Sum Faht Feng Shui
Do I have to believe in energies and woo-woo stuff for it to work?
Responding to energies is as natural and innate as recognizing the smell of ozone makes us aware of rain clouds. You don't "believe in" the energy that comes through the wall plug for it to charge your phone, you just know it will. And you probably don't understand the properties of static electricity but that won't insulate you from getting a very real, albeit small, shock when it discharges through you.
So no, belief in energies is not necessary for Feng Shui to have a profound effect on your life.
I'm renting, so can't paint walls or do anything major. Will that make a difference in how much you can do and the effect?
There is always more than one way to solve a problem and shift energies. We can make your remedies as temporary or permanent as you need.
What if I don't like the colors or the changes you make?
Then I wouldn't be doing my job! The entire idea is the space feels good to you. We work together to harmonize your space in your tastes and requirements.
Can you work with my interior designer?
Of course! The entire point of working with the energies in your home is that it feels harmonious and is appealing to you.
Spiritual Mentoring
I've worked with coaches before and they all wanted me to stay connected to them which got really old. But you say if you're doing your job I won't need you. As nice as that sounds, isn't that bad for business?
It does seem counter intuitive, but I firmly believe only you know what's best for you. As your mentor, teacher and advocate my single most important role is to remind you of what you already know but forgot when you put on your earth space suit:
You are a divine being, eternal and infinite,
You have direct access to the answers you seek.
I can help you strengthen muscles and gain skills but the wings are all yours. And wings -- were meant to fly not stay stuck in a tree close to the nest.
True teachers don't foster dependence, they encourage independence. Anything else is a disservice to you and disrespectful of the perfect expression of Source that you are.
What's the difference between Spiritual Mentoring and Life Coaching?
A Life Coach is trained to help you identify your strengths, clarify your ambitions and work with you to create goals for your personal and professional life.
A Spiritual Coach will dive deeply into your beliefs and help you identify your purpose. They will educate you on how you interact with and effect your reality, showing you how powerful you really are. Ultimately a Spiritual Coach will show you the wings you never knew you had and help you refine and understand every magical feather.
Is Spiritual Mentoring religious?
Not at all. We address the Loving essence behind religion. The energy spoken of in ancient, secret texts that defies description and cannot be contained. The Truth of Who and What we truly are, Divine beings having a human dream.
I really want to develop my intuition and other psychic "gifts". Is that something Spiritual Mentoring can help with?
Of course! In fact, it's part and parcel of the whole. As you understand the nature of energies, the Universe, your place in it, and your intrinsic divinity, all of your abilities wake up and come on line. What was once para-normal and super human, becomes just normal human.
I think I'm experiencing a "spiritual awakening", but I'm not sure. There's so much conflicting information out there I don't know what to believe or what really to do.
You're right, there is a mountain of information about "spiritual awakenings" out there and so hard to know what's real and relevant. Especially since a fair amount of it is built on misunderstandings, misinterpretations and misinformation that's ultimately misguided.
A good guideline is if it comes a with a subtext or overt of fear in of it's forms (worry, anxiety, judgment, bitterness, shame, guilt, etc.) and/or rigid rules, it's misguided and ultimately won't help you.
Look for anything that is soothing and empowering, that turns you back to you and not something or someone you must follow.
Meditation Instruction
I've tried and tried to meditate and I swear I must be the only human in the world who just can't do it. My brain never shuts up! What makes you and your approach different?
That's not an uncommon experience, especially in the western world. We've become such a culture of human doings that we hardly know how to just be. In fact, it's generally frowned upon to sit and do nothing! So it's not a surprise everything in us, especially our brains, rebel when we try to sit quietly, close our eyes and disconnect from the outside world.
The good news is meditation is natural. Everything meditates, even you when you "zone out" and "go offline" for a few minutes, you're spontaneously meditating. We don't do meditation as much as we allow meditation. Getting the brain online is just a matter of reframing how we think about a few things and strengthening new muscles and skills. If all else fails, I've got a few tricks up my sleeve to help you get there.
I've been meditating for a while. (I never really had a teacher, I just kind of figured it out on my own by reading and watching videos.) Lately I've been experiencing things that are kind of scaring me. Sometimes my arms will move around in weird ways and sometimes it feels like there's an actual presence behind or around me. I've heard that "entities" can attach to you if you're too open while you're meditating which freaks me out. Anyway, now I'm afraid to meditate.
Everything you're experiencing is very normal and nothing to be afraid of.
When we sit in meditation we're turning our focus inward. Not to the mind, but to what's is behind the thoughts. The sensations behind the physicality. You might become aware of different sensations, tingling, swaying, swirling, etc. Sometimes they are so strong our body is moved by them. As weird as it seems, it's all very natural, it's just your energies working with you, with your physical body, to help you. Always remember YOU are in charge. If the movement ever becomes too much or too uncomfortable, all you have to do is internally say, "stop" and it will.
At different points in our cultivation, it isn't unusual to become aware of what seems like someone or somethings standing next to or behind us. You've gotten to a point where the mind is quiet enough that you're able to feel the larger part of the Self, the Inner/Higher/Soul Self, that is always there - has always been there.
I've heard that negative "entities" can attach to you if you're too open while you're meditating and I should protecting myself from them. All of which freaks me out. Anyway, now I'm afraid to meditate.
There is a great deal of misinformation and misunderstanding about "negative entities", protection and meditation. So lets take this in pieces.
Everything is vibration - energy and frequency. Not everything, every frequency, is accessible at the same time, you have to be in the vibrational vicinity to be able to experience what is there. We can say lower or higher, or we can just say different. Think about it like a radio signal or a streaming channel, you can only hear/experience what you're tuned into. What you're focused on is what you get.
When we meditate with sincerity of heart, even when we are just learning, we are in a very pure, very high and coherent vibrational state. Anything not in that vibrational vicinity does not have access to your field. It can't. Its physics.
But you can grant unwanted energies access with your own thoughts, fears and beliefs. Breaking the coherence of your own vibration, making it accessible to the very things you say you do not want. Make no mistake, you are the one granting the interaction, they cannot "push in" unless you allow it with your thoughts, fears, beliefs and attention.
If you are worried about "negative entities", that is what you will experience. If you feel the need to protect yourself, then you will experience something you need protecting from. It is that simple.
Ultimately and most important, there is NOTHING to fear. In meditation or anywhere else.
Intuitive Readings
I'm a little unsure about someone "reading" me. I'm a private person and not comfortable with the idea of someone knowing intimate things about me. And, I feel like I could really use some guidance right now.
Privacy and respect is always foremost in my mind when I do a reading. If there is something that is not relevant to our conversion, it will not be shown to me. I will only and always take my cues from you. We can be as general or as specific in the areas you choose.
Can you predict the future?
Any intuitive can only read the current energies and their likely trajectory. Which means you may change your feeling about something following our conversation, which would change the trajectory of the energy, changing the outcome.
Think of it like being in an airplane, soaring over the clouds. I can give you an idea of what's going on in the airplane and where it's headed, where the course headings will take you if you keep doing what you've been doing. But we have free will and are far more powerful than we know. Nothing is fated, destined or set in stone. A simple change in perspective, new information or inspiration changes everything!
I had a reading recently and the person said I had an entity attached to me, that someone had done it to me. Which is why weird and negative things happen to me. Kinda freaked me out.
I'm so sorry you had such a disturbing experience! There are two answers to this, both myth and popular belief busting.
First, and probably most important, nothing can effect you without your permission, your participation and your belief in it. That goes for curses, entities, energies, etc. Your fear of those things constitutes belief and so permission.
Second, you are in charge of your field. No curse, entity or energy is more powerful than you are. It all comes down to the power of your belief. Withdraw your fear and belief and magically, the ______ is gone.
Last, "entity attachment" isn't nearly as prevalent as people would have you believe. In fact, it's extremely rare. Most of what people think are curses, entities, etc. is our own belief allowing us to connect with unwanted and unpleasant energies.
Do mischievous entities and energies exist? Yes. But for the most part they leave us alone.
Can you have unpleasant experiences with them? Yes. But you are in charge. Always.