Your Yoga. Cleansing Your Living Space.

I think there is little need to explain how important it is to carry out your daily meditation and energy practices in an energetically clean place. Many people know how saints and yogis have retreated to the mountains or to forests far from the bustle of cities, seeking a place where nothing would defile either their physical form or their many other, more elevated bodies. Some lived in temples and achieved the same result, while others used special secret methods to remain pure always and everywhere...

We all know the feeling of oppression, vague unease or worry that can arise when we find ourselves, for example, in a market, a cemetery or a railway station. Sometimes merely talking to someone we find unpleasant leaves us feeling low, exhausted or with a headache. Nobody has done anything bad to us; there has been no visible aggression. We felt fresh and happy in the morning, yet suddenly something seems to have passed right through us, and there is a headache, oppression, despondency...

It is very important that the place where we live be as clean as possible in every respect. This is where we sleep, completely open and relaxed; where we eat food that will become part of us, physically and energetically; and where we engage in spiritual practices, communicating and making contact with the Divine. Then, on waking, we will not feel as though we have just left a battlefield; after eating ordinary, wholesome food, we will not have all the symptoms of poisoning; and during our daily spiritual practice, dark thoughts will not descend on us like a flock of crows.

So I do not think it has taken much effort to convince you of the need for the practice below. I will now describe it.

Description of the Practice

First, clean the room with water. Wipe everything you can: on top of cupboards, underneath them, under rugs and so on. Do everything a good housekeeper who loves cleanliness would do, with one addition: prepare the water beforehand in the following way. Take a three-litre jar of water and place a double pyramid on top of it (see "The Energy of Pyramids"). After an hour, the water is ready to use.
After cleaning, pour water from the same jar into a spray bottle and spray the entire surface of the walls and ceiling. Then spray the chandelier; this is very important, as most of the negative energy hangs there. Next, spray the corners of the room, which also contain a great deal of negative energy, and then the doors, doorframes, windows and window frames. These are very important points of contact with the outside world. Spray upholstered furniture too, especially the place where you sleep.
Now it is time for fire. Light one candle on the floor in each corner of the room and one in the centre. Put the candles in holders and ensure that nothing flammable is dangerously close to them. Once you have lit the candles, set your intention. You can say inwardly, or think while visualising: "May all the impurities in my home burn away in the flames of these candles." Let the candles burn for about 20 minutes.
Next comes the protection itself. Sit down, relax, close your eyes and begin to imagine the following: in the centre of the wall in front of you, a blue equilateral triangle with sides about 1–2 metres long. Your orientation to the compass points does not matter, but use the same place each time. In the centre of the wall to your right, imagine a white triangle; on the wall behind you, a green triangle; on the wall to your left, a yellow triangle; in the centre of the floor, a red triangle; and in the centre of the ceiling, a golden triangle. Notice that the apexes of the triangles on the floor and ceiling point in opposite directions. Then imagine a ray of light coming from infinity above, passing right through your entire home and continuing into infinity below.

As an addition to this practice, you may also wish to cleanse yourself to match the cleanliness of your home:

It is best to do this in the dark, when you are alone and after taking a bath. Wear as little clothing as possible, or preferably none. You will need a thin beeswax candle, which allows a wider range of movement than a paraffin candle. Move the candle so that the flame slowly travels about 2 cm from the entire surface of your body, without overlooking a single centimetre. This is somewhat like vacuuming dust: imagine a floor covered with a fine layer of dust, and yourself slowly moving a vacuum cleaner over it, watching the dust being drawn in. Keep this analogy in mind and imagine all impurities being drawn into the candle flame. Move the candle slowly and be careful of your hair. If it is long, wrap it in a towel or something similar. If you wish, you may also briefly touch the flame or pass parts of your body through it, beginning with your palm, then more sensitive areas such as your forearms, the soles of your feet and so on. Pay attention to your sensations; after a while, you may discover that you can hold your hand above the flame for a time.

It is advisable to carry out this cleansing once a week.

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