Most of us don’t really know the true meaning of Spiritual Cleansing,  it’s importance, or the fact that it can help to eliminate the unconscious need to create disease in our bodies. Unfortunately, Spiritual cleansing of the Body, Mind, and Spirit are no longer taught as “natural living” as it was many years ago. Spiritual cleansing can prevent us from “predisposed disease”, and bring more clarity, balance, and harmony to our lives. The more Spiritual Cleansing we do, the more Luminous we become. And what is this Luminous stuff anyway? Well being Luminous is being Lighter, without baggage. Living in a higher vibratory existance rather than being stuck in the mundane illusion.

Think of Pig Pen in Charlie Brown. He’s dragging lot’s of unneccasary “junk in his trunk” around with him. He must feel like he’s walking through mud all of the time. And that would keep him stuck in the lower vibrations, keeping  joy and harmonious balance out of his reach. Being in the Pig Pen state would also certainly make you a magnet for negative energies.  We want to be Luminous (adj; giving off Light) so that we can attract all that we were Created to enjoy; ecstatic joy, experiencing all of our God given channels of perception: Clarvoyance, Claraudience, Clarsentience, and Clarcognance. And to be in a place to attract all of the Goodness of the Universe to us. This brings to mind one of the biggest Universal Laws, the Law of Attraction. Like attracts like! When we are drowning in our own mud puddle of life, all we attract is more mud!

There are many ways to recieve Spiritual Cleansing. Reiki, Shamanic healing, energy work of any kind, including massage with a therapist who also understands energy,  all of these are great tools of Illumination. Eating healthy foods and keeping a positive attitude also aid in staying Luminous. The John of God Crystal Bed at Pathways is a great way to clear out the chakra’s and eliminate heavy energies.

Healers and Lightworkers often unknowingly take on others heavy energies as they are working on them, so it is very important for Healers and Lightworkers to get frequent Spiritual Cleansings. I know for myself how it feels to have this Spiritual Cleansing work done on me. As you give so shall you receive! This keeps you in Universal alignment.  Plus, I love to experience different types of Spiritual Cleansings from other Healers. We have to take care of each other.

In choosing a Healer/Practitioner for your cleansing, make sure you find someone who doesn’t look like Pig Pen. Focus a soft eye on someone and see if they sparkle or appear “cloudy”. If they appear cloudy, they are not keeping their energy field clean.  If you were going to find a new hairdresser, would you choose one who does not take care of their own hair? Of course not, nor would you want to get a Spiritual Cleansing from someone who does not look like they take good care of their Spirit,  Mind, and Body. If a Healer/Practitioner has heavy energy they won’t be able to perform a good cleansing on you nor would you want to acquire any of their “heavy hoocha”.

Two years ago Grandmother Jean was in town and doing her Women’s Empowerment Circle and private healing sessions at Pathways. Grandmother Jean is an “8th Generation Cherokee Master Crystal Healer”.  I figured I was long overdue for a cleansing myself, so I made an appointment with her. The first thing that she said to me was “Girl, you got kooties in your heart chakra. We need to get them out before they give you a heart attack”. Literally! As a healer I know that most heart surgeries could have been avoided if those people knew that many heart problems start from emotional issues of the heart like heart break. And who HASN’T  had a broken heart of some sort!

The irony of Grandmother Jeans assessment came shortly after my 5 week old baby Granddaughter Jayden died of SIDS. With the loss of this beautiful soul, my heart literally felt as if it were broken, and of course the first thing anyone says to a grieving person is “How are you doing?” And my first response was “My heart is broken”. Oh how the mind and our words are such amazingly powerful weapons of self destruction. But on the other hand, with this knowledge, the mind can be a powerful tool and healer.  Be carefull of what you ask for, and especially be mindful of what your mind and your words unknowingly create for you!

So Grandmother Jean set out to “get the kooties” out of my heart chakra. A Grandmother Jean Spiritual cleansing starts with lots of prayer and cleansing with sage and other incense. Then she stratigically surrounds you with many crystals including ruby and emerald. She then wrapped me with sacred blessed furs of her power totems and spirit helpers. Finally, a large crystal was placed on my heart chakra. Immediately intense pain clutched my heart chakra to the point that I almost said to Grandmother Jean that she needed to remove it, but Spirit interviened and said that I would be fine and the pain would start to lessen. And it did! After awhile the pain had subsided to a dull pressure. After Grandmother felt everything released, she began to remove the furs and crystals. The last crystal to be removed would of course be the one I wanted removed first, the one on the heart chakra.

When Grandmother Jean tried to remove the crystal, it was stuck as if a vortex of energy was holding it there. She said that it was not finished releasing and that she could pry it off but that would hurt me. She left it for a bit longer, praying more, and on the 3rd try to release it, it came willingly.

After the cleansing there was much relief and Lightness. I am grateful that I am Trusting in what Spirit has in store for me but also that I realize too that we “all” need cleansing from time to time. And of course I’m grateful to Grandmother Jean for her gift of sight and healing. Lightworkers and Healers are NOT exempt from “kooties” but more exposed and should always be willing to let go and release. Give yourself the gift of Illumination  and know that self care  is self  LOVE. Being a person in service to the Divine and asking for a cleansing is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of empowerment and a desire to be “clear”. No matter what your calling is, know that Spiritual cleansing is inevitable if you want to walk through this world Illuminated!

In Love & Light!

Teresa Arney

Aspiritdoc Mysticism, Shamanic Healing, Spiritual Healing