Be the Change (Perception)

Hi All,

Let's jump right into the topic this week.

I was talking to two friends this weekend and we got onto the subject of Perception.

Let's go straight to good old Merriam-Webster:  Perception:  The way you think about or understand someone or something.  The ability to understand or notice something easily. 

Full Definitions

A result of perceiving: Observation.  A mental image.

Obsolete: Consciousness

Awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation.

Physical sensation interpreted in the light of experience.

A quick, acute and intuitive cognition: appreciation

A capacity for comprehension

OK so the conversation we had involved the way you see a situation or lesson with the glass being half full or half empty.

When you are going through life's lessons it may be very hard to see the positive until you've gone through what it is you are going through.  It could take years.   My friend said something very powerful about perception as we were talking.  Perception can be very empowering or very destructive. Which is true.

So then I was pondering things while having my morning coffee and thought about a blog that included the Golden Rule, The Witch's Reed and the Reiki Principles and how they would tie into this.

Think about these three pictures and the messages they carry.    Where am I going with this?  Am I going to tell you that you need to be positive 100 percent of the time and to not acknowledge your negative feelings?  No I'm not.

Is a situation always negative if it always feels negative?  If you perceive it to be then yes. But what if you looked at it with the "grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" eyes?

Say your job is just full of negative.  You've been working longer hours, maybe there is a negative person you're dealing with on a daily basis.  But let's look at that and see it for the good.  Are the longer hours you're working temporary?  If so then great, you know there is a way out of that stress.  Is the person that is negative someone you have to deal with for hours a day or do you see the person here and there?  This is an eye opener for me as well because I've fallen into the everyday life of letting the stress get to me and I'm out of balance between my personal and professional life.  I can feel that I'm out of balance in both as it's carrying over into both.  Today is a new day for us all to start thinking about being the change.

Here is where we be the change.  In life we change has to start with ourselves.  The only person you are able to control is you.  Now self-reflection and change is never easy so there is homework.  Find a notebook you can use as a journal.  

Now let's take a situation like the job and spin it to change.

Think about when you first started, how did you feel?  What did you like about where it is you work? List all the Pros of why you like your job.  Next list all the ways your life is going good because of your job.  When that is done make a cons list.  What is it that you do not like?  What needs to change?  

For me in my job I deal with a lot of energy from moods.  I am also a person who can easily take on someone's cheerful mood or someone’s frustrated mood quick.  Now I know what I need to do to change this and I know I have not been good at doing this, so the next 21 days I am going to fall back on my Reiki training and clean my energy and make the change in myself to be more aware of taking on other people's energy.  

What does that change look like?  Well if we look at the Reiki Principles let's do so realistically to apply them to life in general to be the change you need for you.

Today I will not be angry.  It's alright to be angry.  Acknowledge it and then deal with it.  You might have to keep a lid on your anger but you can still deal with it as it comes.  What is making you angry? If it is a coworker can you gently call him or her out on it?  Maybe you just ask the angels or guides for help releasing the anger and take a few clearing, calming, breaths before moving on.  When you have time go to the bathroom and cut your cords from the situation or person causing it. (I need to practice this more) Remember, people are putting energy cords to you when they come into contact with you throughout the day so you need to cut those cords.  When you release the cords your energy will increase and you will feel better. Lighter.  So acknowledge your anger, bless it and move on for the day. I know easier said than done.  Sometimes I just need to vent the anger so I talk to someone I know is a safe person who will not spread my vent as gossip.

Just for today I will not worry.  Again let it go.  Easier said than done but when you put out worry to the universe the universe manifests more worry back to you.  So figure out the worry and what is the cause and then look at it and make a change if you can.  If you can't because say it is a loved one's health, breathe.  Take a minute or two away from that.  Go within yourself and just breathe.  Focus on you for a bit because it is alright to take care of you so you can take care of the loved one who is going through whatever health issue it is.  

Again acknowledge it and move forward.  Moving forward might be something as simple as brainstorming ways to make a change or to get rid of what it is that is causing the worry.  It is alright for you to take yourself or your energy back from someone.  There is an entire blog in itself.

Just for today I will be grateful.   Think of all the things in your life you have and are blessed with. Your life. Your health. Your children.  Your family.  A roof over your head.  Your job.  All the things that you have to live your life.  Then once you've reflected on this look at how amazing you are.  All the blessings you have.  Focus on what is.

Just for today I will do my work honestly.  Do you do your work honestly?  Do you show up on time and ready for work?  What does do your work honestly mean to you?  This one is all you.  Everyone has a different work ethic.  I was raised to always be to work on time and be there every day that I'm not sick.  We earn our paychecks we are not entitled to them.  Do you follow your company's policies?  This would be another thing to look at when you are talking honesty in the work place.

How do you make your co-workers feel?  Do you gossip?

Today I will be kind to every living thing.  Do I even need to explain or apply this?  Don't kick the dog.  In a trying situation maybe reflect after it on did you handle that good or could you have done something different.  I think of heated situations I am in on a day to day bases and I can do it differently if I can let my temporary anger not take control.  Something to work on. 

I threw a lot at you today.  Things to think about.  Reiki Principles or none.  I think the focus is more on how can you take what you believe in to help you make the change.  The Reiki Principles for me were a good example because writing them out gave me the reflection time to apply more positive changes I can make.

August 8th there will be no Mystic Monday and possibly the 15th as well.  But we will see about the 15th I might have some amazing ghost stories to tell.  Check out the Mystic Monday Facebook page for updates and I will try to quick post here too as those dates get closer.

Have an amazing week everyone.  Good luck with your homework.

Blessings All,

Wendy

Happy Mystic Monday! Vampires, Cloud Busting, Time Stopping and More...

Hi All,
This week we are going to explore a few things you can accomplish or just play with as you are working with the energy that connects everything that is on our planet and in our universe.

Now I'm going to put a disclaimer and say to remember harm none and so mote it be.  If you do negative then negative will come back to you.  Just keep that in mind.

Dates this Week:
Tuesday the 18th is the Full Moon!  Use the moons energy at it's peak to help you with manifesting or bringing projects or things into fulfillment.  Time to go out to your fire pit and burn your intentions of what you would like to bring into your life.

This week I've had some request about this and that.  So here it is.
Cloud Busting

Picture this if you can.  You are outside on a warm day.  You have a blanket and spread it out on the lawn or by your favorite lake and lay down on your back looking up at the sky.  The wind is blowing just a little to provide a cool breeze on this comfortable day.  You look up to the sky and see fluffy white clouds passing you by at a crawling speed.  There are big ones and small ones.  It takes you back to your childhood and you start picking out shapes of cars, dogs, dragons, boats and anything else your mind can come up with.  But how about if you could break one up and make the sky blue in it's place.  Simply erase a cloud.  Would you?  Could you?  You can.  Try it.  Start small so you know how your body is going to react if it does and then you know what to look for next time you try.  For me the first time I had a major headache after.
So pick your cloud.  Then I usually stare at the cloud and make my eyes go soft while looking at it like when you do one of those old Magic Eye posters.  Now what I do is look at the cloud and then begin to erase it with my mind like and replace the space with the blue sky.  When looking at a cloud I pull the sky color with my mind to cover the white of the cloud until the cloud is gone.  Another way to do this is use your eyes to look at the area of the cloud you are going to start with to break it up and erase it.  I've used the power symbol with Reiki to help me bust up a cloud before as well but I had to exchange energy with the cloud to break it up and erase it.  You can also imagine a big eraser wiping out the cloud and then replacing the area with sky blue as you erase.  Try it and see what you can do.

Stopping Time:

OK really this is more like bending time so you can make it where ever you are going on time.  When I'm running late and I know I am never going to make it on schedule I use this.  But since I'm always an early person I don't do this too often.  But you can bend time so that you can arrive on time.  I did this once with a friend in the car.  We had gone shopping on our hour break from work and we were stuck in a bit of traffic after we left the shop a little later then we should have to get back on time.  I just focused on the clock and then asked that I arrive back to work at say 1:30 on time.  Then I wrapped the car in a bubble of white light and we continued to drive normal.  My friend was like there is no way we are making it back on time we are going to be so late and she was getting a bit upset with me.  But we pulled into work with a minute to spare.
Now I've also been told to do this you can visualize yourself arriving to your destination on time and you will get there.  Another way I've heard this done is to see your car in a tunnel getting to the place you are gone on time.  The tunnel pulls your car to the end on time and at your destination.
So you can play with that a little too and see which one works for you.

Vampires:

Here I am going to talk a bit about the energy vampire.  This week I did an emergency session for a close friend and I'm going to share a little because it involves an energy vampire that she works with.  In this case the person wasn't just taking her energy the person left nasty energy to continue to take her energy while this person what away from her.  My friend called to tell me she had been real tired and irritable and could figure out why.  She said that one person at work had been wearing on her and she just couldn't shake feeling drained after a few talks with this person.  So as we were talking I was being shown a big snake like creature that was attached to her and feeding on her energy.  I had to do a distance session that night and use several different energy tools to sever it and replace her energy with Reiki to get her feeling better.  The next morning she text me saying she felt lighter and had slept great.  Now it's not easy to get rid of a person like this and breaking the connection can be difficult depending on the length of time and the relationship.
So here are some tricks to help you protect your energy.

Cut your energy cords.  We have gone over this in past blogs.  You can also find out how to do this in Mystic Monday the book.

Carry or wear gemstones or stones that are for protections.

Wrap yourself in a bubble of white light.

Smudge yourself with Palo Santo or Sage and hold the intent to release whoever it is that is attached.

Burn essential oils to help raise and clear the energy in your home and yourself.

Call on Arc Angel Michael.  You can call on AA Michael to cut energy cords that bind you to people but make sure you ask for him to do so in all directions.  Left, right, front, back, top and bottom.  If this is a person you may have shared past lives with it's a good idea to add through all space and time.

If after doing this you still feel the effects of this person, I suggest really taking a look at yourself to make sure that you are the one that is severing and not putting back ties to this person.  Also, I would suggest going to a energy worker such as a healing touch or reiki practitioner to help you with this.  I know I can do some of the work on myself but I can't always feel that I've worked on myself so if I have someone else work on my to remove stuff then I know it's gone, and if it reattaches like some toxic people can, then I know it is more or less me making the re-connection and I have to look at myself for the reason and heal it so I can move forward free from the person.

Have a great week.  If you have ideas for the blog with a topic or a place please email me.
Blessings All,
Wendy

Mystic Monday

July 11, 2016

Hi All,
Today I'm going to change things up a bit.  We are going to talk about how to read cards.

Okay I know you're like, "What how to read cards in one blog?"  Well Yes, why not!  It might take a little more coffee than the average blog, but yes.  Let's do this.  I am going to pick some cards and show photos and explain the cards so you can see what I am talking about as I go through the reading.

The first deck I ever used was an Angel card deck by Doreen Virtue called "Healing with the Angels" Oracles Cards.  Here is a photo.  I picked this deck to work with first because, well, simply my Reiki Master used them and I liked them.

Sorry that this is sideways.  Before I start I say a prayer of intent.  Then I shuffle the cards as I think of a question I want help with.  I shuffle until I feel like I'm done.  Then I spread them out.  The next thing I do is sensitize my hands buy rubbing them together quickly like they were cold.  Once that is done I hover my hand over the cards and the ones that make my hand tingle is the one I pick.

The next step is turning the cards over and looking at the spread once I've picked the number of cards I want.  Usually I pick 5 just because that's my favorite number.  So this spread confirms what I was thinking this morning.  See I'm re-writing the book and I want to take some more classes or do a little more studying in other areas of healing and energy work.   The spread as a whole tells me that it will come in time, study, trust the universe and myself, take a retreat and then out of all of this harmony will come.  So now it's time to break it down then review it.

Card number 1.  Divine Guidance:  Here we see an angel holding her hand up to a heart shaped star. Hearts meaning love.  Stars give guidance.  The angel is a messenger of the Divine.  Now when I look up the card reading the book given with the cards it says, You are being divinely guided right now.  Pay attention to your intuition, visions, knowingness and gut feelings.  It is important you trust and follow this guidance.  Pay attention to the cards next to this card they contain important information for you.  Okay well, this one was the first one in the draw so there is only one card next to it.

Card 2.  Study:  Looking at this card we see a woman who could be an angel as the clouds around her do make out or create wings.  There is a rainbow of knowledge and it is either entering her hands or coming out of her hands.  To me this says spiritual study because there is no picture of books or a school or anything that would say formal education.  So now looking at the book it states, This card validates that this is an important time for you to learn new ideas or skills.  If you are already in school this card encourages you to continue.  Sometimes this is a learning phase in life.  

In relation to the first card Divine Guidance this tells me that I need to trust my intuition on what it is I am going to learn or would like to learn and when to do that.

Card 3.  Trust.  Here we see an angel holding a ball of light.  There is also the sun which reflects into the sea so there are three spheres of light which could represent present, past and future.  It could also be your guides, higher-self and the divine.  Light is whatever it means to you.  Most of the card is done in the color blue which is a communication color.  So trusting the guidance you are hearing or seeing.  When consulting the book, the meaning of this of this card is, To believe in yourself and have faith that God and the angels are with you.  Ask them for help.  Is card is about self trust.  The mistakes you have made have not eroded your true nature.  The angels ask you to trust in God and them  so they can help you trust yourself.

Card 4.  Retreat:  Looking at the card there is an amazing place in nature where an angel is soaking up the energy of the forest or place she is in.  To me means go somewhere.  For me it is spending time out in the forest or on trails in a park the closest I can get to a forest around here.  This is about self reflect by clearing your mind. The book states: You are pushing yourself to hard.  Rest is a part of the natural cycle.  Take time to rest and take that time to focus on your heart's desires.

Last Card.  Harmony.  Life is beautiful.  Everything is in the right place at the right time and life is good.  Okay and now the book says:  A troubling situation has been resolved.  This is about letting go of viewing a situation as troubled and see yourself and others through the eyes of your guardian angels.  Look past the surface and look into the beauty and life that shines within everyone.

As a finale step, I would look at the cards again taking note of cards that may pop out at me.  Then I give a prayer of thank you for the guidance I've been given.  And I usually document the reading in my journal.  This way I can keep track of patterns or things I might be missing.

Now when I am reading for a client I usually hear messages from the clients guides or a crossed over loved one.  The cards give the client something to focus on for me to do the reading.  Do I need the cards to do a reading?  No.  If you and I were to sit and do a reading without cards I could just say a prayer of intent and we would talk and I'd get information to pass to you as we talk.

So there is the steps to how I do a card reading.  Find a deck that you like.  I have several that I chose from depending on mood and the situation.  Then practice.

I thought about talking about saying a bit about all the violence that's been going on in the news but I didn't want to start a soapbox.  I will only say my prayers are with all those who have lost someone in a senseless way.

Have an amazing week everyone.
Blessings All,
Wendy

Sorry All!

Hi All,
Hope everyone had a safe and amazing Fourth of July weekend,  Sorry I didn't set anything up to post.  I was out of town with the family.  With that said, Mystic Monday will be back next week.

I have also started to rework Mystic Monday book,  That will take me awhile.  :)
Have a great rest of the week!
Blessings All,
Wendy

Ghost Investigations

Hi All,
There is nothing special coming up for dates this week.  So we will jump right in and start with what happened on our ghost investigation of some islands on the Chippewa Flowage.    My friend Tony was kind enough to get a pontoon for the adventure and be our guide to the three islands we went to.  I should say that I grew up taking family trips to the flowage as a kid but never really went that far from our side of the chain of lakes.  Tony took us to the other side of the chain and introduced us to some beginning history of the area that I would love to explore a little more.

Our day started at the R & R Bayveiw Resort to have an amazing breakfast cooked by Tony's wife.  Highly recommend stopping there for breakfast if you are in the Hayward area, you won't be disappointed but make sure you are very hungry as it will be hard to finish your plate. :) 
After a huge breakfast we all ventured off to the pontoon and set out on the flowage to the first island.  Ghost Island. 

Once on Ghost Island, I felt a lot of earth energy.  More of the fairy energy and nature spirits here.  I didn't really feel or have any interaction with any earth bound spirits.  Now that's not to say there is or isn't any there.  I was only on the island a brief time.  I do have voice recordings to go through yet as well.

The next island on our stop was Graveyard Island.  Again I apologize for the lack of history about the island.  So from what I understand Graveyard island was once a burial ground for the are tribe.  When the flowage wasn't there it was once a hill and from what little I know they exhumed the graves.  Now you CANNOT go on the island and there are signs posted but you can be in the water just off shore.  We respected the area and stayed close to the boat.  But I had to take a step up onto the island just to get a feel of what could have been there.  I would love to find the person in charge and get permission to go out and learn the history of the island and look around. 

When we got close to the island I had this feeling of someone watching us.  I felt like there were a few people (men) watching us pull up to shore and they kept pacing the shore line.  We beached the pontoon and walked in the water so I could snap pictures.  I did step on the island for a few seconds and I honestly couldn't stay on it if I wanted to, as my chest got real heavy like someone was pushing all the air out of my lungs so I couldn't breathe.  Once I stepped back into the water, breathing was normal and I felt fine.  I wanted to test it out so I did step one more time on the island and again could not breathe as soon as my feet were both on soil.  So back into the water I went and stayed.  The entire time, which wasn't too long that we were out around the island, I couldn't shake the feeling that we were being watched.

Again, please respect the land and the signs posted.  Get permission to be on the property if you want to go out on the island.

Our last stop was Darrow Island.  Very peaceful.  We stayed close to the boat but I was able to find a area under some trees which I felt some more nature energies.  On this island I also felt like we were being watched.  I wasn't able to pick up on any earth bound spirits but again my time was limited so that doesn't mean there aren't any there.  I look forward to going back and spending more time there.

My dragonfly hitch hiker.

All and all we had a great time going out with awesome friends.  We even saw some bald eagles.

Have an amazing week everyone.

Blessings All,

Wendy

Friday...Mystic Monday next week.....

Hi All,
Due to being in Hayward, WI this weekend out on a ghost investigation, Mystic Monday will not post.  If I can get all the evidence together by Thursday, I will post a Thriller Thursday next week.
Thanks for understanding.
Summer Solstice Blessings,
Wendy

Pet Healings

Hi All,

I wanted to start with a date.  June 14, 1777 the day America adopted our flag.  June 14th is flag day and falls on Tuesday.  This link will give you some great tidbits about flag day.  http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/flag-day

Next Monday is Summer Solstice.  Time to start thinking of how to celebrate that day!  More on that next Monday.

Pet Reiki and Energy Healings

You know we take care of ourselves and our energy but did you ever stop to think of your pet's energy and how that can affect his or her health?

When I first became attuned to Reiki level l and ll, I was married and we had two dogs.  One a black lab and one a boarder collie.  As I was going through nightly and doing self treatments I noticed the lab would come into the room when she heard my meditation music playing.  A few nights went by and she ended up laying half in my lap to soak up the Reiki energy that I was channeling for myself.  I figured since she was so open to the energy why not hover my hands over her and let the energy flow and pretty soon I was guided to pull energy out of her and push energy just as I would working on a client.  She became my energy junkie....lol.  Now, my border collie, not so much.  She to this day doesn't seem to care for Reiki.  She will stay around when I'm working self sessions but really shows no interest what-so-ever.  If I beam Reiki to her she will get up and walk out of the room.

Now, I will be honest I haven't worked on animals as much as I could.  The opportunity of working Reiki with animals has not presented its self to me.

If you are going to work with a pet introduce the pet to the idea of Reiki or energy healing first.  This can be done with you doing self treatments as you sit on the floor or in an area the pet can access you easily.  I started with a simple body scan and then stopped at a blocked area and channeled energy and when that was accepted, tried a full body session with my hands over my dog as I would a client.

Another technique you can try is beaming.  Beaming energy is pretty simple.  You can do this by sitting with your palms up and just opening the flow of energy to the room or you can actually point your palms to the area you want the energy to flow to.  So if your pet is laying in the corner of the room you can face your palms toward the dog and visualize Reiki leaving your hands and entering your pet through the crown chakra and traveling down the body and leaving through the feet and into mother earth.

Now, you can get pretty into this if your animal cooperates and you can even use stone grids and channel energy as your pet lays there and just accepts it.  It all depends on your pet.

For fish, I would draw Reiki symbols into the water or hold my hands above the water to channel energy to the fish directly.  Hey don't laugh, goldfish like energy too!

I have not yet worked much with cats.  My little girl as been attuned to level l.  She is in the check-it-out stage when I am meditating or doing a self treatment.

So experiment with your animals.  I have also learned I can read an animals energy with a photo and do a distance healing as well.  You can also ask your pet's guides for help and go that route if need be. I have been working with my border collie via my guides and she's been OK with this.

Plants can benefit as well.  I Reiki the water I use for my plants.  When I pot plants I Reiki a stone that stays in the soil and I Reiki the pot the plant will call home. I also keep crystals around and they seem to like the oils I burn.

So I guess the theme for today is treat the living things around you as you would yourself.  If your pets accept energy such as healing touch, aromatherapy, Reiki and such, why not use it.

If you have questions on how to get started drop me an email and I'd be glad to get you pointed in the right direction.

Next weekend I will be in Hayward on a Ghost Investigation adventure.

Until then have an amazing week.

Blessings All,

Wendy

PS here are some links to some great information on pet chakras.

http://www.pawmuletsbyraquel.com/pet%20chakras.htm

http://www.patinkas.co.uk/Chakra_System_of_Animals/chakra_system_of_animals.html

Hi All,

Hi All,
Sorry about this week and no blog.  Monday I should be back even though my new computer won't arrive until next week. *Sigh* Anyway, I will get it posted for Monday.

Looking for some new topics if you have ideas please email me and I'll see what I can do. intuitivewendy@gmail.com.

Next weekend I will be in Hayward doing some investigations.   I can't wait to share all that.

Until Monday, have an amazing rest of the week and weekend.
Blessings,
Wendy

Good Morning!

Good morning all. This is Savannah Rayne and Wendy asked me to let you all know that there will be no Mystic Monday this week. Bummer I know, right?

But Wendy's computer crashed and she had to get a new one and it hasn't arrived yet. So with any luck it will come sometime this week and Mystic Monday will be back on track nest week!

I hope everyone has an amazing week!

Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memoria Day Everyone!  Many Blessings!

Please teach your children what this day is about, the wars fought, the brave men and women who keep our freedom safe.

Blessings and Thank you to ALL that have served in our Armed Forces.

Wendy