Small Question - AOP vs Cleaning

[sublimesatanist]

I'm sorry to ask such a simple little question but I have some confusion about the fundamental differences between cleaning and protection.

According to the JoS site both use white-gold energy, yet cleaning can also use white energy. I've been using the latter for cleaning due to my confusion here.

What are the differences? I'm noticing that cleaning appears to turn the aura inside-out almost; that it immerses the aura while shifting and bending it, while AOP (for me) appears to get pulled in and pushed out, surrounding the aura. I use affirmations and I tend to get these sort of rough/vague visualizations and sensations.

Is this correct? Is there anything I'm missing or not understanding right? A strong foundation builds a strong house/temple in my mind, thus I tend to focus on details of things a bit too much sometimes. Thanks for your time!

 

[NakedPluto [JG]]

I have a cup. I have some drinks in this cup, some poison, some water and some elixir of life. These get poured in this cup, sometimes a few drops of poison get in the cup, sometimes some drops of life. Protection is putting a lid, a filter on the cup, so that only good things get poured it. Cleaning is having the previous poison taken out of this cup and restoring the integrity of the elixir of life.

You can base your protection on mental, emotional, physical, spiritual levels. This is about what you visualize and your affirmation. Cleaning can enlarge your aura because it can release tension. Protection can add integrity and uniformity to your energy fields.

 

[Power of Justice [JG]]

I have a cup. I have some drinks in this cup, some poison, some water and some elixir of life. These get poured in this cup, sometimes a few drops of poison get in the cup, sometimes some drops of life. Protection is putting a lid, a filter on the cup, so that only good things get poured it. Cleaning is having the previous poison taken out of this cup and restoring the integrity of the elixir of life.

You can base your protection on mental, emotional, physical, spiritual levels. This is about what you visualize and your affirmation. Cleaning can enlarge your aura because it can release tension. Protection can add integrity and uniformity to your energy fields.

This is such a beautiful way of explaining it!

 

[sublimesatanist]

I have a cup. I have some drinks in this cup, some poison, some water and some elixir of life. These get poured in this cup, sometimes a few drops of poison get in the cup, sometimes some drops of life. Protection is putting a lid, a filter on the cup, so that only good things get poured it. Cleaning is having the previous poison taken out of this cup and restoring the integrity of the elixir of life.

You can base your protection on mental, emotional, physical, spiritual levels. This is about what you visualize and your affirmation. Cleaning can enlarge your aura because it can release tension. Protection can add integrity and uniformity to your energy fields.

This is a captivating and extremely descriptive response, thank you! I will take it to heart an not be too concerned over energy colour and instead focus more on visualization and feeling. I appreciate your time writing this NakedPluto.

One thing that I find myself struggling with at times is procrastination due to overthinking. What is needed on this path is daily action; to not be afraid of doing things imperfect at the beginning stages and instead focusing on the end results. This is how we learn and grow in all ways throughout life; be it doing art, our work/career or what have you.

It's strange that the simplest answers are often the hardest ones to face. This is much due to left-brain thinking along with my tendency to hyper-focus to an extreme degree. As much as I love black/white things given that they create structure and comfort, I need to let go and allow my intuition to always be present in my life while not letting personal anxieties and that left brain continuously take over. I need to keep up my consistency and not get carried away with other things (research, creative endeavours and so forth).

I'll keep working on developing routines and patterns in myself. Even though it's not easy as my hours at work change frequently, it can be done. I just have to give up other things on those nights I get home late and to keep meditation as my primary objective. I can also block out noises through void meditation and still effectively meditate. Assuredly, nothing can stop us from advancing but ourselves.


Sorry for the little ramble and thanks again for the help.

 

[NakedPluto [JG]]

This is a captivating and extremely descriptive response, thank you! I will take it to heart an not be too concerned over energy colour and instead focus more on visualization and feeling. I appreciate your time writing this NakedPluto.

One thing that I find myself struggling with at times is procrastination due to overthinking. What is needed on this path is daily action; to not be afraid of doing things imperfect at the beginning stages and instead focusing on the end results. This is how we learn and grow in all ways throughout life; be it doing art, our work/career or what have you.

It's strange that the simplest answers are often the hardest ones to face. This is much due to left-brain thinking along with my tendency to hyper-focus to an extreme degree. As much as I love black/white things given that they create structure and comfort, I need to let go and allow my intuition to always be present in my life while not letting personal anxieties and that left brain continuously take over. I need to keep up my consistency and not get carried away with other things (research, creative endeavours and so forth).

I'll keep working on developing routines and patterns in myself. Even though it's not easy as my hours at work change frequently, it can be done. I just have to give up other things on those nights I get home late and to keep meditation as my primary objective. I can also block out noises through void meditation and still effectively meditate. Assuredly, nothing can stop us from advancing but ourselves.


Sorry for the little ramble and thanks again for the help.

The mind over thinks because it has nothing else to do but worry and search. Give it work by doing the work you planned, immerse yourself. The enemy of this will be distractions and changes of focal points thorough the day. These must be unmercifully killed in your life to leave the purpose and focus to what is really important and to be done.

Material endeavors, creative pursuits are not to be killed, but worked on. Just prioritize, create hierarchy and follow this. Leave time for pleasure and relaxation to take place as well.

 

[sublimesatanist]

The mind over thinks because it has nothing else to do but worry and search. Give it work by doing the work you planned, immerse yourself. The enemy of this will be distractions and changes of focal points thorough the day. These must be unmercifully killed in your life to leave the purpose and focus to what is really important and to be done.

Material endeavors, creative pursuits are not to be killed, but worked on. Just prioritize, create hierarchy and follow this. Leave time for pleasure and relaxation to take place as well.

Great advice! Budgeting time is much like budgeting money given that we have to create hierarchies and plans. When we don't budget our money properly we feel as though we have no money. It's the same with time. I'll keep working to improve that and I thank you for your insight here. Moderation and balance has always been a massive challenge for me as I take things to an extreme and tend to have a single-point focus (not so good with multitasking that way), yet I know it can be improved on, especially considering how I'm much better at it than I was years ago. In the past I only knew how to fixate and obsess on things yet this path has really helped me to overcome this.

Thanks again.

 

[sublimesatanist]

The mind over thinks because it has nothing else to do but worry and search. Give it work by doing the work you planned, immerse yourself. The enemy of this will be distractions and changes of focal points thorough the day. These must be unmercifully killed in your life to leave the purpose and focus to what is really important and to be done.

Material endeavors, creative pursuits are not to be killed, but worked on. Just prioritize, create hierarchy and follow this. Leave time for pleasure and relaxation to take place as well.

Also, thank you so much for this part (in bold)! I feel that is exactly what I need to do to help me overcome that weakness in myself that I sometimes face. No more distractions! Jewtube and such are terrible for this, almost to a point like it's made that way honestly.