Tapping Into The Divined Energy

Yesterday, I attended an event my friend was hosting all day and I provided readings to her guests.

When I do readings, I always follow a ritual connecting me to the divine, grounding me to the earth and protecting me by the archangels. While I read the top of my head tingles. The more I connect the more it tingles. I'm constantly scratching at my head. It's not painful or unpleasant but I can definitely feel the energy pulsing from my crown chakra.

I shared this experience with other readers and asked what physical sensation they felt while reading and a large portion of them described the weariness and tiredness they will feel after readings. From what I understand the larger the reading and/or the more quantity of readings they do, the wearier they feel. Many also described getting a headache.

It surprised me since I have never experience that from doing my readings. I started asking everyone about the ritual prior to starting their reading to see if there was a difference.

Was there ever! So far, everyone who commented about tiredness and headaches admitted that they did not have a ritual, or if they did it was a short one that didn't include anything with reaching to the divine.

So, let me share my ritual.

Smudging:

I don't smudge every time I do a reading, but if I'm in a new environment and if I am allowed, I will sage the space. While I smudge I ask my angels and guides to clear the energy in the space and ask that only positive and healing energy is allowed back into the space. I will proceed to smudge my equipment, crystals, tarot decks, the reading table. I will also sage myself to clear my energy and keep my ego at bay.

If I am in an area where I can not sage, for example in a hotel room, I have a blessing spray. It doesn't always has to be Sage, if the smell doesn't appeal to you, you can try Sweetgrass, Cedar, or Lavender.

Using a smudging feather is not required, but I like to. I find the more you respect the ritual, the better it will work, and having designated tools, such as the feather or the see shell to hold the sage, shows a higher level of respect. Keep in mind, when I first started, I was using a pie tin.

All of the products I shared for smudging is from a shop local to me; Delree's Native Art Gallery.

Connecting:

This exercise was actually shown to me when I was studying for my Reiki level one. While taking in deap cleansing breath, imagine a cord of white light connecting from the top of your head (Crown Chakra) up to the sky as my connection to the divine. Continuing with my breathing I then imagine roots sprouting from my feet deep into the ground. Connecting me to the hearth. This ritual grounds me and connects me to the divine energy. Because of this, when I do my readings I take the energy from the divine as oppose to depleting my own energy. This is part of the ritual that will keep me from feeling drained, in fact I may end the reading re-energized.

Energy Clearing:

When I start a new reading I will hold my deck in my non dominant hand and knock on it with my dominant hand. This knock the energy from a previous reading out of the deck so that we may start with a blank slate. Some people, when doing this, will feel the energy travel through their palm in their non dominant hand. If reading reversal I will then lay the cards onto my reading surface and spread them around. Gather them back together and then shuffle.

Connection & Protection Prayer:

It's while I am shuffling that I do my prayer. You can do this out loud or in your head. There are pros and cons for both. If you say this quietly in your head, it's my personal experience that the person sitting in front of you will start talking to you. Silence makes people uncomfortable. It's easy to lose your train of thought then. Out loud, depending on the person sitting in front of you and of their belief, you may feel a little silly. I've gotten over it, since I would end up having to explain why I'm quiet anyways. This is the prayer that I say...

I call upon my angels and my guides to be in contact with (insert querent's name here)'s angels and guides. May you provide a clear and accurate reading. I also call upon archangel Michael to please protect this reading in white light so that only divine messages may come through"

I also use a version of this prayer when reading for myself. I normally do this prayer with my eyes closed. When I ask for the white light to surround me, I can actually see behind my eyes, the white descend down and surround me.

Cord Cutting & Shielding:

When we read for someone, we really connect with them. Because of this a cord might form between us attaching us to their energy. There issues is not for us to bare so it's important that we  clear ourselves from those connections from time to time. I visited with a medium friend of mine a short while ago who had to remind me of that. I was carrying twenty-four cords with me. This can drain you, make sure you release that. You can cut cords in a few ways, With your intention and praying to Archangel Michael to cut these cords for you. Visualize him using his sword and doing this. I like to use a sharped edge crystal, I believe the one I use is black tourmaline. While I do my prayer asking to release me of those cords I will wave this crystal back and forth around me from head to toe visualizing these cords snapping off of me. The white light of protection I ask for during my connection prayer is a shield. It protects the querent, the reading, and myself from external energies. Only divine is allowed in. But sometimes you may need extra protection from the querent if they are in a dark place. In this case I would visualize a white bubble tightly around me. My son prefers to form a tank around himself, a friend told me she puts on an Iron man suit. Make sure to visualize this from above your head to below your toes.

Then, for the next reading, rinse and repeat.

I hope this is helpful for you, I would love to hear about your rituals. If you haven't been doing these rituals previously, let me know if they help going forward.

Shielding and Cutting Cords

After my oldest son had first approached me about his abilities and we had met with a medium that could provide him more guidance.

Months later my boy came home from school really upset, asking to not having to go back to school the next day. We sat and had a heart to heart talk to get to the heart of the matter. We talked for hours. And all I could find out was that his friend had gotten upset with an other little boy. His buddy had being really upset and had being crying. I ask if the other little boy had upset him as well, and to this he said no. It was his buddy that had gotten upset.

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So why was he so upset now refusing to go back to school?

The next day, I sent him to school and it was fine. But before the end of the week he comes home again. More upset than ever. Refusing to go back to school again. I told him he had to go to school. With tears in his eyes he pleaded for me to allow him a few days before going back.

What is going on??

From the conversation of that day I found out the music teacher had gotten upset and yelled at the class as most where not listening. I asked if he was upset that the teacher yelled at him. He said no, the didn't wasn't yelling at him specifically since he had being listening.

I decided to contact the medium and connect with her again. She agreed to do a reiki session with him and see if she could shed some light. So I did keep him home for a few days so we could meet with her.

When we got there, he laid down on a massage table and she started the test his chakras and look for blockage. She started with the crown chakra. She told my son to let her know when he could feel her. She rubbed her hands together to build up the energy and  palm toward his head she started to move it towards his head. Almost right away he said that he could feel her. She looked up at me with a startled expression mouthing the words "Oh My God!!!" The she said, he's gotten stronger since I last saw him.

After the reiki session was over, we discussed the issues he was dealing with. She agreed with my assumption that he's being absorbing the other kids pain. In the first meeting we had with her she had said that he would be a healer. Now she is explaining that when people around him hurt he absorbs the brunt of their pain from them because he knows he can shoulder it. But then he's got all of that hurt that is not his own and can't release it.

So she suggested my son learns how to shield and to cut cords.

When shielding, my son needs to envision a white light surrounding him. She suggested he visualize something that would represent power and protection to him. She was hinting at a super hero cape, but my son, being who he is, opted for a tank. So he needs to visualize a tank surrounding him, made of white light, very powerful and protective. He should ask Archangel Michael to assist him with this. I can also help shielding him by visualizing the same shield around him. She said while shielded he can still help his classmates but instead of absorbing their pain, it will bounce off his shield.

She also recommended that he cuts the cord to the people he's come in contact with throughout the day. To help do this she gave him a large black ragged edged crystal, I believe it's a black tourmaline. So he his to visualize the cords connecting him to the people he was with and use the crystal to cut off the cords starting from around his head down to his toes. She recommended he also help cut my cords connecting me to the people I had been in contact with and the same with my husband.

He still doesn't love school, which kid does. But he's no longer burdened by the energy and pain of those around him.

I also use shielding in my readings for protection. Before I do a reading during my prayer I ask Archangel Michael to surround me in white light to protect my reading so that only divined messages come through. When I do this with my eyes closed, I "see" the white drop all around me.

When do you shield or cut cords?