negative energy around me

[sonicpunk32]

i've been told by many a few that i have an external negative energy around me. it's been around me since i was a child. this energy negates most of the good energy i put out into the universe. it subtly repells people away from me, despite my many attemps to connect with people, they just seem to ignore me.

[Fullcrum]

Well, do you usually feel good in your day to day existence? You do not need external circumstances to feel good. Feeling good is a natural consequence of accepting everything that is and being in alignment with the present moment. That means thinking or not thinking as the situation dictates.

Stop "trying to connect" for a moment and become "clean." Enter no-thought. God, it feels good. Then talk to people without the expectation of connecting. Just have fun.

BTW, that doesn't apply to everyone, But I've been in your position and you need to 1) Let go of outcome; 2) Feel good (about yourself or whatever, or even about nothing at all (what a concept)) and; 3)Spread the goodness to other people.

[awakentransform]

You might be interested in learning about spirit releasement.

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[Stormcaller]

I'm not a paranormal expert by any means.

But I've started smudging with Sage. A beautiful wise woman has taught me this recently. She learned this from Native American wisdom. Sage is a herb that when smudged around the body should clear negative energy. Sweetgrass then brings in positive energy after the negative has cleared. But women should not smudge with Sweetgrass when menstruating. Sage is ok anytime.

[Fullcrum]

Stormcaller - how do you know this is actually happening and not just "made-up" through superstition or whatnot?

I mean having one plant clear negative energy while another does not - is that really possible?

[Stormcaller]

Having one plant curing one thing and another curing another thing is obviously possible. ex. Coffee cures drowsiness, while hops puts you to sleep.

I think the question you should really be asking is: "Is negative energy real or just a superstition?" And if your question were asked in this way, it would be more legit.

In my opinion, ENERGY is definitely real.

In one sense, I respect your "quest" to disillusion all of us "hoaky poky new agers", because I was once like you concerning Religious Dogma and Superstitions. Go figure I actually have degree in Science and had a personal hate for superstitious religious dogma. I used to self-righteously peruse boards for self assured religious peoples opinions and challenge them to think differently, to get them to see their own "stupidity" in my own opinion at the time. But I now see that tactic was highly arrogant.

Sometimes I am not so sure that the sage fixes anything, and other times I am fairly sure it has helped, somehow. One thing I believe now… is that when I was completely SURE of myself (concerning my attitude that nothing outside of textbooks is real), that’s when I was the most wrong. I was the least open in that arrogant state, which makes it even more impossible to experience the subtle forces that do affect us.

[Stormcaller]

Anyway I kind of went of on a tangent there.
So, if you were just legitimately asking my opinion, then I apologize. But if you were doing as I quickly assumed in my above post… then I guess now you know my opinion on the matter (since you asked).

[Stormcaller]

Do you know what Fullcrum. I have looked at your question in another light now. I understand from some of your other posts that you do indeed accept the idea of negative thoughts (i.e. Negative energy since thought manifests into actions, it must be an energy and the actions/physical manifestations the visible effect of that energy)

Now it seems to me that you may believe that all the power in the world to change your positive thinking lies within your own being. For some very enlightened people, I think this may be true. But for most of us, we need help. For example some people who have miraculously been cured of life threatening illnesses... how many of them just did it on their own, or did they have some sort of positive encouragement, no matter how small to get the ball rolling to start their own healing process. It seems for you, you have identified with the Tolle book. This external thing... has started the ball rolling in your internal world, has it not? Are the words in that book real? yes same as the sage, but would they be real if the book written in English was stared at by someone who can't read? No. Therefore the words ability to change your negative thinking into positive thinking can not be proven for someone who can't read or hear.

Some people will identify with the plants energy, just as you identify and understand the meaning of words energy.
My guess is that you are highly intellectual, which is why books have been your initiating helper rather than physical things. They have been mine too. But in some situations thinking gets you even more confused and that is why I have accepted some of this herbal energy, naturalistic energy stuff lately.

[Fullcrum]

That's quite chill.

And you're very insightful. Yeah I was raised to be very intellectual. No matter how present I am, it's still a deep part of my personality, which is fine by me as it's more of an "explore new realms" thing than a "science cures all" thing.

It was a legitimate question as I could not see how plants are any different than, say, doing a rain-dance, but I see that it can be like reading a book full of good ideas to "realign" yourself to whatever you want.

I understand

[bluestar]

You know what, Sonicpunk32? I feel you are being too down on yourself. A lot of people feel that they don't really 'fit in' with others sometimes. I know I do, and have done all my life. Things go wrong for me, things don't always work out, the universe seems to be 'on my case'. But that's only sometimes and if I look at the full perspective instead of only half the story, then the energy I receive, the energy I put out, the energies that are attracted to me, etc, are not totally negative at all! It's so easy to lose perspective when looking at things when you have a downer on yourself. (Which everybody gets from time to time)
I don't mean to misunderstand your experiences. But it might be nice to try and look at the good stuff. (There has to be quite a lot of good stuff happened to you since you were born?) You know what I do? Before I sleep at night, I look at all the really good things that happened to me that day. There's always at least one thing. (And I am not a happy-clappy kind of person, believe me!) I just try to get things into realistic perspective, for my own wellbeing.
It depends who told you that stuff, and what reasons they had for telling you. If it was a psychic, well, not all psychics are the same, or equally gifted. I have been told things by psychics which were not the truth. If I'd taken on board all the erroneous stuff told to me over the years, I'd be a freak-show by now!

[stellasky]

Let me quickly say that I agree with awaketransform's advice about Spirit Releasement. I went through this because I knew that something other than myself was manifesting negative energy and it worked..it took a few weeks of focus, prayer, clearing, etecetec. and now I'm free, just back to me and my own thoughts


Before I learned about smudging with sage I drank it as a tea for ten years while living in germany. I was employed as a singer in theatre and needed a tea that would get rid of throat inflammation. It became a thermos bottle staple. As well, its used for stomach problems. (Usually my throat problems were acid that came from my stomach as a result of over using my diaphragm when singing with too much power)

Because the taste is quite bitter I'd joke and say I was drinking "eye of newt" to rid my body of evil spirits... (I didn't even know about smudging until ten years later!)
So it did get rid of the "negative" energy manifested in my stomach, originated from.....

[awakentransform]

You are the best person to figure out if it is your energy or another's energy. Sometimes we have strongly disowned our own "negative" aspects and therefore they seem like outside energy. I know for myself it took many years before I saw that I had repressed anger. Embracing and getting in touch with this angry part was very empowering and balancing for me.

As a hypnotherapist I know that it can be tough to tell sometimes what is a person's disowned aspect or an outside energy. The best way I have found is to dialogue with that part and find out what it wants or needs. Our disowned parts are like misbehaving children. Their behavior may be unacceptable to us but their needs are actually valid. These parts may have needs to protect us or to be acknowledged or accepted or expressed. Embracing these parts and working together with them can transform their expression into a more positive one.

An outside energy or spirit attachment will have its own needs that have nothing to do with us. These beings need to complete their transition into the light.