I have been meaning to get back to this post for quite some time now!
So first and foremost what I would like to preface with is that I am very big on intent. Setting the intention on whatever it is that you are doing.
For me personally if I am trying to cleanse my space, if I have something in specific in mind that I am trying to cleanse then that will be the focus as I am using Palo Santo or whatever other cleansing tool that I am utilizing.
I'll give an example since I love examples.
I did a deep cleansing a few months ago of my space to clear of a very toxic, negative energy. That is when I am cleansing for the pure intent of a specific kind of energy. So before I stared cleansing, I
connected with the energy that I was trying to cleanse first and foremost. I get a specific feel for this energy and as I continued the process of cleansing, which firstly started out with burning Palo, as I was walking around my space with the Palo I have a direct impression of the energy that I am trying to rid my space of. I am essentially setting the intent of the burning Palo and giving a direct impression of what it is that I am burning the Palo for and asking it to assist me with cleansing. It's kind of like giving a blood hound the scent of the person that they are trying to track and find. Is it necessary? I am not going to say it is but this is just simply how i've always done it and it's always worked.
It's like when you are manifesting, the best way to get a stronger energy to manifest something you practice visualization techniques. What does it FEEL like to be successful? What does it smell like? What does it look like? While you can be vague about your desires and simply state "I want to be successful"...by adding more detail..a lot of things are happening. Not only is the buildup of energy increasing but from a psychological PoV, the mind can not tell the difference between daydreaming and reality. So if you immerse yourself in the visualization techniques, if you are able to see, hear, taste, feel this vision, your body will follow suit in that direction. But that is a completely different conversation that no one asked for. LOL.
For protective grids and wards, I follow the same thought process. You never can go wrong with Black Tourmaline, Selenite, Tiger's eye and so on for protection. But depending on how you yourself are able to process and feel energies, you can follow the same process of connecting to a specific kind of energy that you are wishing to protect yourself from, (if you have any sort of reference) and how I personally do it, is I match the energy with the stone or crystal that would be most appropriate. I personally believe that there are crystals and stones that thrive off of certain vibrations, and the closer you match that vibration (for example if you're doing a manifesting ritual, you match the energy of the crystal focal point which for me would more than likely be Citrine.) and the better you are at matching that energy, the better the results.
I developed this way of thinking by observing how energies would interact with each other in different situations. For example when you are astral projecting, you don't just simply see everything that is in the astral. You are in your own frequency, your own radio channel. And those that are near that frequency you are able to hear/see more than those that aren't. I figured this out through my progression of astral projecting and connecting with my various guides and companions.
I'll stop myself here because I can really go on a lot of side tangents LOL but I do hope this helps and I apologize for taking so long to get back to this!
