I have been learning that the resistance is usually connected to an old belief, which is tied to not having enough. Even though, in reality, I have plenty. More than enough, money time and resources to get whatever I need.

The angel card of today is Honesty. I am being honest with myself so that I can move through the resistance and into the flow of energy that feels better, especially around finances. I decided to create a sacred space when I deal with my money. I light a prosperity candle, dab myself with “Money Draw” oil from my favorite Coventry Creations and pay my bills.

I found that treating this piece of managing my money as sacred, helps me to trust and see evidence that there is more. Today, I invite you to create your sacred space around money. Release the resistance by taking some new action.

Today the angel card that I pulled was “Purification.” The definition is the act or instance of cleansing or cleaning. Well, that’s what I’m doing today, cleansing and cleaning. I’m taking out the trash, cleaning off my altar and purifying my space to start a new week.

My ritual is using some Purification essential oil from Young Living and putting some in a spray bottle to cleanse the air of any odors from cooking etc. I’m also dusting and vacuuming and making sure that the floor is clean also.

To prepare my workspace I put fresh candles in holders and wipe down my space with Steady Work oil from Coventry Creations. This gets things ready for clients and helps me to attract new energy by clearing out the old.

Another great thing to purify my space is to make sure the bathroom is cleaned and all garbage is taken out and a new hand towel replaces the old one. The room that I feel may hold all the energy that needs to be removed is the bathroom. I will also fill a bowl with rice or sea salt and place it on a shelf or on the back of the toilet bowl.

While I’m doing the purification of my home, I do it with mindfulness and with care.
This sets the tone of the week as well as provides a spiritual exercise in mindfulness. Purifying and purging anything that feels stale and stuck allows for new and better energy to come into my home and work area.

Last week, I talked about what a Master Mind Group is and the first step into Master Mind consciousness. The first step is surrender. The second step is to Believe.

I believe in cooperation and co-creation with the Master Mind, a power greater than any other aspect of my self, my life can be changed.

In my case, I have a willingness to allow help and guidance from the Master Mind. I believe that my success is a cooperative effort and allowing the energy greater than myself to work for me and through me is essential to my life. As I move through this world more elegantly it’s in joint connection with the Master Mind.

Co-creation is also a belief that I create no alone but with the influence of the Master Mind. My part in the creation is in my thoughts, feelings and actions. The Master Mind brings the opportunities to fulfill my desires and goals.

Creating a relationship with the Master Mind is about connection with that source energy that holds everything. Some people call it God, source, all that is and the Universe. The energy is cooperative and works through me to create whatever I desire.

In order to get into the energy of the Master Mind, first surrender and second believe. You are on your way to accessing the most powerful creative force in the Universe. Next week, I will talk about the third and fourth steps.

Those of us who work doing readings for unknown clients have an extremely difficult task, keeping ourselves energetically clean, clear, and protecting our health. We all have had that reading that drains us to the core, leaving us hungry, nauseous, and sleeping for 18 hours, but this is not the only risk. Psychicism is like playing a piano, the more you do it, the more proficient you become, but unlike playing a piano, we’re tapping into an “extra hormone” that, if over-used without protection, can toss all of the other hormones out of sync. Allegedly, we as a species have evolved beyond the need for a functioning pineal gland, the very gland that allows us to access “psychic” information. Without psychic protection, the repetitive use of the pineal gland will cause it to produce too much hormone, which will then disrupt the normal functioning of the pituitary, the thyroid, and the adrenals – hence the extreme fatigue and disorientation associated with Psychic Burn-Out.

The first step in psychic hygiene is making sure that you don’t start your work day with stress, fatigue, or hunger therefore, getting enough rest, eating clean, healthy foods, drinking water, taking vitamins as needed, and finding a way to put the stresses of your normal life on hold while you work is imperative. Meditation, a quick workout/stretch, or a prayer should suffice, assuming that you’re dilligent about recognizing your stresses and addressing them in a timely manner.

Those people who channel have a slightly easier task because our guides can facilitate our protection with little effort on our part. Before I work I call my guides to me with a simple affirmation that they understand as a cue to protect me. A simple affirmation such as, “I call upon the spirit of light and love to protect me as your humble servant” conveys to them that in exchange for speaking for them, I expect their assistance in keeping me safe while doing so. If this isn’t something that you normally do, it helps to write your guides a letter, signed and dated, defining clearly what you intend to do and what you require in the way of assistance in return. To spirit guides, this is a binding contract that they will adhere to for as long as we do … and they LOVE binding contracts!

An invaluable tool in self-protection at an energetic level is a protection piece worn over the third chakra or the solar plexus. I recommend wearing a talisman made of precious metal that can withstand cleansing without disrupting the integrity of the piece. I find silver to be the best material for this purpose as it doesn’t melt, tarnish, or disfigure from heat, and silver belongs to the moon. A talisman comprised of silver and any black stone (ie jett, obsidion, or onyx, but NOT smokey quartz) stands as a guardian at the gate (the 3rd chakra) of your energy source, but remember to make sure to keep it cleansed.

Cleansing a protection piece can be done in a number of ways, with fire, solar energy, or sea salt. When using sea salt, completely immerse the piece, chain and all, in the salt and leave it at least overnight, or for 2 days or longer as needed. This is the gentlest, easiest way to cleanse, but it takes a long time. To shorten the process, assuming that you have a safe place and the sunshine to do it, you can lay the piece out in direct sunlight (not through a window) for at least an hour, more if needed. This may be impractical, depending on where you live and the time of year or the time of day that you need the cleansing.

I always use the fire method, as taught to me by my teacher, but you have to be sure that your talisman is sturdy enough to withstand intense heat. First, find the smallest fire-resistent vessel you can that will hold the entire talisman and the chain. Place your protection piece in the vessel, pour a thin layer of rubbing alcohol over the piece, and set it on fire. The trick is to make sure not to add too much alcohol, you want a small, cleansing fire, not a 10-hour inferno. A tablespoon or two of rubbing alcohol will burn only for a few seconds, which is plenty of time to achieve the desired result. This method works extremely well with natural quartz, often this method of cleansing a new crystal will bring out rainbows and previously unseen beauty, assisting it in it’s own growth process.

And the best thing you can do for protection if you can is to dedicate a room to reading or at least a space. Keeping the room or space meticulously clean and clutter-free alone will keep negativity from building up. A mirror opposite all physical entrances (doors and windows) will deflect incoming unwanted influences BEFORE they can get in. Also protecting the space with black stones in all corners helps a lot, as does anything that refracts light hung high like a shiny mobile. When dedicating a space for reading, clean the space, burn cedar (which is much more effective than sage at chasing out negative influences), and allow a black candle (to absorb negativity) and a white candle (to enhance clarity and light) simultaneously to burn themselves out entirely, then open all doors and windows, turn on fans if possible, and literally blow out whatever doesn’t serve your highest good. After that, sage will keep the space clean, and cedar will dispel anything that still manages to sneak in.