As many of us are becoming more aware of the energy that is all around us - the chi, qi, life-force, the juju- whatever you want to call it each and every one of use has our own unique energetic imprint that we bring with us wherever we go. This energetic imprint can be influenced by our mental and emotional state at the time, physical health, and overall satisfaction with life.
This energetic imprint that people carry can also stay bound to objects such as: homes, jewelry, and even cars, just to name a few. Most of the time energetic imprints are pretty benign and most people won't notice a disrupt in the flow of energy in a thing, however sometimes it can and individuals like myself notice it!
The most significant experiences I've had with closing out and neutralizing of energies is in relation to home buying and selling.
Home buying and selling can be a stressful experience,wonderful,financially overwhelming experience and overall a mixture of emotions! Truly an ultimate a time of Transitions.
My first experience with a major Transitional period was when my parents separated when I was 15. They put our beautiful suburban home on the market. Much to my mother's dismay the home was having trouble selling. There was an element of financial stress involved as my parents hoped that they would be able to get the price for the home they were asking for, and of course the emotional attachment we had to our home and the ending of their marriage, it was a bitter-sweet time for everyone.
Before I was consciously sensitive to energy and energetic imprints, like most families my parents assumed the house just wouldn't sell because it just wasn't happening. Eventually, the house did end up selling however it maybe could have sold faster if we had done our part and closed our family's energy out from the home and allowing the energetic space to become neutral so a new energetic could be made by a new family. My family and I never understood that the energetic residues of others could actually deter others away from a perfectly beautiful home.
In 2008 I began to explore about "intuitive stuff" and one day had a made a visit to a metaphysical bookstore. I honestly don't remember why I decided to buy a book about Saging ceremonies and rituals just that I was drawn to pick up and read the book.
Fast forward a few years later to 2013 my mother had just retired and was putting her townhome on the market to retire to the Maui. Now my mom had this incredible for trait for saving everything. So when it came time to get her cost estimate for the container to ship all of her stuff to Hawaii including her car, she realized she could do without 30 boxes of Christmas decorations and could reduce back to four. As a result, my mom spent much of the year sorting, giving away, packing, boxes and boxes of just stuff. Despite her efforts to clear and pack, my mom still had a lot of anxiety about moving, getting the price she asked for, and every and any other worst case scenarios she could imagine around moving.
So, it occurred to me to giving Saging a thought decided to give saging a shot, I didn't think much of it just that maybe if I saged the house it would help her feel better and being an empath her anxiety was beginning to rub off on me too!
My mom had left to run some errands, but I had received her permission, so that's all I needed to get started. I lit the sage and I simply centered myself with some deep breaths. As a began to center myself, the feelings of gratitude overwhelmed me. I'm not sure how else to describe it but the essence of our home simply requested we just say "thank you"for all it provided us- shelter, good memories, protection, and growth- I said thank you several times to myself and out loud, and more importantly I said thank you from my heart. I went and proceeded to sage. I saged with the intent of closing out our families energy. I walked through the home with the intent 'Neutralizing' all of our energies that we brought with us including the dog, and more importantly that the home be found by its new owners. I had a gut feeling that this would be a family with children, or maybe that it what the home wanted. As I began to say a closing prayer, the home even felt different- cleaner and more clear.
My mom's house went on market the next day. The home sold in 4 days and purchased by a family with three children.
Futhermore, energy can be closed out and 'neutralized' and good intent set with Sage in many other situations as well:
-The ending of relationships particularly the ending of a marriage or live-in significant other. The saging process can help assist in bringing about eventual forgiveness and gratitude, key ingredients to moving on and eventually being open to meeting someone new.
-Roomshares or roommates, particularly if many different people have inhabited one room, a room can be cleansed so the energy is open to another individual to feel more comfortable and feel more at home. If having trouble finding a new roomate saging to clear out the former roomate's energetic imprint.
- Selling or buying a new car. Saging the car with highest intention, good, and safety for the new owner, or when buying a new car off the lot- saging with the intention of gratitude and safety.
- Nursery for a new baby. Obviously open the windows and never sage while baby is in the room as sage can be very pungent in smell.
- Moving into a new apartment/house.
- Moving on negative or disruptive spirits to the other side.
- Place of business, whether closing, selling, or opening a new business.
As I've written in a previous blog post setting the intention is everything. Waving the stick around won't do much, so it is vitally important to be in a centered state really focusing on what one wants to achieve with the closing of old energies and openings of new ones!
