You Are Protected: 4 Ways To Get In Touch With Your Higher Self
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When we hear the words “self-care” these days, we may instantly think about bath bombs and face masks. While all of those definitely contribute to self-care, sometimes it’s necessary to get to the root of it all. Your spirit! If you’ve been looking for ways to re-learn yourself spiritually, here are some helpful tips!
1. Cleanse Negative Energy
First and foremost, you want to eliminate any negative energies in your living space. This can be done by lighting incense or smudging. Smudging rituals are usually done with herbs like Sage, and the smoke is supposed to purify our environment and connect our wishes and intentions with the universe. Some people opt to use Palo Santo for smudging, which invites positive energy into our spaces and assists in repelling negative energy as we navigate the world. Palo Santo is also known to enhance creativity, productivity and bring good fortune. A pack of incense or smudge sticks are usually inexpensive and are available at your local incense shop for as low as $2.00 or on online boutiques like Original Botanica.
2. Meditate With Crystals
We’ve all heard about the benefits of meditation; it’s a stress reliever, controls anxiety and helps you become more self-aware. But did you know that meditating with crystals allows you to experience different energies? Amethyst and Quartz are some of the most popular meditation crystals because of the energy they emit.
Amethyst stone is known to enhance intuition and promote spiritual awareness. Amethyst helps you reach a deep, peaceful meditative state, faster and easier. It also supports and re-enforces you in manifesting your goals.
Quartz is considered one of the best crystals for meditations because of its ability to cleanse the mind of negativity and enhance higher spiritual receptiveness. As a bonus, It is considered the master of all healing crystals due to its ability to magnify or amplify healing vibrations of other crystals.
Amethyst and Quartz can be purchased on sites like Amazon and Amazing Crystals.
3. Moderate Your Social Media Intake
Social media is arguably one of the best and worst things to happen to society. It has created a sense of urgency to always feel like we’re “in the know.” This mindset isn’t just harmful mentally, but it can be spiritually harmful as well. That’s not to say social media is the antichrist (who doesn’t like flexing for the ‘gram every now and then)? But what we consume on social media is just as important as how much we consume it.
For those who don’t know, cellphones emit Radio-frequency energy to connect to phone towers and other cellular devices. But according to the CCOS, we take in a significant amount of RF energy as well. So it’s one thing to look at natural hair tutorials or drool over Meg Thee Stallion’s posts, but lurking exes and toxic former friends is a big no-no. Lord knows I’m tempted to check up on a few of my exes sometimes, but you can block your blessings big time by taking in energy from people you’ve moved on from.
4. Protect Your Energy
Like our good sis Jhene Aiko said, “Protect your energy.” Make sure you’re keeping people with positive energies around you. If you’re like me and hate cutting people off completely, minimize your time with people who don’t feed your spirit and bring you peace. Also, don’t be too scared to utilize your “block hand” on Twitter and Instagram.
At the end of the day, your spirituality and how you practice spirituality is personal. There is no right or wrong way to get in touch with yourself spiritually. Hopefully, these tips are a great starting point for anyone who has been itching to start something new!