Many cultures believe that energy can settle in a space and cause the occupants to feel certain emotions. Negative energy begets negative behavior and feelings, while positive energy does the reverse. Sometimes, spiritual individuals may feel the need to cleanse their homes to get rid of negative energy that may have been caused by negative thoughts, stress or just plain clutter. Cleansing can be done at any time using salt and sage. Both salt and sage have healing and medicinal properties.
Instructions
1. Mix sea salt and water in a small bowl until the salt dissolves. You can use tap water, but distilled water has fewer contaminants and may be better for cleansing. Clear your mind and focus on the positive aspects of your life. Negative feelings during a cleansing is counterproductive.
2. Hold the small bowl of water and walk around the four corners of your home, sprinkling the water as you go. It may help to imagine the negative energy scurrying away through the walls like pests running from an exterminator.
3. Go inside the rooms, sprinking the sea salt and water mixture in every area of the rooms including the closets and storage spaces. The most effective cleansing will be one that reaches the entire home. Come back to the main room of the house near the front door to prepare for the sage aspect of the cleansing.
4. Light a sage bundle like you would an incense. Hold it over a small bowl to catch the ashes. With the smoke coming out of the lit sage, begin near the front door and walk around the main room, allowing the smoke to freely reach every corner, window, wall and the ceiling. This is called smudging or "cleansing smoke bath."
5. Continue smudging until you have covered the entire house. Make sure to run the sage around doors and windows. While doing the cleansing, you can say prayers, blessings or invocations to help clear away negativite energy and open your home to good energy.
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