This is excellent!Originally Posted by Jenn Lynn
I practice forms of Buddhist meditation to calm the mind, very similar to what you speak of. One involves resting in the moment between breaths. (I'm laughing -- do you have kids, Jenn? Mine are 3 and 6- my 'quiet time' usually means having a small child pulling on my ear lobe and whispering constantly into it "Maaaaama! Are you done yet?!") I don't usually really have private time until I'm laying in bed exhausted, ready to pass out. So this is a bit of a struggle. but when I can, I use this time very carefully to cultivate silence, yes.
Originally Posted by Jenn Lynn
Hmmm, I guess this isn't as much of an issue for me - maybe the way I wrote of it made it sound like it is? It's is worth understanding and comprehending one's own set of 'fear's and potential projections of "neg's", weak spots in our vibration, etc. But personal trust is paramount, I agree.
My point was that I know I can be impressionable (esp during stress, this therefore is a known 'weak link" for lack of a better word) so I 'guard the gates' of my mind carefully. Some of what I wrote earlier was after days of reading negative information and I could sense it's effect. Our minds are like sponge's, all the more reason to know it well.
However, I have spiritual practices, guides and strong beliefs from personal experiences that speak to what you mention. I do not feel ultimately, in the divine state ("High Self" some call it) we are divided as such (good vs bad, etc), it is arguably a necessary illusion of the dense and human dimension - to grossly oversimplify it. I do shamanic healing, as well as altered states trance work, so the awareness of 'negative energies' come with the territory while mapping out one's Truth and helping others to do so. I put as much energy into them as needed for personal growth. (Hope that makes sense!) In my tradition, we call these things up and work with them, transforming them into allly's. But now I'm digressing into a different topic...
In part, I will say I was interacting with a person for awhile who was downright obsessed with Neg's, and it was jading me a bit.
So yes, Iagree - don't feed the fear! But know what to do with it and how to recognize it for what it is.
Great idea, and thanks for sharing it, Jenn! Always good to have new ways to clear space.Originally Posted by Jenn Lynn
I have found working with Violet Flame to be excellent for this also, as well as regular clearing of energy with specific herbs and resins. I come from a magical background, and therefore have wards,etc., also at work that I regularly use. Clients come to my house(er, ...and so do ghosts, psychopomp work), so I am very, very careful about it's safety and clarity of energy. As you articulate so well here, it is important to love our home! Make it THE safe place to land no matter the storms - or Neg's - we encounter.
This is a great idea. I've not tried the mapping out Bruce suggest (walking around, for instance, of where one might go?). Both of these I'd like to try. I tend to trust and follow my instincts, so the mapping I feel some resistance to as it feels constrictive. But having a target could be the best of both, you know? Yes, in particular because I am so visual...Hmmm...Originally Posted by Jenn Lynn
Thanks, Jenn Lynn!
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