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(Clearing Residual Energy continued....)

Wash all soft furnishings such as bedding, cushion covers, cloths, pillows, mattress protectors, doona covers, table cloths, doilies, soft toys, mats etc....

Curtains may be washed or dry cleaned. Venetian or vertical blinds may be washed or dusted depending on what they are made of. Windows can be cleaned to allow the sunshine to stream through and light the darkest corners. If lighting from the sun is a problem, open the window and allow the breeze to blow unhindered. Once this inititial clean is completed we can then move onwards.

Smudge
If you follow the shaman way, you may prepare a bowl of smudge. Using sacred herbs such as white sage, lavender or cedar, burn them and allow the smoke to permeate the room, cleansing any residual negative energy as it flows. Smudge the corners or recesses particularly as these are areas that require attention to make sure they are not overlooked - thus leaving pockets of energy behind to mar your springclean. Negative energy left uncleared seems to have a tendency to build upon itself and create further negativity.

Crystal Cleansing
Crystals are also a useful tool for absorbing and clearing a room of negative unwanted energy. Thus, place some in a bowl in the room you wish to clear and allow them some time to do their job. Don�t forget to programme them clearly as to what you wish them to do.

After they have been sitting for a few days it will be necessary to cleanse them in one of the ways I have described in the chapter on energy cleansing for the healer. You may also place the crystals in some water that you have added some disinfective oils to such as eucalyptus, lavender or tea tree. This adds a pleasant scent to the job as well as help the crystals at the same time. I always have crystals in the room in my house that sees the most people - usually the lounge room as that is where we sit in the evening all togther. I clear my crystals periodically to remove any negative energy that they have absorbed.

Sacred Symbols
If you are a healer, medicine man/woman, or spiritual being with access to any sacred symbols, sit quietly in the room and drop these symbols to help purify the energy. There are many beautiful symbols which may be used - you will know in your heart which ones to use.

Prayer and Clear Intent
Sitting in prayer or meditating, and asking spirit, or the God Source to help you remove the energy also sends a clear intention on your behalf outwards that you wish the negative energy to be removed. Not only removed but to be transformed into something more positive. The Universal God Source energy can do this, as can Mother Earth. Ask and pray with a pure and loving heart and you will receive the help you seek. You may draw these symbols by visualizing it in your mind; or you may draw them in the air, on the walls, or on the floor with your fingers.

Frog Cleansing
The medicine of Frog is the medicine of cleansing with water. You may use water that has been smudged with sacred herbs, or has had crystals steeping in cleansing oils, to spray or sprinkle around the room. As always, when you use the energy of a sacred animal being, you must invoke it with respect and clear intent, and give thanks for the gifts it brings. These kinds of ceremonies should always be done with the greatest of respect and honour and ritual. They should never be done with flippancy or with half a heart.

Winds of Change
As you stand before the open window, raise your arms and invoke the Winds of Change to enter and sweep through bringing with them changes for the better, changes that will bring positive energy into your life. Give blessings for all the gifts you have received as well as those you will reap in the future.

Stand and embrace the tendrils of the wind as they sweep through the room and dance around you. If I ever sense the Winds of Change coming or I invoke their energy, I stand with a loving heart and open my arms wide to embrace what they bring me. If you invoke their energy and do not open your arms to embrace them, then your intent is not for change, your intent is not clear and true. So beware that you will only reap what you seek and get as much as you put in. If you are unsure, it has an affect.

Music and Dance
Put on your favourite music. If you love rock and roll or pop music play it loudly. Dance or move joyfully to celebrate the coming of a positive change. If you prefer something more sedate, then play it with joy and an open heart and move with it in celebration. With each piece of negative energy that you clean or remove, you will begin to feel lighter and happier, more at peace with yourself and in harmony with the universe. If you feel you have been forsaken during your dark moments, know that you were and will be never alone. Celebrate this with every movement you make to remove the negative and bring in the positive.

Plants, Oil Burners, Water Fountains etc
Place indoor plants to bring in life and Mother Earth. Set up you oil burners or incense to create pleasing scents and invoke different things. A small water fountain provides cleansing sounds and is good Feng Shui. Hang crystals to reflect the light and the sun. Place stained glass hangings up to the window to reflect different colours. Move pieces of furniture around and/or buy something new that is bright and speaks to you of positive energy. Bright yellow sun flowers for example are more indicative of positivity than dull or pale green. Bring vibrancy back into your life using colour and scents and music. You have to invite the positive in once you have removed the negative. You have to create space for the positive energy to come into your life.