Tess Whitehurst - The Good Energy Book: Creating Harmony and Balance for Yourself and Your Home

About the Author

Tess Whitehurst is an intuitive counselor, energy worker, feng shui consultant, and speaker. She has appeared on the Bravo TV show Flipping Out , and her writing has been featured in such places as the AOL welcome page, Llewellyns annuals, and the Whole Life Times blog. To learn about her workshops, writings, and appearances, and to sign up for her free monthly newsletter, visit her online at www.tesswhitehurst.com.

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The Good Energy Book: Creating Harmony and Balance for Yourself and Your Home 2012 by Tess Whitehurst.

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contents

Energy and the Subtle Reality

Preliminary Preparations:
The Initial Shift

Enlisting Help

Magical Hygiene 101

Earthbound Entities 101

Space Clearing

Clearing Objects and People

Energetic Protection Techniques

Blessing and Fine-Tuning the Space

Good Habits and Spiritual Maintenance

Glossary of Useful Ingredients

Good Energy Essentials

Introduction

f rom a very young age, most of us are taught to believe something that isnt true. In fact, were taught to believe it so intrinsically that we dont even realize we believe itwe think we know it. Its a belief that insidiously works its way under and behind all our thoughts and experiences, undermining our instincts, divorcing us from meaning, separating us from a direct experience of the present moment, and depriving us of our divinely given spiritual abilities.

What is this belief?

The belief in separation: separation between the seen and the unseen, between form and spirit, between past and future, between self and other, and between what we scientifically know and what we spiritually sense.

After many years of the depression, disempowerment, and debilitating fear that are the inevitable results of this belief, I began working with magical and metaphysical modalities such as meditation, crystal healing, space clearing, feng shui, and ritual. Over time, through direct experience and observation, I came to understand the following:

• There is no separation between the seen and the unseen, form and spirit, and the known and the unknown.
• In truth, everything is connected, and everything affects and interacts with everything else.
• When we tune in to our intuition and embrace the connection between the seen and the unseen, we can absolutely, positively affect our life situation and create the life conditions we want.

In this book, I share the healing and clearing practices that have helped to transform my life from a near-constant experience of fear and struggle to a near-constant experience of adventure and delight. It is my heartfelt wish that you experience the same.

Brightest blessings,

Tess

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Energy and the
Subtle Reality

i n truth, there is only love. Yes, there is the appearance of dualitylight and dark, happy and sad, seen and unseen, known and unknownbut behind and inside of all of these appearances is a perfect, whole, unified field of energy. When we can tap into this field of energy (i.e., stay connected to it even when, on a surface level, we may perceive the illusion of discord), we can consciously direct it toward healing ourselves, healing others, and infusing our lives with ever-greater levels of harmony, balance, and peace.

Youve opened this book because on some level, you already sense this unified field of love that transcends and underlies everyday reality. Whats more, you want to know more about how to access it to shift things for the better: to transmute negativity into positivity and leave beautiful, sparkling energetic conditions in your wake.

And youve come to the right place.

Initiatory Invocation
Embrace the Mystery

Lets face it: everything is a mystery. And, as much as we might learn about physics or philosophy or religion (or anything else), it seems there is simply no way to truly unravel it.

Many people have a hard time with this. Whether they lean toward the science camp or the religious camp (or both), there are tons of folks feverishly trying to map out exactly what is and is not really going on here.

While there are valid and valuable aspects of both science and spirituality, as an energy worker and a student of the subtle realm, you are called to stand facing the mystery head-on, with your feet planted firmly in the mystery and with an awareness that the mystery is surrounding you, within you, and towering above you. Why? First, because its the only honest thing to do. Second, because this mystery-embracing practice (which is ongoing) will allow you to be present with what is , rather than projecting an idea onto the world of what is supposed to be. This, in turn, will open the floodgates to a level of perception that is not only uncommonly deep and satisfying but that is a prerequisite to sensing and working with energy in an effective and beneficial way.

Heres your first assignment. Grab a notebook and a pen. Relax, take a few deep breaths, and consider your current concepts about reality and the nature of existence. Really get clear on things you formerly may have taken for granted, such as externally imposed theoretical structures or ways youve come to almost imperceptibly explain away the mystery. In other words, are you holding on to any beliefs or concepts that may conceivably be inaccurate? Any that you perhaps picked up along the way and adopted without really questioning them? You might even discover that when you really look at them, you find some of these formerly unquestioned ideas to be absurd or childlike. (This is natural and nothing to be ashamed of.)