Saturday, July 27, 2013

Psychic Consultations During an Economic Downturn: Relinquishing Your Morning Latte for the Cost of Turning the Tarot Cards



This article was written by Lisa Barretta  for Llewellyn
posted under Psychic

The recent economic downturn has had a ripple effect into most businesses, including those in the psychic/astrological consultation sector. Most people are cutting back on life's little extras and are spending their money more consciously. Are psychic consultations considered a necessity, or are they considered entertainment?  The long-standing debate has rolled for years, but in any case, the need for intuitive experts has seemed to spill over even into the pool of skeptics. More and more people are looking for a light at the end of the tunnel, and the current state of the economy has prompted psychics and astrologers to pull out their intuitive calculators since career and finance questions now trump love and romance queries.

The business of being a psychic or an astrologer during tough economic times is nothing new. Wealthy people regularly consulted the ancient pythia, or oracles, of Delphi to ensure that their personal finances would remain intact.  Money, to most seekers of the ancient oracles, was a source of power.  The biblical story of Joseph, the famed dream interpreter, shows us that even ancient Egyptian Pharaohs relied on psychic services during tough economic times. One night, Pharaoh had disturbing dreams that even his court magicians and augurs could not interpret. The word of Joseph's abilities to decode dreams got back to Pharaoh, who called for Joseph's expertise in solving his dream dilemma.

Joseph listened to the Pharaoh's dream about seven fat cattle feeding in a meadow, and how seven lean ones came and ate them up. Pharaoh also had a dream of seven ears of good corn on one stalk, and how seven blighted ones sprang up and devoured the good ears of corn. Joseph told Pharaoh that the dream predicted seven years of feast that would be followed by seven years of famine. Joseph suggested that the Pharaoh place someone in charge of the land that would take care of the gathering and storage of food in preparation for the upcoming years of famine.  Pharaoh was so impressed with Joseph's advice that he elevated the former prisoner to his second-in-command and Joseph was put in charge of the future food holdings for all of Egypt. When the predicted famine came, only Egypt had enough food stored up (including enough to sell to other countries, making for a nice profit).


J.P. Morgan, noted financier of the twentieth century once said, “millionaires don't have astrologers, but billionaires do.” Morgan had an astrologer by the name of Evangeline Adams. She successfully predicted the Windsor Hotel fire in New York City, the stock market crash of 1929, World War II, the deaths of King Edward VII and opera singer Enrico Caruso, and her own death.

The street corner fortune-telling parlors, psychic telephone lines, and metaphysical workers, all who may have been previously dismissed by the mainstream, are now the most sought after commodity on the market. As our financial markets have soured, many people are looking for their own personal Yogi in hopes of finding a better future.


Psychic reading sessions are like a gym workout for your spiritual self. All of us in the metaphysical professions realize that in order to manifest good results on the physical/material level, one must be psychically fit as well as physically fit. Our thoughts are energy seeds that will blossom into reality at some point in time, and psychic readers, astrologers, and light workers are the professionals who help us stay on course and in balance so we can achieve optimum results for the highest good for ourselves and others. Those in compromising financial or career positions are very likely to benefit from psychic consultations, but they can be expensive. The problem doesn't appear to be in finding a good tarot card reader, psychic, astrologer, or numerologist, but rather on how to budget the cost of some psychic insight into your already tightly squeezed budget.

During tough economic times, it is still possible to afford psychic advice from your favorite source. To maximize your consultation while minimizing cost, consider the following:



1. Be prepared.
The best way to get the biggest bang out of your buck is to go into your psychic or astrological reading session prepared. Ground out your own energy beforehand, so when you go for your psychic consultation you are not like a live wire.  Remember, everything is energy. If you go into your session worked up it will take the reader that much longer to make a good connection with you. It is also advisable to take notes or record your sessions so you can reference the information given to you at a later date, therefore eliminating the need for unnecessary calls to your psychic to ask redundant questions.

  
2. Let things happen when they happen.
Remember, there is no time in space, so allow for the events of the reading to unfold. Refrain from getting yourself into a negative state if things don't happen in a New York minute.  Everything is in divine order, and sometimes a push out of your comfort zone is necessary so you will reach your full potential.


3. Get one long reading instead of several short readings.
Though it seems counter-intuitive, it can often become more expensive to get frequent short psychic reading sessions as opposed to one long one. Longer sessions with your psychic consultant provide you with more time to have all of your questions answered and also allow for the psychic reader to get into a roll once the energy connection has been established, instead of having to re-establish the connection at the beginning of each session.


4. Free websites exist.

If your money is really tight, you can always opt for some psychic self-medication by visiting a free tarot or astrological site website.  I know, there isn’t anything quite like the real thing, but at times, psychic reading shadow boxing is better than nothing at all.


Try to keep your spiritual energy high; like attracts like, and if you are putting out low energy vibes the psychic doors are left wide open for a series of negative events to occur. Remember, you are your own little psychic energy power plant, and as you think so shall you create.  The psychic advisors, astrologers, and other metaphysical professionals are here to help you with you energetic well being, just as medical doctors help you with your physical well being.  It is advisable to get regular psychic reading “check-ups,” and also to follow a daily regime of maintaining your own psychic health. There is no need to become a "psycochondriac" and get a psychic reading for every little thing. Meditate; try to stay in a positive frame of mind; get in touch with your inner knowing; and try not to get into panicky, hot-wired, ungrounded mode. As tempting as it might be to want to run and get a psychic reading for every event that happens, you will find it more economical if you seek out the services of a professional psychic reader for more serious queries. 

 
The New Age lightworkers, psychics, astrologers, and metaphysicians are a huge bridge to allow people to get back in touch with their energy, intentions, and Karma. Maybe it is safe to say from a psychic “hedge fund point of view” that our next biggest investment profits may come from our speculation in our own psychic energy, psychic self-defense, and telepathic communications.

The next time you feel a little guilty for wanting to get your usual psychic or astrological reading, just consider it an investment in yourself. Knowledge is power, and good metaphysical consultants are here to help you stay on course on your own personal journey.



Namaste'


Sunday, July 14, 2013

It's a Poor Sort of Memory that Only Works Backwards.



In my line of work as a psychic, I often encounter many clients who are emotionally stuck.  Imagine it as a recording that hits some static and then fizzles out unable to get past a certain point.  It is “human nature” to cling to the past as if it were some sort of security blanket that provides for us a known set of circumstances that usually brings about the same results.  On some level we know what we can and have handled in the past so the probable outcome is more or less the result of repeating patterns of behavior that we somehow feel secure with knowing that we have experienced similar situations over and over again. No surprise that we fall into the mode of self-sabotaging even our own best efforts.  The unknown is scary because we often lack faith and trust in ourselves which in a sense keeps us caught in an emotional playpen restricting our ability to explore and grow on a spiritual level.

The energy or spiritual part of our make-up needs to have certain experiences so we can grow and refine our level of vibration and although we should honor the past we should also learn from the experience and allow ourselves to move forward and take the lessons with us rather than repeating the same test over and over again.  Psychic readings, astrology readings and other forms of divination are meant to be a test prep for your life’s challenges, providing you with clues as to what you may expect to come about so you can exercise your own free will and innate intuitive abilities to make discerning choices to further along your own spiritual growth.  Psychics do not provide you with guaranteed results because you are responsible for your own choices. Readings are your strategy plan and you choose your own battles.

The past, present and future are all happening simultaneously since there really is no separateness.  We, as spiritual beings having a human experience, compartmentalize life into time frames that we work in to resolve karma with others, refine our own energy, and evolve so we can realize that holding on to emotional dramas from the past only detours us from gaining the full benefits of living in the moment which is your most powerful stance.  By living consciously in the moment a world of possibilities is there for you so you can explore new things that will ultimately lead you to better knowing your true self and leading a less fearful life. The labyrinth of life will always bring you back to the center.

Fear is an emotion that can really screw you up.  We are afraid to let go of things from the past because we lack trust in the fact that we will be just fine.  You are more resourceful than you know.  I read many people who get stuck when relationships fall apart, jobs end and finances go downward instead of upward.  The one thing that they all have in common is that they keep themselves stuck by constantly repeating and reaffirming the same thoughts from the past instead of picking themselves up and believing in themselves enough to enable them to move forward to the possibility of something much better.  Successful people tap into their inner resilience and keep things in perspective knowing that they are responsible for their own fulfillment and happiness.  A mind the works only backwards is a form of psychic self-attack.  Some emotions are vampire emotions that suck the life out of us and cause stress.  Stress begets illness which is like a parasite living off of you own life force.

Resolve yourself to stop thinking about negative past experiences, failed relationships, the what could have should have been and instead honor the lesson, take it with you and explore the open field that it leads you to.  There are no enemies; only teachers.  Don’t deny yourself of your future by getting stuck in the past.  If the same argument keeps coming up over and over again resolve it once and for all because there really are no winners if the path to your future keeps getting blocked. I find that when I disengage from people or situations that ignite old patterns of behavior I become my most creative self.  I personally have rebounded from many tough life lessons and although the fall may have been bumpy I landed on my feet down a much better rabbit hole where life becomes magical.

Push your Ego back.  The Ego is influenced by the mind. The spirit rides with your true heart energy of love and know that self-love above all things enables you to realize the true nature of your soul.  Be good to yourself and it is easier to be good to others. The Ego likes to know what will be so it can begin to build barriers of self-protection. Train your mind to move forward instead of backwards so your spirit leads the way.  This is the key to transformation.


It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
~Lewis Carroll


 Namaste’

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Reach into Your Energy Draw



We live in an ever changing world or Universe for that matter, and it is only understandable that we too also have to be able to shift and adapt accordingly to new technologies, environmental changes and the all so available, creative, healing dimensional energies around us that aren’t as elusive as they may seem. Everything that we SEE also exists as energy beyond the physical manifestation and additionally things that we feel on an emotional level are also first and foremost energy.  Emotions are basically energy in motion.


Once we begin to recognize we are beings that exist both simultaneously in the physical realm as well as the spiritual (energy) realm we can then begin to fully utilize our innate abilities to manifest, heal and create the life scenario that we want to experience.  Our thought energy is extremely powerful and when it is fueled by strong emotional energy combined with the power of intention, our reach into the realms of dimensional energy allows for us to become metaphysical physicist.  Honestly, that is why we have to be mindful of the intentions behind our thoughts, fueled by our emotions because negative situations will come about just as easily as positive manifestations. 


Recognizing that you have the ability to reach into the energy world to get what you need brings about a spiritual epiphany.  Imagine that you are in your kitchen but the spoon that you need is in a draw.  You only have to reach into another space to retrieve what you need.  Energy works the same way but is more pliable than the physical manifestations we are used to working with because energy in the raw exists in a kinetic state and we can begin to form it and mold it with our thoughts and intentions. Sometimes we believe that we only live in a physical world ignorant of the fact that every single thing also has an existence as pure energy. Once you acknowledge the energy world you will also become cognizant of how the energy feels.  The next time you are angry or upset run your hands over your own body outline and I bet you feel how static your frequency feels to the physical touch.  Likewise, energy from positive situations feels like “dancing” vibrations to your hands.


Exactly what  does it mean to be able to work with dimensional energy? Here is an example:  You need money.  This is a situation that we can all relate to in some way or another. The mistake we make is that we ONLY look for the physical money instead of the energy of money. First determine your intention behind your financial need and see if falls into a high vibration of intention with contentment (having what you need) being the higher vibration of the energy where as greed (having money to flaunt it) being the lowest vibration.  Next we need the emotional energy necessary to manifest.  Any emotions associated with love, such as caring, sharing and helping others, are sure to jump start your creation process. Emotions that take things down a notch are rivalry, jealousy and anything that stems from fear.  There are residual complications that come from manifesting based on negative desires.  Spin off energy can ricochet back to the original source and show up as illness, emotional fatigue or beget physical circumstances of the most undesirable kind.


Once you are clear on your intentions and emotions reach into the energy world and start creating.  The easiest way to do this is to get physical representation of prosperity energy.  The stone citrine vibrates to money; the color green additionally pulls in the energy for financial peace of mind. Almond essential oil has a pleasant and sweet aroma and is a great oil to use for money, riches, and wisdom.  Keep open to all possibilities when creating so you don’t limit yourself to only one outcome or opportunity.  Set up a little alter space on a table or desk top and FEEL the energy world.  Feel it until you can run your hands over the items representative of your desires such as the crystal, stone, swatch of color or whatever else you use to pull the energy in because there really is no separateness; everything exist in a quantum or multidimensional state which springs from the one source. Reach into your energy draw.


Once you begin to work consciously with your ability to function creatively and productively with energy you will begin to realize that you attract what you alone allowy ourself to create like the good, which comes from love and the bad which is rooted in your fears.  Many illnesses and medical conditions are manifested by our own ignorance toward self-healing via out thought, intentions and emotions.  Recently I was at a Reiki share where we discussed how disease is a parasite that lives and thrives off of negative beliefs fueled by strong fear based emotions and negative self-defeating thoughts. We feed ill health with fear, stress, and by not believing that we can’t turn on our built in healing codes. Illness lives off of a person not in a person.


Some life misfortunes are nothing more than a buildup of negative energy that wires our etheric energy grid with cords of fear which results in manifestations based upon past life unsettled  energy.  It is similar to having too much junk stored on your computer’s hard drive that will eventually interfere with the optimum performance of your system.  You have to dump the junk!


In my book, The Book of Transformation: Open Yourself to Psychic Evolution, the Rebirth of the World and the Empowering Shift Pioneered by the Indigos, I explain how to use Psi Balls so you can experience what energy feels like when you create it via your thoughts and intentions.  I also list in Chapter 7 some amazing ways to initiate self-healing.  The book is available at:



We have one foot in the physical realm and one foot in the spiritual energy realm. By using all of the sources available to us we realize that the Magick of the Universe is only a slight shift or reach away. Don't feel compelled to only follow the land-scape and rules of the physical world but also explore the energy-scape of the  higher dimensions where dream seeds await your care. 


Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson



Namaste”

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