Goodbye

Today I'm on PTO from work and have the unique opportunity to just sit, relax, learn and create...while earning money.  It's the state of being I've always desired to dwell, however life deemed it necessary to keep pushing.  Ok so my decision to enter the corporate world to maintain a life for myself and children made it necessary.  I was looking at a video regarding Shifting Your Timeline, and it inspired me to do something that's been on my heart since the latest full moon, a burning ceremony.  Now, it's not the first time I've completed the ritual.  Actually January was the most recent.  Most of what I banished is gone, but like any pattern we've formed over decades, the residual remains.

Everything I wanted to rid myself of in January was based on the physical/material level of thinking.  The latest Shift that started last month and has carried over to April, caused me to rise to a higher level of consciousness.  It's an elevated position of thinking, acting and now manifesting which makes any leftovers terrible uncomfortable and ultimately painful to carry.  I began to repel myself.  It's like my soul is a magnet and my behavior was in opposition to itself.  Full on Civil War occurred inside, and there was no peace treaty in sight.   But that's the beauty in ascending, you become so uncomfortable with parasites from your previous state, so it forces you to remove everything sucking the life from you.  And so, the heat.

I began by writing down all of the lower energies I carried.  The only way to fully carry this out was being completely honest.  This is between me and God, so no need to try and deceive the all seeing.  After writing a list the equivalent of half a page, I cut them up into pieces that would be manageble for burning, and placed them in my Aunt Sweetie's tea cup.  I use that cup for hold herbs when dressing candles.  It's a magical piece of history from my great aunt.

From there I prepared the pot.  Because I did not want to ruin the container, I placed sea salt on the bottom to retard the fire from the stainless steel.  Banishment loose incense was added to the sea salt as a way of setting the intention of permanent removal.  From the moment I place the salt in the pot, I became dizzy.  It's like my body knew surgery was about to be performed and it was getting ready to help me remove the cancer.   I then read each piece of paper out loud and set it on fire in the pot.  Below are the remnants.  Disposing was easy...like all waste, it was flushed away.  (Cue playing "Goodbye" by Tevin Campbell)

Now that energy was removed, the space needed to be replaced.  So I wrote down everything I want to draw into my life.  The list was longer.  As I began cutting, I noticed one looked like a pregnant woman ready to deliver.  In the womb was "Living my dreams".  The word below the womb was release.  The Divine is always there to confirm what I need to release into my spirit and then into the world.

I then created a hold jar.  It's symbolic of writing in a journal, but I wanted to add some herbs, essential oils and a crystal to bring it all together.  Atop is a tea light candle that is also infused with my oils, herbs and intention.   From there I said a prayer, set the candle on my alter where it now burns.  The flame has been consistently tall and steady.  Balanced and reaching higher.  Just as I am striving to be.