress in the right fashion? Are we successful at what we do? If the answers are no to these questions, our ego's critical voice will chime in and we can hear the lament of "I cannot stand myself" or some other deprecating remark to prod us into doing what we think is expected of us.

The reality of life is that we truly only are "one" person but we have many voices.  We are constantly talking to ourselves about life, our experiences, and most of the time we take what we are saying to be the truth but often it is not the truth but just our perception at the time.

What we say is frequently a judgment based upon uncritically accepted standards of thinness, beauty, or success. If we can learn to look past these judgments -- not take them so seriously -- perhaps we can find our way back to our True Self.

We truly need to look at what we are saying with a critical eye and like Byron Katie suggests in her "Work" define what truth we are really looking at.  Our perceptions are fashioned by our environment and mostly by the media such as television, news reports, magazines etc.  Every time we critically assess ourselves we need to basically ask ourselves....Is this the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth or....is it just my perception based on the programming I have received in the past and through the media.  Do I really feel what I am saying reflects the truth about me?  Do some positive critical analysis and stop the inner voice from dragging you down into depression.  If you get a yes answer to some of your questions then critically analyze what you can do to change and make steps to do so.

We all need to practice self-acceptance and tolerance.  Look to our bodies and look from your heart.  Be kind to yourself as you are kind to others.  We are unique pieces of God and the way we see ourselves does not necessarily reflect who we truly are.

Take time to love and cherish yourself today and see if life does not look better tomorrow.

Many blessings to all you lovelies! Rosie

Good Morning from the Misty Mountains this blessed day!  While musing over my morning tea I found a story that I had saved for a very long time.  The Author is Unknown but ...it is had such an impact on my life that I wanted to share it with all of you this day especially with all the turmoil and anger that is generating througout our world.  I hope you will ponder this message today and realize the rose within your own soul.

A certain man planted a rose and watered it faithfully, and before it blossomed, he examined it. He saw the bud that would soon blossom and also the thorns. And he thought; ‘How can any beautiful flower come from a plant burdened with so many sharp thorns?’ Saddened by this thought, he neglected to water the rose, and before it was ready to bloom, it died.

So it is with many people. Within every soul there is a rose. The God-like qualities planted in us at birth grow amid the thorns of our faults. Many of us look at ourselves and see only the thorns and the defects. We despair, thinking that nothing good can possibly come from us. We neglect to water the good within us, and eventually it dies. We never realize our potential.

Some people do not see the rose within themselves; someone else must show it to them. One of the greatest gifts a person can possess is to be able to reach past the thorns and find the rose within others.

This is the characteristic of love, to look at a person, and knowing his faults, recognize the nobility in his soul, and help him realize that he can overcome his faults.

If we show him the rose, he will conquer the thorns. Then will he blossom, blooming forth thirty, sixty, a hundred-fold as it is given to him.

Our duty in this world is to help others by showing them their roses and not their thorns. Only then can we achieve the love we should feel for each other; only then can we bloom in our own garden.

Quitting the Cigarette Habit!

I am a reformed smoker!  I smoked for too many years to count and have the health problems that are associated with the abusive habit.  I am always preaching to those I love and care about to quit.   Recently I was in a discussion with a friend that was in the process of quitting and she informed me of a new device to help those who are wanting to quit

She is using a device called the E-Cigarette which looks just like a cigarette and it is a battery operated device that delivers inhaled doses of nicotine without the other harmful substances.

Here is the Wikipedia definition:

An electronic cigarette (or "e-cigarette") is an alternative to smoked tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, or pipes. It is a battery-powered device that provides inhaled doses of nicotine by delivering a vaporized propylene glycol/nicotine solution. In addition to nicotine delivery, this vapor also provides a flavor and physical sensation similar to that of inhaled tobacco smoke, while no tobacco, smoke, or combustion is actually involved in its operation.

The electronic cigarette usually takes the form of some manner of elongated tube, though many are designed to resemble the outward appearance of real smoking products, like cigarettes, cigars, and pipes. A common design is also the "pen-style", so named for its visual resemblance to a ballpoint pen.

I was able to quit smoking using the nicotine inhaler but I could not stand the taste of the nicotine in the capsules and just ended up chewing on the inhaler until the worst of the cravings were over.  My husband used the nicotine cartridges and he was successful in quitting also.  This looks to be a product that is similar to the enhaler but they have refined the process.

My friend told me that she is able to use it after eating in restaurants (that's when users crave a cigarette the most I think ) and there is no visable smoke just a vapor.  She has completely quit buying cigarrettes but she is a still desiring the nicotine.  She uses it less and less however and is beginning to not need it as much.

I hope we can get some dialogue going about this product and others so we can help our clients and friends who are deligently trying to kick the habit.

I found having something in my hands that resembled a cigarette really helped me when I was quitting.  I think this is a good idea.   Have any of you tried this device and if so can you tell us anything about it that will help others?

Blessings to you all  this lovely Sunday!

Rosie

                   

Being a psychic medium truly has its rewards.  While I was connecting with a client and her family today on the other side,  a young man who had passed over quite recently came through very clear with a strong message he wanted to convey to his family.  He was not of my clients family but he knew that she was acquainted with his family.

It was a very powerful connection for this young man was very emotional and it was so important that he get his message to his family.  At first I thought this was very strange for he was not of her family but I could see that he was in fact part of her soul family.

This really confirms for me that those who we encounter throughout our life all have ties to us on the other side even when the encounter is not pleasant.  Our antagonist's are usually those who have the most important lessons to deliver and they are the ones we learn the most from.

I truly believe we need to look closely at all our alliances on this earth and what impact or lessons they may give us.  When a friend supplies much needed support while we are working through a crisis may be teaching us to be more loving and heart centered for example.  The partner that betrays our trust and leaves us hurt and alone may also be a member of your soul family and is teaching you an important lesson on how to be strong.

During our earthly incarnation I believe each person that we encounter plays a significant part in the evolution of our soul.  We must pay attention to the lessons for if we do not then we will have to repeat them sometimes over and over.

When we find ourselves repeating the mistakes of the past we must examine what part of the lesson are we not understanding and where are we missing the point.  Women who continually chose men who abuse them are examples of someone who has not examined the reasons behind their lessons.

As the young man I encountered today...many souls are there to help us on our path to enlightenment and the evolution of our soul and we must learn to examine and listen to the lessons they teach us.

 

Wishing you peace and joy this day!

Rosie