When entering the door to my lavender/incense fragrant studio some say "What Amazing Energy!" while those with conservative religious background sometimes feel uneasy. Years of intuitive reading has given my garden studio it's own personality. In the summer when the windows are open, as with any studio, fresh air can circulate and dissipate the vibes within. In the winter the energy is more intense.
Windows of house plants, cats, art work, soft Feng Shui colors resonate with tulips in the spring, perennials and meditation pathways in the summer.
Recently one of my favorite nephews, also a former Jehovah's Witness, decided to visit his Auntie. Unfortunately he had just watched "Children of the Corn" the night before, and as he drove the back roads to my house he found himself immersed in the setting of corn stalks and a primitive country setting much like the movie he had watched.
Alone, Smudge Stick in Hand, He Spent the Night in Aunties Spiritual Studio
New Age, Psychic or Alternative are considered evil and shunned at all cost with his childhood religion, so visiting his auntie was a big break through. Alone, with a smudge stick in hand, he spent the night in my Studio/Guest House, and as awesome a person as he is, hearing the voices of his religious roots screaming in his head created enough terror for even the cats to be afraid. Of course, add to this watching "Children of the Corn" the night before which was still living richly in his head. My studio, where personal conflicts are read on and filled with intuitive energy, became "Aunties Haunted Studio."
Sleepless, in the morning's light, he headed to my house across the lane for coffee. That afternoon, before he left, he became convinced he did not want to spend another night in the studio. We thoroughly cleared each room and doorway with the fragrant sage he brought along. I am sure he saw this as doing me a favor, where I saw it gratefully as clearing his terror from the night before away. "Perhaps, I told him, your Charisma clashed with the studios."
My studio is a place I have deeply cared for, and each and every plant, cat, and gentle paint color has been chosen with love.
- What I saw as a thriving vine of spiritual growth, his religious roots, conflicting with his open mind, interpreted as thorns.
- Perhaps this is the way it is when we deal with the voices of strict religion, and why even the people we love may feel uncomfortable in New Age Spirituality settings.
- For each and every one of us there is something that as innocent as the setting may be, makes us uncomfortable in that we have never experienced it before.
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