Before You Start (Important)
Expand Your Mind ↟↟
Some of the information on this page is here for you to open and expand your mind.
You cannot clean a closed mind - and sadly - most people have closed minds. It is a "form" of arrogance.
This is because unless you break down the walls of "what you think you know", you cannot release all of your beliefs down to the point of truth - and it is truth and love above all else that you (we) seek.
To do this you need to seek The Truth from within yourself.
And only you can believe what you discover (when you are ready to discover it).
In most cases your journey will be your specific journey and this will depend upon several main factors.
- Your Karmic debt - if applicable
- The lessons you still need to learn
- Your attitude
- Your desire to seek the highest truth
- Your ability to genuinely display love, humility, charity and kindness
- Your true intent on dwelling in the presence of The Creator
- Residual experiences from 1 or more previous lives
- X factors specific to you personally
This is to help you understand that whatever your personal thoughts, anger, ego, arrogance, frustrations etc are, they are all controlled and limited by your personal ability to grasp The Bigger Picture and how that impacts your thoughts.
I was taught (1) that in order to find the Truth, I had to UNLEARN what I learned and start again - this time with an open mind.
(2) Then I had to seek the Truth with ALL my heart.
(3) Only you can can find your own truth, you just have to look further and deeper than you think. ("double entendre") 
This is called The Path up the mountain.
In order to cleanse your mind and soul, you need to fully open them up to reality. Even if you do not like what you see or hear.
This has a much more profound affect on your mind than you can imagine or anything that I can write here.
One Final Point
The "Truth" is not static and as you evolve spiritually, you will become more enlightened with different layers of the same truth.
3 quick examples are:
Eg 1) Imagine that you are traveling from one city (City A) to the next city (City B).
The distance is 100 miles or 160Kms.
When you start your journey, that distance is true.
Yet as you proceed along your journey, the "truth" of the distance changes, just like the scenery (in most cases).
When you are half way to City B, the "new" truth is that the distance is now 50 miles or 80Kms. The only thing that has changed your original "truth", is the actual journey.
Eg 2) Something to contemplate.
We need to nourish our bodies, but does this mean that we need to hunt?
Indeed, if hunter-gathering was the only method of sustenance, how come some rare people can live of "Prana"
(प्राण), or even "some" ascetics who live on just refined flour as they aim to attain (Sambhogakaya सम्भोगकाय) more commonly referred to as the Rainbow Body? (Jalu in Tibetan)
I am NOT advocating you try either of those methods unless you have done many years of specialized meditation with an ascended Master.
Eg 3) We (plural) have been taught that a rock is a rock is a rock, and yet all matter is made up of a variation of energy which is similar to energy which makes up "light" - and which has the "potential capacity" to travel across the entire Universe (in time and if unobstructed) at the speed of light for billions of (Earth) years.
Have you ever wondered how light photons have the ability to survive for billions of years? What "medium" allows for this to happen?
Back in the 1960's we were told that Space is a vacuum - then how do rockets work in Space if there is nothing to push against?
Science is constantly being recalibrated, and we should also recalibrate our understanding of "the meaning of life" as new data is presented to us.
Everything in the Universe is moving, even black holes.
Nothing escapes a Black Hole, we were taught.
Black Hole micro-puree whole solar systems and spit out energetic radio waves - so apparently, something does escape them.
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And now it appears that Black Holes may be creating "Dark Energy". 
Like I said, things change and knowledge increases, and we must also do the same if we wish to evolve spiritually.
Water Cleansing Method
If you are looking for a simple technique to cleanse your Mind and Soul, you may like to consider the Water Cleansing Method.
*** Please Note that I did not say - nor am I implying - that this method will erase Karmic debt. Nor will it elevate your soul level above its current designation.
It is merely a way of allowing you to cleanse your soul so that you may begin to remove negative energies which you may have accumulated this lifetime.
Believe it or not, but these negative energies can and do drag you down.
The Water Cleansing Method is not just about bathing or washing your body, it is about helping to detox your Body, Mind and Soul of imprinted negative energies.
If you are interested in decreasing and even potentially erasing your Karmic Debt, please check out the "Psalms And Karma"
page.
The technique I was taught was both physical and mental.
I was to
- imagine my mind as a large container approx the size of a large bucket full of water.
- project all of my negative energies into the water - you do this by visualizing the clear water becoming cloudy.
- then using a teaspoon, slowly empty the bucket of water.
*** Remember to bless the water before and after you do this.
It should also be noted that you need to wash your body before doing this method and the main reason is that when you feel fresh and clean on the outside, it helps you focus that cleanliness on the inside.
After bathing or showering, do not use any powder or perfume or anything which has any smell as this will detract from your focus.
Let's say that the bucket was 2 gallons (or 10 liters) in volume.
2 Gallons == 16 pints so every month, you change the amount of water you put in the bucket by 1 pint, and every month there-after, reduce it by 1 pint.
10 liters method: every month reduce the volume of water you see in that bucket by 500mls.
My teacher called this technique, "The Zen Of Doing".
NOTE: Whatever number you choose, it must be higher than 10.
Physically ↟↟
I was told that I should do this physically at first - for at least several months - so that my mind can grasp "past the tedium" of this task and to use the action of emptying the bucket as a moving meditation.
Once you have mastered the art of calming your mind while doing this "Water Cleansing Method" - and you will know - because it strangely becomes a pleasant action, then you may like to try doing this just visually.
As I emptied each teaspoon, I was taught to visualize the water filling with negative energy from my current life and all previous lives.
NOTE: This is nothing to do with smoke cleansing, or fire cleansing or sweat cleansing.
It is only when this becomes an enjoyable meditation action that you may consider doing this visually.
I have heard of people say that this action - physical or mental - becomes (a) sweeter or (b) lighter or (c) more peaceful and even (d) so still, it is like being inside a large piece of Obsidian.
TIP: In todays atmosphere of saving resources, some of you may consider spooning the water from 1 bucket into another bucket.
This also allows you to spiritually recycle the water - but beware, there is a catch and you must "bless the water"
before and after you do this method so as to remove all of the negativity which now resides in the water.
This is very important.
One object of this exercise is to retain knowledge, but empty your mind of distracting and useless crud.
 | To do this, you need to focus on and only release negative energy and distracting thoughts into the water. |  |
Method ↟↟
This technique to ideally done slowly and with absolute focus and intent.
Each word must be spoken slowly and clearly. (enunciated concisely)
You need to commit to this 100% if you want this to work and get the amazing benefits.
Time Line ↟↟
To do this properly - that means slowly and with focus - you should allocate at least 1 hour - but ideally 2 hours.
Mantra ↟↟
I release negative energy from my body and soul and transfer this negative energy into the water - for which is was designed from the beginning of Creation.
Optional: Some people say AMEN after each mantra.
Example: ↟↟
I release negative energy from my body and soul and transfer this negative energy into the water - for which is was designed from the beginning of Creation. Amen.
Important Note:
Some people claim that the word AMEN is actually a shortening of the name Amun Ra mentioned in the "Enuma Elish" etc.
They further claim that this name (amen) is associated with the barbaric atrocities committed by Amun Ra.
Firstly it shows a great lack of intelligence to assume that we have only existed on this planet for the last 6,000 years as main stream archaeologists claim.
In the Sumerian Tablets, the "Anunnaki" claim to have come here over 450,000 years ago.
You need to remember that this is what we know so far about our history. There is much we do not know.
My point here is that the history of this planet is much older than we have been (or are being) told and names which hold religious significance or are associated with power are often used repeatedly through out our current history, so why not as well in the past.
Common names like David, John, Jonathan, Mary, Maria, Daniel, Benjamin, Adam, Abigail, Judith + + etc are still heavily in use today - even though most are associated with biblical names created - at least - several thousand years ago.
FYI: The name AMEN (in various incarnations) has been around for many thousands of years, in fact, it has been used for many many "Generations".
And yet even the word "Generations" has more than one meaning.
Secret Du Jour 1: There is also a secret to saying AMEN and that is to draw out the E - like this - AMehhhh-N (pronounced as an extended Amen. It is said that this allows the "Angel" (called Amen) the time to take your genuine prayers up to the "Celestial Throne". Also emphasize the "N".
Secret Du Jour 2: The "Celestial Throne" is merely a representation of the Creator lowering down to our level which allows us access to the Divine.
Very Important ↟↟
Converting Negative Energy
This is a very important step.
Before you start and AFTER you have finished, you must bless the water and visually convert the negative energy in the water into positive energy.
You do this so that you are removing negativity from around you and your family.
This can easily be done with a simple prayer.
Remember that this must be done with genuine intent. Your words will have no meaning if you are insincere.
You can lie to your friends - but you cannot lie to yourself - so the energy you project will be a true representation of what is "really" in your heart.
Master of the Universe, please bless this water and fill it with Love and Light. Amen.
NOTE: FYI: The words "Master of the Universe" (Adon Olam) is taken from Kabbalah and has been used in Judaism for thousands of years.
You can substitute the words "Master of the Universe" for whatever you feel is applicable to you.
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Is this true? ↟↟
Yes, water has memory and this was scientifically proven by Dr Masaru Emoto many times is his laboratory studies. More information about Dr Emoto's discoveries is here on the "Healing Meditation"
page.
The importance here is intent.
It is recommended that you convert this negativity into a positive so that you are not releasing this negative energy into the waterways or leaving it accessible for others to access.