What does your reflection say to you?

I can’t believe what happened today.  I was going about my business, running errands, grocery shopping, the usual weekly “to-do’s”.  After an hour and a half a Costco I was feeling a pit parched as I packed my car with boxes of food and miles of papertowels and toilet paper.  On my way home, I felt an urge to swing by a local deli/market and grab a water. 

As I approached the store, I saw man sitting at an outdoor table. One table, one chair, he wasn’t sitting in towards the table but had postioned himself with his back against the wall with the front of his body facing every individual that had decided to venture into the tiny store.  As lunch hour was in full roar, there were quite a few people coming in and out.  Most walking in with arms empty and walking out with arms full of sandwiches and drinks.  As I parked my car in the front of the store I was aware that he was asking each person that walked into the store if they had money to give.  Or atleast thats what it sounded like. 

The man was wearing an old brown canvas jacket and what looked like black sweats or jeans, he was covered in dirt, and his hair looked as though it hadn’t been washed or brushed in months.  He sat with one leg resting over the other leg, with the leg pulled up on the knee of the other leg,  he was picking at what appeared to be a pretty nasty sore on his ankle.  His socks were tinged gray and brown with only a small fold of what appeared to be white - cotton socks.  This man was down on his luck in my opinion.  I immediately began to feel empathy for him and thought that if he did ask me for something on my way into the store I would kindly offer him a sandwich or juice of his choice, he had a look of hunger, or atleast a yearning for something….

I grabbed my bag and keys and got out of my car. As I got closer the pungent foul smell of body odor whiffed past me.  I had to hold my breath for few seconds, actually I didn’t have a choice because it took my breath away.  I could not help but feel bad for this person.  I started to have thoughts – different viewpoints - quickly arguing back and forth inside my own head….”He needs help, no he’s probably gotten himself to this place by some choice of his, Nobody chooses to let themselves go like that, do they? He doesn’t seem to care about himself, he’s lost all sense of pride, he’s beyond help…Oh I could help him…Maybe I could give him food…”  Yes these honestly were thoughts that were racing around my head, there were more, some positive thougths, negative thoughts, judgements, empathetic pain, sadness for this man.  I’ve been in situations were I have been around folks who have been down on their luck, helping out at the soup kitchen, helping out families gathering food for those in need of food…collecting jackets for those who need them, sending coffee to our troops in Iraq. You get the idea, but don’t recall seeing those folks in their situations with thoughts of them being “wounded”. 

I have recently been working very hard on remaining in the now, releasing negative emotions and thoughts, keeping positive and trying to be and stay in a place of awareness but without judgement, basically staying in a ”good place” as often as posible, so when I saw this particular man it clearly struck a nerve I wasn’t aware I still hadn’t touched yet.

So whats the point you ask…Well, as I walked up to the storefront, this (will call him the ‘transient man’ ) transient man asked me if I could spare 85 cents.  I truly did not have any change or cash on me, only my debit card, I was apologetic and explained to him that I truly didn’t have any money on my body but I’d love to get him (purchase him) a soda or sandwhich.  I asked him if he was hungry and then asked him if he would like something to eat, a sandwhich or chips, whatever,  I would get it for him.  Without hesitation he looked up at me with the most amazing crystal ice blue eyes and an incredibly cranky tone and told me in no uncertain terms (from what I could understand from his mumbling) that he didn’t want food!  He didn’t want a soda! And lastly he said, “Look lady, I don’t want what you think I should have, I want 85 cents so I can have enough money to by me my pint of whiskey!”

I stood there for a second or two absolutely dumbfounded.  I was no longer in a place of observance, I was no longer judging him, but I was in a state of disbelief that I found myself a bit attached to an outcome, I was so sure that I was doing the right thing. Was I? I actually began to ask myself  “Should I go buy him his pint?”  Of course not, but who am I to decide what it was that he needed?

I walked into the store, grabbed what I wanted, paid the clerk, and as I was walking out of the door a tall, good looking man walked in and smiled toward me, he said “Apparently your soda wasnt’ good enough!”

So I have finally come to a place (several hours later) where I feel I can take the event or events of today and surrender them, letting them go…Some how the words “LET GO” are resonating with me and I’m commited to bringing my awarenessof todays events to a place called ”surrender”, a sense of detachment for in this lesson there is truth, there is spirit and there is love.  In a strange way I received a message from spirit, reminding me to let go, there was no need for me to become attached to this situation or its outcome…

Where does your ego lie?

Brightest Blessings

Wishing you a day filled with love, light and laughter…..and beauty!

Namaste!

Validation

I’m an Intuitive and an Empath.  Let me start off by saying that being a mother of three children I can relate to many different circumstances of feeling like someone has hit you upside the head with a “Negative” baseball bat.  Based on all of my education and experiences I learned straightaway how important it is to protect yourself from negative energies or entities particularly those given to us from friends or family.  And let me state that almost all of these so called gifts can come through as an intuitive hit or empathically making you feel like the negativity you suddenly seem to be carrying in your gut is your responsibility to work through.  So before you banish the dark clouds of energy, particularly if you feel that it is something that you have gained from a close friend or relative you may want to take a second or two to take a peak into this energy.   And here is why…

As a mother we are given special intuitive gifts, (also known as Mother’s Instinct), and some of those mothers maybe even be lucky enough to be the recipient of the gift known as Empathy.  What is intuition?  Intuition is the ability to feel, to know, two see and/or  to hear information from a source that some people may call spirit, higher-self, the creator or the “Gut”.  What is “Empathy”, “Empath” or “Empathic”?  Well it’s basically the ability to feel what somebody else is feeling , whether it be emotionally and physically and mentally or even spiritually.  We are given these abilities so that we mothers may tune into our children to get a sense of what is going on with them on a deeper level, when they are babies this intuition helps us to know whether our babies are hungry, tired or not feeling well, and as they get older this intuition alerts us when something is wrong with them physically or emotionally, or other.  We should feel blessed for this ability, even if it does make us crazy at times.  And if you’re a mom who can do both these things I think You should pat yourself on the back for being a mom that is able to relate to her children on such a deep level! 

When dealing with outside energies (Those energies that do not belong to you) and your abilities, before you dismiss them be sure that the information you are receiving (Even though you don’t like it) isn’t possibly information that you are being given to guide them, give them advice, or even stop them from doing something they shouldn’t or keeping them from a problem before They get into too deep of trouble.  To sum it up ~ To help your child from doing some thing stupid that may cause them or someone else  feet deep sense of pain.

How to protect yourself from negative energies or entities:  Start off Each morning with a quick prayer to Archangel Michael or whom ever you pray to or ask for help, to protect you from negative energies throughout your day.  And a quick prayer before you go to bed at night asking him to cut any cords that may have attached themselves to you during the day.

Wearing crystals such as Black Tourmaline, black obsidian, Amethyst, or Smokey quartz helps by naturally creating a vibrational change in your energy field by  which it  cleanses, purifies, and transforms dense energy into a lighter vibration. Use Black Tourmaline to help with electromagnetic smog (i.e. cell phones) and increase physical vitality. Black Tourmaline is a fantastic stone for grounding and protection, and aids in opening up the Root Chakra. Physically, Black Tourmaline is a purifying and detoxifying stone, helpful in cleansing the body. Smokey quartz is a great choice because it is self cleansing and absorbs negative energies while dispelling them, also know as self-preserving or self-cleansing so the only work with the crystal you have to do is to program it, which you should remember to do with all of your other crystals as well.  Programming the crystal infuses is it  with your intent (to heal, to purify, to be used only for positive intentions, etc. that you want to be applied to the crystal.  

A tried and true remedy is too take a bath in sea salt or Epsom salt with a few drops and lavender to clean away any negative energies.  You can add different  types of oils to the water depending upon what it is you are trying to accomplish (ie. Calming, invigorating, peace, waxing, waning, sleep, increase energy, etc.)  This can be done daily as needed.

The last and best solution that I can recommend for helping with almost any situation is to change your breathing.  Begin a series of three or four  diaphragmatic breaths, with each breath as you inhale bring in the intention ” healing, positive, love” and on the exhale, to the count of three, release the words “Negative Be-Gone!”  When you concentrate on breathing your mind, body or soul is unable to focus on anything else.  Try it and see for yourself!  A lot of people realize with this lesson that part of their problem all along has been that they have not been breathing properly hence creating a sensation of stress or an overall feeling of negativity throughout the body.  Controlling your breathing is another way of controlling your emotions.

If you need any further help with your situation feel free to e-mail me with your question at Michaele@healingintuitivegarden.com and I can send you an e-mail with information or  send you different links regarding information that will help for your particular issue, need or question.

 Wishing you a day filled with light , love and laughter !

Namaste