Meet Your Guides and Grow with Spirit

When I talk about Spirit, I am referring to all divine spirits in the Heavenly realms, including God, Christ, the Holy Spirit and angelic spirits and Ascended Masters of Light. When you take your first tentative steps in your spiritual evolution, and start to seek truth and enlightenment, you can connect directly to the divine and receive guidance from the Source.

Communicating with lower spirits is exceptionally easy, and when you first begin to develop your spiritual gifts, you will probably experience several interactions with lesser spirits. These are spirits you should ignore and banish from your presence because there is no true value available in communicating with them. Working with and inviting lesser spirits into your life is definitely not recommended!

In the beginning of your spiritual evolution, you are at very high risk of deception from lower spirits if you do not test the spirits and make sure that you know precisely what type of spirit you're dealing with. When you know how to defend yourself spiritually and can be certain that you're working with divine spirits, then you can move onto the next level and meet your spirit guide or guardian angel.

Your guardian angel has been with you all your life and knows you better than you know yourself. Your angel has the benefit of God's perspective on you as well as the perspective gained by observing and subtly guiding you throughout your life. Your guardian angel will be eager to interact with you more, and you can easily develop a strong relationship with your guardian. Your angels can advise you in your spiritual and emotional growth, help you see the best solutions to your troubles, and guide you to the right opportunities to enhance your spiritual evolution.

Start by aligning and balancing your chakras by using The First Alignment meditation song, or meditation techniques you've mastered. Once your energy is aligned and purified, you can open your Crown Chakra to connect directly with Spirit. When you've made the connection and can see your angel or spirit guide with your Third Eye, you can ask what name your guardian or guide prefers. Most often, your mind cannot fully comprehend the language of angels and you probably cannot speak your guardian's name, but you can give a nickname to your angels that's easy for you to say. Angels don't care so much about names and labels that people do, and they are just happy to have a stronger and closer relationship with you.

During your meditations with Spirit, you should talk and ask questions normally, just as you would with a human mentor or guidance counselor. You don't have to speak out loud if you think your family members might look at you funny, but if you feel comfortable you can talk to them with your regular speaking voice. You can also talk to Spirit in your thoughts by directing your thoughts and questions directly to your angel. If you use telepathy to communicate with Spirit, it may take longer for you to interpret and understand the telepathic answers you'll receive, but if you keep at it you'll get the hang of it in no time!

Keep a meditation notebook for writing in during your daily meditation sessions as you work with the Divine Alignment Meditation Method (you can download the sample edition and read the first two chapters for free). Write in your notebook before entering your meditative state, and make notes about the questions you want to ask your guardian angel. After you finish your 10 minute meditation, you should make notes about your communication with the angels and record any sense impressions, emotions, intuitive ideas and visions shown to you during your meditation.

When you're finished with your meditation, take a deep cleansing breath and relax for a few minutes afterward. Take in everything that you experienced and just let the emotions and enlightenment linger for a little while before you work to write it all down in your notebook. Your spiritual guidance will come through during your meditation as new ideas and inspiration, clairvoyant visions and remote viewing data, emotions, and even clairsentience. If you don't fully understand everything you saw, felt and experienced during your meditation, you might develop a deeper appreciation for it over time, so always make a point of recording everything from your meditations.

Feel free to share your experiences with transcendental meditation and angelic communication!

~*~Monica Who~*~

Frequently Asked Questions: Auras

One of the most popular posts in this blog is my article about prana and auras, Cleansing Your Aura, October 2007, and I've seen a lot of readers still visit that article and find it with search engines. I've written a lot of articles about spiritual healing lately, and I am also writing a companion ebook for the Alignment of the Divine meditation music album. You can download a sample ebook on this page and on the main pages of my Official Website; download the free book now to make sure the software is compatible with your computer. Later in 2009 you can purchase the complete edition of this ebook, and the complete meditation album.

Some of the keywords and phrases my website visitors use to find that article are questions or concepts that I didn't write about, such as:

• How can you keep your aura clear after aligning your chakras?
• Can a psychic cleanse your aura?
• Paranormal space cleansing and dowsing
• What do the colours of auras mean?
• Learn to see and interpret auras
• Electromagnetic energy field surrounding bodies of living things.
• Street Lamp Interference, SLI, and your aura

After you heal and align your chakras using one or more of the methods I mentioned in my previous blog article, or you meditate with one of the "Alignment of the Divine" meditation songs I produced that can automatically stimulate, balance and align your chakras as you listen, you can keep your aura clear and healthy by:

• regularly meditating with sound and music energy vibrations
• using power stones to keep your aura strong, clear, and bright
• using colour and aromatherapy to maintain your body-mind-spirit health

You can also keep your aura clear and bright by engaging in activities associated with your astrological element. Your dominant element might correspond with your sun sign, such as Pisces, Cancer, and Scorpio that are all water signs.

Water elemental people will benefit from swimming, relaxing bath and sauna time, keeping an aquarium and pet fish in the home, fishing outdoors, meditating near ponds, lakes, sea or ocean water, travel by sea, walking in the rain, and drinking plenty of pure, clean water. If you're a Water sign, you would do best as a psychologist, counselor, lightworker or healer, spiritual leader, writer, advisor, artist, musician, marine biologist, sailing or boating industry, fishing, teaching, or healing professions that require emotional care and support.

Air elementals benefit from fresh air, walking in clear and pleasant weather or at night time, hiking and outdoor recreation, travel by plane, crowds and public events, outdoor festivals and entertainment, barbecues and outdoor parties and they are highly sociable people. If you're an Air sign, your best career choices would be politics and public speaking, teaching, coaching, motivation and inspiration, spiritual guidance, scientific exploration and research, air travel industry or being a pilot, air quality control and environmental activism, working with birds and their habitats, weather study and prediction in meteorology, astronomy, launch and flight technology, mechanics and physics, chemistry, pharmaceutical, astrology, intelligence and investigation, and historical preservation and education.

Fire elementals have intense passionate emotions, ideas, beliefs, and reactions. They can be quick to react, have a sensitive temper, be verbal and loud, are often blunt and harsh in their speech, can sometimes be disrespectful, and they often talk down to, manipulate and intimidate others. Fire elements thrive when they speak, lecture, or teach in public and they usually love being outdoors as well. You'll find them huddled around the campfire when you go camping, grilling on the barbecue, cooking and eating hot meals, tending to all indoor temperature and heat control (and is often known for being controlling when it comes to the thermostat or other heating in the home), taking hot showers and saunas or soaking in a hot tub, drawn to natural hot springs, enjoys hot stone massages, and is usually the quickest to anger and lash out verbally. If you're a Fire sign, you might enjoy a career in politics or public service, or intellectual services like medicine, research, astrology, remote viewing, psychic investigation and interpretation, scrying, reading Tarot cards, journalism and research writing, teaching or training, public speaking, coaching and counseling that involves active treatment programs, engineering, combustion technology and heating control, sculpting glass, welding, cooking and food industry services, food and entertainment critic, and non-fiction writer or blogger.

Earth elementals, on the other hand, are peacemakers and care providers. They thrive when they cook and clean at home, do gardening and yard work, go hiking, see beautiful sights and travel by any means (walking, cars and buses, planes, trains, boats, etc). They love expressively and demonstrate affection by nurturing others. Earth elementals usually have a deep appreciation and concern for the environment and feel deep joy and relief when they recycle, reduce their ecological footprint, and spread information about environmental protection and preservation. If you're an Earth sign, you would probably enjoy donating to an environmental charity, volunteering, and working outdoors or in the travel, real estate, food and lodging shelter industries. You might struggle with your weight because you are a very sensual person who is able to enjoy the comforts and luxuries of cooking, baking, and serving food of many different varieties. Earth elementals enjoy rich and varied diets and are often concerned with physical appearance and the loyalty and reliability of their close personal relationships. If you're an Earth sign, your best careers are childcare, nursing, compassionate medicine and surgery, gardening, cooking and baking, food industry service, veterinarian and working with animals, outdoor parks and recreation management, counselling, teaching, instruction, casual writing, pottery and hand sculpting stone and wood, making candles, sewing and fashion, photography, and the travel and tourism industry.

Yes, a psychic, spiritualist or mystic can cleanse your aura for you, either in person or over a distance by manipulating your chakras and prana. The healer or lightworker you've chosen can balance, align and heal your chakras for you or a loved one, to promote deep spiritual healing and recovery.

If you want to cleanse a space, room, home, or outdoor location and release any negative or harmful energies there, you can accomplish spiritual cleansing much in the same way that you cleanse your own aura. You can use a crystal pendulum or dowsing rod to locate energy disturbances and anomalies in your outdoor surroundings and inside the home as well. You can also use your Bible when you bless and cleanse physical spaces, if you're comfortable with it. Use prayer, blessed holy water, scented and blessed oil, salt and powdered herbs and spices to keep negative energy vibrations out of your home. You will need to pay special attention to all doors and windows of the home if you want to protect your entire personal living space.

If you do not experience any paranormal phenomena such as poltergeists, ghosts, free roaming spirits, nature spirits and doppelganger activity, then you probably don't need to cleanse and ritualistically protect your home environment from spiritual invasions. However, if you are creating a sacred space for meditation and prayer within your home, you should use all of your blessing tools and proven protection invocations to purify the chosen space.

The colour of someones aura indicates the dominant spiritual energy affecting them at the time the aura is perceived. Your aura changes colour as you experience different things, and sometimes several colours will be seen in your aura at one time. Different energies are represented by every colour in the spectrum, and a swelling or glowing portion of the aura can indicate physical and spiritual health disturbances in that part of the body.

White energy in your aura is pure and perfectly balanced. When you align your chakras or connect with the divine through prayer and meditation, your aura can turn bright white like God's love. If you see grey or even black portions in someones aura, that means there's a lack of spiritual energy, or a void, in that part of the body. Depending on the overall appearance, brightness, and colours of the aura, perceiving dark or shadowy spots within the aura will indicate the type of experience or struggle the person is going through at that time.

You can train yourself to see auras around all living things. Begin by studying the chakras in depth until you have an instinctive ability to interpret the intensity and meaning of colour messages. You can enhance your skills through meditation, remote viewing and scrying. Auras will be perceived around a person when you look at them and relax your eyes as you stimulate alpha brainwave activity.

The aura is a fluctuating electromagnetic field surrounding any living thing. The energies of the spirit can be perceived and interpreted to develop a deep understanding and insight to the mental, emotional, spiritual and physical well being of the individual. SLIders are people who are able to cause Street Lamp Interference either accidentally or at will. The stronger a person's aura is, the brighter it shines and this also significantly elevates the individuals ability to cause electromagnetic disturbances. If you are a SLIder and want to stop from "SLIding," you can wear a solid hematite band on your finger, or carry a tumbled piece of hematite within your aura (in a pocket, for example) at all times. Hematite will attract negative energy like a magnet and absorb it, cleansing your aura of the harmful energy.

You Can Change Your Future

A lot of people ask me if being able to perceive the future in clairvoyant visions means the future cannot be changed. The answer is no; if you or your trusted psychic reader can perceive it, you can change it. I have seen throughout my years working as a professional psychic and spiritual advisor that the visions I receive always relate to things that are not predestined. These are the finer details of our lives that we all have the power to design with our own free will. God's divine plan for your life cannot be changed or adjusted by anyone but Him, so we do not perceive these elements of the future.

If your Third Eye Chakra is aligned and strong, you can open it now using this Preview Video for "The Second Alignment" composed by Timo Haakana, and produced by Monica Who. The video below features a demo version of the song; the final recording does not sound the same. This is only a free preview video.











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Understanding Your Chakras and Spiritual Energy

Spiritual energy is distinct from physical energy that you use to move your body around, lift things, and so on. Spiritual energy is often called "prana" or "chi" (among other names). I personally feel most comfortable with the label "prana," which is a Sanskrit word meaning "breath." Spiritual energy is the breath or life force of your spirit the same way that blood is the life force of your physical body. Blood carries oxygen and vital nutrients to all parts of your physical body, just as the chakras transmit and receive prana throughout the body. Chakra is another Sanskrit word that means "wheel," and they are energy centers located in your torso and head. The chakras can be thought of and understood as "energy converters" too, as the chakras connect your spiritual body to your physical body and help to convert and transfer physical energy and prana between the different parts of your physical and spiritual body.

When you use your psychic abilities or engage in other spiritual functions, you need to use the prana stored in your body. Some psychics report feeling "drained" after using their spiritual gifts, and others have reported a very sharp increase in their physical appetite after performing these spiritual functions. The reason for that is you are using your available prana for these psychic and spiritual tasks, and your spiritual energy can become depleted. The increased appetite many spiritualists experience is a sign that the prana has been significantly depleted and the body requires more energy--that energy can be obtained by taking in physical energy (in the form of calories that fuel your body for all its physical functions), and this physical energy can then be converted into prana through your chakras in order to replenish the supply.

When there is a disturbance or blockage in your spiritual energy, your chakras can become unbalanced, weak and damaged and that can lead to disturbances in your physical body in time. The most common example of this is the effects of toxic emotions. When toxic emotions are not healed appropriately, they are often "stuffed down" and ignored. Where do those toxic emotions get "stuffed" or "bottled up"? They go straight to your Sacral Chakra, which is located in the center of the abdomen, just beneath the navel. Over time, these emotions can damage the Sacral Chakra, and harmful energy is then able to attack your physical body and result in physical injuries, illnesses and diseases.

When my brother died, I could not cope with the loss in a healthy manner and I stuffed all the pain down into my Sacral Chakra--where I'd been storing up toxic emotions from my early childhood even. My Sacral Chakra became overloaded and experienced what could be described as catastrophic failure. Very soon after the death of my brother in my late teen years, I became afflicted with the disease endometriosis. I discovered through conversing with many other women who suffer from endometriosis that all the women I have talked to did experience some type of severe emotional and spiritual trauma prior to the onset of the disease. I experience chronic abdominal pain and light internal bleeding (although it often doesn't feel light, it is not life threatening) as a direct result of my damaged chakra! When my Sacral Chakra became overloaded by the toxic emotions, it was no longer able to protect my physical body from the harmful effects of the prana of those emotions. Thankfully I have been aware of the damage and have been working on healing my Sacral Chakra for years. The physical disease, endometriosis, still requires physical intervention and treatment from skilled medical professionals, but I must also heal the damage to my chakra in order to prevent the illness from reoccurring.

Here is an illustration of the chakras that connect the spirit body to the physical body. You will notice colours and symbols representing each chakra as well. Each colour from the spectrum is represented because there is a special task for each of our seven major chakras, and each one converts and transfers a specific type of spiritual energy. Just as the Sacral Chakra deals with the toxic emotions or traumas, as well as relationships of all kinds, joy and creativity, the other chakras each have specific purposes and tasks. The colours perceived in your aura reveal what type of spiritual energy or experience is dominant for you right now, and your aura changes colour as you experience different things. You can access and strengthen each kind of spiritual energy by visualizing the colour associated with the chakra you wish to use or strengthen. Meditate on the area of your body where the chakra is located and visualize a spinning vortex of coloured light corresponding with that specific chakra and emanating from the chakra and spreading throughout your body.

There is a great deal to know about each chakra and I cannot give you a complete education about each of them in one short article, but I would like to introduce you to the basics of each chakra, and encourage you to continue your own personal research and study about the chakras and how prana is used by the physical and spiritual bodies.

The Root Chakra is located near the base of the spine, near the perineum. The colour of the Root Chakra energy is vibrant or deep red, and it deals with the energy of earthly and material things. A strong Root Chakra indicates a person who is well grounded or in touch with the physical world. An imbalance in this chakra can lead someone to be obsessed with the acquisition of material wealth, power and control, and they may also act out sexually because the Root Chakra connects to physical creation and sexuality too.

The Sacral Chakra is located in the center of the abdomen, just beneath the navel. The colour of the Sacral Chakra is deep, rich orange, and this chakra deals with emotional creativity, joy, sensuality and spirituality. A strong Sacral Chakra indicates a person who has a healthy balance between dependence and independence, and experiences deep joy, emotional harmony and spiritual devotion, and possesses great creative energy for things like art, music, and writing. An imbalance in this chakra can represent as depression, insecurities about the body and sexuality, poor self esteem and self image, and social anxiety and withdrawal or isolationism.

The Solar Plexus Chakra is located in the mid-torso, near the diaphragm. The colour of the Solar Plexus Chakra is bright yellow, and this chakra deals with awareness, intellect, and will power. A strong Solar Plexus Chakra indicates a person who is confident, intellectual, observant and courageous. An imbalance in this chakra can manifest as perfectionism and a high level of self-controlling behaviour (that is usually not helpful to the individual at all), mental confusion, and excessive fears and cowardice or avoidance behaviours.

The Heart Chakra is located in the center of the chest, near the heart. The colour of the Heart Chakra is vivid green, and this chakra relates to love, nature, healing, compassion and also the connection between your will and God's will. A strong Heart Chakra will manifest as a very loving and generous nature, harmony, calmness, a deep concern for the environment, and can often lead an individual to experience prosperity because of being powerfully connected with the highest good. An imbalance in the Heart Chakra can cause you to feel jealousy, experience discord in your personal relationships, and impair your ability to make decisions from the heart.

The Throat Chakra is located in the center of your throat, between your collar and your jaw. The colour of the Throat chakra is deep blue, and this chakra relates to communication, honesty, and diplomacy. A strong Throat Chakra enables a person to express themselves freely and be honest, respectful and inspirational in their speech. An imbalance of this chakra can cause a person to be dishonest and disrespectful in their speech, to keep feelings and ideas hidden, and can result in a feeling of disconnection from Spirit as well as other people.

The Third Eye Chakra is located in the center of your head, near the center of your forehead. The colour of the Third Eye Chakra is indigo, and this chakra deals with all the psychic functions, as well as actions resulting from decisions--you will rarely hear about the Third Eye in any sense other than the psychic, mind you. A strong Third-Eye chakra enables you to perceive the bigger picture and make clear decisions based on intuitive wisdom, and will definitely cause one to develop some or all psychic functions that are your birthright. An imbalance in this chakra will lead to the blockage or impairment of all psychic functions, and can lead to confusion, faulty reasoning, and sometimes even an inability to see reason or make sense of the world around you.

The Crown Chakra is located at the top of your head and is the location through which your spirit entered your physical body when you were conceived, and this chakra deals with higher thinking and spirituality. The colour of the Crown Chakra is bright purple, although many people perceive the Crown Chakra as white. The reason is that pure spiritual energy is white (containing all colours from the spectrum), and we will take another look at white energy in a moment. A strong Crown Chakra indicates a person who is completely connected with Spirit and possesses spiritual wisdom. A strong Crown Chakra will enable you to connect with your Higher Self and experience higher consciousness all the time. An imbalance or blockage in the Crown Chakra can result in an inability to connect with the divine, and over-emphasising the material and physical world.

Because the spirit enters the body through the Crown Chakra, this is also a passage between the physical and the spiritual. When a person has a strong Crown Chakra, they can receive pure white prana from God flowing down through the body from the top of the head. Balancing all of your chakras will enable your spiritual energy to become purified and white energy will flow through your entire physical and spiritual body. For this reason, meditating on white or white light can assist you in balancing the energy of all your chakras.

I will write more about chakras, colours and meditation, but for now I encourage you to think about the colours you're most drawn to right now. What colour do you prefer to wear or decorate your environment with? How do different colours affect your moods? What insights can you glean from these colour attractions and association that you have, now that you know more about the colours of energy? A strong attraction to a particular colour could mean you have particularly strong energy of that type, or it could mean you need to increase that energy in order to achieve beneficial balance of your prana. Does your favourite colour indicate a strength or a weakness for you? I invite you to share your experiences in the comments for this post.

~*~Monica Who~*~

Heal Your Mind

When your spiritual energy is out of alignment and unbalanced, you will begin to experience disturbances in your head and your thoughts with increased tension headaches and migraines, stress, anxiety, depression, anger, pessimism, addictions, eating disorders, among many other potential challenges. You need to meditate to heal your spirit and remove blockages in your energy so that you can heal your mind and recover from addictions, eating disorders, depression, stress, and more.

Once your energy is balanced again, you need to focus on yourself in order to prevent similar blockages and symptoms in the future. You need to accept that annoyances, betrayals, heartbreaks, and compulsive behaviours are your responsibility and not the fault of any other person or outside influence in your life. Create and sustain a positive internal dialogue, using the most positive perspectives on all things in your life. When you encounter negative feelings, don't just ignore and deny them. Put them aside until you have time to meditate and then explore why you had the negative reaction you experienced. When you understand the inner source of your disappointments, irritations and conflicts it's much easier to heal them and prevent them from reoccurring in the future.

I can work with you, using guided meditations to teach you how to think more positive and loving thoughts that will empower you to manifest the life of your dreams. I will help you find the meditations that are most effective for you, and help you develop your own unique and meaningful spiritual practices that really work for you. I can help raise the vibrations of your spirit so you can receive divine guidance from your own spirit guides and higher self.

Tools for Manifesting

Over the years that I've been working with the Law of Attraction, I've discovered a lot of great tools and techniques for manifesting my wishes and dreams in accordance with my highest good. I wanted to share one of the simplest and most effective tools that I've been using personally for over a year, the Dream Manifestation Kit. It's a software package that helps you use the Law of Attraction to manifest the life you dream of, and it's incredibly easy to use even if you have very little computer experience.

Learn how to channel and harness the power of your subconscious mind with this easy to use Quantum Method for Manifestation. Within a few minutes, you can tell the software what dreams you want to actively work on manifesting, and how often you want to meditate on your dreams throughout the day to maximize the Power of Attraction in your life. Then the program will work in the background on your computer while you work, surf the internet, write emails, and take care of other tasks. When the time you scheduled for a brief meditation on your goals and aspirations arrives, the program will pop up on your screen and guide you through a 1 to 5 minute easy meditation. These scheduled meditations can be set to any interval that works for you and your individual habits and availability.

When I first started using the Dream Manifestation Kit myself, I was working to manifest my personal dream of relocating to Finland, as well as several other aspirations I had for my life. Within two months of using the program, I arrived in Finland and soon met the greatest love of my life! We were married in the Spring of 2008 and I've been living in Finland ever since. While I don't always find it easy to live out the life of my dreams, the Dream Manifestation Kit has made it so much easier to manifest my wishes in accordance with my highest good. Over this past year, I have achieved countless goals and aspirations that I set for myself early in the year, and stored in the Dream Manifestation software.

I highly recommend this product to anyone who wants to jump in and start creating the reality of their dreams by doing easy meditations on a set schedule to subtly and consistently attract the necessary energy to achieve all your hopes and dreams!

Healing Sound & Energy Meditation

Meditation can promote healing and well being of your body, mind and spirit. There are so many different ways to meditate and if you are struggling with illness, stress or emotional issues you could find meditation with sound and energy vibrations to be highly effective for you! Using sound and energy to heal and align your chakras is easy to do in the comfort of your own home with the help of meditation tools like baoding balls, chimes and bells, or even chimes and nature sounds blended together on a meditation music CD.

I recently bought a set of taiji baoding balls for myself and find meditating with them is extremely helpful for my health and overall sense of well being. Start by rolling a single ball in either your left or right hand, whichever is most comfortable for you. Slowly roll the ball around in your hand, feeling the soothing vibrations as the inner ball rings inside the larger ball. You'll make unique melodies as you roll the ball gently in your hand and the sound and energy vibrations will help align your chakras and release any blockages in your energy.

You'll know you have a blockage in your spiritual energy when the ball suddenly stops rolling smoothly or stops ringing in a pleasing way while you're rolling the baoding ball in either your left or right hand. Points in the palms of your hands connect to all of your chakras, and the left hand is connected to the energies of your past while your right hand connects to the energies of your future. You should meditate with the baoding ball in your left and right hand equally, but pay attention to any of the blockages you find in each hand separately.

A blockage of your energy in the left hand would mean that you need to meditate on releasing pain and trauma from your past in order to heal your body, mind and spirit. Roll the ball gently in your left hand and meditate on the traumatic experiences and losses from your past, and release your old thoughts and painful memories as you listen to the beautiful music coming from the baoding ball in your hand. Soon the blockage will be healed and you'll be able to make a beautiful, healing melody with the ball in that hand as the damage to your chakras is repaired.

If you find blockages in your right hand, it means you must open yourself up to new opportunities and new ideas in order to achieve well being in your future. As you roll the ball in your right hand, you want to meditate on happiness, love, faith and hope for your future. Slowly roll the ball until the blockage is relieved and you can make smooth, beautiful melodies with the ball in your right hand. Healing these blockages will open your heart, mind and your spirit to allow energy to flow freely and balance all of your chakras. This alignment enables you to be more successful, recover from illness and heal your body, relieve stress and anxiety symptoms, and help you experience improved well being going forward in life.

Meditate with a baoding ball in each hand for about five to ten minutes every day to reap the most benefits of healing with sound and energy! I'm using my baoding balls to help me heal painful issues from my past that are blocking my energy and preventing my body from healing itself effectively. I find that the short sound meditation sessions help me achieve inner harmony and the chronic pain I experience is relieved slightly after just a couple days of using the baoding balls in my daily meditation practices. I will update you on the healing process and other meditation techniques that can help you in healing your body, mind and spirit.

Please share any of your thoughts, questions or experiences with healing sound and music in the comments on this blog. The websites I linked to in this article are for your information only. Any products or services sold by these websites are not endorsed by me, but I thought you could find these web site resources informative and useful. If you choose to order some baoding balls or any other products that I linked to in this blog, I hope you'll find the tools useful in your spiritual journey.

~*~Monica Who~*~

Take a Brief Meditation Retreat

If you're feeling stressed, run-down or burnt out by your hectic life, get instant relief and spiritual enlightenment by taking a brief meditation retreat. You will need to physically retreat to a private location such as your bedroom, the balcony, a quiet spot outdoors, or any other place where you can have privacy. Turn off your cell phone and remove any other distractions--this will be a relatively short break from your hectic life (ten or fifteen minutes will do), so you don't need to worry about the phone or anything else. Make yourself comfortable. Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, or even a light snack during your retreat.

That's the retreat part of the plan, now onto the meditation. Use this short time to ponder a concept, idea or question. Some good examples are the nature of love, the benefits of friendship, the idea of unconditional trust, etc. If you are troubled by an issue in your life, such as conflict with a co-worker, you can use it as your topic for your brief retreat but just don't be too specific. (This retreat is not to be used for fretting about specific issues of your day-to-day routine.) For example, ponder a related concept such as competition or a question like, "How can I improve my communication skills to reduce conflict with others?" During your retreat, think about your chosen concept, idea or question and exclude all other thoughts.

Your brief meditation retreat is a light meditation session. The privacy and relaxation will help refresh and recharge you, and the meditation will lead to deeper understanding of the issues in your life as well as spiritual enlightenment.

When your ten or fifteen minutes are up, return to your regular routine even if you have not reached a deep understanding of your concept or answers to your question. Don't worry--you can continue pondering on your next retreat.

Make the brief meditation retreat part of your daily routine to promote inner peace, enlightenment and wellness. This his how I start every single day, and I take several brief retreats throughout the day (anytime I need a short break) and it helps me to recharge between sessions with my clients, remain centered and develop a deeper understanding of myself, interactions with other people, and life in general. Some people feel too busy for a half hour or an hour of meditation every day, but anyone can make ten minutes for a little relaxation and meditation!

~*~Monica Who~*~

P.S. If you need a really good meditation topic, one that will keep you thinking endlessly, I highly recommend my personal favourite: the reality of illusion and the illusion of reality. I guarantee this one will continuously challenge and expand your perceptions for the rest of your life!

Introduction to Meditation

Meditation is a practice that brings inner peace and harmony, spiritual enlightenment, healing, balance and overall wellness for your mind, body and spirit. Meditation is a vital aspect of spiritual growth and it can also be used for getting in touch with your innermost feelings and developing greater awareness of your body. Regular meditation will help you cope with stress and toxic emotions, feel stronger and healthier, and can even help you overcome problems such as insomnia, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, post traumatic stress, eating disorders, addictions, phobias, high blood pressure, chronic pain, and much more! Meditation is also the best way to initiate contact with angels.

I cannot tell you how many times people have asked me how to meditate! First, I want to tell you that meditation is not difficult; with just a little practice, you will be on your way to achieving all the benefits of meditation.

Relaxation is a key element to any meditation. You may want to meditate lying down with your eyes closed, but you might find yourself drifting off to sleep. If you want to meditate in a sitting position, make sure to employ good posture, with your back straight so you can breathe evenly from your diaphragm. Breathe deeply and evenly, and release all tension from your body.

There are countless ways to meditate, but there are two general methods of meditation. The first method is to focus your thoughts on a concept, idea or image and the second method is clear your mind of all thoughts, enabling messages from your angels, spirit guides and higher self to flow into your mind unencumbered by your mental clutter. You will find the first method much easier at first but both methods require a great deal of concentration, which is not a natural state for the human mind! For whichever method of meditation you choose, you must first train your mind to concentrate.

In the beginning it's best that you do not try to force concentration, rather begin by allowing your mind to wander freely. This can be both entertaining and enlightening as you learn more about your innermost thoughts. Once you have allowed your mind to wander freely, you will find it easier to focus your thoughts. I recommend that you give yourself fifteen to twenty minutes of roaming thought before you settle down and attempt to focus (use a timer). As you develop your skill, gradually reduce the time for rambling thought until you no longer need to give this freedom to your mind.

Concentration and focus can be achieved through several means. Here are a few that I find useful:

1. Focus on the sensations of your body. Control your breathing, listen to your heart beat, become fully aware of the air surrounding you and the feeling of the surface you're sitting or resting on.
2. Think of and make yourself fully aware of just one part of your body, such as your hand, and exclude all other sensations in the rest of your body.
3. Repeat a mantra over and over, either out loud or within your mind. Phrases from the Bible are useful mantras when you want to connect with angels and feel closer to God. A good example is, "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want," but of course there are many others that would work. Choose any phrase that inspires inner peace for you.
4. Visualize a simple object, shape or colour and think of nothing else until your mind is fully focused and undisturbed by any other thoughts or images.
5. Focus on one single emotion (love is best when you seek to connect with angels) until you fully grasp the meaning and experience of it.
6. Focus on a physical object such as a burning candle or power stone.
7. Focus on a mandala (an image portraying religious or mystical concepts; generally an image within a circle inside a square, with intricate or kaleidoscopic patterns.)

Training your mind to focus and concentrate may not be as easy as it sounds, but with continued practice you will achieve success. Include meditation in your daily routine to reap the full benefits for your mind, body and spirit, and in time you'll find that you can meditate in any position, anytime and anywhere!

~*~Monica Who~*~

P.S. Stay tuned--in a few days I will post about a simple yet beneficial meditation practice that even the busiest person can incorporate into their daily routine. I understand some people feel they cannot make time for extensive meditation every day.

Meditating with Angels and Power Stones

Power stones are a fantastic focal point or tool in meditation that can provide essential energies, and there are 11 Master Stones that angels are attracted to. All angels are attracted to at least one of the 11 Master Stones, which are citrine, jade, moonstone, amethyst, rose quartz, sodalite, howlite, lapis lazuli, malachite, onyx and bloodstone.

Citrine is technically a "burnt amethyst," iron gives it a warm golden colour. Citrine clears negative energy, promotes optimism, attracts abundance, and enhances the body's healing energy. It is good for mental focus, endurance, and self-esteem and it corresponds to the Solar Plexus chakra.

Jade helps balance male and female energies, encourages meditative travel (including astral travel and remote viewing), helps make dreaming productive and healing, and is a stone of protection and shielding from attacks and illness. Jade corresponds to the Heart chakra.

Moonstone attracts feminine and lunar energy, improves intuition and discernment, and balances and cleanses negativity from all the chakras. It can also assist with female reproduction, protection during travel, and can bring good fortune.

Amethyst is considered the most highly prized form of quartz and is a stone of peace and strength. Amethyst assists psychic and channeling abilities, promotes a feeling of contentment and connection to spirit, can improve relaxation and sleep, and provides protection. Amethyst activates the Crown chakra.

Rose Quartz is known as the love stone; it encourages compassion, forgiveness, healing, calming, and helps release anger, resentment, jealousy and fears. Rose Quartz raises the vibration of loving energy, eases sexual and emotional imbalances, and enhances confidence and creativity. Rose Quartz corresponds with the Heart, Throat, Third Eye and Crown chakras.

Sodalite improves logic, intellect and efficiency, and helps in social environments. Sodalite is especially helpful in encouraging the truthful expression of emotions, and it corresponds to the Throat chakra.

Howlite is a stone of memory, knowledge and progress. It encourages reasoning, observation, discernment, patience and tact, and helps to relieve pain, stress and anger. Howlite corresponds with the Crown chakra.

Lapis Lazuli is another stone of protection and it stimulates awareness, attunement, intuition and psychic ability. It strengthens the connection between the physical and celestial. Lapis Lazuli corresponds with the Throat and Third Eye chakras.

Malachite encourages balance and transformation and is a stone of spiritual evolution. Malachite stimulates intuition, allows insight into emotional factors that may manifest as physical illness, eases delivery in birthing and also helps one to recognize and clear past negative experiences. It represents fidelity, loyalty, practicality and responsibility, and Malachite corresponds with the Heart chakra.

Onyx assists in the grieving process and helps one to make wise decisions. It promotes alignment, centering and self control. Onyx corresponds with the Root chakra.

Bloodstone is a stone of courage and helps one overcome distress and anxiety. Bloodstone provides centering and grounding, and it corresponds to the Root, Sacral, Solar Plexus and Heart chakras.

There are many power stones that can assist you in your meditation and your day to day life, but if you want to attract and work with angels you should have all of these 11 Master Stones in your collection. Meditate with a specific stone when you want to attract angels with similar abilities as the stone you've selected, or angels that strengthen and use the chakra that corresponds to the stone. You can use moonstone in your meditation to help you connect with your guardian and guide angels, and ask them to show you which stones each of them are most drawn to.

I highly recommend keeping your collection of power stones in a bowl or out where angels can be drawn to and interact with them, rather than storing them in a closed container. I like to keep mine in a bowl next to my bed. I often write down special prayers or goals I'm working to achieve, then fold the paper very small and place it with the stones to receive additional angelic assistance with these things. When I travel, I like to bring my Master Stones with me in a small pouch--I carry the pouch with me when I'm out and when I return to my hotel, I place the stones out on the table next to the bed. I have found these power stones are so useful that I try to never be without them!

~*~Monica Who~*~