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    • Exploring the Subconscious with Dowsing

      by Kathryn Klvana

      (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)

      Know thyself. That good advice goes back all the way to the days of Plato and Socrates, and the ancient Greek inscription at the Temple of Delphi. But sometimes, knowing yourself is a lot harder than it should be, especially if you are out of touch with what is going on at the subconscious level.

      Even though our conscious, rational mind determines what choices we make in life, the hidden part of ourselves, our subconscious mind, is equally important. If these two halves of your mind are out of sync, you may find that everything becomes more difficult. Illnesses, accidents, anxieties, and fears are some ways the subconscious tries to get our attention. If your subconscious doesn't agree with what you'd like to do, making changes becomes nearly impossible.

      Dowsing is the perfect tool to talk to the subconscious mind and find out what's going on beneath the surface. In many ways, it's like the old-timer walking a field with a forked stick, trying to find water. In this case, you will use a pendulum to explore the subconscious and try to strike those deep veins of truth that are flowing beneath.

      A pendulum can be anything that can dangle in a balanced way on a chain or string. Hold your pendulum in your dominant hand and tell yourself, "Show me a yes." You are programming yourself to recognize a positive answer. My yes response is a clockwise circle, but yours may move counter clockwise or back and forth. Once you've established your yes, ask for a no. It may take some time to get your pendulum moving with just your thoughts, but you'll eventually find that it gets easier with practice. For more help in learning to dowse, see my book, Intuition in an Instant.

      Once you become comfortable with dowsing, you will have a valuable tool to help you explore your hidden motivations, much like a therapist might in a counseling session. You will want to get in the habit of talking to your subconscious on a regular basis. To do so, take a few moments to center yourself. Close your eyes, and take a few deep breaths. Once you are in a relaxed state, hold your pendulum and ask if you can connect with your subconscious mind. Then ask yourself for the name of your subconscious. This will help you access your subconscious more easily. Once you have a name, use your pendulum to confirm that this is what your subconscious wants to be called. In general, you may find it best to talk to your subconscious as if you were talking to a child. Be gentle with yourself and offer thanks for all the hard work it has been doing on your behalf. Then be quiet and ask what it is feeling. Something might come to mind quickly, an emotion or a thought. If you are having problems with a particular project or goal, you might want to check in with your subconscious and use your dowsing skills to explore what's going on. Deep-rooted blocks, false assumptions, and self-limiting attitudes can be buried deep in the subconscious. First you have to identify these blocks, and then you can begin to release them with the help of your pendulum. For instance, if you determine that the phrase, "I don't deserve," is rooted in your subconscious, you can do a clearing to help erase that from your mind.

      Get settled in your favorite dowsing place. Take a few moments to center yourself and take a few deep, complete breaths. Calling upon your higher self to assist you, say out loud or to yourself, "I ask my higher self to examine my subconscious mind and remove the blocks that are related to ______ (the negative statement). Fill the space that is created with love and whatever I need most at this time."

      Dowse again to check and see if the block remains. If it does, you can talk with your subconscious and present reasons why that statement is false. Someone who deep down feels she doesn't deserve all the success she has experienced might say to her subconscious, "We do deserve all the good we have in our life. We have worked hard to achieve our goals. We are a good person and we always try our best." Then dowse to see if the subconscious is now ready for a clearing, and repeat the process.

      Another way to use dowsing to interact with your subconscious is when you want to make a major change in your life. If you are calling on willpower to lose twenty pounds, or quit smoking, or tackle a big project, check to make sure your subconscious is in agreement. If your subconscious doesn't want the change to happen, most likely it won't. That is worth repeating: you will not be successful in reaching your goals unless your subconscious is open to the idea.

      Anytime you call upon willpower to make some sort of change, you are using your logical, rational, conscious mind to set it in motion. You will spend a lot of time thinking about your goal, perhaps drawing up a detailed plan that you can put into action. You tell yourself, "I can do this. I will put these steps into action and I will succeed." But there are many times when that's not enough. Is it lack of willpower, or is it a tug of war between the conscious and subconscious mind?

      As a dowser, you have a distinct advantage. You can get in touch with the underlying motivations and beliefs of your subconscious simply by asking questions and using your pendulum.

      Start by asking, "Are there subconscious blocks to this goal I would like to achieve?" If you get a positive response, you can follow with other questions to understand what exactly it is, and then clear it. Call upon your higher self to assist you with removing whatever obstacles the subconscious has placed upon this goal.

      Understanding what is going on inside the subconscious mind is a good place to start dowsing, because the process helps to remove obstacles—both to the goals we want achieve and to the intuition we want flowing in our lives. The clearer we are, the more accurate our dowsing will be. That journey starts by "knowing thyself."

      Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal. Copyright Llewellyn Worldwide, 2011. All rights reserved.

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    • Interest in Psychic Matters But No Abilities?

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      I am fascinated with angels, guardian angels, spirits, etc., and believe in all mystical matters. However, I don’t seem to be connected to them personally. I don’t hear any voices and am not able to see spirits. I wish I could do that. Is this something that is only meant for some chosen people, or can anyone acquire those abilities? I do meditate in my own ways every day. My chakras are spinning and I am able to raise my kundalini. There was a period when I was drawing some symbols without conscious awareness that I was doing so, but that is all. I have always wanted a friendship with an angel or spirit guide that I can talk to. How can one develop this? I am a Virgo female, born September 10, 1955.

      Dreamchaser:

      Jayamoni, guess what? I do not hear voices or see spirits either. So many people have misconceptions about what “psychic ability” is really all about.  Because I am a working psychic, people assume that I see rooms full of spirits and hear voices outside of my head and speak in tongues or something. I think we can thank Hollywood for that.

      Most psychics I know hear in the form of our own thoughts. Sometimes I just “know” something. You do this too. When a good friend comes in the door and you look at her and say, “Something is wrong!” that is your psychic ability. You don’t think of it as such because you already know your friend, so let’s take it into the realm of strangers. Let’s say you have a date on Saturday night. You walk up to the man, you shake his hand, and you instantly want to run away. What is that? That is your psychic ability or instinct.

      There are lots of books out there about increasing your psychic ability. I have heard that John Edwards (the medium on television) has written a good one. You could go to a local bookstore and look around and see if anything grabs you.

      I do have a way to hear spirit guides. It seems too easy, but it is how I first started hearing mine. Wait until after dark and then light one candle in a dark room. Lie down or sit up, but make sure you are very comfortable. Use the candle flame as the focal point, and just stare at that flame. Now this is the easiest part: Just let your mind run wild. Do not try to direct it; just let it do what it wants to do, and think the thoughts it wants to think.

      If you listen to your mind, you’ll find that there are thoughts that you just did not think. At first, you may not see or believe it, but if you keep listening, you will realize that it is true. I want you to do this for only about 20 minutes each night. It could take three or more nights for you to actually believe that you are getting thoughts you know did not come from your own mind. Once you believe, then you can start interacting. Start by asking questions and hearing the answers back in the form of your own thoughts. Once you really get a dialogue going, it is wise to write down the questions you asked and the answers given, verbatim, in a notepad because you may forget.

      Trust me! Once you get used to hearing the voices in your head, you will get used to interacting with spirit, and more beings will begin to talk to you.

      Try it! I wish you acute hearing!

      *****

      Astrea:

      You seem to have a good start on what you want to do, as far as communicating with angels. I’m not sure what you mean when you write that your chakras are spinning, but if you can raise your kundalini, you are definitely a good receiver. The trick is to develop and then clear your psychic reception.

      There are many avenues you can take to achieve your psychic goals. Since what you’re doing isn’t working exactly the way you want it to, try this new way a few times, and see if this system is right for you.

      When you’re in meditation, think about a television set filled with snow and static. Then slowly reduce the noise of the static in your mind, until the screen is a blank white space. Open your third eye and allow a picture of an angel to appear to you on that screen. You can decide if you want the angel to look like a storybook angel or a living person. You can decide what the angel is wearing, and what you want to know from that being of light.

      Within a few months, you’ll be able to develop the ability to see that angel without going through the imaginary TV. As soon as that happens, turn up the volume on that angel, and see if you “hear” anything.

      Also, you should do some research and practice with automatic writing, since you’ve had some experience with that. There are great books at your local library on the subject. Be careful when you start to get into this: Do not invite anyone that you would not like to channel through this medium. Don’t be so open that you get some yackety-yak ghost who just wants to bend your ear. There are plenty of those frustrated spirits out there beyond the veil!

      The most valuable asset in any undertaking like this patience. If you try to rush your development or hurry through a process, nothing will work. It takes years to develop what you’re talking about doing, and several months just to get started, but you can do it if you’re determined.

      Another avenue you might try is some kind of course on automatic writing. Your experience with drawing symbols in a trance-like or meditative state suggests this is the path for you. You may find that is the simplest way for you to communicate with spirit.

      Whatever avenue you choose to explore, you’ll receive great rewards for your efforts. Speaking with higher beings also brings a new kind of personal responsibility, so be ready for that too!

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