Energetic
Cleansing:
An Essential Process
by Reiki Master Diana Henderson
copyright 2007
Do
you try to heal but never fully succeed? Does fear rule your
life or impact your decisions? Do you feel blocked
from your intuitive wisdom or isolated from others? Energetic
Cleansing, an integral part of any deep healing regimen, provides the
foundation for permanent healing of our issues. If we cleanse
regularly
(and protect our energetic essence as well), we can enhance
our efforts to heal and to manifest.
Cleansing, however, is not a magic pill or a quick fix. In our
fast-paced world, we all long for that instant result. While each
cleansing session provides a greater degree
of clarity and spiritual connection, the process is not a
one-time overall solution. Just as we have accumulated detrimental
energies and fear residues over time, we generally release those
unwelcome energies through a process
of regular cleansing.
Clients sometimes ask why cleansing is necessary, why these detrimental
energies exist or why they are allowed to wreak havoc in the
lives of "good people." Everything is a matter of free will. We choose
to tap into the fear in the world to one degree or another until we are
ready to move beyond it. We allow fear to flood our psyches
and our lives. This is a hard answer to accept, of course,
until we begin to take responsibility for our energetic well-being.
In addition, on the spiritual level, I believe that for each
of us the Higher Self holds the imprint for the soul's human evolution. A variety of
experiences fulfill that growth plan, and sometimes we attract
detrimental energies/entities that will contribute to that
spiritual/human development. As we move through life, we pick up many
forms of detrimental energy, which at times may serve a
purpose in our growth process by providing a level of
discomfort that forces change, revealing aspects of self that need to
heal, and challenging us to learn a vital lesson for our spiritual
evolution. But these energies are meant to be temporary irritants
to impel change and should released and transmuted as soon as we make the appropriate life changes and personal growth.
Most of us, however, are unaware of how to release this detritus and
therefore continue to be inundated by many layers of detrimental
energy, fear residue and "energetic sludge" that reaches a point at
which it prevents growth rather than driving it. If we don't free
ourselves from these energies and the behavior patterns that open our
lives to their imprint, we may find ourselves chained to the past and
the events that triggered their appearance in our lives.
We have the responsibility to prepare ourselves for releasing these
unwelcome energetic resonances. Growing beyond fear-based behavior
patterns, the victim mindset, the mentality of lack—even if
the task is performed one baby step at a time—and employing
healing modalities that will enhance this process—allows us
to begin to operate on higher frequencies that create optimal
conditions for releasing detrimental influences.
If we do not take responsibility and do the work that is required for
"healing" our issues, we can uncover and transmute layers of detritus
only to find that new ones form (from additional detrimental energies
operating at the same frequency) to take the place of what was removed.
Sadly, I've seen this happen sometimes with clients who were not ready
to engage fully in the process. These individuals felt uplifted
very briefly but soon sank back into the same state as before the
cleansing.
Was there value in the session(s) under these circumstances? I believe
so. When we are in a place of great distress, even temporary easing of
that onslaught offers much needed respite. In addition, that respite
reminds us that there is a better way to feel, that there is hope for
moving beyond the current state. Clients who experience this sort of temporary shift
often are spurred to seek additional cleansing/healing assistance, which
in most cases eventually will bring them to the point of readiness for more lasting results.
At the other end of the spectrum, I've seen countless clients who were
genuinely ready to welcome greater wholeness and making
great strides in their personal
empowerment. These clients were able to release layers of
detrimental/dark energy that never returned and in many cases went on
to continue the process by either learning the cleansing
techniques and using them on themselves or by having repeated sessions
or both. In many of these cases, clients moved beyond the physical
manifestation or the emotional issue/fear either completely or to a very large
degree.
What then is the difference? Responsibility is the first key. Some
clients want me to cure
them, to which I reply that they must heal themselves.
Facilitating healing brings me great joy, but I am no more than the
facilitator, the go-between if you will, between the client and the
Divine. Each of us must take responsibility for our healing and
everything required to enhance that process, including personal energy
protection and cleansing.
This means when a person has received a cleansing session and released
a great deal of detritus, healing work needs to follow in
short order. This can involve anything from traditional therapy to
energy modalities to self-help tools such as affirmations or a
combination of many forms. We must retrain ourselves to
engage in positive thinking and break habits that are out of alignment
with our wellness if we wish to retain the benefits
of cleansing sessions.
Part of responsibility is learning to attain greater energetic
awareness, provide energetic protection for ourselves and do basic
cleansing for ourselves and our environment. After extensive training
with Archangel Michael and other Light Beings in how to do this work
effectively, I was guided to offer classes
to assist others in cleansing and protection so that they would have
access to some simple methods to perform this process. I also teach Reiki
and other forms of energy healing to enhance the work that is necessary
for staying clear of layers already released and continuing to
increase clarity.
The second key is readiness. The Light Beings
with whom I work to engage the Divine energies necessary for in-depth
cleansing could instantly transmute all forms of darkness and remove
all blockages and fear if that were truly what the person was ready to
accept and in his/her highest good. But for most of us this work needs to be a process; that's part
of the human experience. Therefore, generally what we accumulate over
time through our lives gets released in layers over time as well. As we
reprogram our outmoded thought patterns and begin living empowered and
responsible lives, we grow more and more into our wholeness and are
ready to release more and more of the layers of detrimental energy.
Part of readiness involves the peeling
of the onion or getting to the heart of the issue(s) at
hand. Sometimes we unpeel
one layer only to recognize there is something much deeper that needs
to be healed. We have to ask ourselves the tough questions, recognize
the payoff
of our current state (there generally is one unless we're truly ready
to heal at this moment) and claim our lives in such a way that we no
longer need that payoff.
As an example, consciously I wanted desperately to heal my back after a
car accident left me seriously debilitated. I tried many methods and
worked very hard but still spent a great deal of my time in terrible
pain. One day someone asked me how the back pain served me. At my core
I knew the answer: Giver that I was, I found it hard to say "no" to
anyone. For me the back pain was an instant and easy excuse any time I
wanted to say "no." Part of my process, therefore, was learning to say
"no" without excuses and understanding that I needed a balanced flow of
giving and receiving in my life. Intensive work using many modalities helped
me to deal with these deeper issues and assisted me in releasing the
layers of detrimental energy I had accumulated during that very low ebb
in my life. In the beginning, of course, I was ready only to get
temporary relief; I had to grow into greater wholeness little by
little. For this reason, I find it easy to remove judgment of others
who are in their own process.
I recognize that most of us need time to realign our thinking and
establish new patterns. We cleanse and we heal at the rate that is
appropriate.
The third key is karmic cleansing. We often carry detrimental karma
related to a specific issue or relationship. Sometimes clients need to
cleanse karmic debt related to the issue at hand in order to work more
effectively on healing and releasing related detrimental or dark
energies once and for all. For this reason, Archangel Zadkiel and
Ascended Master St. Germain work through me to provide karmic cleansing
to whatever degree is appropriate for the person spiritually at that
time. (Dispensation for karmic cleansing sometimes comes in
"doses" rather than all at once if the situation warrants this.)
Once karmic debt is cleansed, the person can release the spiritual imprint
for the issue and the corresponding detrimental frequency that draws
and holds dark energies connected to that issue. Karmic
cleansing, therefore, is one factor in "readiness." Forgiveness of self
and others is the greatest contributor to karmic cleansing.
Responsibility still reigns as the overriding element to complete
cleasing/release and healing. Readiness flows from taking
responsibility and all that involves.
Cleansing is for me an ongoing process that is coupled with healing
work. I shield energetically on a regular basis and continue to cleanse
almost daily, which brings more and more joy into my life. Layers of
detritus still arise for release, and thankfully I now have the
knowledge and the energetic framework to transmute that detrimental
energy and fear and to work intently on healing the issues related to
it.
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