Tuesday, April 24, 2012

From Above with Love ~ Chapter 2 ~ Color’s effect on us & it’s benefits

From Above with Love ~ Chapter 2 ~ Color's effect on us & it's benefits
            Learning colors aids itself to understanding color therapy, auras, charkas and why humans love color, and how it can work for you in your daily life and self care.
Red   
            Red is the color of love, passion, anger and strength.  Red is the color that spills from our veins when we bleed.  Red is the color of life.  Red, in women can give life yet through emotion can take life away.   Mentally the sight of red can enhance feelings anger, passion and strength.
Emotions can be triggered to have this mental red effect by -
                                                                   Red clothes
                                                                   The sight of the color red
                                                                    Red roses (the color and the scent)
                                                                    Red stones of various descriptions
                                                            Memories of base chakra violation such as rape
                                                A positive base chakra memory, e.g. success in strength
                                                            Certain scents, herbs, essential oils that effect base chakra
                                                                     Watching a fire
                                                                           The heat of summer, or just the moment
                                                                               Trying to achieve some feat mental or physical
                                                                                          Mental visualization of the color red
                                                                                                        High noon in intense heat

The organs that I have found red to effect are ~
                                                The genital area in both men and women
                                                This includes the uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries and bladder in women.
                                                Penis, testicles, prostrate gland and bladder in men
            An imbalance of the red chakra shows itself physically as acne, red rashes (eczema, hives, or psoriasis) and possibly hemorrhoids and/or bladder infections.  Hormonal problems, heavy or light menstrual flow, abnormal cells of the cervix, uterine cancer, an inability to conceive or to impregnate, impotence, and possibly pain during sexual intercourse, are other signs the base chakra needs healing.  Yet remember this knowledge is not meant to replace the medical treatments but to enhance them.  Therefore always respect the opinion of the medical profession.
            Emotionally, a red or base chakra imbalance can show in many different ways:
                                                -Outbursts of anger
                                                -Abusive nature
                                                -A need to physically or mentally control others or your own life
                                                -Low self esteem
                                                -Depression
                                                -Lack of sex drive
                                                -Feeling unworthy of your own love, [let alone any one else's]
            Note that teens have many of these issues going on.  It is in the teen years that the red chakra is activated, children do not have the red chakra 'activated' as so to speak. Their anger is not anger, but frustration as they learn what they are capable of within their bodies.  They have no sexuality or sexual issues at this time.  Hence if working with a child only work on the top 5 chakra (violet/white, indigo, blue, green/pink and yellow) which are discussed later in the book. 
            Often base or red chakra imbalance is present in most adults.  For the "base" cause of any physical or mental abnormality, one needs to look at their base chakra.  You must be extremely honest when attempting to balance yourself.  The mind, body, and spirit make up you.  If one of these three is out of balance, inevitably it will affect the balance of the other two.
            To aid in balancing and cleansing you must find the tools and treatments that best work for you.  When it comes right down to it, you are your own best teacher and balancer.  Question everything that comes across your path, if something feels right try it.  If it feels right to change something slightly, then do it.  Only you truly know yourself. 
            Evolving through illness or past memories is a very personal thing.  There is no right way, wrong way or "only" way.  There is your way and it is totally right for only you.  Sure, some of these things will work for others but some things will not.  Remember, you are here to help you, not the rest of the world.  By helping you will help your world.  It all starts with you.
            I have found self-love is the first thing lost in one's life.  Why?  Because we are taught that to put ourselves first is wrong.  Now, if you put yourself first because you feel you are better than others, well that is your ego, not your higher self.  If you put yourself first, and see all others as equal, that is your higher self. Self-love is the ability to let yourself live your life truly the way you want to while letting others also live their lives the way they choose.
            We all seem to think there are a right way and a wrong way to do something.  But who made up these supposed right and wrong ways?  Men and women just like you and I did.  Whether it was through religious or political channels, these views and ideals soon became society's norm.  Ask yourself "Is it my norm?"  Then ask "Why am I you doing it?"  Is it because of a fear of not being accepted?  If it is, ask yourself, "Is it really worth living my life for others just so I can be accepted?" and remember, you can never please everyone. 
            Learn to love yourself and live in your here and now.  The only ones not accepting of you are those who are not able to accept themselves.  Those who can love themselves will be like-minded.  These are people you can talk and share with who won't try to change you.  Sounds nice, doesn't it.  The catch is you have to become it first yourself in order to find that special quality in others.            
            According to my studies I have found that the color red also represents
                                                            Direction - south
                                                            Element - fire
                                                            Time of day - high noon
                                                            Gender - male (therefore yang)
            This information may be useful if you want to study Wicca, Native spirituality or add it into your belief system.  In these beliefs, colors are very powerful.  Combined with their time, element or even simply facing their direction adds to their strength.  Therefore, if one were praying for strength, he/she may choose to face south and burn a red candle while he/she prays to the Creator.  In that action he/she would be using the color red, (the candle) as well as red's direction and element.
            There is no right or wrong way to pray or meditate.  The examples I will be giving through out this book are exactly, simply that, examples.  To find what works for you, take your time to study, practice and pray while keeping one simple thought in mind - "All you send out shall come back to you threefold".  Therefore is not in your best interest to intend harm upon another living thing.  The base rule of the Wicca belief is "Thou shall harm none". 
            Take your spirituality seriously.  Do not follow someone else blindly who wishes to teach you.  You are your own best teacher and although at times it may seem hard, travel your path alone.  People and books will cross your path regularly to show you are not alone in your life.  Staying on your path is a test of strength all on it's own.  Base advice?  Trust yourself.  If you do not pray or do not believe there is anything other than human life [ex. a Creator], then ask the highest purest part of yourself for the answers you may seek.
Understanding The Red In Ourselves
            All of us have felt anger.  Anger comes from the base chakra.  Imagine what it would be like to never feel the need to act out our anger.  Having personal knowledge that nothing bad ever happens and the worst situations happens for your highest good is powerful knowledge.  Does anger really need to be a part of our lives?  To this question I have no answer.  I have tried many personal experiments within my own life. The only conclusion I have ever reached is that anger itself is a useful emotion and a wonderful human motivator.  Anger shows direction and points out boundaries.  I have seen hopeless people become angry and finally see that nothing ever can stand in the way again.  The only question I ponder, "Is there some way to harness the positive strength from anger?  The answer is "Anger itself is not disrespectful but the outward expression of it often is."  Once you become one with your "Higher self" anger becomes an emotion to be accepted and heard.  Anger is an emotion sparked when we feel we are not enough, do not have enough, are feeling ignored, violated or full of fear.          
            Unlike the ego or lower self, the "Higher self" lives totally in the here and now.  In the here and now, we are always enough and know we always have enough.  There is no anger, no panic, no fighting and no fear.
Orange
            Orange, the color of a sunset sky, the smell of a sun sweet orange, a color that can hold onto fear or give one courage.
            Orange, through my study, governs the emotion of courage or fear.  Since orange is made up of red and yellow, it may also carry some of those colors' traits also.  These findings are left up to your scrutiny.
            I found no documentation of orange having a direction, season, time or gender.  If I were to give a direction it would be southeast (as red is south, and yellow is east).  Orange's season would be late spring early summer, time directly between sunrise and high noon.  Orange's gender would be male, if it needed one, as both red and yellow carry the male gender.
            The part of the body governed by orange, is the large intestine and bowel. Think of the area that is about two inches below the belly button to just above the belly button. 
            If one suffers from constipation, it is the fear of change, stopping things from moving forward.  Diarrhea is also fear of change but fear that things are moving to quickly as if they are out of control.  A severe chakra block can also cause cancer.  We do not say, "I want cancer" or "Give me colitis" but signally look to the medical answers and nothing else.  How can outside forces create something inside your body when your brain controls your body?  This idea sounds simple enough yet the medical profession seems to constantly look outside the body for cures rather than inside of each individual.  Thus find your balance within the medical profession along with other natural practitioners. 
            Some of us are not meant to evolve out of disease or illness and thus we are asked to live with it or possibly pass from this world.  That does not mean these people are weak, disconnected from the Universal Energy or unable to 'heal'.             
            If the Universe has brought this book into your path, then you have the ability to understand that we constantly evolve and learn.  Better yet it shows you are ready to stop being a victim and take control of your life through letting go of your fears.
            "But how does one do that?"
            "Do what?"
            "Just let go?  How do you do that?"
            "You just do it?"
            "I'm scared?"
Yes, this does sound typical of us all.  Fear runs rampant in our society and we let it.  Even worse we believe it and buy into it.
            "How?  Why?"
            "Because it happens!"
            "These things really happen!"
            "Yes, okay, but are you sure that they are going to happen to you?"
            Fear is installed into us by our society.  Our Mothers takes their fears and place them upon us, along with our Fathers, teachers, friends, co-workers, lovers, husbands and wives.  You name it and they will unknowingly and often unintentionally place their fears upon you to believe and uphold and sometimes we firmly believe these fears to be real and our own.
            Once you have blind faith in whatever you believe, fear will no longer be able to stop you.  You will have the freedom to say to yourself "These are your fears, not mine".  We instinctively take on the fears of our world.  Fear of dying provokes the rest of these fears.  Once you accept that death always follows life, you will live and complete all that is needed, your fear of living will dissipate. Yet remember, this is many years of programming you are about to attempt to shift and evolve.  Take your time.  Shift only yourself and do not concern yourself with others around you.  All of this evolving is within you and you are doing this work for you.  Trust you are not alone.
            Meditation and visualization will come in handy in learning about your orange (fear). Imagine the color orange.  Walk through the orange mist.  Meet your fears, feel your courage grow.  Empower yourself; know you are here to live this life free of fear. 
            To learn not to be a victim anymore in your thoughts will almost automatically clear your orange chakra.  You can blame this lifetime all you like for your past experiences but know, these experiences made you who you are now.  Would you really go back and change them?  If the answer is yes, ask yourself "Why?"  You may have come upon something you refuse to let go of or deal with.  You hold on to old memories just to hurt and torture yourself, while blaming it all on another or something that happened to you a long time ago in the past.  Now, don't get me wrong.  My compassion is intact.  Although sympathy has now been replaced with empathy.  I believe in anyone who has the courage to read this book and do the exercises for themselves. I will tell you, no evolving within can occur if you choose to blame anyone for anything.  To learn to forgive and accept will be one of your greatest gifts.  But first comes the hard part, learning to love your 'self' unconditionally.  Often, inconceivably so, we wait for others to show us this love then we think it happens or a fleeting moment and then it feels lost.  We feel like an abandoned child.
Yellow
            Yellow is the color of laughter.  This color of the sun gives us warmth and beauty.  Yellow is the color of the east and like the dawn, brings new thoughts and ideas with each new day.
            Yellow has many unique mental effects.  Yellow not only affects us emotionally, it also stimulates mental thought.  Some believe orange does this also due to the simple fact that orange includes the color yellow. 
            Yellow governs the territory of the inner child, the solar plexus.  The yellow chakra is located in a band from just above the belly button to the base of the sternum.  The organs affected by yellow are those found in this area.  Those who suffer from a nervous stomach or constant nausea due to anxiety suffer from a yellow imbalance or block. 
            Due to idea the inner child is found here, you can work on the yellow chakra more than one way.  The inner child is you as a child.  It is the part of you who still suffers from a child's perspective on life in fear, rather than gaining another perspective in this innocence or seeing the lessons from your past.  For example, a child is often scared or intimidated by authority but the adult has learns to over come these fears.  Thus when you notice yourself acting like a scared child, focus on your solar plexus. 
            Imagine a scared child and talk to that child.  You would not yell at or scold a scared child, so be nice.  You may feel stupid taking the time to calm your own childhood fears but you become your own parent once you are an adult.  Sure others can explain to us that there is nothing to fear but will we listen?  No, not usually.  This same dialogue with the small child in you can occur when you hear yourself arguing like a child.  Stop and ask your child what they are so scared of and why they are fighting.  The inner child is actually also the voice of the ego. This whole process is done with thought and not out loud as it is your thoughts and perception of the reality you are working with.
            When the concept of the inner child first came into our world, many psychologists and alternative healers jumped at the idea.  All I have to say is remember your true purpose is evolving and be careful not to side track yourself.  Sometimes we try to fix problems that will evolve just by being acknowledged rather than analyzed.  You do not need to 'heal' emotionally, you are not broken, no one is broken; we are all evolving.
            To work on your inner child simply picture you, as a child and talk to that child.  Be sure to listen as a concerned parent would and do not work to placate or spoil your inner child.  You may also go into a state of relaxation.  See yellow and if you like, also imagine your inner child there.  Working on our own childhood fears is not easy.
            Once our inner child has learned to be a strong child, we are able to gain back our childhood innocence and beauty.  Children have the strongest natural energy fields and as adults we often try to take this away.  Children have no fear.  We often instill our own fears into our children.  Why do we do this?  Do we have to convince the whole world to believe our fear?  Can we not learn from this childhood strength of innocence instead?  Maybe we are jealous of the child's innocence being intact and feel robbed of ours.  Remember, anything we have buried inside ourselves from the past, can still be dug up.  Find your childhood innocence.  Deal with your childhood fears.  So often we are the only ones who stand in our own way.  Live with no regrets, evolve through experiences or memories from the past and grow.  To 'let go' is a misrepresented statement.  You will not notice when you evolve through or 'let go' of something as you are to busy living while learning a new behaviors and thoughts.  You will only notice when you look back and remember how you used to think.
            Often fear of abandonment starts in the yellow chakra and in effect will cause the orange and red chakras to block.  Once this person has made this fear part of their reality, they will make sure no one comes close enough again to abandon them.  By doing this that same person will allow him or herself to feel abandoned because they think they are alone, even thought they are pushing away the ones they want close.  Remember, we created this whole reality through using a childhood memory.  This abandonment reality, if left to fester, will cause a green, blue, and violet or purple chakra block.
            In effect, people who do not love themselves seem to fear everything.  People who are not willing to believe in anything cannot believe in themselves.  These beliefs keep us from experiencing true contentment in life.  You are worth the work it takes to find yourself and evolve from your past.  You are the only one who can believe this, do the work and live life while becoming and staying one within the self.
            Yellow's direction is east.  Yellow's element is wind.  Its time of day is dawn, season, spring, and yellow's gender is male.  Yellow is yang.  To pray for ideas or wisdom, burn incense (wind, air) and face the east at sunrise.   
Green
            Green is the grass so cool and fresh.  The color of all plant life is within us as well.  The color green is thought to be of luck and money.  Truly though, within the color green lies our heart.  The color of green governs the physical side of the heart.  Pink is thought to govern the emotional affairs of the heart.  Therefore pink and green govern the heart or fourth chakra.  I have found through my own studies that green can be used for the heart's entire affairs when clearing the green chakra. 
            A heart chakra block is found in people who find it hard to get close to others or themselves.  This block or imbalance keeps us isolated from the love we deserve to have and share. 
            Physically, the green chakra covers the area from the base of the sternum to the base of the neck; this includes the heart, lungs and thymus gland.  A green chakra block can physically manifest itself as asthma, chronic lung infection, (a fear of breathing in life and love), heart problems as well as any disorders of the thymus gland.
            Emotionally, the green chakra allows us to take in life, the love of others and ourselves freely with out fear.  This chakra allows us to flow with the energy of all living things.  Plants offer a calming effect to this chakra as plants provide oxygen for our lungs to breath in.
            If you suffer from asthma, relax and focus on the color green.  Breathe the color into your lungs.  Feel the colors relaxing effect.  Green relaxes us because it is one of the colors of earth.  This color allows us to feel connected to the earth thus calm and grounded.
            Green's direction is the north.  Green's time of day is midnight.  Its season is winter and gender is thought to be female or yin.  Green's element is the earth.  All of these qualities also pertain to the color black.  Both are right and for this purpose green and black can be interchanged.
Blue
            Blue is the sky.  This color is relaxing and comforting.  Blue is sometimes full of sadness and tears.  Blue is the color of the ocean.  Blue is the color that aids us to heal physically and evolve emotionally.  Blue is thought to relax the mind and helps us to speak and express our thoughts and feelings to others or ourselves.  Think of the blue chakra beginning at the base of the throat as a turquoise blue and as it moves up to the eyebrow level, see it as more of a purple blue or indigo.
            Emotionally blue will calm us and allow us to flow with life.  A blocked blue chakra will feel as though we cannot physically speak and express our thoughts or ourselves.  A blocked blue chakra will result in us feeling "blue" and cut off from the rest of the world.
            An open blue chakra allows us to open our minds and voice, allowing us to freely communicate those ideas to others around us.  Physically, blue covers the throat area, as well as aiding the nose, ears, mouth, and thyroid. Imbalances such as colds, needing glasses to see, ear infections, migraines (can also be aided by violet or indigo), or swollen glands, all are imbalances of the blue chakra.  The blue chakra imbalance shows one is having trouble flowing with the situation around them.  We usually induce a cold into our system when we are in need of a break.
            So often in life we try to control what is happening around us.  Trying to push a river will only tire you.  Flowing within the river while making changes within the river will strengthen you.  Change what you can in your here and now.  Living in the here and now is doing what is right in front of you, rather than searching for things to do that are out of your control.  For example, you wake up on your day off and have your day already planned.  You go outside and your car won't start.  You get mad.  Now, why get mad?  Look around you, what do you do first?  Call some one?  Maybe you will take action, maybe you won't. 
            Everything happens for a reason.  Maybe your car would not start because later on that afternoon you will receive an out of the blue phone call for a job you had wanted for a long time or a long lost friend.  To try and control life is just not where it's at, and it doesn't bring contentment.  Yes, control your thoughts but stay open to what the universe has to offer you in everyday life.  Learn to expect the unexpected and make those experiences normal gifts in your life. Choose to live in the middle of the road as you flow within the river you have chosen.
            Cleanse your blue by imagining a beautiful blue sky.  Look within the blue and see what stories it has to tell. Trust yourself and all that you believe in.  When you need to calm down have a bath in the water (blue) or gaze into the blue sky.
            Blue's element is water; direction, west; time of day, dusk; season, fall; gender is female or yin.  To pray for clarity in all you see, hear and say; light a blue candle at dusk.  Face the west and focus upon you throat.  Pray to your highest good.  Your answer may come as one of those "coincidences".
Indigo and Purple
            Purple is the color of royalty, rich and pure, a color that attracts the masses.  Purple allows us to see more than can be seen with our eyes.
            Physically, purple or indigo, governs what is called the third eye.  The third eye is located in the center of the forehead.  Purple also can affect the pituitary and thalamus glands.  Like blue, indigo or purple can also affect the eyes and ears.  Purple affects hair growth and aids headaches. 
            The sixth chakra is given many colors with indigo often listed instead of purple.  To my knowledge in hue, indigo simply has more blue in it.  I have also observed people's sixth chakras as a light violet.  You must find the hue of purple that works for you.  To do this you need to simply imagine purple.  Your 'purple shade' is right for you.
            I have found that people with a blocked purple or indigo chakra suffer excruciating headaches on a regular basis.  These headaches are often so severe that the sufferer's eyesight is affected.  Often the problem is written off as an eyesight problem.  Glasses are prescribed and the suffering stops for a bit, then the problem begins again and the eyesight has once again weakened, with the headaches returning.  In talking and working with migraine sufferers, I have found that visualization and relaxation does work.  It does take time and practice though. Also you'll still get have a migraine that "gets ya" every once in awhile.  These migraines occur when you are holding on to your energy and refuse to let go or maybe it is time to take a break or relax.  In times of great fear or stress, we get so wound up we forget to flow.  The result of this can be a migraine, being near sighted (not wanting to see what's ahead) or farsighted (always trying to see and control the future).  Be aware of this but not hard on your self because of it.  Pain is a teacher, not a failure.
            The purple chakra governs our general mental state.  If we are generally calm, our purple chakra is clear, thus we will feel the other chakra's emotional imbalances.  If the purple chakra is blocked, one will feel as though they have been placed in a small-enclosed box.  They will feel as if there is no way out.  There will be no light at the end of the tunnel.  One feels completely lost, out of touch and blind. 
            I have seen this stage last anywhere from a few days to ones whole life.  It is our choice to be free from this mental hell.  Each time we work to clear our chakras, we will learn more about ourselves.  As we evolve, you will no longer be clearing the chakras but energizing them. Balancing the self takes time.  Work at it slow but sure.  Time will fly and you will only become stronger.  You will not really notice your evolution as it is your life you will be living.
            Purple and indigo are deemed as clairvoyant or psychic colors.  Therefore purple is beyond the physical senses or elements.  If we were to give it some qualities these qualities would lie between blue and red.  Thus purple's direction would be southwest, time-mid afternoon, between high noon and dusk, season-late summer.  As for gender, red is male and blue is female, so it would be both as the spirit is both (or neither).  Therefore we are all both, male and female (or neither).  So often we refuse to acknowledge this point.  This sends us off on a wild search for our perfect mate.  In all reality, you are our own best friend.  If we can learn to love ourselves and be whole within ourselves, there is no need to feel we need another to complete us.  When we learn this, relationships will enhance us, rather than become powerful control dramas.
            We are all connected to one universal energy source.  You may call this source whatever you like.  When connected to this source, we feel whole and loved.  This happens simply because we are letting the emotion of Universal love flow though us.  When we do not control or direct this love, we can simply love ourselves and anyone else who comes near us.  This love is called unconditional love.  If we decide to try and control this love, either by withholding the love or trying to take someone else's love, we will suddenly feel cut off and alone.  Then we try to blame whom ever we attempted to control or cut off from our love.  All in all, the only one to 'blame' or take responsibility for this, is you.  Forgiving and reconnecting to the truth is the logical choice.  But the control drama has usually begun and the "poor me", "aloof", "interrogators", and "intimidators", have reared their ugly heads. The choice though is yours.  Life can be free of allowing low vibrating emotions, such as fear, anger, envy, jealousy, sadness, and depression control your reactions and thoughts.  What do you believe is possible?   
Violet or White
            White is the color of purity and spirit.  White is the color of the clouds above and the angels' wings.  White the color of the light of protection, peace and security.  White is the color of the purest light and energy.  White is the color that through a prism all colors can be seen. White is the color of spirit, prosperity and truth.
            White governs the seventh chakra, which is located in our ethereal or energy body.  This chakra is located just above the top of our heads.  Gold and violet are alternatives, for those who see those colors for themselves.          White vibrates at a very high level.  For some it can produce a hyper state of energy.  Yet, when using "white light" one will feel calm.
            White in most cases does not have a direction, as the color white represents the spirit.  Yet some believe white to govern north but more so east; time-night yet more so dawn; season-winter but more so spring.  White is yang and therefore carries male aspects.  Yet when representing the spirit, white will work to balance the male and female within ourselves.
            The process of white lighting can cleanse the white/crown chakra regularly and settle your day.  Simply imagine a bright white light flowing all around you.  If you are having a particularly nerve racking day, stand in the shower.  The water will literally wash away all of the erratic energy and ground you down.  Do you have trouble relaxing or sleeping?  Bathe with a little sea salt in the water.  Work on people all day?  Wash your hands between each client.  The water will clear their energies and balance yours. Trust me, they work! 


Black
            Black is the color of night.  Black is the ultimate of yin or female energy.  Black is the color of protection.  Black grounds us, aids us in grief and calms the perception of 'negativity'.  It is the color black that protects us from misunderstood or misconceived forces.
            Black does not govern any of the chakras but it is used for grounding and protection.  Black's direction is north; time - midnight; season - winter; element - earth and gender - female.
            In my studies I have found some Native-Americans who will not use black in ceremonies.  They use green to represent the north.  As for the Wicca belief, I have found black, green and white are interchangeable, depending on the need.
            Black is used during meditation, visualization, clearing or everyday life, as a "cloaking device".  When you have white lighted or cleared yourself, an object or home and want to maintain a high-energy field, you may "cloak" by imagining a black veil or cloak gently covering you, your home or the object.  This is a technique I used often on myself before I learned that others were my equals and could not take my energy or harm me in anyway.  Now I have learned nobody takes my energy unless I allow him or her too.  I can flood Universal Light Energy in these situations for anyone to use or take, as this energy is not mine.
            The technique of 'cloaking' is simple. White light you, and then imagine a thin cheesecloth like cloak of black gently falling upon your white energy, staying rested upon the white light.  When you want to feel calm and secure wear black, especially when around large groups of individuals that make you feel nervous or simply when unsure of who or what you may encounter.
            Black vibrates very slowly.  Therefore it calms.  If you are attracted to black, use that attraction to your advantage.  Be aware of when you choose to wear black.  Simply note why you feel you need protection or grounding.  You will learn a lot about yourself through what are doing subconsciously.
            Please take a moment to remember there is neither a positive nor negative person.  Remember to accept whom ever you are around as also being the best they can be.  It is your choice to stay, leave or feel victimized, judged or trapped.  There are no victims here and we are all equal, unique and special.  Always remember this as you are going through your learning.  We all are learning, always and forever, that is evolution.
Brown
            Brown does not govern a chakra nor does brown have a direction, season, element or time.  Brown is the color worn when one wants to feel close to the earth and able to communicate better with animals and the earth. 
            Druids wore brown.  They were close to all living things.  Wicca is derived from the Druid's belief.  Those who practice Wicca often wear brown (more so in the past, than now).  Native-American wore brown when hunting and in their everyday life as they wore animal skins and leather.  Knowingly or unknowingly doing this brought them closer to the animals and the earth.  The earth is known as our "Mother". 
             A quick reference chart for all colors, their effects, direction, chakras, mental and physical attributes are found at the back of the book.
Visualizing Auras
            Everyone has an aura; some believe the aura stays one color while others believe the aura is always changing.  The aura shows the colors that most represent us at that time.  They are different than the chakra's color strength as those bands of color are always found in the same place and some are brighter than others.
            The aura is easy to 'see' in the way of energy, and the color is more felt.  When we view chakras or other forms of energy, it is using the 2nd sight, thus do not look with your eyes.  Relax your eyes and 'feel' for what you see.  Ask yourself "what color does it feel like?"  "Where does the color feel that it is located?"  With practice you will be able to feel another's aura, as well as you own.  Tree and plant aura's are easy to see and usually a very bright white light, thus it is a good exercise when learning to use 2nd sight.  What does one do with the aura information?  As you learn you, you can aid your emotion when your aura seems dull, you can check your chakras and so on.  Reading auras for others takes practice and although it is cool, I find it does not give enough information to the person being read as in the way of solutions.  I do think one should work to see energy as it is every human being's right to gather this information for ourselves, and we are all capable (not needing someone who is considered 'gifted" as we are all gifted when looking for information on ourselves.
Seeing Auras
  1. Look at the person or object and relax your eyes.
  2. Look past the person or plant you are going to aura read.
  3. Ask yourself what color does it feel like, while continuing to look at the person, or plant.
  4. Allow the information to come, knowing it is right at this time.
With practice aura's will become natural, and then may not seem as important for you will simply 'feel' them rather than having to stop, look, read them, then understand.  Like when we first learn to walk, it is a process, now we do it everyday without thinking about it at all.  Remember never to judge what you see, or decide only you have the gift of sight.  All second senses are naturally apart of humans as we are spirits first living a very short human existence.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Ghosts, guides, spirits and past lives

Ghosts, Guides, Spirits, and Past Lives ~ how to understand and communicate with 

Ghosts

            Ghosts are the energy of those who have passed on or died.  I refer to them as disembodied spirits or "waywards".  Ghosts are just like us but without the body.  They are often wandering, confused or frustrated.  I do not believe a ghost can harm you and I have never seen this occur.  Television may show a different side but it is not that way, nor will it ever be.  What a ghost buster may see is not often what you see and believe me, it is hard to describe a wayward spirit encounter!  So Hollywood has done its best in being true to life in the shows dealing with this but remember a horror movie is meant to scare you and is not a true account of what actually occurs.

            Ghosts may come wandering into your home, be in your work place or pass you by on the street.  However, it is not your job to freak out, engage or even be aware of them. Ghosts are still a part of the universal energy thus they are still perfect and often still learning.

            If you feel a ghost is 'bothering' you, again, keep the 'wow' factor out of it and do not freak out.  Treat the ghost like a person (even though they do not have a body), which means tell them to leave you alone or to leave your space and go to the light.  It is very rare that ghost communication will become a regular part of your life.  We have all seen ghosts or spirits, it is normal and common, but not all of us are meant to deal with them.

Talking to someone's presence you feel.

1.     Just begin talking to them as if they were alive.

2.     Be firm.  If they are scaring you tell them they must leave as they are dead and this is your home.  Or you may talk gently if they feel gentle or scared.

3.     Tell the ghost they are dead and must go to the light.  Be firm and let them know either way they cannot stay in your home.  (Note:  It is fine if you are okay with having a wayward in your home, but do not keep them there just because you think it is cool or to dwell on their presence in any way. Ghosts do not need to be used for entertainment purposes.)

4.     Clear your home using whichever technique you prefer, using energy, a full clearing or the quicker techniques.

Daily or regular clearing of the home.

         The simple action of lighting incense in your home everyday mindfully will keep the energy in your home clear.  The smoke from the incense is thought to cleanse the energy within the home.  Ting Shaws can be used also in clearing the home.  You may use the Tibetan bells in the whole home clearing ritual, as well as a quick clearing by simply entering each room and standing in the center and ringing them once.  Move to each room, ring the bells once, to each floor, and then to the center once again, clear your mind, ring the bells one final time and know your home is clear.

            You can also use the white lighting technique and channel Universal Energy to daily clear your home.  The home must be cleared each time there is a lot of anger or sickness in the home, as the energy needs to be shifted to a more neutral place when this occurs and clearing will accomplish that. Remember to pray your way while you are doing any clearing in your home.  Prayer is the fundamental action of creating the positive energy that aids in the clearing of your space.

            If you only inhabit a part of your home, then clear the part that is yours, i.e. your room or bed space.  We do not have the right to clear other people's space without their permission.

            Never clear another's home for them, rather show them how to clear their own home.  To clear our home is a right each and every one of us possesses.

            Clearing your Home using Energy - Since you live in your home, you may use your channeled universal light energy to clear out unwanted energies and balance the energies in your home.  You may not clear someone else's home without their knowledge and permission.

1.     Stand in your home's center.
2.     White light and open your head and heart, feeling the energy flow to your palms.
Aim both your hands outward, imagining or feeling streams of universal light energy flowing through them and flooding your entire home or you may choose to feel your energy expand through the entire home as you learned to do when flooding a room rather than using your palms to aim the energy.
3.     Sit for a moment and feel the energy thoroughly saturate the home.
4.     Feel your Creator and send gratitude.
5.     Imagine a black colored cheesecloth like cover gently cloak your home.
6.     Shake your hands off to rebalance yourself and calm your energy.

            This technique can be done daily and is best if done at least weekly if there is tension, arguing, illness or a lot of people in and out of the home.  Otherwise do it when you feel your home needs a boost or when you white light yourself just expand it out.

 

Clearing your home of Wayward Spirits Or Unwanted Energies

Products needed are incense, or sage or sweet grass and a clear mind.

  1. Stand in the center of your home feeling the strength of what you believe in, thus setting the right tone for home clearing and white light yourself.
  2. Light the incense or the sage or sweet grass. Blow out the flame, letting the smoke rise.
  3. Begin to walk through your home with loving thoughts or prayers in your mind. Walk clockwise, the theory used to increase the homes energy or counterclockwise with the idea of clearing the energy.  Both ideas have merit.
  4. Walk through each room, paying attentions to corners, and closets.  Allow the smoke to rise up to the ceiling using a gentle sweeping motion to get the energy moving.
  5. As you reach a door or window, outline it. This is thought to keep unwanted energies outside the home or shift them to a more docile form if they enter to home.
  6. Clear moving room to room to create flow rather than back and forth across the hallway.
  7. Once you are done one floor, move to the next floor.
  8. After clearing your entire home then return to the center of your home.
  9. Imagine a black cheese like cloth floating down from the sky and gently covering your home, as to "cloak" the house.  The idea is that this will "hide" the home from wayward spirits or unwanted energies.

This technique is to do a "full clearing" of your home.  Most people do this when first moving into their home, yearly or as needed.  But remember, if you fear wayward they will still bother you, they are people without a body, work past your fears to keep your home and mind clear.

Spirits

            In my opinion ghosts and spirits are not the same.  I believe that spirits have crossed over and then with permission, come back to watch over or be with the ones they love for a time.  You do not need to clear spirits from your home, as they will always bring a safe or good feeling.  Spirits love you and used to be a part of your life.  Sometimes a relative who has passed on will drop a tidbit of information or give you a nudge in another direction. Remember to let go of those you love when they pass and understand the pain of grief is normal and healthy.  Call and they will often come, hug them in your mind, talk to them regularly but let them go.  Know they will always be there if you need them.  They have another life to live, even though we may not understand it.

            Séances are held to call spirits to visit or ghosts to show themselves.  There is a particular way to handle this ritual and I do not recommend it for daily use.  Rather, clear your home or find a professional (like myself) to aid you in this process.  It is not that you cannot do it yourself but you can call those you love and they will come, you do not need a fancy ritual, medium or séance.   As for ghosts, you can clear your home yourself without hiring someone else.  This is how you do that.

Talking to Spirits

            Spirit or Ouiji Boards may be fun for the freak or wow factor but serve little or no actual purpose for most people.  You will not be communicating with your guide but waywards who can mislead you and lie.  They used to be human, so they will be present with all their human qualities intact.  Rather than playing with spirit boards and ghosts, learn your own guides and how to communicate with them.  Keep it real, keep it normal, and only do what is useful to enhance the quality of the life you are living now.

Calling someone you know

  1. Ask for the spirit you wish to speak to by name. 
  2. Once you feel a presence begin to speak as if you were speaking to them when they were alive.  These answers will feel like a thought, or you may just feel their love.
  3. When you are done, say thank you to them and what you believe in and let them know in your mind (by thought) they can go.  Be sure to release them for you do not wish for them to stay, they still have their own existence as you have yours.

Clearing your home does not keep out the ones you love or your guides.  They are always welcome as your love clears their path to where ever you are.

            Past Lives - The theory of past life varies from person to person.  Once you are becoming more aware of this lifetime you may want to go back into past lives.  Some believe to become fully present in this lifetime it is useful to understand some past lives by reliving those situations during a meditative state.  Anyone can find out about their past lives but remember you are living this life now and all situations can be dealt with here, in this time, as well.  Past lives do not serve a purpose if you are not able to live and enjoy the life you are in now.  Do not use past lives as entertainment, a reason or excuse to keep you from living the life you are in now.

            Past lives that run parallel are lives you will be remembering right now.  These are things you will find seem familiar to you, like countries, buildings or way of dress.  These memories are to show you things you have already 'lived' through or to show you the strength within yourself you may be underestimating.

            There is a place termed the Akashuik Records.  This place houses the records of your past lives along with every one else's. I want you to realize this place, regardless of what you call it, exists in each and every one of us.  Where it is or how you get there is solely up to you.   Remember, this is your past life, do not waste your time searching who you used to be until you are okay with who you are now.  There is no 'wow' factor here.  We all have lived before and we all will live on.  Treat this as normal or do not look into it at this time.

Meditation to the Akashuik Records

1.     Relax, breathe deeply, white light, and go through door, down rainbow path to your safe place.
2.     Sit down, see a rose, eat orange, lie on grass, feel sun, see sky then fly with purple bird.
3.     Ask to be taken to the Akashuik records. 
4.     Allow a building to form before you. 
5.     Walk up towards the structure, up the stairs and the gatekeeper will greet you. 
6.     Ask his permission to enter and wait for the doors to open.
7.     Find the room containing the records, they will books or scrolls.
8.     With your book or scroll in hand continue on up to your room (or sit in the room you found.)
9.     You will see a hallway with many doors.  Find your door. Open the door and go inside.
10.  Your guides will be waiting, greet your guides.  Look into their eyes, feel their love for you. 
11.  Sit and relax, open your book or scroll and begin to read. 
12.  Allow yourself to see and experience what you need to at this time.
13.  Say good-bye to your guides and thank them.      
14.  Leave the room closing the door behind you.
15.  Return to the room and return your book or scroll from the shelf you picked it up from.
16.  Exit the building through the doors you entered. 
17.  As you encounter the Gatekeeper he will have something for you, a trinket of some sort.
18.  Thank the Gatekeeper as you take it. The trinket will be a memento of what you have learned during that particular past life journey.
19.  Return down the stairs of the Akashuik Records and walk away from them. 
20.  Close your chakra and become aware of your body or Join your bird and fly back to your safe place, see sky, feel grass and sun, watch it set turning orange then red, go back down your rainbow path and through the door.
21.  Become aware of your body and the reality you are now in. Make notes in your meditation diary. 

            You do not need to visit the Akashuik Records to see your past lives that you need to know about.  Intent is everything and with clear intent you can see what you ask for, remember, this Universe works for your highest good.  Keep it real and keep yourself clear.  Do not get caught up in the past and stay focused on being capable in the moments of today.

Releasing or Understanding Past Life Pain and Experiences

            I believe that all things are meant to be dealt with in this lifetime but do understand that others believe they must travel back, so I include this exercise to be used within that theory.

Understanding Past life Pain or Experiences

1.     Relax, breathe deeply, white light, open your chakras and call you highest guide.
2.     Allow darkness to fall around you, keeping your senses alive and alert.
3.     Allow a scene to appear before you.
4.     Let the memories and past life flow before you.  Gain an understanding of where you have been and learned.
5.     Take the messages you require for the life you are living now along with the understanding of the experiences you have had.
6.     Thank your guide for their presence and return to your body now.
7.     Close your chakras, become aware of your surroundings and open your eyes.
8.     Ponder and reaffirm what you have learned and write down anything you may need to.

Exercise for seeing past lives in a waking state

1.     Stand in front of the mirror, or across from a friend

2.     Stare into the mirror or at your friend.

3.     Make mental note of the way your (their) face shifts and changes.

4.     Note the hair style or clothes

5.     You may see one or many looks/lives; note the ones you see.

6.     Once you refocus write down what you saw and make notes.

7.     Ask your guides why those lives are showing at this time and if there is anything you need to know at this time.

8.  Write the words or phrases you hear in your thoughts.  Do not run around telling others, as the information you received is for you, if you are running a parallel life, know you are not the person you were, but the person you are with so of the gifts you once had returning again to aid you in the journey you are on now. If you are dealing with others from your own past lifetimes, understand you are in this lifetime to learn the lesson shown now and not to deal with things from a past life.  If you are meant to heal things from past life relationships, they will present themselves this lifetime and you will do what you need today in the here and now.  Once done 'past life surfing' say "thank you" to what you believe in.

            Guides - Your guides are there for you and it is their job is to serve you and you alone.  There are many theories as to what guides are.  Some believe they are guardian angles, while others believe that they may be someone who has passed away.  Those who have passed on may guide us at times but the guides we have with us at all times have never been human and they are here to serve only you.  They are translators of Universal Energy and information.  Therefore they aid you to channel Universal Energy as well as channeling information.  They aid us in connecting to and understanding our messages until we are able to hear them for ourselves.  They are our connector to the universal force until we learn we are always connected and able to channel information and energy on our own simply because we are human.

            Guides around us - We will usually have only one guide that speaks.  This guide is often above your head or slightly behind you.  I call this your 'overseer', as they seem to 'over see' us until we get on our own, able to receive information directly from our source.   These guides are usually older feeling or male and are located directly above your head or slightly behind your head.

            You have another guide that will feel like a warm fuzzy feeling.  This guide is to aid you during energy transference – channeling energy.  This guide often appears or feels very feminine, very gentle and warm.  She does not often speak.  She is usually found above either shoulder.  Many refer to her as their angel as she works in feelings rather than words.

            To find your guides, mentally feel around your energy field.  When you feel something warm or tingly, chances are that is your guide.  Ask them something and see what happens.      Your guides and the Universe (God) have always been showing you the way, you just did not know how to see or hear them.  Once we learn to hear and see for ourselves through our guides, we will eventually not need them to translate for us, as we will have learned our universal language.

Exercise for talking to guides

1.     Feel your guide's presence and direct your thought (question) to that energy only.

2.     Use automatic writing or another divinatory tool (tarot, runes or pendulum) to focus on the answer you are receiving.

3.     As you feel/hear the information, write down the words or phrases that stand out to you.

4.     Look at what you have written from your conversation or reading and see if there is a flow or story being shown to you.

5.     Be honest and open to hear/feel what you are being told and not change it into what you want to hear.

 

Directly Channeling Information from your guides

1)  To begin channeling sit in a quiet room, burn incense and candles if you so desire.  Relax.  Achieve a comfortable state of relaxation but not meditation. 
2)  Focus on the energy in the room and feel for your guide.  Become accustomed to what their energy feels like.  Feel how your guides' energy feels different than yours. 
3)  Now listen, not with your ears but with your mind.  Focus and ask your guide a question, in your mind listen for the answer.  The answer will sound like your thoughts sound.  They answer instantly. You do not have to try to hear them it is like you will 'know' what they said.  Remember, everyone can do this.

Exercise for feeling guides and using their guidance for energy transference (healing)

1.     Feel the presence of your gentle guide.

2.     Focus on the center of your forehead to open your third eye.

3.     Become aware of the top of your head, feel it open.

4.     Become aware of your heart and allow it to open.

5.     Become very aware of the palms of your hands and feel them become warm.

6.     Ground your feet.

7.     Ask your guide to aid you in being a clear channel and move your hands to the energy you would like the Universal light to flow to.

8.     Once done shake your hands to remove residual energy.

9.     Say thank you to what you believe in.

            To work with your guides you need no special guidance or direction, it's simple, the purer your channels are, the more pure the information will be. 

            If you hear a voice that seems to be lying remember it could be a lower level guide still learning, a wayward spirit looking for someone to chat with or your own ego vying for attention. In what I have learned it could also be a past life memory of this planet to bring some knowledge you may require at this time so you may wish to take a trip to the Akashuik Records.  It takes time to differentiate the voices and feelings but you will.  It really is practice, practice, and practice with a whole lot of honesty.

            The guide best for channeling is your overseer.  Their purpose has always been what it is, to be a translator for the Universal Energy until you are able to bypass them and be a direct link yourself.  Through these guides we can hear the voice of our perception of "God".   Your guides can teach you to feel, see and hear the voice of your highest source more clearly.  Since these guides and us are of the same energy, they are our connection to the Universal Energy.   Always call for your highest guide.  They will always come for they are always with you.

Daily life - Remember to keep all of this real.  You are not a freak, odd or unusual; do not use your newfound information for anyone but yourself to aid your daily life.  Journal for your answers when you need guidance and remember to rely on yourself and not feel the need to journal for answers as a crutch during your day.  Know you are safe and work to develop your blind faith and belief system.  Clear your home and your spaces because you can, doing it your way and as often as needed.

            Remember not to look into your past lives until you can live contently in your life now, as too many people use past lives, divinatory tools or other seemingly intriguing information to avoid living daily the life they are in now.  You are in this world and this life, treasure that fact and find humility within it.  It does not matter who you were but who you are in the here and now.

            The same warning goes for ghosts, guides and spirits.  Do not run around creating drama for yourself with ghosts, guides and spirits.  Ghosts are dead people, case and point.  Clear waywards from your home and move on.  Do not put yourself above anyone or cause yourself fear because you may attract waywards.  You are not a victim nor do you need to fear them.  Waywards come when they can so simply clear your space and move on, do not call them back because you think it is cool to have ghosts or because you feel you 'need' them there, as they will come.

              With Spirits, be thankful and stay humble while these loved ones check on you as need be.  Your spirits will come regardless of how clear your home is.  They are of pure Universal love and they are here for you.  Guides are for your personal information, there is no need to compare or exploit that higher part of you that can act as a translator while you learn to hear it for yourself.

            This is your life.  Live it to the best of your ability with all the gifts, lessons and knowledge it offers.  You are a perfect and wonderful being, loved by an unconditionally loving force.  Take that to heart and you will never feel alone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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