Affirmations

Reflecting on my writing process after turning in my first college essay, I had begun with loads of brainstorming. This brainstorming process took a couple days, as we participated in class workshops to help us create topics for our papers. My brainstorming process also included asking others what they would write about, seeing if two brains could jog anymore ideas for this paper. 

This is the stage of where I had collected all of my thoughts, and started my first draft. See, this is the funny part, I say first because I have 3 other versions of the same essay. All different approaches, word choice, and style. However those 3 drafts did not capture ME as a writer, my voice was lost. I had spent some serious time just drafting this paper, and it wasn't written in one sitting either. I enjoy taking breaks when producing work, new ideas each time I start. Though, it can leave me with a crunch for time. This is something I can work on to improve myself, and my writing. 

Going through and editing my paper, I had no “set image” for what I wanted to produce. I wanted something a little more raw, I have been confined to a supply and demand ideal when it comes to high school writing assignments. I was able to really show off my voice in this paper- However my timeline can get pretty jumpy, as I know my audience and am not comfortable sharing everything with them. 

Paul François Quinsac (French, 1858-1932), “Allégorie de la Musique”.

Toxic- Ashnikko

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Incense Meanings

African Violet

Burned for protection and to promote spirituality within the home.

Amber Love

comfort, happiness and healing.

Ambergris

Dreams, aphrodisiac

Angelica

Protection, harmony, integration, insight, understanding, stability and meditation.

Anise

Emotional balance.

Apple Blossom

Happiness, love and friendship.

Basil

for Concentration, assertiveness, decisiveness, trust, integrity, enthusiasm, mental clarity, cheerfulness, confidence, courage to attract fidelity, love, good luck, sympathy, and wealth.

Bay

to facilitate the psychic powers, and to induce prophetic dream visions.

Bayberry

Protection, prosperity, happiness, control and to attract money.

Benzoin

Astral projection, purification, clears negative energy, emotional balance, eases sadness, depression, weariness, grief, anger and anxiety.

Bergamot

for Money, prosperity, uplifting of spirits, joy, protection, concentration, alertness, confidence, balance, strength, courage, motivation and assertiveness

Blue Berry

to keep unwanted influences away from your home and property.

Cardamom

Mental clarity, concentration, confidence, courage, enthusiasm and motivation.

Carnation

Protection, strength, healing, love and lust, traditionally used for healing.

Cedar

Burned for purification, to stimulate or strengthen the psychic powers, attract love, prevent nightmares, healing, purification, protection, money, balance, grounding, clarity, insight and wisdom.

Chamomile

harmony, peace, calm, spiritual, and inner peace.

Cherry

to attract and stimulate love.

Cinnamon

Stimulation, wealth, prosperity, business success, strength, lust, healing, to attract money, stimulate and strengthen the psychic powers and to aid in healing. To gain wealth and success.

Citron:

Burned in rituals to aid healing and also to strengthen psychic powers.

Citronella

Cleansing, warding off, healing.

Clove

Pain relief, intellectual stimulation, business success, wealth, prosperity, divination, exorcism, protection, eases fears, improves memory and focus.

Coconut

Burn for protection and purification.

Copal

for love, purification, uplifting spirits, protection, spirituality, and to attract love.

Cypress

strength, comfort, healing, eases anxiety and stress, self-assurance, confidence, physical vitality, willpower and concentration.

Damiana

Burned to facilitate psychic visions.

Dittany of Crete

astral projection and divination.

Dragon’s Blood

protection, purification, courage, dispel negativity, attract love, enhance psychic awareness.

Elecampane

Burned to strengthen the clairvoyant powers and scrying abilities.

Eucalyptus

Healing, purification and protection.

Frankincense

Spirituality, astral strength, protection, consecration courage, dispel negativity, aid to meditation, induce psychic visions and attract good luck.

Frangipani

Burn to brighten your home with friendship and love.

Gardenia

Peace, love and healing.

Ginger

Wealth, lust and love.

Hibiscus

Divination, love and lust to attract love.

Honeysuckle

money, happiness, friendship, healing, for good health, luck, and psychic power.

Hyacinth

Happiness and protection.

Jasmine

love, money, dreams, purification, wisdom, skills, astral projection, to attract love and money, for luck in general, especially in matters relating to love.

Juniper

calming, protection, healing, to increase psychic powers and to break the curses and hexes cast by evil.

Lavender

Cleansing, healing, love, happiness, relaxation, to induce rest and sleep, and to attract love.

Lemon

Healing, love and purification.

Lemongrass

mental clarity.

Lilac

soothing, increase psychic powers and to attract harmony into one’s life.

Lotus

elevates mood, protection, spirituality, healing, meditation for inner peace and outer harmony, to aid in meditation and open the mind’s eye.

Mace

to stimulate or increase psychic powers.

Mint

to increase sexual desire and attract money.

Musk

aphrodisiac, prosperity, courage, creates a sensual atmosphre. For courage and vitality, or to heighten sensual passion.

Myrrh

Spirituality, meditation, healing and consecration. An ancient incense for protection, healing, purification and spirituality.

Nutmeg

Burned to aid meditation, stimulate or increase the psychic powers and attract prosperity.

Oakmoss

To attract money.

Orange

Divination, love, luck, money.

Patchouli

money, growth, love, mastery, sensuality to attract money and love, and also to promote fertility.

Passionflower

For peace of mind, this sweet scent will soothe troubles and aid in sleep.

Peppermint

Energy, mental stimulant, healing.

Pine

grounding, strength, cleansing, healing and to attract money.

Poppy Seeds

Burned to promote female fertility, and to attract love, good luck, and money.

Rose

Love, house blessing, fertility, healing to increase courage, induce prophetic dreams, and attract love to return calm energies to the home.

Rose

Geranium courage and protection.

Rosemary

remembrance, memory, energy, healing to purify, aid in healing, prevent nightmares, preserve youthfulness, dispel depression.

Rue

Burned to help restore health.

Sage

wisdom, clarity and purification.

Sandalwood

Spirituality, healing, protection, astral projection to heal and protect, also for purification.

Strawberry

Love, luck and friendship.

Sweet Pea

Friendship, love and courage.

Tangerine

A solar aroma used to attract prosperity.

Vanilla

Lust, mental alterness, stimulate amorous appetites and enhance memory.

Vetivert

Money, peace and love.

Violet

Wisdom, luck, love, protection and healing.

Yarrow

For courage.

Ylang-Ylang

For love, harmony and euphoria.

How to grow your Psychic gifts/abilities

This is one subject I’ve not fully delved into. For some, it can be hard to know where to begin, and you may not even know the full extent of your abilities yet. You just know something is there. Every sensitive is different and so growing and strengthening your abilities will work the same. What works for one may not work for another. However, with patience, and trying different techniques, you will eventually find one that works for you. If you have been able to connect with your Guide, they can also help you in this journey and give you ideas as to what to do or techniques to use, just as mine did.

I recommend picking one technique and trying it out for a bit before moving onto the next. Don’t mix and jumble them together, they will not work.

1- The first one, and this is the one I most highly recommend to everyone, as even my Guide told me to do this and it works, is to MEDITATE. Start small at first. You will need to choose a mantra for yourself. Mine is an ‘I am’ Mantra. The reason I recommend a Mantra is that it helps you concentrate on your words and less on your thoughts. It takes time, so don’t get frustrated if your mind wonders. Choose a time of day that is best for you when you will not get interrupted. Pick a good place to meditate that you will feel comfortable and safe, but not to the point you’ll get sleepy. Choose comfortable seating. I do not recommend sitting in a chair or on a bed. I, for instance, sit on the floor on a pillow. You want it to be comfy but not overly soft. Some say you should not meditate sitting over metal. Breathe… nice deep in and out breaths. As you get better at it, you can control your breaths with your mantra.

So… Good place, comfy seat, Best time of day, Mantra of choice, try to focus, just Breathe, say your Mantra over and over as you Breathe, eyes closed, crossed legs, hands on lap and relaxed (there’s no wrong posture).

I recommend starting of doing this every day at your chosen time for about ten minutes then begin to stretch the time out after two days until you are at what you feel is comfortable for you.

2- Try to connect with your guide. You can do this over time as you grow with your meditation. Ask your guide to come forward and show themselves to you. I connected to mine through meditation and divination. However I do NOT recommend divination simply because you do not know who could come through. I was a beginner then and didn’t know any better. Luckily it was my guide who came through. I then also saw him through meditation. Over time I realized I have heard him all throughout my life as far back as I can remember, even saw him before. Most sensitives are born with our gifts.

3- Start a journal. This is a place where you can keep a record of anything you feel from objects, places, or people. Visions you receive, premonitions, recognitions. Voices you may hear. Write down your dreams as well, especially if they are vivid. Literally anything. You can then go back and see your progress and use it as a guide as well.

4- Practice and improve on your Psychometry and clair skills. Choose items, and touch them, try to connect to it. Feel them and try to get a vibration from them or feeling. You are basically reading the energy of the object. Try hard to concentrate and see if you get any type of impression from the object. This doesn’t mean to force anything, just let things flow naturally. Do you receive any visions? A name? Date? Place? Feeling with the object? This is where I recommend writing what you get in your journal. Now for your Clair skills… most clairs see things mentally so practice visualizations. Pick something like your bracelets and look at them, then close your eyes and image one, form details, then image the rest. You can practice with a friend as well. Have them place items out for you, look at them good, then have them take them away. Now try to visualize each object sitting there as they were. Write it all down, including all the details. As much as you can remember.

5- Practice remote Viewing. If you are going to a place in the future as in an hour or next day, practice visualizing this place in your mind. Close your eyes and see this place. Try to image details of the place. Imagine yourself walking through this place and what you will see. Try to picture as many details as possible. As always, take notes in your journal and compare when you go to these places. Now there is a common misconception that remote Viewing is a Clairvoyance skill, and although they are related in a way, they are seperate and different. So this a gift all it’s own. Clairvoyance means “clear seeing” and although they both have similar traits, an individual with the gift of clairvoyance of any type has a more heightened psychic perception, clarity, and (clear) visions, than that of a remote viewer.

6- work your mind and intuition. You can do this by using cards. Have an individual choose a card, don’t look, and have them place it back, then spread them out, try to focus on their thoughts, and choose the card they chose. This works with telepathy a bit, but also stretches your intuition muscles, so to speak. Really pay attention to that inner voice inside you. Run your fingers over the cards and see if any give off a vibration or energy to you, speak to you. Listen to the person in from of you. See if you can pick up anything from them. Do NOT second guess yourself. You can do this with a lot of different items. Even numbers. Have someone hide an object in the house, make sure you hold it and feel it’s energy first, then have them hide it, then try to use your intuition, try connecting to the energy of the item, and also tap into their mind to find the item. Intuition is a major part of a psychic and our gifts, as well as energy.

7- energy, and aura. You can start this with someone you know then progress to those you do not know. Have the individual stand in front of you. What you will do is study them. Try to feel the energy coming off of them, use your hands if need be. Do you feel anything from them? A feeling? Write it down. As you meditate, you may become more sensitive to auras. Some sensitives can see these auras radiate off of people, even animals and plants. Do you see any type of color at all around the person? Write it down. Any letters, names, places, feeling, images, ANYTHING that comes to you, write it down, then talk to the person and see if it has any meaning to them. Before you go into auras I recommend studying colors and meaning (I’ll make a post about this). This also works your clair skills.

8- practice practice practice. The only way to grow is to practice. It’s like your muscles. You want your muscles to become stronger, you go to the gym and work them out by lifting weights and exercise. This is the same for psychics. We exorcise our minds, gifts… our psychic muscles.

9- Don’t give up. Everyone is different. Works differently. And develops differently. You’ll find what works for you. But the key is to keep pushing through. You have this gift for a reason. Use it for good. Remember you are gifted. You are beautiful. You are special.

~TGC~