CHAPTER 1
Your Physical Environment and its Energetic Imprint
Your physical environment — your home, workspace, or vehicle — holds energetic imprints from its location, structure, past residents/owners, neighbours, and past events, just to start. The energy imprint created by everything that ever occurred in an environment, both positive or negative, has an impact on the people who live there or lived there before. Liken it to places in the world where there is a rich history; people feel compelled to visit these places to first-hand experience its energy. There is a reason so many visit to feel the vibes.
When you remove clutter from your life, you also remove blocks and stagnant energy from your physical environment. This is known as positive environmental positioning, and it should be done with the conscious intention to clear a path so that new, clean, and crisp energy may cycle into your life. If you don't create the opportunity for this flow to happen, it won't. You must clear its path in order to reach you.
We all do so much inner work that sometimes we need to recalibrate our external environment to match our inner vibration. This supports a steady and calm flow of positive and clean energy. It is a combination of quantum electrodynamics, embedded metaphysical imprints, and our conscious intent that influences the creation and manifestation of harmonious and positive energy.
In the past, when looking for a new place to live, I always allowed my intuition to guide me in such matters. If I felt harmony and peace during the inspection, this was an indicator for me to lodge an application. I have been a successful applicant for every property, because I listened to my intuition.
Over a decade ago, as I was undergoing a transitional phase, I inspected a beautiful and quaint house that was still furnished. I asked a few questions about the previous occupant and learnt that this person was in hospital and likely to move into a nursing home. I went within and considered this. Now, none of us consciously chooses to be in an environment that will challenge us negatively, nor do we look for dense energies to centre ourselves in. What I intuited was that the previous occupant was not just ill but was close to passing (if not already passed by this time).
I considered this energetically. My intuition was confirmed by an oil-fuelled candle that was lit in the home. In many Christian Orthodox religions, a candle burning for a departed soul symbolises that the soul is eternal and omnipresent. Since I grew up in a Christian Orthodox family, I was aware of this. Now let me point out that I have no fear of recently departed souls; I know that they are one with God and transitioning and undertaking their life review. But while I loved this house, my intuition guided me to another place to live, for no other reason than the energy of the property, coupled with the transitional phase I was going through, would have made my transition more complex. Moving into that house would have introduced energy that would not have benefitted my soul development. So I thanked and informed the agent that I would not be submitting an application.
How do you manifest harmonious and positive energy in your environment? By deliberate and conscious intent and taking action to charge it clearly and positively. Unless it has been cleansed and cleared, everything physical that is around you carries with it a vibration, a past energetic imprint. It can be an ornament, a piece of jewellery, or a piece of clothing. The most powerful event that the item was associated with impacts its energy, either positively or negatively. There are a number of ways you can clear the energy in your home, workspace, or vehicle of any negative imprints or associated discordant energy that may be attached to items, and I share these techniques with you in this book.
CHAPTER 2
Land, Location, and Structure
Every piece of Mother Earth carries with it imprints of the past, as well as neighbouring energies. The land, coupled with the location and the structure upon it, can influence the energy that flows into your life.
2.1 Land
Non-indigenous people and landowners might think about land in any number of different ways — as a financial asset to increase profitability, a commodity to be bought and sold, or simply a place to live. The connection to the land for Aboriginal people, however, is unique in the world. When compared to that of non-indigenous people, their connection to the land is sacred and of spiritual significance. The land is their mother, and Aboriginal law and spirituality are intrinsically interconnected with the land. Through this connection, their culture, traditions, and sovereignty were and continue to be formed.
In Australia, the "Welcome to Country" is an important ceremony performed by Aboriginal people to help non-indigenous people recognise Aboriginal culture and history. An "Acknowledgement of Country", which is different from the "Welcome to Country" ceremony, can be performed by everyone, Indigenous or non-indigenous, to pay respect to ancestors past and present, and to the fact that one is on Aboriginal land. Australia has many sacred locations and sites across the country, and access to many of these places is prohibited to non-indigenous people without an elder's approval.
As you can appreciate, the land on which we stand, walk, build our homes, and live has a past energetic imprint that beckons to be acknowledged. Can you imagine what the natural landscape was at the location of your home before modernisation?
2.2 Location
Most of the time, our home is our haven — our sanctuary. We expect to be protected and safe from all harm within its parameters. We also spend an incredible amount of time in workplaces, second only to the time we spend in our homes. Although we may not be able to easily change the location of our homes and workplaces, we can become aware of the energy around us and what may influence us.
The first assessment is to consider the land on which you are living. Do you know what was there before your home or building was built? Was it a cleared bock of land? Was it previously an industrial or business zone? Was another dwelling there before and perhaps demolished? Consider the history of the land and previous structures to determine what energies the location you call home may express. Be sure to thank Mother Earth for the privilege of living off her land, and ask...
