Your bestselling classic, Personal Power through Awareness: A Guidebook for Sensitive People was given to you by Orin, a wise and loving spirit guide. Can you tell us a little bit more about why he chose to share this important information with you and how it has affected people over the years?
Sanaya Roman: Orin originally gave me the information and exercises contained in Personal Power Through Awareness to help people develop their energy awareness so they could live in clearer, higher states, unaffected by the energies around them. Through that information, Orin felt that people could learn to love and appreciate themselves more and have the personal power to act as their true selves.
We have heard from many people throughout the years about how this book has helped them to gain an appreciation of how special their sensitivity is. People noted that following the guidance and exercises offered in this book opened the way for them to feel better about themselves and more in control of their lives, and also improved their relationships.
There are several new chapters in the revised edition of Personal Power through Awareness, focused on clearing energy. Can you explain why these new chapters were added and why they are so important?
Sanaya Roman: Orin has provided new chapters in the book to strengthen people’s ability to recognize when they have been affected by unwanted energies, and then to quickly release them so they can return to their center of peace and clear thinking. The revised book also contains a new powerful, effective and easy-to-follow process for recognizing and clearing unwanted energies, thoughts, memories, beliefs, and fears, as well as other people’s thoughts and beliefs, which might be affecting you.
Can everyone sense energy and clear it, or is there special training needed?
Sanaya Roman: Anyone can sense energy and work with it if they have the intent to do so and take the time to get quiet and listen within. We are all surrounded by energy, including the feelings and thoughts of others, as well as the subtle energies that emanate from objects and environments. Orin teaches how to work with those energies so we can stay in our center and be receptive to higher energies rather than lower ones.
What does it feel like to be clear and in my center?
Orin: When you are free of lesser energies, you feel clear and balanced. You feel more joyful, insightful, focused, and optimistic. You are your true Self, the Self you are when you are not affected by the energies around. In a clear state you are more open to life and love. You feel alive! You are in the flow, motivated, productive, and creative.
When you are clear, you have the enthusiasm and energy you need to accomplish your goals. Regrets, fears, and doubts recede and confidence and clarity take their place. You are open and receptive to your higher good. You embrace change and new things. What seemed like problems or obstructions disappear, and burdens fall away. You feel good about yourself, your life, and other people.
Being in a clear state allows you to open to new possibilities and unfold the greater potential of your life. Being clear makes it easier to recognize that which is your purpose and that which is not. You strengthen your ability to bring about your higher good, working in harmony with the Universe.
How can I know if I have been affected by the energies around me?
Orin: Some indications that your energy is not clear are when you find yourself feeling stressed, anxious, angry, discouraged, powerless, or worried. You might find yourself having a surprisingly strong and unusual emotional response to something. These feelings are not who you are! They come from energy you live around that you have picked up and thought was your own.
Other ways you can know that you have picked up energy that is not yours is when you experience thoughts that bring you down and make you feel vulnerable or scared, have thoughts that circle around without resolution, or regularly picture negative outcomes.
Additionally, you will know you are not clear when you have trouble concentrating, feel unbalanced, worry about a future event, or experience deep concerns about your life or relationships. You are not clear when you feel like people in your life do not love you, or you experience regret, guilt, or self-recrimination. When find yourself dwelling on past mistakes, your energy is not clear. If you have worried thoughts about money, your relationships, or your health, your energy is not clear. Whenever you do not have a sense of well-being, you can assume you have taken on energy that does not reflect your true Self and that it is time to clear it.
You say in the book that clearing our energy can help us recognize and act on our intuition (as opposed to regular thoughts). Can you say more about that?
Orin: When your energy is clear, you can receive many intuitive, inspiring thoughts that bring you guidance, clarity, and lift you up. They may appear spontaneously at any time, no matter what you are doing. You can recognize intuitive thoughts by their sense of rightness — a feeling that these thoughts are telling you the truth. They may contain new ideas about what to do next or give you a new, more positive perspective on an existing situation.
Sometimes intuitive thoughts come with a sense of urgency if you have ignored other promptings, or if there is need for immediate action. However, most of the time intuitive thoughts do not come with a sense of rush or urgency.
You probably will not be able to justify or explain intellectually what you are receiving intuitively. Intuitive thoughts often bring a strong feeling of the sense of direction you need to go in. People may want to know exactly why you feel intuitively that you need to do something, but intuitive thoughts are not usually that linear and clear cut. As you take one step to follow your intuitive guidance, the next steps will come into view.
Intuition is partly composed of thoughts, and partly composed of feelings. Intuitive thoughts are often vague and do not come with a command to do something in a specific way. You may not able to explain to others why you feel an action is needed or why your choosing to do something is the right choice, but doing so feels right to you. You know the Universe is supporting you because following your intuition brings positive results.
Above all else, intuitive thoughts bring peace rather than fear, and open the way for more light to pour into your life.
Special thanks to New World Library 🙂
Sanaya Roman has been channeling Orin, a wise and gentle spirit teacher, for many years. Orin has assisted hundreds of thousands of people to awaken spiritually. Sanaya and Orin provide a path of self-realization through their books, including the newly revised Personal Power through Awareness. They also offer audio courses and seminars. You can read more about Sanaya and Orin’s teachings at www.orindaben.com.
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