Cleansing is a way of removing negative or unwanted
energies, spirits, and imprints from an object or a space. There are a number
of simple rituals and actions that are done to cleanse. You can do as many or
as few as you like, and create your own cleansing methods/rituals.
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CLEANSING ONESELF
Brush your hair, morning
Ritual baths
Dancing singing
Visualization
Drinking a tea designed to
cleanse
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DISCREET
METHODS
Brush your hair
Open the windows, let the new
air come in and the old air out
Light a candle
Playing a song you associate
with cleansing
Ringing wind chimes
Wetting your hands in salt
water and flicking the water through the area
Visualize light and colors,
and manipulate the energy away
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OPEN
AREA METHODS
Ring a bell through an area
Smoke cleansing / cense (not
smudging)
Waft incense smoke around
Burn herbs, such as sage,
rosemary, bay leaf, etc
Spritz lemon-infused water
around, or salt water
Light a candle
Sprinkle salt or eggshell
pieces in the windows and doorways
Use a besom to clean the
negative energies out of the air like cobwebs
Wave a branch of a
strong-scented herb through the area, such as mint
Toss a pinch of salt or herbs
in the door ways and window
Touch each corner of the room
and say a short prayer over each
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CLEANSING OBJECTS
bury in a salt bath
if water-compatible (not soluble, won’t react poorly, etc), let sit in a moon or salt water bath
The word Clairvoyance comes from the french word clair which means “clear” and voyance which means “vision.” A clairvoyant is someone who receives intuitive information visually. Some call this third eye visions or second sight. A clairvoyant sees the truth about the past, present, future. Clairvoyance is the natural development of the sixth sense. When your third sense is developed you are able to see things others cannot such as spirits, energy fields, auras, and visual premonitions. A clairvoyance sees what others do not.
Are you clairvoyant?
You have constant
déjà vu.
Getting visions is normal for you.
Your gut “feeling” is always accurate.
You have powerful, vivid dreams.
You can “see” trouble and when things are about to go wrong.
You find yourself daydreaming a lot.
You have had precognitive visions in dream or meditation
You are starting to see flashes of Light or having blurry vision
You see things out of the corner of your eye and are constantly double checking that there is nothing there.
When you are listening to a conversation and you can visually see the events unraveling in your mind.
You often create entire scenes in your mind about the future.
You are a visual learner.
The aesthetics of you living space is important.
Movement in your peripheral vision when there is no movement in the room.
Spontaneous images that “flash” before your eyes
Ethereal colors surrounding a person or living thing
You find it easy to visualize in your mind.
You are visually observant
You have mental images randomly flash “before your eyes”
You see flashes of colors, numbers, and symbols.
It is easy to visualize places, people, and events.
It sometimes seems like their is a “movie” playing in your head.
You have a great sense of direction.
You appreciate beautiful things.
You can envision entire plans inside your head.
You have been told that you have a vivid imagination.
You had imaginary friends with detailed life stories as a child
If you answered “yes” to most or all of these you have a very well developed sixth sense.
Ways to develop your clairvoyance
Do lots of meditation
Raise your vibrations and energies
OBSERVE
Record your observations
Practice your visualization. Visualize with flowers, numbers, and symbols.
Imagine your third eye opening during meditation.
Keep a dream journal. Record and analize their meaning.
.Crystals for clairvoyants
Lapis lazuli - Opens your third eye. Induces dreams and insights.
Clear quartz crystals - Opens your third eye. A powerful stone for visions and clairvoyance.
Amethyst - Helps with psychic development. Encourages deep meditation and higher states of awareness.
It also helps with mental control and focus, opening your intuition, and gaining spiritual insight and wisdom.
Azeztulite - Enhances clairvoyance and bring forth visions from past and future. Enhances third eye activation, precognition, and higher dimensional consciousness.
Azurite - Activates the third eye. Strengthens intuition and insight.
Emerald - Opens up clairvoyant abilities.
Moonstone - Opens intuition.
Sodalite - Deepens meditation and stimulates the third eye.
Herbs for clairvoyants
Anise - Great for any type of clairvoyance, divination, or any psychic developments.
Bay - Burned to induce visions. Put its leaves under your pillow for inspiration and prophetic dreams.
Cedar - Opens the psychic channels while protecting the operator.
Cinnamon - Aids in improving your psychic abilities.
Lemongrass - Used to aid psychic powers.
Lilac - Good for inducing “far memory” and recalling past lives. Also good for Clairvoyance in general.
Mugwort - For clairvoyance, summoning spirits, manifestations and dreams.
Poppy Seeds - For dreams, visions, and clairvoyance.
Rosemary - Used in pillows for dreams and visions.
An Empath is a person who has the ability to feel and share other people’s feelings and pains. Empaths are very sensitive to their surroundings, what they eat, and who they are around. Naturally, Empaths are kind, good-hearted, spiritually attuned, and excellent listeners.
Are you an Empath?
You know stuff without being told
Public places, like malls or busy grocery shops, can be overwhelming
You feel others emotions and pains by taking them on as your own
Seeing violence, cruelty, bullying is unbearable.
You know when someone is lying to you
You pick up physical symptoms off of other people such as colds, body aches, headaches, pains, etc.
You have digestive disorders or lower back pains.
You are always looking out for the underdog. Anyone whose suffering, in emotional pain or being bullied draws your attention.
Others will always want to unload problems on you, even strangers.
You are a good listener.
You are constantly tired and drained of energy.
You are drawn to healing, holistic therapies, and all things metaphysical.
You have a creative streak and a vivid imagination.
You have a love for nature and animals. You find yourself constantly outside connecting with animals and seeking refuge in nature.
You need lots of alone time or you will go crazy.
You get bored or easily distracted if not stimulated.
You find it impossible participate in things you do not enjoy.
You strive for truth and honesty
You are always looking for answer and knowledge. You always are found with you nose in a book.
You like adventure, freedom, and traveling.
You have a messy room, desk, locker, etc.
You constantly and seem to be in your own little world.
You find rules, routine, and control imprisoning.
You find yourself prone to gaining weight without necessarily overeating
You are able to sense the energy of food and often do not eat meat from an animal that was mistreated.
You have been labeled as overly emotional or too sensitive.
Your feelings are hurt easily.
Animals and children take a natural liking to you.
You are fairly quiet especially in crowds.
If you answered yes to all or most of these you are definitely an empath.
Ways to cope with Empathy:
Allow yourself to have lots of quiet time without electronics. Curl up with a book and put on soothing music instead.
Take time out of your day to sit in nature
Pet a dog, cat, horse, rabbit, etc.
Meditate
If crowds are overwhelming, eat a high-protein meal beforehand (this grounds you) and sit in the far corner, not dead center.
Ground yourself
Cleanse your space, aura, and chakras of negative energy
Practise breathing exercises
Carry or wear protective crystals
Develop a energy shield for your body
Crystals for Empaths:
Rose quartz - Helps push away negativity, provides a bit of extra energy, excellent for grounding.
Black tourmaline - Protects from negative energy.
Amethyst - Helps to heighten and sharpen an empath’s intuition.
Lepidolite - Eases any anxieties empaths have when around other people. This crystal is well known for its power, peace, and its ability to promote luck, love, and sleep.
Malachite - Removes emotional blockages and helps calm when you are in a stressful situation. Absorbs any negative feeling you might hold inside of you.
Amazonite - Helps balance emotions.
Citrine - Repels negative energy. Relieves depression and mood swings. Opens the mind to new thoughts, helps with dream recall, and increases self esteem.
Obsidian - Repels negative energy, grounds you, and balances emotions.
Aqua Aura Quartz - Deflects and traps harmful energies.
Essential Oils for Empaths:
Basil - Lifts fatigue, anxiety, and depression.
Frankincense - Has an uplifting effect, prevents people from draining energy, helps your concentration, and clears mind clutter.
Geranium - Uplifting, decreases anxiety and nervous tension.
Jasmine - Mood enhancer, balances emotions, boosts self-esteem and lifts anxiety and depression.
Lavender - Balances emotions, relaxes body and mind, and clears negative energy.
Marjoram - Calms emotional trauma
Rose - Mood enhancer.
Sage - Uplifting, grounding, relaxing, prevents people from draining energy, and good for anxiety.
Here’s another post for all of my Russian-learning compadres. Please know that I didn’t personally compile this list, I literally just copied and pasted from dmoz and categorized them lol but I figure it’s a nice list to have here. I’ve checked out most of these links and they seem great!
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Lessons
Time to Speak in Russian! - An online beginners class for the study of Russian as a foreign language, including two basic courses with supplemental language learning materials. Prepared by the Moscow State University’s Center of International Education.
Everyday Russian - Free online Russian lessons with audio. Includes word and phrase of the week, dictations, verb conjugations, error correction exercises, tests and quizzes. [English, French, Spanish]
Livemocha’s Russian Courses - Free online Russian courses for beginner and intermediate language learners. Get help from native Russian speakers.
MasterRussian.com - Lessons on grammar, vocabulary, alphabet and pronunciation. For both beginning and advanced students of Russian. Includes verb conjugation tables, dictionary, culture articles, and Russian literature with side-by-side English translations.
Russian For Everyone - Grammar lessons and exercises for elementary learners of Russian. Includes audio files, summary tables and language games.
Russian Lessons .Net - Beginners’ lessons on Russian grammar and vocabulary. Includes verb conjugations, dictionary, dual-language books and exercises.
Russian for Free - Online Russian lessons, texts, grammar tables, dialogues and videos.
Russian-Plus.com - Video lessons, grammar, and quizzes for beginning and intermediate learners.
Russian Language for Lovers - Online Russian course, grammar lessons, vocabulary and translation tools. Specific focus on language used for dating, relationships and marriage.
Russnet - Thematic modules for language instruction that can be used in the classroom or for independent study. Free registration required.
Study Russian Online - Topical lessons for beginners, word lists with exercises, articles on phonetics, tests and games.
Online Russian Grammar at Cornell - Grammar and vocabulary explanations from the second edition of Beginning Russian adapted by the author. It presents all the major grammatical categories of Russian.
Russian - A very thorough reference grammar of the Russian language, by Edna Andrews. Part of the Reference Grammar Network of the Slavic and East European Language Resource Center.
Russian Morphological Analysis - A database that analyzes/synthesizes forms and whole paradigms of Russian words. Entry by English translations also available. Best viewed with special fonts (downloadable onsite).
Alphabet / Vocabulary / Dictionaries
Learn Russian - Vocabulary and alphabet practice, quizzes, sound files.
WayToRussia.net - Get help with Russian letters, basic grammar, and key phrases for travel to Russia.
Learn Russian Free.com - Frequency lists for over 2,000 Russian words. Sorted by parts of speech and accompanied with quizzes. English translations available.
Russian National Corpus-based Dictionaries - A collection of dictionaries prepared by the RAS Institute of the Russian language based on the Russian National Corpus. Includes the Grammatical dictionary of Russian neologisms, the New Russian frequency dictionary, the Combinatory dictionary of Russian intensifiers, the Verbal combinatory dictionary of Russian abstract nouns.
Russian Word of the Day - Daily analysis of the Russian vocabulary in blog format. Authored by Don Livingston, a professor from Arizona State University.
News / Podcasts / Blogs
NCLRC’s Russian Webcasts - A survey of authentic Russian news delivered twice monthly in simplified standard Russian. Accompanied by scripts, vocabulary support, and post-listening activities. Suitable for intermediate-level students.
Очень по-русски - Russian language podcasts with transcripts for intermediate and advanced learners. Covers slang, idioms and common expressions.
Russificate - Language learning blog by certified Russian language teacher Yulia Amlinskaya. Sections include grammar, vocabulary, interactive exercises, communication and culture.
Transparent Language’s Russian Blog - Multiple bloggers write on language and culture in Russia. Topics cover Russian holidays, history, travel, current events and food. New Russian vocabulary is introduced and explained inside blog posts.
Other General Reference
Gramota.ru - A reference and information portal for the Russian language available fully in Russian. It provides a free Question & Answer service on Russian stylistic, a series of standard dictionaries, online textbooks and publications, news about the Russian language, educational games and a forum.
Russian Alphabet Tutorial - Introduces the Russian alphabet; includes some practice exercises and sound files. Does not require Russian fonts to be installed.
Russian National Corpus - A searchable 150 million word collection of samples of written and spoken Russian from a wide range of texts in electronic form. The corpus represents modern Russian in all the variety of genres, styles, territorial and social variants of usage.
Wikipedia - Russian Language - A collaboratively edited article covering classification, geographic distribution, writing system, sounds, grammar, vocabulary and history of the language.
