Many people are starting to have spiritual experiences without understanding how they work. One day, they just experience bliss for no reason, or they see spirits, or they start to heal others - without knowing what is happening necessarily.
This seems to be the way Spirit works, and it's kind of exciting. However, it can also be a bit disconcerting, and even dangerous.
I was 21 when I started to realise I could feel other people's pain, and when I was thinking of people I loved, the items on my desk would start moving or vibrating. It was exciting at first, until I realised that I could not 'switch it off'. And I didn't know what to do about it.
In ancient times, this would have been noticed and I would have been sent to a spiritual community to learn to use my gifts. However, in our society this is still seen as weird, and I was seen as over-sensitive. This happens a lot to people with healing or psychic gifts.
Yet the moment these things happen marks the beginning of a Spiritual Journey. You have awakened to your gifts, and to the fact that there is more than friends, work and Netflix.
We then typically start to find our Spiritual Teachers. They can be healers, clairvoyants, or beings in spirit who start working with us to hone our gifts.
Here are some things you can do to enhance this development, and to keep yourself safe.
" The wound is the place where the Light enters you"
Protect yourself and your energy
As you are awakening, you may become aware that there's more to you than just your body. People and situations create sensations for you that may be translated into emotions, or swirling, or nausea, or tingling. 'I'm getting goosebumps' can become a way of noticing when something is right.
It's important to learn to protect your energy, so you don't start taking on other people's problems or pain.
The easiest way to do this is to imagine a bubble of white light around you that has a definite edge, a bit like an egg will have a shell. Initially this may feel a bit strange, but the more you do it and start to feel it, the more it will be real, and you will greatly benefit from it. Who wants to walk around with other people's negative energy?
You can also ask Archangel Michael to come and protect you. He is in charge of all lightworkers (people who are here to bring more light, or sensitives). As you start doing this on a regular basis, you will start to notice the difference and even develop a personal relationship with this generous, loving angel.
Protection is best done with love. It's a loving boundary - this is me, I live in the light, if you want to bring lower vibrations please go elsewhere. Archangel Michael always shows me how much love he has for entities he is taking away.
Clear your energy on a regular basis
As you're going through life, you will walk through other people's energy, either in meeting rooms, around the house and garden, or as you're interacting with people.
Make sure that you clear yourself on a regular basis. This can be quite an intuitive process, but it also has a logical side to it.
When you start feeling heavy, dark, confused, or emotional, ask for the Violet Flame to come in and transmute any of the lower vibrations around you into golden light. The Violet Flame is a very real alchemical tool that supports a change in energy from lower to higher vibrations.
You can imagine or see it going through your body and energy field, burning away anything old or not yours that you wish to release.
You are in charge
We often feel like these things are 'just happening to us', and that we are at the mercy of whatever spirit is doing. This is not true.
We live on a planet of free will, and we can make decisions about any of our experiences.
We can talk to Spirit, have healthy boundaries, and shape our experiences in a way that they are part of our joy, not of our suffering.
I once had a client who was quite in touch with her ancestors in her life. She kept saying things like 'they're a rowdy bunch', and 'they mess with me'. She thought it was funny, but it as actually disturbing her life. And it was definitely disturbing my Reiki workshop!
I showed her how to communicate with her ancestors, and how important it was that she was in charge of her own experiences with spirit.
Spirit, whether this shows up as your ancestors, guides, ghosts, or angels, have a slightly different perspective to us. They are guided by energy, and if they see your light and realise that you can communicate with them in some way, they may start showing up. Often, we are not tuned in, so they start coming to you just before you go to sleep, for example, or at other moments where you are more relaxed. This can feel quite vulnerable, so it's important to let them know with loving firmness that this doesn't work for you, and if you choose to, you can offer them an alternative: "Please visit at 8am every day, I will put half an hour aside for you to come talk to me", for example.
Stay grounded
As we are tuning in more to the celestial or universal energies, we may lose touch with the earth. Most of us have had negative experiences that meant that our first three chakras - the root at the tip of our tailbone, the sacral just underneath our navel, and the solar plexus in our digestive area - are holding pain, trauma and negativity. Over time, this will make us sick.
It's important that we heal those chakras, and one very effective way to do this is to connect with Mother Earth. Mother Earths energies are healing to us, and as we are living in this physical world, we also need to be equipped to deal with it. Therefore, it's important that we stay grounded.
The easiest way to do this is to stand on a grassy area, or sit down on the floor, and feel the earth beneath you. Ask for, or feel, the solid and warm energy from the Earth to flow through your body, from your feet all the way to the top of your head.
Grounding also stops you from taking on stuff from other people, so it is also a good protection.
Learn as much as you can about your abilities
Lastly, read, talk to people, do workshops, meditate, and do whatever comes to mind to help you learn more about your own abilities, your purpose (why do you have them?), and how to develop them.
Book a workshop
You can book a Spiritual Development workshop on my website, www.soul-direction.com/workshops/spiritual-development. I also offer Reiki healing workshops as well as Energy 101 and 201 workshops and Meditation Challenges, helping you to understand and learn to play with your own energy as well as the joined energy in relationships. You can also book for a Great Shift or Wellbeing coaching session to learn more in a one on one session.
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