Totem - Land Animal And Insect Symbology

Land Animal Symbology

Ant:
Ants are industrious, community oriented, single minded builders. They symbolize patience, self-sacrifice, planning, trust in the future, stamina, completion, storing energy, work, thrift, forethought, virtue, and orderliness. They are connected to Wang-ta Hsien, Demeter, and Ceres.

Bat:
Bats symbolize rebirth, reincarnation, ritual death, initiation, confronting fear, letting go of old habits, happiness, good luck, health, wealth, long life, peace, unhappiness, unrest, chaos, incomplete understanding, avoiding obstacles, transformation, and past lives. They are connected to Shou-Hsing and the Underworld.

Bear:
Bears symbolize healing, divinity, invulnerability, spirit helper, protection, introspection, truth, female receptive energy, prophesy, stamina, harmony, patience, defense, revenge, transformation, intuition, answers from the Dreamworld, benevolence, strength and bravery. They are connected to Artemis, Zeus, Callisto, Dea Artia, Thor, Odhinn, Freya, and Norse lunar water goddesses.

Bobcat:
See Lynx

Cat
Cats as protectors. They symbolize strength, cunning, agility, aloofness, independence and seeing spirits. They are connected to Freya, Artemis, Diana, Liberty, Shasti, Bast and Pasht.

Coyote
Coyotes are tricksters telling you not to be so serious! They symbolize lessons about yourself, humor, whimsy, night, shape-shifting, opportunity, stealth, creativity, opportunity and experience.

Deer
Deer symbolize gentleness, grace, swiftness, abundance, intuition, introspection, alternative paths to a goal, messages from guides, love, safety, serenity, sun, fertility and the warrior aspect (stag). They are connected to Artemis, Aphrodite, Athene, Diana, Elaphaia, Dionysus, Apollo, Vayu, Lu-Hsing, Cernunnos, Cocidius and Shou-Hsien.

Dog
Dogs are service-oriented protectors. They symbolize loyalty, friendship, unconditional love, compassion, understanding, need for approval, tracking, companionship, intuition and truth. They are connected to Gula, Belit-ili, Astarte, Ashtoreth, Amenti, Cybelle, Artemis, Diana, Hecate, Celtice Mother Goddesses, Arawn, Nodens, Hel, Odhinn, Saramam, moon goddesses, Quezalcoatl and Xolotl.

Fox
Foxes are tricksters. They symbolize camouflage, observation, adabtability, cunning, family, travel, oneness, shape-shifting, slyness, wisdom and invisibility. They are co nnected to Enki, Dionysus and Inari.

Frog/Toad:
Frogs and toads symbolize feminine energy, fecundity, water, new life, new beginnings, the mystery of creation, cleansing, refreshing, purifying, refilling, clearing negativity, replenishment, positive energy, transformation, beginning a new cycle, long life, good luck, changing luck, starting new projects and prosperity. They are a Goddess symbol and are connected to the moon. They are connected to Heket, Isis, Hathor, Ch'ing-Wa Sheng, Aphrodite, Sabazius and Ahriman.
Horse

Horses symbolize strength, the ability to work alone or in groups, speed, stamina, endurance, faithfulness, friendship, cooperation, travel, overcoming obstacles, loyalty, independence, cautiousness, unconditional support, selflessness, freedom, power, balance, compassion and sharing. They are connected to Epona, Kwannon, Anahita, Vesta, Apollo, Mithras, Surya, Odhinn, Freya, Rhiannon, Leukippe, Waelsi and Volos.
Leopard

See Panther
Lion
:Lions symbolize regality, calmness, family, strength, courage and relaxation. They have a strong connection to the Sun and are connected with Ra, Osiris, Sekmet, Apollo, Durga, and solar dieties in general.

Lizard
Lizards symbolize understanding what you dream of, wisdom, good fortune, facing fears and confrontations, death and rebirth. They are connected to the dreamworld, Hermes, Sarapis, Ahriman and Moko.

Lynx/Bobcat:
Lynx is the knower of secrets. They symbolize honesty, open-hearted, non-judgmental counsel, stealth, silence, clairvioyance of secrets of others, suspicion and vigilence. They can help with psychic skills, specifically divination.

Mouse
Mice symbolize silence, stealth, foresight, scrutiny, attention to detail, order, organization, shyness, inconspicuous, invisibility, stealth, trust, innocence, initiative and discovery. Be careful because they can fail to see the big picture. They are connected to Apollo and Zeus.

Panther/Leopard:
Panthers and Leopards symbolize the unknown, stillness, silence, stealth, night, healing, darkness, hidden truth, fearlessness, swiftness, perserverance, beauty, cunning and strength. They teach you to not fear the future. They are connected to Dionysus, Pan and Argus.

Praying Mantis:
The praying mantis symbolizes strength, adaptability and ease of communication.

Rabbit
Rabbits are tricksters, companions to witches and "gatekeepers" to the night and to a different type of consciousness. Rabbits symbolize fertility, mystery, fear of tragedy, long life, quick-thinking, strengthening intuition, illness and disaster. They call your mental fears to you in real life. They teach you to stop "what if" thinking. They are connected to Eostra, Holda, Andraste, Freya, Hermes, Aphrodite, Eros and Chandra.

Raccoon
Raccons symbolize ingenuity, adaptabilty, generosity, caring for others, benevolence, lack of greed, creativity, playfulness, curiosity, new ideas and new jobs or schooling. They are protectors of those who cannot protect themselves.

Rat
Rats symbolize fertility, wealth, cunning, timidity, meanness, wisdom, ingenuity, prudence and foresight. They are connected to Daikoku and Ganesha.

Scorpion
Scorpions symbolize revenge, returning negativity to those who send it and dark magick. They are often thought of as a sign of evil. They are connected to South and Sun, Ishtar, Nanna, Siduri Sabitu, Set, Selket, Isis, Dadophori and Sabazius.

Snake
Snakes symbolize knowledge, change, creation, wisdom, secrets, mystery, reincarnation, immortality, sexuality, reproduction, the element of Fire, duality, solar/lunar, good/evil, healing/poison, life/death/rebirth. They are an early symbol of the Great Mother Goddesses. They are connected to Isis, Thoth, Apep, Hermes, Sabazius, Bel, Ra, Ahriamn, Mithras, Kadi, Kadru, Akkadian Ninhursag, Atargatis, Syria, Asclepias, Hygeia, Persephone, Apollo, Hera, Athene, Hecate, Gaea, Domovoj, Shakti, Ananta, Susanoo, Uga-Jin, Nu Kua, Fu Xi, Brigit, Quetzalcoatl, Kulkulcan, Coatlicue, Coyolxauhqui, Huitzilopochtli and Julungghul.

Spider
Spiders are weavers and tricksters. They symbolize fate, female energy, creative energy, female energy, wisdom, creativity, new life, entanglement, caution, divine inspiration, starting a project, becoming pregnant, being industrious, warning signals, illusions. they can act as hazard ahead signposts. They are connected to Neith, Ishtar, Atargatis, Athene, the Fates, the Norns, Holda, Inktomi, Kokyangwuti, Tsitsicnako and Sussistanako.

Squirrel:
Squirrels symbolize gathering, foresight, energy, eratic behavior, storing, gossip, warning, change, discovery, truth, balance and harmony. They are messengers of the Gods and mischief-makers. They warn you to be careful of useless hoarding and teach you to take life lightly.

Tiger:
Tigers are quick to act, subtle and inconcspicuous. They symbolize ferocity, royalty, fearlessness, authority, the warrior aspect, a lack of procrastination and will-power. They are connected to Duga, Shiva, Dionysus and Tsai Chen.

Toad:
See Frog Turtle/Turtoise: Turtles and Tortoises symbolize longevity, strength, endurance, wisdom, patience, knowledge of the defensive position, goddess energy, grounding, shielding, treachery, perserverance and slowing down to enjoy life. They are connected to the elements of earth(turtle and tortoise) and water(turtle) and the moon. They are connected to Prajapati, P'an Ku, Pan, Aphrodite, Venu, Hermes and Mercury.

Wolf:
Wolves symbolize family, teaching, co-operation, insight, stealth, strength, leadership, loyalty, freedom, individuality, psychic energy connected to the moon (hidden wisdom), sharing knowledge and wisdom, cunning, hunting, seeking, introspection, listening, magick, dreams, They are connection to the moon and to Wepwawet, Zeus Lycaeus, Apollo, Ares, Mars, Silvanus, Cernunnos and Odhinn

Water Creatures

Dolphin/Porpoise:
Dolphins and porpoises are guides to the Underworld and messengers of the dreamworld and of progress. They symbolize joy, playfulness, lack of inhibitions, power, swiftness, the sea, eloquence, magick (specifically water magick), discovery, communication, truth, trust, balance, harmony, breathing, rythm, patterns and relaxation. They are connected to Water and to Astarte, Ishtar, Isis, Apollo Delphinos and sea dieties in general.

Fish:
Fish symbolize love, fertility, victory over death, healing, prophesy, abundance, wealth, harmony, regeneration, children, pregnancy and bringing love into your life. They are connected to the Moon, to Water, Atargatis, Ishtar, Derceto, Isis, Aphrodite, Freyja, Venus, Dagon, Poseidon and Kuan Yin.

Frog/Toad:
Frogs and toads symbolize feminine energy, fecundity, water, new life, new beginnings, the mystery of creation, cleansing, refreshing, purifying, refilling, clearing negativity, replenishment, positive energy, transformation, beginning a new cycle, long life, good luck, changing luck, starting new projects and prosperity. They are a Goddess symbol and are connected to the Moon and Heket, Isis, Hathor, Ch'ing-Wa Sheng, Aphrodite, Sabazius and Ahriman.

Otter:
Otters symbolize playfulness, balanced female energy, curiousity, joy for self and others, lack of jealousy and envy, lack of worry, talent, faithfulness, social life and happiness. They are tricksters. They are connectes to the elements of Earth and Water and are connected to Cernunnos.

Seal:
Seals symbolize playfulness, parenting and protection (specifically protection during travel over water, when changing your life completely, when facing divorce or a traumatic separation form a loved one, and from gossip and danger).

Whale:
Whales symbolize elegance, ancient teachings, history, clariaudience, telepathy, psychic abilities, sound and music healing, death and rebirth, initiation, the waters of life, regeneration, the sea, music, longevity, family and friends, learning magick, elelmental magick and trust. Whales are the record keepers. They are connected to Derceto.

Creatures Of The Air

Bee:
Bees symbolize industry, community, concentration, planning and saving, working with the spirits of the deceased, industry, prosperity, purity, acheiving the so-called impossible, birth, death, resurection, luck, misfortune and Otherworld wisdom. They are connected to Bridgid, Ra, Vishnu, Krishna, Indra, Aphrodite, Demeter, Cybele, Artemis, aDiana, Rhea, Zues, Dionysus, Pan and Priapus.

Butterfly:
Butterflies symbolize joy, freedom, living in the moment, transformation, the birth-death-rerbirth circle, mental powers, reincarnation, magick, divination concerning the life cycle, understanding where you are in the cycle of your life, inspiration, immortality, leisure, beauty in old age, longevity, love, happiness, falseness, vanity and the soul. They are connected to the element of Air and the Horae and Zochiquetzal.

Crow/Rook:
Crows and rooks symbolize resourcefulness, survival, death, a call to the magick and the mystery around us, the law, the supernatural, the mysteries of creation, shape-shifting, change, harmony, justice, integrity, bad omens, boldness, skill, cunning, prophecy, eloquence and divination. They are tricksters connected to Morrigan, Varuna, Rhea Kronia, Apollo, Macha and Babd.

Dragonfly:
Dragonflies symbolize illusion, dreams, change, enlightenment, irresponsibility, unrealiability, weakness, instability, swiftness, dreams and seeing the truth. They are messengers of the elemental world and the god/esses. They are connected to Summer.

Eagle:
Eagles symbolize nobility, clarity of vision, balance between the spirit world and everyday life, the ability to soar above everyday life, lightning, rising above material in search of spiritual, connecting with the spirit world, helpful rain, the warrior spirit, fearlessness, keen vision, war, freedom, majesty, authority, strength, victory and courage. They have a connection to the divine and to the Sun, as well as to Air, Fire and Spirit. They are connected to Ninurta, Marduk, Asshur, Pan, Zeus, Indra, Vishnu, Mithras and Ohdinn.

Falcon:
Falcons symbolize freedom, speed in action, far-sightedness, magick, astral travel, clear vision and healing. They help those who are dying through the process. They are connected to Horus, Circe, Ra, Menthu, Freya and Odhinn.

Hawk:
Hawks are observant and perceptive messengers from the spirit world. They symbolize noticing the big picture, using your talents, omens, dreams, courage, defense, wisdom, illumination, truth and experience. They are connected to Horus, Ptah, Rehu, Seker, Amenti, Apollo, Artemis, INdra, Ahura Mazda, and Mithras.

Hummingbird:
Hummingbirds symbolize freedom of movement, energy, tireless joy and living from life's nectar, accomplishing things that are said to be impossible, finding the joy in living and learning from your own life experiences, flowers, love, beauty, art, relaxation and fearlessness. They are connected to Quetzalcoatl and Huitzilopochtli.

Owl (general):
Owls symbolize wisdom, the ability to see things that are hidden, stealth, swiftness, darkness, freedom, dreams, shape-shifting, secrets, omens, clairvoyance, astral projection, magick, deception, observation, total truth, night, death and misfortune. They are connected to the Underworld and the Moon. They are connected to The Goddess in general, as well as Athena, Mari, Lilith, Anath, Gwynn ap Nudd, Blodeuwedd, Yama and Cailleach. Barn Owl: Barn owls are the ones who see without seeing and hear without hearing; the ones who can hear what is not spoken and ones that see things without physical sight.

Raven:
Ravens symbolize magick, inner fears, the spirit world, a change in consciousness, healing, dispelling "dis-ease," the unknown, mischieviousness, adabtability, intelligence, ingenuity, death, war, bloodshed, battle, divination and the destruction required for creation. They are the messengers of the spirit world. They are connected to the Crone, the Sun, and to Odhinn, Apollo, Athene, Cronus, Asclepias, Brahma, Morrigan, Babd, Nantosuelta and Lugh.

Swan:
Swans symbolize grace, healing, altered states, intuition, transformation, transitions, spiritual evolution, hunches, omens, spiritual divination, dignity, monogamy, loyalty and silence. They are connected to Apollo, Aphrodite, the Muses, Venus, Zeus, Aphrodite, Sarasvati, Brahma and Devi.

Introduction to Totem Animals

Introduction to Totem Animals

Many of you will have seen totem poles, but do you know what they represent? The totem pole represents the totem animals. What is a totem animal? We all have our own individual totem animals.
Every animal has a powerful spirit. This spirit may be its own or that of a being who uses the animal image to communicate messages of the world to humans. Every animal has its own talents. A study of its talents will reveal the kind of medicine, magic, and power it can help you to develop within your own life. {every animal has its speciality}

Life long power animals are usually wild not domesticated, animals.
The animal chooses the person, not the other way around. Many believe that they can just choose an animal and start communicating with it. Usually ego gets in the way at these times. The individual chooses the animal he or she believes to be most glamorous and powerful, rather than what is harmonious to the individual. The results are ineffective and often frustrating. No animal is worse than any other. Every animal's medicine is unique. You will find the greatest success in the animal that comes to you.

We can find out what animal totem we have in many ways:

1)Meditation (ask to be shown your totem)
2)Your spiritual native teacher.
3) Look around you...what animal/bird/insect are you attracted to or what is attracted to you?
4) You may find you have many pictures, ornaments etc of a particular animal/bird/insect.5) Using medicine cards.

Developing A Relationship With Your Totem Animal

You must develop a relationship with your totem. To communicate with them demands respect. You must learn their point of view. Animals won't just warm up to you immediately. They must learn to trust you and your limitations, and you must learn to trust them and their limiations. This takes time, patience and practice.

You must honor your totem for its medicine to be effective in your life. The more you honor them-the more significance you give them within your life-the more powerful and effective they become. {your imagination is the real link to your totem}

Once you learn to work with the medicine of your power animal, it then becomes a doorway to connecting with others of the animal relm. You are not limited to just one totem. Each can teach or add something to your life that that others can't. Working with your power animal will help teach you how to align with others. Through your power animal, you learn to align with and shapeshift to the energies of other animals and beings.

Although there are one or even several totems that are the strongest in you rlife and remian with you through most of it, others do play a role. You may have a totem for a day. You may have a totem that assists you through a particularly rough period in your life.You are likely yo have different totems for different areas of your life. There's no limit to the totems you can work with. The key though is to connect strongly and fully with at least one. This expands the consciousness and opens the bridge to others more easily.

Discovering Your Animal Totems / Guides

Discovering Your Animal Totems / Guides
Answer these questions to help you discover the Animal Totems in your life. For Journey and Message Animal Totems you will have to often ask yourself the same questions. Remember that you may not currently have a Journey or Message totem. And finding out your Life animal totem is not always easy. When answering these questions you may have more than one answer per question, just don't start listing out all animals - only the ones that are really important to you. Follow your instincts when answering the question - when in doubt, don't.

Life Long Animal Totems
When you were a child, what animal did you collect or obsess over that you are still attracted to today?

Of all animals if you could have any animal as a pet or companion what would it be?
When going to the zoo, which animal do you spend the most time with or are drawn to?
If you could be any animal what animal would it be?
What animal is in your dreams that you have had since childhood?
What animal are you afraid of that you have no idea why you are afraid of it?
Of all animals what animals are you most attracted to?
When you are out in nature, do you often seem to run into the same animal?
What animal have you bumped into over and over throughout your life?
What animal have you watched for hours?
Does art work or jewelry with a certain animal always attract you?
You Life Long Animal Totem will be the animal that you answered at least three times out of the eleven questions. The more time the same animal is listed in your answered the more important and stronger it is in your life.

Journey Animal Totems
What animal have you started to see occasionally that you never saw before?
What new animal are you attracted to?
Are you dreaming of an animal lately?
Are you thinking about an animal lately?
In the past two weeks what animals have you seen or dreamt of several times?
If you have a Journey Animal Totem you will have answered at least two of the questions with the same animal. Blessings on your new path.

Message Animal Totems
What animal surprised or startled you today?
What animal that you don't usually see, have you seen a couple of times today?
What animal entranced you today?
If you only answered one question then this is a message you should consider. If you answered the same animal to two question then this animal is your Message Totem with a very important message. Heed it's word quickly for the message is for now and today.

Shadow Animal Totems
What animal attacks have you been in?
What scary or traumatic animal situations have you been in?
Does seeing a certain animal bring up feelings of fear?
What animal do you run from?
What animals do you have reoccurring nightmares about?
Does just watching TV with that animal appearing scare you?
Answering two questions with the same animal means you have a Shadow Totem you must address. Remember that the Shadow Totem will continually test you and work against you for you are it's prey. You must embrace the lesson of the animal totem and conquer your fear, accept the power of the Shadow totem, and bring it into the light as your spiritual totem.
There are as many animal totems, or spirit guides, as there are animals. Meditate with the intention of meeting your animal spirit guide, and it will come to you. It is eagerly waiting to meet you, teach you, and help you with your life. Don't worry if you don't have any success right away, it will come if you continue to search. Once you have a familiar, you can summon them for a spell or ritual whenever you need their energy or help.

A Meditation for a Familiar

The first thing to concentrate on during the meditation is the relaxing of the body. Begin with the toes and feet. Mentally tell the muscles to relax. Slowly move up through the body relaxing the muscles as you go.

Don't strain at this. Take as long as necessary. Spend more time working on the muscles of the shoulders, neck, and jaw as these are the ones we tense almost constantly.

When you are relaxed, surround yourself with a white light. Breathe it in; wrap it around you. Now visualize a well before you; you can also imagine a pond or a river, if you like. Mentally take allthe problems, including people, that are bothering you and drop them into the well. If the problems or people won't stay in the well, visualize a lid with a stout lock to keep them inside. Doing this symbolizes to your subconcious mind that these need to be taken care of. You don't want to go into a meditation carrying negative feelings with you.
Visualize scenery around you. This can be forests, jungles, deserts, whatever, but picture a place without buildings or other humans. You may be surprised to find yourself a place you didn't have in mind at all.

Accept whatever scenery is shown and begin a leisurely walk around. Be observant for any creatures that appear.

If a creature approaches you, try to communicate with it. Watch what it does and how it responds to you. Since this is the astral plane, it is possible to communicate with and creature you see. Communication is commonly by telepathic conversations in the mind. You may be told that this creature will be one of your astral familiars or that it has come to make you aware you have need of some of its traits.You may find yourself communicating with several astral beings before you are ready to return to this plane of existence.

When you have wandered through this landscape, and perhaps through others, and observed several astral creatures who show an interest in you, thank them and begin to pull yourself back into your physical body.

Once you have chosen a familiar (and that familiar has chosen you), you can place pictures or statues of that animal on your alter. This will help your subconcious keep a contact point open between you and your familiar.

Animal Symbology

Animals have meant different things to different people and cultures all through time. When we talk about the meanings of an animal or its symbolism it is this body of knowledge that we are talking about. However no definition will ever be truly comprehensive. For instance if you asked ten people to picture a "ball" in thier mind you would get at least ten different images, from a beach ball to a baseball, from a medicine ball to a cotton ball. This is just an example of how diverse something as simple as a "ball" can be as seen by different people. It is our personal experiences that mold how we see animals just as it does how we see everything else. A person who was bitten by a dog as a child may see them as viscious beasts while someone else might see them as man's best friend.

When it comes right down to it it is what you believe an animal symbolizes that matters most. Sit down and meditate about the animal. Think about when, where and why it is appearing in your life. Look for a common thread. Learn about the animal from books, online or just go out there and experience it in its own environment if possible.

With that in mind this list was created to help you on your search for animal symbolisms. It was drawn from many sources including my own experience. To name a few, Animal magick by D.J. Conway, Medicine Cards by Jamie Sams and David Carson, Animal Spirits Knowledge Cards, and many wonderful individuals that have donated thier personal experiences to this project, as well as countless other books, hikes, animal companions and animal spirits. Many of the entries have contradictions in them. This is because different cultures and time periods have ascribed vastly different meanings to the same creatures. It is for this reason that what the animal symbolizes to you is what should be most important to you over anything that you read.

Each section contains the animals, insects and birds that are most commonly associated with that area, although some are cross-listed if they clearly fit more than one area.

Which Stones to use for Abundance and Prosperity

Which Stones To Use For Abundance And Prosperity

To achieve your purpose, you may use healing crystals of different colors. These specific colors have specific vibrations, and depending on the color, the vibration will have a different effect on various parts of the body.  Simply choose a crystal ... the chakra stone that responds to the concept you most desire. Please follow the links below to each page...and learn how the chakra stones can assist your health. These concepts and the responding chakras are:

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Chakra	Ideal	Concept You Are Manifesting
Soul Star Chakra	Transcending	Letting Go Allowing Divine Light to fill your life
Crown Chakra	Knowing	Being spiritual Manifesting Divine guidance
Third Eye Chakra	Seeing	Being Intuitive Unlocking Your Imagination Manifesting Clairvoyance and Psychic Gifts
Throat Chakra	Speaking	Being communicative and listening well Manifesting Clairaudience and Aiding Psychic Communication
Thymus or Higher Heart Chakra	Forgiving	Divine Love Compassion and Forgiveness Releasing fear, Creating a connection between your soul body and physical body.
Heart Chakra	Loving	Being loving Attracting and bringing love into your life
Solar Plexus Chakra	Willing	Being centered and consciously creative Manifesting Money
Sacral Chakra	Feeling	Being emotionally creative Enhancing Creativity on all levels Manifesting Clairsentience
Base Chakra	Being	Being organized Manifesting change in a grounded and practical way
Earth Star Chakra	Grounding	Being Grounded Spiritual Grounding and Anchoring Your Physical Body

Each of the above chakras have different stones that will work best on that chakra

A List of Crystals for YOUR purpose

This is a list of each of the stones and their basic properties.

Agate- Healing, Protection, Divination, digestion, soothing, Gardening, Setting boundaries

Amber- Courage, honesty, Protection, memory, store energy, healing, increase wealth

Amethyst- Calming, awareness, protection, fortunetelling, prevent drunkeness, heighten intuition, healing
Beryl- Healing, Hope, happiness, marital bliss, divination, lucid dreaming, finding love, motivation
Bloodstone- healing, seeing the truth, circulation, boost libido, calming, motivation
Carnelian- protection, spirituality, happiness, wisdom, astral travel, boost health, enhancing fertility, boost libido, overcome shyness
Citrine Quartz- avoid trouble, healing, eliminate toxins, psychic awareness
Colored quartz- Red for energy, green for gravity, blue for travelling, orange for intimacy
Clear quartz- cleansing, healing, energizing, psychic connections, collects negative energy
Diamond- protection, healing, dreaming, headaches, purification, stores energy
Emerald- psychic powers, purity, imortality, good fortune, truth, eye strain, aid pregnancy, migraines
Fluorite- clarity, meditation, balance, insomnia, energy recharge
Garnet- Healing, illumination, travelling, success, relieve PMS, energizing
Hematite- Healing, stone of law, blood tonic, stabilizing, courage
Jade- kidney problems, divine liquor, wealth, love
Jasper- healing, brings rain, grounding, dry skin, confidence, protection, digestion
Jet- protection, deflect negativity, travelling, back pain, psychic powers
Labradorite- protection, strength, magical growth, dreams
Lapis Lazuli- eye strain, ease pregnancy, shyness, relaxation
Malachite- Healing, emotional blocks, insomnia, menstrual problems, psychic powers
Moonstone- Moonraking, psychic powers, gardening, water retention
Mother of Pearl- relationships, protection, attract friends, skin care
Obsidian- scrying, anti-pollutant, protection, healing
Black Onyx- protection, overcome apathy, dispel sadness, soothing, repel negativity
Opal- luck, confidence, protection, vitality
Pearl- Purity, truth, love, wealth, release the past
Peridot- Purity, protection, sensitivity
Pyrite- protection, blood purifier, prosperity
Rhodonite- Health, astral travel, new love, energizing, happiness
Rose quartz- Sweet dreams, broken heart, confidence
Ruby- Love, beauty, fidelity, protection, success, nightmares, sexual blockages
Sapphire- Panic attacks, psychic work, self discipline, eye strain
Sardonyx- nightmares, anxiety, beauty, shyness
Snakestone- protection, bad habits, memory, sexuality, travelling
Sodalite- Clear vision, heart and mind, friendship, sensitivity
Tiger's eye- protection, healing, eye problems, prosperity
Topaz- protection, stress, calm, giving up vices, lucid dreaming
Tourmaline- Dreams, protection, dispel distress, psychic energy
Turquoise- Luck, sore throat, stress, gifts
Zircon- Decisions, chakras, new energy, dreams

How to Use a Smudge Stick

Once in a blue moon I use a Smudge Stick to get rid of the bad negative energy lingering around our house!  This is what I do...

Preparation
Any action, undertaken with intention and belief can become a wonderful, potent ritual. Before you begin, breathe deeply and slowly while you consider your intention. This can take just a few moments, or be as elaborate as you like.

Lighting the Smudge Stick
It's recommended to light your smudge stick with a candle, as the stick sometimes takes a moment to fully light. Be sure to have something below it to catch any embers or ash. Many people prefer a large abalone shell set aside for just this purpose, but any fireproof glass or ceramic will suffice.

Light the smudge stick, and once it's burning, gently blow it out. The stick will begin to smoke.

Smudge Yourself
To be most effective, you should always smudge yourself before moving on to smudge the home.

Allow the smudge stick to smolder a moment. Gently fan the swirls of smoke around your body from head to toe, envisioning the smoke bringing waves of positive energy flowing over you. See it carrying away any stress, anger, or other negativity, replacing it with a deep contentment and calm. (Smudging yourself is also very effective after illness, arguments, etc. to refresh and cleanse your energy.)

Now you are ready to bless/smudge your home, space, or others. We will focus here on smudging your home for house blessing and energy clearing.

Smudge Your Home
Do one room at a time, generally starting at your front door. Gently fan the smoke over each door, blessing all who enter and stating that only positive, beautiful energy is allowed to enter. Do the same for the windows, stating that all energy entering is beautiful, full of light, healing, blessing, etc. Move through your home room by room, smudging especially areas that may have contained feelings of negativity. Pay attention to corners and behind doors where energy can get "stuck". Continue throughout your home, blessing each room, and allowing the smoke to carry away any unhelpful energies.

It is helpful to speak your blessings aloud, adding the energy and power of the spoke word to declare and direct the energy. Use any words you like, as simple or elaborate as you like.

Completion - Extinguishing the Smudge Stick
Once your home is smudged, express gratitude for the effectiveness of your blessing, and gently extinguish the smudge stick. One way is to dip the stick into moistened sand, or simply dip the burning end of the stick into water to be sure it's out. (Some people prefer to use a ritual bowl of blessed water for this purpose.) Let your smudge stick dry thoroughly, and store it in a special place for future use.

Smudge sticks are simple yet very effective tools. I believe their unique strength is derived from the fact that they embody all four of the directions/energies combined:

• North - Earth: (the sage/herbs sprang from the earth)
• South - Fire (while burning)
• East - Air (while smoking)
• West - Water (while extinguishing)

Welcome to a New and Unimaginable World

This website is one that I find myself going back to. It is "out there" as far as some would say, channeling information from E.T.'s and Angels, who say they are coming soon to help us with the changes of Earth and the whole 2012 thing. But the thing is, some of this stuff is happening. Mass arrests of bankers and CEO's, physical symptoms they refer to as the waves of energy changing our bodies, and waves of love that are being sent to bring about ascension and "The Golden Age " that is 2012. It is not doom and gloom and that is a refreshing change of pace. The focus seems to be to stay calm, and project love to others and the planet

Welcome to a New and Unimaginable World

2012 March 27

Posted by Steve Beckow

Welcome to a new and unimaginable world, taking shape before our very eyes. What world am I talking about? I’m talking about the New Age expected to begin after a planetary transformation on or before Dec. 21, 2012.

Predictions of what the 2012 community calls “Ascension” are reaching us from the Earth’s own spiritual hierarchy, the star nations here to help us, Earth’s scientists, and planetary intuitives.

At an early but unknown date, we can expect a world leader (possibly President Obama) to disclose the fact that human beings from other star systems are here, in spacecraft around our planet – some cloaked, some in other dimensions – and that evolved life exists in many places in the universe.

We’re soon to be joined by family.

Following disclosure, a coalition of Light forces composed of humans from hundreds of star nations and Earth’s ascended masters, which David Wilcock playfully calls “management,” (1) will join us to address the deficiencies in the world situation caused by Earth’s former dark controllers.

The dark ones, who brought us 9/11, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic activity, chemtrails, pandemics, and all manner of other destructive events, will find themselves held accountable.

We’ll have a new “wisdom economy” or “abundance program” which some refer to as NESARA (National Economic Security and Reformation Act). The coalition of Light will give us technology that will address our economic difficulties and bring us a new lifestyle marked by ease and empowerment.

The Earth will be terraformed; pollution will be eradicated; and a temperate climate will prevail around the world.

The coalition of Light will equip us to “pass through the eye of the needle” in 2012, leaving our dualistic consciousness behind and sporting a new, unitive consciousness. If you’ve ever seen or heard an enlightened teacher (Eckhart Tolle or Adyashanti would be good examples), that’s how we’ll look and sound after 2012.

I personally follow most closely the messages coming from channelers, but also the terrestrial commentary coming from the 2012 community of scientists, whistleblowers, and intuitives. The channeled sources already live in Fifth-Dimensional consciousness (and higher) and so I prefer their version of events.

You’ll notice two themes are followed on this site: the first is the overthrow of the Earth’s secret governments, known to themselves as the Illuminati, though none are illuminated, and known to others as the New World Order, the shadow state, the military-industrial complex, the dark cabal, etc.

That overthrow will appear to be a “time of troubles,” during which the dark will use all its technology to cause earthquakes (Haiti, Chile and Japan are examples), modify weather, sow chemtrails, spread pandemics, start wars, misrepresent the galactics, create fear, and in other ways try to disrupt and defeat the (I’m told) “unstoppable” plan for 2012 Ascension.

The dark forces are up to so much mischief that I’ve written two articles on this site simply listing their misdeeds: “I Accuse” and “The Black Hats Must Go.” They provide an overview of the extent of their murderous and treasonous actions.

The economy they created will utterly collapse, to be simultaneously replaced by the wisdom economy.

The second theme is the increase in the light energy that is occurring because the coalition of Light are preparing us to open to transformation by 2012 or sooner.

It may be confusing to some to see these two themes running simultaneously. Some articles will trace the fall of the cabal and others the rise of the new society and economy. I hope readers will be able to keep the two movements straight.

A compendium of quotes on all aspects of the changes expected in the run-up to 2012 can be found at First Contact, located at http://www.angelfire.com/space2/light11/fc/fc-index1.html. Many articles as well can be found in the righthand column of this site.

During the time of troubles, I’m determined to help the coalition of Light push this dark elite out of the corridors of power. Please don’t be alarmed. I’m not advocating violence or retribution. But I won’t rest until the Black Hats have left the scene or turned their hats around.

Please note that I do not consider President Barack Obama to be a Black Hat, but one of the strongest Lightworkers on the planet today. He has my unequivocal support and unabashed loyalty.

I draw on a background of historical, cross-cultural, and enlightenment studies, years spent as a refugee adjudicator, time spent researching life on the spirit planes, study of the space coalition’s messages, and a commitment to truth. Nonetheless I am not an enlightened author and am not qualified to be, nor do I wish to be considered, a spiritual teacher.

Writing is my passion. Without your readership and the Internet, I could not be doing this.

So thank you for stopping by and for opening up to the 2012 scenario. Every additional awakened Lightworker increases the ease with which the transition to Fifth-Dimensional consciousness can be accomplished.

Namaste,

Steve Beckow
Vancouver, Canada

 

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Lucid Dreaming - Ive been doing this for years

Im so happy there is so much out there now about Lucid Dreaming - I can totallly connect with it!

The only way I use to connect with other people about my dreaming was to explain to them it was like watching "Nightmare on Elm Street" where they go to sleep then the dream comes real! Not the best example but the only one out there all those years ago!

This is how I can DREAM!

Many disguises of Sugar

Food manufactures use many different forms of sugar in their products and some you may not be familiar with.

Sugar is sugar is sugar – you would be best to steer well away from it. Did you know that sugar is 10 times more addictive than heroin?

Here is a list of 50 – and there is a lot more…

1. Agave Nectar
2. Barley malt
3. Beet sugar
4. Brown sugar
5. Buttered syrup
6. Cane juice crystals
7. Corn sweetener
8. Corn syrup, or corn syrup solids
9. Caramel
10. Confectioner’s sugar
11. Carob syrup
12. Castor sugar
13. Date sugar
14. Dehydrated Cane Juice
15. Dextrin
16. Dextrose
17. Diastatic malt
18. Diatase
19. Ethyl maltol
20. Fructose
21. Fruit juice
22. Fruit juice concentrate
23. Glucose
24. Golden sugar
25. Golden syrup
26. Grape sugar
27. High-fructose corn syrup
28. Honey
29. Icing sugar
30. Invert sugar
31. Lactose
32. Maltodextrin
33. Malt syrup
34. Maltose
35. Maple syrup
36. Molasses
37. Muscovado sugar
38. Panocha
39. Refiner’s syrup
40. Raw sugar
41. Rice Syrup
42. Saccharose
43. Sorbitol
44. Sorghum or sorghum syrup
45. Sucrose
46. Syrup
47. Treacle
48. Turbinado Sugar
49. Xylose
50. Yellow sugar

THE SAFE SWEETNERS

There are many fake sugars out there. Most of them I wouldn’t feed to a pot plant. After a full year of researching the options, I’ve chosen to work with these three mostly safe sweeteners.

Stevia Made from stevioside (which is 300 times sweeter than sugar) and rebaudioside (450 times sweeter than sugar). Stevia comes as a liquid or mixed with eurythitol to form a granule. Most stevia granules you can use as you would sugar, although I tend to use a little less, because that’s my taste preference these days.

If you’re using the liquid form, keep in mind these conversions:

1 cup sugar/granulated stevia = 1 teaspoon liquid stevia
1 tablespoon sugar/granulated stevia = 6-9 drops liquid stevia
teaspoon sugar/granulated stevia = 2-4 drops liquid stevia


Rice malt syrup You can use this in place of sugar or honey in recipes, roughly in a 1:1 ratio (eg 1 cup for 1 cup). Some folk say it’s less sweet than honey and sugar. I beg to differ…and have tended to put less of it in my recipes than many would. Perhaps it’s because my taste buds have shifted!


Glucose, also known as dextrose David Gillespie is a big fan of dextrose for baking. It’s generally referred to as glucose syrup and you can find it in most supermarkets (in the baking section).

When converting your own recipe, bear this in mind:
1. replace sugar for dextrose 1:1 (eg 1 cup for 1 cup)
2. increase the wet ingredients and use an extra egg
3. don’t over-beat once flour has been added
4. watch it doesn’t burn 5. and don’t store too long (and store in the fridge); sugar is a preservative, dextrose isn’t.

Keeping Your Energy Clear Of Others; Self Defense For Empaths

As am empath you have to be aware of what kind of energy you are taking on at all times. Unfortunately, when it comes to energy and our ability to absorb it, there really is not what is known as a safe place.

There are a couple of effective techniques that can make the outside world a much easier place to endure as an empath. The main objective for an empath is to remain only in their own energy and avoid taking on what others are putting out there for the world.

Crowds can be very difficult for me and I often found myself living like a recluse because I didn’t like the way I felt when I went into the outside world. Interaction with others felt overwhelming, often left me tired, and drained after only a few minutes. Upon discovering that I was an empath, I went in search of how to “turn it off”. I can’t say that I have found a way to turn it off but I have found two very effective ways of making life a great deal easier on myself and I can even go out with friends and have dinner now without feeling as if I have been run over by a truck.

Pulling Your Energy Back To Yourself

Just as other go around pouring their energy wherever they go; so do empaths. As it reaches out to others around us, it picks up all of their emotions and physical ailments returning them to the empath who then carries them around unaware that they have a headache because the woman in the grocery store line behind them had a headache.

Before entering a crowd or if you are like me, before encountering others in general, take a moment and pull your energy back to yourself. Sounds complicated but it is amazingly easy and fast.

Take a deep breath in and let it out. Now, simply list five undisputable facts about yourself such as the color of your eyes, how many pets you have, maybe you adore chocolate (this is always on my list). It doesn’t matter what you list just as long as these are facts that nobody can dispute, most of all, your rational mind when you doubt what you say. You don’t have to say it aloud, you just have to focus on you and your energy comes back to you. If you find while going through the grocery store that you are feeling on edge or the energy just feels off, do this exercise again until you feel only yourself and not the man across the aisle that is glaring at the cans of tomato soup.

One you list your facts take two or three more deep breaths and you will notice your body feels more at ease. Just as we are most comfortable in our own skin, we are also most comfortable in our own energy.

Because most of us, myself included, are not always alert and we do let our guard down, does not mean that we have to remain stuck with that energy. Every empath should know how to clear their energy and should do so at least once a day if not twice.

Long Version Clearing

If you are familiar with chakras this is my favorite exercise for clearing as it seems to get all the garbage out of my energy. I never go to bed without doing this, I find I sleep deeper and more peaceful when I do this and I also, find that I wake up in the morning feeling good instead of wanting to hide under the covers for the entire day.

Take a deep breath in and out before and after each step:

Visual a tube attached to your root chakra, before you begin clearing it will be full of light, now visualize the other end of this tube going deep into the center of the earth.

Allow your chakra to open up and begin pouring out all energy that is not yours and is not serving your highest good. I often see this negative energy come out looking a bit like sludge but visual this low energy coming out in any way that feels right to you. Watch it all come out in your mind’s eye and only stop when nothing but light is pouring through that tube again.

Continue up each chakra as described above until all run clear. The first few times you do this, it will take you quite some time (average first time is about fifteen to twenty minutes) but the more you do this, the less time it will take you. I am known to be standing in line to get a cup of coffee and do this when the crowd gets a little crazy.

One last deep breath and feel how much more at ease both your body and mind feel.

Short Version Clearing

If you are not familiar with chakras then use this method. While in the shower, let the water run over your body, as the water runs over you, visualize it washing off all of the negative energy from the day and sending it down the drain. Focus on your body and allowing your body to let go of anything that is not your own energy and anything that is not serving your highest good. End with a couple of deep breaths.

These simple steps can make life not only easier to get through each day but you will find yourself feeling physically and emotionally better the more you use these tools to get rid of outside energy.

An empath does not and should not become a recluse; instead learn some basic steps to set energetic boundaries and keep your energy clear of hitchhikers.

Meditation and Breathing Exercises

Here are some short meditation and breathing exercises that will help you to reduce anxiety or stress in your life. They can be done anywhere, are very easy to do and concentrate on your pressure points releasing endorphins into your body while giving you a relaxing massage.


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INCREASING ENERGY AWARENESS and PERCEPTION

By Michael R. Smith


Increasing Energy Awareness and Perception



Each day, in every way, we affirm that we are moving toward becoming more empowered in our gifts and abilities. An empowered empath is defined as "a person, who having intentionally cultivated their gifts of energy perception, uses those skills with awareness and discernment to help and heal other people."
Intentionally cultivating gifts of energy perception is an important skill that requires the use of our most important tool: the human body.

The human body is a fully-equipped Divine instrument which will answer the empath's mantra "What reason do I have to feel this way?" The process of forming a relationship with the body's energetic sensors is the first and most important phase in the development of an empowered empath, and this phase we call becoming a spiritual detective. In order to be a good spiritual detective, we must have energetic awareness first. The only way we can achieve awareness is through a clean and clear physical body.



Becoming a Hollow Bone


In his excellent book, Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power, Thomas Mails, a white man, was allowed to capture the beliefs of one of the most sacred Native American Sioux holy men, Fools Crow. Through a series of interviews, Fools Crow explained how spiritual power works. Indigenous healers think of themselves as hollow tubes or "hollow bones" through which spiritual power flows, and they go through cleansing rituals to remove all doubt or fear that would impede healing. Then they are able to experience power as it comes surging into them and give the power away in the knowledge that as they are emptied out, Higher Powers will keep filling them with even greater power to be given away.

Fools Crow describes what many empaths experience. "Some people think we are chosen for this while we are still in our mother's womb," he said. "We have strange feelings, and we think about the Higher Powers more than other children do. We go apart and contemplate what is happening to us. It is like we have bodies that are covered with holes through which the Spirits enter and fill us, and out of which our prayers and desires go up to them."

Empaths are people who walk in two different worlds: the world of 'Spirit' and the world of Earth. That's one of the reasons why our journeys can be so difficult and laden with obstacles to being grounded to Earth. We feel completely at home in the world of Spirit; we miss it and we long for our Spirit friends. Compared to spiritual matters, Earthly matters are dense, darker, and full of lower vibratory energies. And because of that, many of us disassociate. We lose touch with our bodies.

For those of us who have become disassociated because our nervous systems have been on overdrive, big chunks of us are trapped or hanging out too much in the world of Spirit. When we are disassociated, we are barely present in our bodies. We don't notice little pains or even little pleasures that want to offer us messages. Getting present in your body is critical for proper functioning in this Earth world and for fulfilling your mission to help other people. (There is a shamanic process called Soul retrieval that some healers practice, which helps you to be more in your body and more grounded).
Quantum physics can teach us a great deal about ourselves. The law of conservation of energy states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed, it only changes states. All the energy that ever existed, in all of time, is currently present in this Universe. Energy never goes away. It is just moved around. It moves from place to place, from person to person, from sun to Earth, from Earth to moon, from moon to water, from water to fire, from fire to rocks, and so on.
And if you're an empath, energy will certainly be physically moving between other people and you. Empowered empaths have learned skills of energy maneuvering. This includes the knowledge of how to freely move with energy when called for, and also how to say 'no' to it if it's hurting you. You must learn how to allow energy to move out of you to a place where it won't hurt you or anyone else. The only way you can do that is by being grounded. That's the precursor to being a good spiritual detective.

Think of how lightning works; it only can move from the sky to the Earth if there is a 'ground' for it to discharge into. The same rule applies to your human body. If you aren't grounded, the energy will not be able to move in your body or discharge back into the Earth. If you're spending most of your days floating out in the spirit world and not enough as a grounded human being, you're setting yourself up energetically for a lot of hurt. You'll have a lot of accumulated energy and nowhere to discharge it.

I do believe that we can adapt and cope with our sensitivity, but we can't turn it off. Most of the misery of my clients comes from the frustration of banging their heads against the wall in the effort to be less sensitive.

So if we can't turn off our sensitivity or become less sensitive, what can we do to cope? In The Complete Empath Toolkit, we explore a multitude of practices that engage the body's divine energy discharge systems so that you will be happy, healthy, and perhaps for the first time in your entire life, you will know the liberating feeling of being in your body and experiencing it as your ally and friend. With applied daily practice, you can become an empowered empath, and share your sparkly, clean, Divine authentic self with the world, and healing others in the process!

16 COMMON TRAITS OF AN EMPATH

Here 16 common traits of an Empath. Remember that these are generalisations and they may not always be obvious.

1. Empaths are quiet achievers but expressive in area’s of emotional connection. They find that talking about emotional issues is a great outlet that aids in undertanding themselves and others.

2. Some empaths can be the opposite of what an empath ‘should’ be because they are overwhelmed or unable to handle emotion and what they feel in the world around them so they block their feelings.

3. They can be focused outward, toward what others feel, rather than themselves. This is a common trait to many people who have not gone through a process of self development.
(Try the Key To Life Manual for more on this topic)

4. They avoid disharmony caused by emotionally turbulent situations. This type of situation can easily create an uncomfortable feeling because an empath feels this emotion.

5. Empaths are emotionally sensitive to violence and general chaos.

6. Empaths are sensitive to loud noise and televison. In particular, television programs that depict emotional drama like the news and police shows.

7. Thery struggle to comprehend acts of cruelty and crime that involves hurting others.

8. They struggle to comprehend suffering in the world and are often idealists who theorise about fixing the worlds problems.

9. Are often found working as volunteers, with people, animals or the environment.

10. They are expressive so they can often be found in areas of music or the arts.

11. They often have the ability to draw others to them. This includes children and animals as they have a warmth and compassion that is beyond normal You may find that strangers always talk to you if you are an empath.

12. They can be good listeners as they generally have an interest in other people.

13. Empaths can be moody or have large mood swings due to overwhelming thoughts, feelings and emotion.

14. They are likely to have had, other paranormal experiences in their life. This could be astral projection, psychic ability or a variety of other experiences.

15. Empaths are daydreamers that have difficulty keeping focused. This is common with people who deal more IN emotion and neglect other area’s of their mind.

16. Like many people on a spiritual path Empaths frequently experience déjà vu and synchronicities. This is something that occurs to everyone however empaths are often more aware and therefore ‘look out’ for it.

Early Beginnings - I am an Empath

I have 'felt different' and have had an interest in spirituality ever since I remember! Throughout my life, I have always been very perceptive, and naturally intuitive - picking up on other people’s energy and moods. Now I know that this is because I am a 'sensitive' or ‘empath’, who absorbs other's energies and also that of world events.

I always used to feel that when I looked into people's eyes, it was like I could see their soul and understand them at a very deep and private level, like brushing past all the walls, fears and facades and looking into their inner innocence and truth – their pure essence, or core within, and also what they might be hiding to the world.

Now I feel much more at home with it all, as millions of lightworkers are waking up all around the world to share their gifts, love and light to humanity and globe at this period of great transition and profound spiritual enlightenment on earth. Have you felt this shift, like something is in the air, and profoundly changing within you, your relationships, and the world?




HOW DO I PROTECT MYSELF?

Around your physical body, there is a layer of your aura that is devoted to your interface with your environment. Its shape and condition indicate your relationship to your world. People who are empaths often have a "thin skin" in relation to their shield body. When it has holes in it, we are more easily influenced by our environment. Visualize a shield of energy around your physical body. See is as radiant and complete. You may see it as a particular color. Some people like to see it as white or gold. Decide what color would work well for you, and see it that way. Imagine the shield body as flowing and moving..not static we are developing a shield here..not armor. It is good for it to be flexible, so you can let in what serves you, and keep out what doesn't. Snap your fingers to hold it in place. Do this exercise regularly.

Another thing that I have found exceptionally helpful, it to carry around a boji stone. This remarkable stone has been proven by Kirlian photography to seal the auric field if kept on the person for 3 days or more.

Center of Being

Once you have the shield body in place, imagine that there is a spark in the center of your being that is your pure essence. Focus your attention on the spark, being all your senses to bear. Also be aware of your sensations, emotions and thoughts. First try this when you are alone, and then, after a time, practice it around others. See if you can switch your awareness from your environment to your self, and back again. Notice the difference between the two.

What Is An Empath? I AM ONE

An Empath is a person who can psychically tune in to the emotional experience of a person, place or animal. In the paranormal and in some works of science fiction and fantasy, highly developed empathy is a psychic ability to sense the emotions of others and often highly aware of the health and state of mind of their loved ones, no matter how physically near or far away the individuals may be. It can be challenging for empaths to function healthily in society if they are unaware that they have this sensitivity and often opt to be alone.

Most empaths are often in the dark about their innate gifts but the more developed ones are sometimes called in by the police to help track a murderous pedophile or other heinous criminal because they are able to take on the tortured emotions of the assailant. Utilizing Clairempathy, a type of telepathy to sense or feel within one's self, the attitude, emotion or ailment of another person or entity.

They are sensitive to the visible as well as the invisible and pick up on body language, tone of voice, body movements, the words people choose when they speak, the words they avoid, the logic they use; and the hidden things that only an empath can sense inside another person. It is not uncommon for an empath to "freak out" for no apparent reason, only to discover later that a friend or family member went through some sort of trauma at that exact moment. So essentially an empath is someone whose feeling sensory is extraordinarily heightened, meaning they receive the majority of their psychic input from what they feel.

Since they're being assaulted constantly by emotions which do not originate internally, they can't figure out why they feel the way that they do, and therefore can't address the core issues. Since empathy isn't something you can really ditch it's sometimes difficult to sort out what the Empath truly feels in a given situation or what they are taking on from someone else. This can prove to be very confusing!

Emotions that create powers that have been known to be God like in nature. Emotions that build on inside only to be shared with those around you. Emotional empaths are so sensitive that they can absorb the negative emotions of others in their body, and actually take it on. So when an empath is around somebody who is anxious, they can actually absorb that energy into their body, when it isn't even their own anxiety.

Empaths are born, and they’re born unskilled and are generally very understanding of others and their positions, and often times will ask questions rather than make snap judgments, or intuitively seem to 'know' there is more to a story than what meets the eye. They are sensitive to TV, videos, movies, news and broadcasts. Violence or emotional dramas depicting shocking scenes of physical or emotional pain inflicted on adults, children or animals can bring an empath easily to tears.

Empaths are people who don’t “read” the future, or predict it they “read” people, and their energy although sometimes it depends on the person being read, too. They're often problem solvers, thinkers, and studier's of many things. As far as empaths are concerned, where a problem is, so too is the answer.

They are the psychic sponges of the world, soaking up all the psychic and emotional static that other people give off. Being an Empath is one of the most common and most challenging of all the psychic gifts.

So as you can see being am empath can be both a blessing...and a curse!

7 SIGNS YOU'RE AN EMPATH

1. When in public, do you constantly feel overwhelmed with inexplicable emotions for which you can’t determine the reason?

Example. You drop by the mall one Saturday morning. You feel great. You get into the mall, walk past a crowd of people -- and start feeling a bit strangely. It can be anything; you can feel very down, very angry, very sad, very excitable. (The key word here is very.) And you won’t have any explanation for it, you'll just feel it. In other words, you’ve suddenly gone Bi-Polar without actually having the biological deficiency that causes it. And what’s worse, you can’t turn it off. You can carry on, trying to ignore it, but eventually it will be so overwhelming to the point you just want to go home and be alone. This is the reality of an Empath – one who hasn’t yet learned how to block other people’s emotions out. Being around other people is such a harrowing experience that most of them prefer to keep their own company, living the life of a hermit. And they usually find it very much worth it.

2. Do you experience other people's physical ailments?

This is most common with those you have an emotional connection with, but can occur with anyone. A very good example of this would be suddenly feeling very lethargic and fatigued for no reason, and having to remain in bed for a day or two. You’re not sick – not really. You’re not ill. Yet, you feel that you are. Profoundly. You later find out that your “illness” coincided with a lover or family member’s sudden fatigue (resulting from legitimate illness) even though they were in another country at the time and you had no idea until after the fact. Symptoms can also manifest in the form of chest pains, cramps, migraines, etc. You basically experience it all, without contracting the actual illness.

3. Do you feel overwhelmed when watching something horrible in real life or even on television?

This one sounds silly, but viewing the news or depressing commercials designed to induce sympathy and open wallets can debilitate an Empath for several hours. While most people get upset over homeless dogs and cats, an Empath will often feel like their hearts have been lanced. That’s a literal definition, by the way. It’s not something as shallow as sympathy or even ordinary empathy. It’s a feeling of guilt and moral empathy that cannot be easily assuaged. Crying is very common, and not just during that time of month when all the emotions are out of whack!

4. Do you ALWAYS know what someone really means?

In other words, can you always, always, always tell what it is someone meant to say to you? More importantly, can you tell why they didn’t? If an Empath is face to face with someone and has just been lied to -- they will know. And they will know why. They will know if the other person is trying to spare feelings; they will know if malice was involved. In other words, they will know the intent. You cannot lie in the face of an Empath and not be caught out. While they will not often be able to suss the specifics of what you’re hiding, they will know if you mean them well or not. No exceptions. This is more than good intuition and this isn’t a hunch; this is knowing.



5. Do you feel compelled to care for anyone in pain, no matter who they are and what they’ve done to you?

A true Empath cannot walk past someone suffering and not feel a need to stop and help that person. Homeless people can be particularly difficult, as they are everywhere and little can be done to help them unless the Empath has an occupation related to this. A true Empath feels compelled to go to anyone they feel pain from, be it angst or something physical. And a true Empath's compassion will usually be accepted on the spot: People in pain, regardless of how they might normally react to strangers, will receive an Empath with open arms. They know instinctively that their pain matters to them.

6. Do people open up to you – even if you don’t want them to?

Some Empaths are the new-agey peace-loving types who want to hold hands with everyone, but many just want to be alone because they have difficulty processing everything they absorb from other people. (This is usually because they have yet to realize their abilities and haven’t learned to deal with it yet.) For an Empath, however, putting on a grumpy face doesn't keep people they barely know from drawing near and seeking compassion and empathy from them. The ill, the suffering, the weak; they are all drawn to the unconditional understanding and compassion an Empath emits. And Empaths emit it whether they want to or not.That’s not to say Empaths can’t be mean and nasty people -- they surely can be. But those particular Empaths tend to be those with profound sensitivity who've broken down inside and have no other way of keeping other’s emotions at bay. Again, these are Empaths who don’t know of their abilities.

7. Can you heal?

Most Empaths have the ability to heal. Yes, that means physically. This isn’t about Reiki or any other alternative modality, though they may seem similar in concept. An Empath heals instinctively, usually by drawing the pain or ailment out and accepting it into their own bodies. For obvious reasons, this is not recommended for anyone who doesn’t know how to keep from becoming ill in the process. In today’s day and age, everyone seems to want to be psychic to some degree. That’s probably due our evolution of consciousness as human beings. Therefore, many people reading this will likely think themselves Empathic. I cannot stress the following enough: There is nothing fun about being an Empath. It’s often a very draining and miserable existence in which you feel like you have to be entirely alone in order to survive. It is not glamorous, it is not exciting and it is painful more often than not.

You're not crazy!

Being an Empath doesn't have to be so overwhelming, but this is not something most would aspire to so don't get upset if none of this rings true for you. Everyone's got "otherworldly talents" and you needn't be an Empath to excel in the realm of conscious endeavors. If you *are* an Empath, you will know this is you, you will not be saying “Hmm.. maybe… hmm…” If you feel (without hesitation!) these apply to you as I’ve just described, then also know there are ways of coping, and I’ll get into them in future articles. With a little self-awareness you can turn your curse into gift, especially when it comes to being able to ease the emotional and physical pain of others. For now, take consolation in the knowledge that you are not crazy!