How to Use a Pendulum
by Linda Johnson
27th November 2002
[This article is adapted from a section in The Ascension Kit by Linda Johnson]
Can getting in touch with your own guidance be as easy as using dangling something off a bit of string? Can you bypass expensive psychics and gurus, and save yourself from the dangers of ouija boards by a bit of twiddling and twirling? YES YOU CAN! By following these simple exercises and grounding guidelines most people can learn to use a pendulum and be talking to their own guidance the same day!
Using a pendulum is a form of 'kinesiology' . As with muscle testing, your own 'body spirit' or 'body angel' who is in charge of moving the subtle energy around your body, responds to your thoughts and words using that energy to move the pendulum and answer your questions.
Your body spirit can answer questions directly in relation to the body, or be the intermediary for you to talk to your higher self and soul, your spirit guides, the souls of other people, the earth, animals, plants, minerals or elements.
TYPES OF PENDULUMS
Pendulums can be any small evenly weighted, symmetrical object on a string. I have pendulums that are brass, glass, crystal, wood and plastic and all will work once the technique is practised. The old 'wedding ring on a hair' trick for telling an unborn babies' sex is another form of pendulum use.
Generally I find smaller lightweight pendulums easier and quicker to use. The larger and heavier they are, the slower they turn. When you want to ask lots of questions it can be a bit tedious. Also, pointy ended pendulums are best for working with charts.
USING THE PENDULUM
In order to connect to your own guidance earth and the ascending kingdoms it is very important that you be grounded first. Even though we are contacting our own guidance we are still living among a soup of energies and entities that we need to clear a space through. You are part of a 'hologram', along with Earth and all species, which is contactable through your heart. Before any contact can be made with your guidance or any other part of this hologram, you need to make a connection through 'grounding'. This will connect your energy field to the Earth and pull in your soul and higher aspects for guidance. If your soul is not present, the guidance that comes through could be just be your personality (or an outside entity) and may not reflect the desires and guidance of your soul.
Printed below is a suggested visualization for grounding and intents for protection. It is suggested that you use these each time you work with your guidance - especially grounding to anchor your soul. After you've done these exercises a few times you will be able to do them quickly without having to read the instructions. You can also intend to stay 'grounded' and protected throughout the day while you're working, shopping, driving etc.
STEP 1. Ground and Protect Yourself. This will make sure you're connecting to your own guidance.
Visualization for Grounding
1. Sit comfortably on the floor/ground or a chair in the area you are going to work in.
2. Take 3 deep slow breaths.
3. Breathe in again, and imagine yourself expanding in size filling with white light.
As you breathe out, imagine the light pushing down into the earth.
Continue to do this until you see yourself surrounded by light and a large column of light descending down to the middle of the Earth.
4. Now as you breathe in you start extending the column of light up until it reaches where you feel your guidance or higher self (source and soul) to be.
5. Move your awareness down to the centre of the Earth. There is an Aurora there - a swirling mass of rainbow colours. As you breathe in, pull up the rainbow from the centre of Earth, up your column and into your feet, legs, base of the spine, and up the middle of the body to overflow at the waist.
6. Breathe in again and pull up more colours, overflowing at the neck and running down the arms. Breathe in again and pull the colors into the head, overflowing like a fountain at the top of your head.
7. Breathe in the colours again and pull the up through the head and all the way up to your soul/source. Let the colors overflow and go back down into the Earth, connecting you as part of a bigger cycle.
8. As you feel the colour and energy flowing, say:
"I intend to ground to Earth and connect to my Source and Guidance".
"I intend to pull into my field all the tones I need today as per my Source and Guidance".
Intents for Protection
.... carry on from previous Visualization for Grounding:-
1. Imagine your column of light and the rainbow tones extending out from your body and filling the room, property around you (as far as you feel you can push your field).
2. Imagine the edges of that field of energy sealing like a semi-permeable bubble. There is still a grounding cord to Earth, and a connection to your Source.
As you repeat these words, try to visualize the energy moving:-
"I push from my field all non-resonant energies and entities,
I send all energies and karma that is not my own back to whoever it belongs to,
I release all attachments to my form and field that no longer serve,
I SET MY BOUNDARIES
I allow only guidance and energy from Earth and my own Source that comes in Harmlessness, All other guidance and entities must leave NOW"
IMPORTANT POINTS TO REMEMBER
One quick way to un-ground or un-protect yourself is drugs and alcohol. These are full of entities and will make soul retract from your field, letting any old thing in. If you must indulge, bless them to release entities and save them for after your meditation, but don't use them when doing your meditation and spiritual work.
What other things will make soul retract and grounding difficult? Excess electrical energy from computers or television, electrical wires and appliances. If at all possible, meditate in nature - sit on the grass in the back yard or in a park. If you feel a little hyped up from a hard day, intend to release all excess electricity from your field as you do your grounding exercise. Once you can use your pendulum you can use it to find a good spot to sit, where the energy flow is helpful.
Step 2. Check your Polarization: Intend: "I intend to be correctly polarized, running the correct frequencies for my gender". If you are running the wrong (opposite) frequencies for your gender you will get the opposite answer with your pendulum. You will know if you're running the right frequencies when you do your Test Question. If you still find yourself running the wrong polarization frequencies, ask Earth to help by adding the correct frequencies to your field. You shouldn't need to do this each time you use a pendulum. Once you are running the correct frequencies they should stay there, but if you suddenly start getting opposite answers it may be something to check for.
Step 3: USING THE PENDULUM
Firstly, Ground and Protect yourself. Then intend to run the correct polarization frequencies for your gender.
Now hold the chain of the pendulum about 3 inches (10cm) up the chain, between your thumb and forefinger, wrapping any excess chain around other fingers. Make sure the pendulum chain is hanging straight down, not draped over your thumb or finger - let your wrist go loose.
You can let out more chain if you like, but the longer the chain the slower it will move. Also being further away from the bodies' energy there is also less definition in the pendulum movements, and more influence by passing air currents.
I usually start my pendulum swinging to and fro to save time. If it has to start moving from a completely stationary position it takes longer and uses more energy. Once it is already swinging it can easily move to the right or left by itself.
Between questions I bring it swinging back to the middle position again to save the time of it having to slow down, and also it will then be in a neutral position for the next question.
Ask the pendulum to "Show me a YES". If it is slow to move gently start swinging it to and fro to get the energy flowing and ask again "Show me a YES".
My pendulum moves clockwise for YES, anti-clockwise for NO and gives a diagonal swing for maybe/more info needed. Yours may move in different directions and that's OK. What's important is that between you and your body spirit you get a recognisable swing for YES and NO. Keep practising until this happens.
Next, ask your Test Question: Ask "Is my name (insert your name)?", and see if you get a YES response according to the swing for YES you have practised with your guidance.
Next try with another name, like "Is my name Fred Smith?". Unless this is your name, you should get a NO response. If you are getting opposite responses, you are likely reverse-polarised. Go back to Step 2 and fix.
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