Regarding the sleep unit, I actually use just the ocean setting. I tried the brown and pink noise but it's similar to white noise I guess. The brown wasn't as loud as the pink. Using the ocean setting I have noticed that when I finally get to sleep I sleep through the night and this morning I actually woke up from the alarm! (this is big for me).
I like the advice from @frank and will try doing that affirmation too. I have had so many friends from the past move away or after they had kids years ago they drifted away. I still have two really good girlfriends, my best friend moved back from Texas to CT several years ago. Was one of the happiest days for me since it's hard to find such good friends.
It's hard to just "reach out" to someone when you haven't in a while. I worked with a gal for years, then one day I just reached out to ask her if she wanted to have a drink. Now we have dinner once a month close by which is really nice. We talk and talk...so I guess it's sometimes a matter of just picking up the phone (something that so many don't do these days, they just want you to text them instead of calling first!)
I'm so grateful for you all here because I don't know what I would do with my active brain and feelings if I didn't have you all on this site to talk to.
Namaste!
I'm so sorry you are going through this bought of illness with bronchitis and asthma! Vagebeau's advice about the garlic, ginger, honey and lemon is a good one, but I would drink it hot. I also take a pot of boiling water off the stove, place some vicks or tea tree and eucalyptus oil in it and take a towel over my head to breath in the steam. I went through bronchitis years ago and that helped me, though I have never had asthma with it. I also use ASAP colloidal silver (found on amazon) when I get sick I take 3 teaspoons a day and also ionic zinc - at least 5 drops in water - I've noticed I fight colds off by taking the zinc every day.
I'll be praying for you and hope you feel better soon!
@laura-f I did some energy work for you last night. Your two lower chakra energy centers (sacral and root) had some blockages which I was able to clear. Of course, there was also a very dense energy around your chest area. It took some time :) but I think I was able to get it cleared out as well. I sense a lot of inflammation in your body in general (likely from the illness) so I would recommend eating as many anti-inflammatory foods as possible and maybe looking into some supplemnents (like tumeric). Also, you need to keep your energy flowing in order let your body start to heal itself (inflammation tends to cause energy blockage). Try visualizing light coming down through your crown into your body through your lungs (dissolving any darkness away) and passing down through your feet into the ground. You can do this for as long or short a period as you like and as often as you want. Just follow your intuition. Hope this helps :)
Thank you.
Im not used to asking help from my spirit guides because different people have told me I have different guides than what another has. So I don’t know who they are.
i used to pray to Mary all the time, but as my belief in the Catholic Church waned, so did my prayers.
Anita
Your description on how to ask for help from our spirit guides/ the saints/ God is beautifully and so thoughtfully written. I loved reading your post, it connected with me deeply.
I also enjoyed reading your description of the energy healing you did for Laura F. There were even some tidbits for us all to think about to help us all.
I am so glad you recently joined our community.
Lovendures said what I was thinking! Frank - I loved your description of how to ask for help from God/Spirit Guides, etc. I have been following with interest the discussion on various threads about those of you former Catholics who either utilize what works for you from that tradition, or have dropped it entirely. I am Catholic, but take everything with a large grain of salt and have had my own journey of doubt, etc., but still enjoy and find connection with its rituals (I also grew up in the Byzantine/Eastern rite tradition, so there are differences in ritual between that and the Latin Rite.) It is all so interesting and I am learning to let go of "have to" and embrace what works. It is reassuring and enlightening to see how each of you interpret your spiritual side and what that means for your personal rituals. And yes, so glad you have joined the community here, Frank!
Thanks, namasté, and I accept your healing with gratitude. Woke up feeling slightly less congested, and my home pulse ox measurements are back up into normal range today.
If I gave the full list of stuff I do to boost my not-great and autoimmune addled immune system, you all would think I'm nuts! suffice to say everything suggested on this thread I'm either already doing, or have tried it in the past and it wasn't for me. My diet is also pretty restrictive.
I've decided to make a special dinner tonight - Fessenjan. It's a Persian chicken dish, with ground walnuts, orange and pomegranate juices, and I'm also making some turmeric-cilantro rice to go with it.
There's no need to ask any specific person/being for guidance. You can simply ask Spirit/The Universe/Love or whatever feels right to you.
BTW, since we been conversing on the forum, I've started to get a "feel" on your energy. I "see" your energetic body wrapped up in bandages, almost like a mummy. It looks like you originally used the "bandages" in an attempt to heal and then later for protection, but now they are just stifling you. The thing is, your very basic essence, your soul, is like a star. Not much can hurt a star, but it's light can be blocked. You are very empathic and intuitive and so any low energy that you come across in the world feels like you are being bombarded by meteors. Meteors CAN'T harm a star. The star just pulls that meteor in, breaks in down into it's most basics parts and sends it back out as life giving Light.
If you're so inclined, I have two different visualizations that I think may help you:
First, visualize that star at your center, your heart. See it start to burn brighter and brighter until it burns/melts away the bindings that are trying to constrain you and then, keep going until you're so bright that all there is, is white light everywhere.
Second, whenever you feel overwhelmed by the world/people around you/your circumstances, etc. imagine those things as meteors going into that star, burning up and being sent back out again as even brighter light.
Hope this helps
Thank you so much for the warm welcome. I'm so glad to have stumbled upon this forum! I'm hoping to be able to spread the Love wherever and whenever I can.