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I occasionally ( more often the past few months) pick up on someone's energy being left in my home or in the work place.

For instance sometimes I will think I see my wife out of the corner of my eye doing housework when she's not even in the house.

Or so far the most powerful experience was my asshole boss. He has a strong personality but is for the most part a piss poor human being. He is the kind to yell at other employees over little things. He is not completely cold and heartless I have worked with far worse. But he is definitely more of a prick than not. Today when I was in the back I would swear I was looking right at him through a rack of various kitchen implements. Normally it's a corner of my eye thing and as soon as I face the image it goes away. And i realize what it is. This time i say him clearly hunched over looking at stuff on the rack from the opposite side where i was and it didn't go away till i went around the rack.

I noticed the air of the employment place has changed. Alot of long term folks have left or been fired. In two cases he pushed people he didn't like who were having bad days so that they " got out of line" and got fired. One of the people stormed out . The other was not a great employee to begin with but she came in to work crying and he ragged on her all night till she mumbled " fuck you" under her breath. And of course that can't be tolerated because he is king. In general we have had very high turnover since he came to work there six months ago. Now he is the general manger. He hardly does a damn thing compared to other managers. The two other managers can't stand him. One of them told the old general manager ( now a district manager) all about the crap he pulls and how he puts on a show when anyone above him in station is in the building. but the former GM told her she shouldn't rat on her co-workers. She is now so pissed off she's ready to quit. The other manager is newer and doesn't have much say. But the ass boy has both DM's wrapped around his finger. they love him but he doesn't do crap and they don't realize they are totally being played as suckers.

What i want to know is if there is a way to purge his particular "residue" from work? It affects alot of the employees and noone likes to work with him ( as a side note he rarely treats me like some of the others for some reason but he is still hard to deal with and it's a wonder he has any friends).

Also is there a way to possibly limit the gunk he leaves when he is around? So i can keep it from sticking. I'm amazed that of the few pressences i sense i picked up on his so strongly and know it has to be bad juju for the work place.

Sounds like some of the people that used to work where I work. I put up negative enrgy collecting rods all over the building. I also filled the building with Reiki every day. All those rude nasty people LEFT!

blackearth

Dear Conflagration,
I have found this helpful with negative energy at work: each morning visualize yourself surrounded by a cocoon of light, love & Reiki energy, a shield from negativity, nothing but love & positive energy gets through this cocoon. Maybe that is too touchy feely for you but it works.

Place the symbols where you work ( desk, chair, telephone, etc). Bring Reikied water to work & drink that, not water the company provides, if they do so.

Every time you take a break, go to the bathroom, etc. meditate or download the negative energy of the workplace & find a way to reconnect to your heart/spirit. "Wash that man right outta your hair" when you wash your hands. Sounds kinda silly, but when you are surrounded by that much negativity, you have to consistently remind yourself of the good things so it is uppermost in your mind. Being surrounded by that junk wears you down after awhile unless you consciously make choices that are positive.

Hostile environments are not good for the spirit, mind or body. In this day & age perhaps we too often accept it as normal. There is only so much one person can do unless you are really up to the challenge of taking on your company management. Which is why unions appeal to so many. Having worked with nasty managers before, you wait them out until they fall on their butts or you go elsewhere. Some people have luck with confronting them, most dont. The amazing thing is how long these idiots stay on top. Just dont get it.

Good luck,
holobon

And too Mr. Dave my Shaman teacher recommends that if possible during breaktime and lunchtime to go outside as this helps get rid of negative energies attached to you. And you can get grounded again.
Also if possible to have open windows to let the outside in. I know in most larger buildings now everything is sealed so no open windows.

There are essential oils used for protection. If you are interested in using this please email me.

Putting around your desk some clear quartz crystals could also help however they will need clearing often.
Obsidian is great to absorb and or repel negativities and you can keep one in your pocket all the time.

Perhaps as you speak to the rest of your fellow employees you could suggest to them to try their best to keep putting positive thoughts in to the work enviroment to help erase all of the negative gunk hanging around. Putting good karma out there is always a good thing to offset the bad stuff.

Sadly it is the work enviroment that seems so negative anymore. Do what you can to help change it.

Donna

Touchy feely is fine LOL.

I do have the same general idea as the things you mention just not the same techniques that i've tried. I do send Reiki to the workplace every so often. I often flood my energy field with Reiki for a bit ( but well i'm me so i get distracted easy).

I work in a restaurant so can't really put symbols places.

Well noone I work with seems to be energetically minded whatsoever. So the words are really lost on them.

I have considered another job but it took me 10 months to find this one. So I am hesitant to subject myself to another round of applications. I have been trying to practice my typing a bit more so I can apply for a job I failed to get previously that would actually better my financial position. But really my personal time is even more important now because I need it to relax before I go through the next round of hell.

As for me personally, I can usually stay a bit more on the positive side but i'm really the only person some days it seems. Days like yesterday I was sucked into the negativity by default. The first shift of the day I was bussing tables which is normally relaxing. The DM showed up to eat with his family and pissed off the managers telling them the place was chaotic and they weren't doing their jobs properly but that wasn't the case at all. This turned into one of my managers who ALWAYS makes her stress the world's problems griping at me to do what i was already doing. I'd go to unload the bus cart and she'd come back and complain i wasn't in the dining room clearing tables, even tho i had to make room and couldn't fit another damn plate on the cart and had a full trashbag. During the second shift of the day she was griping about how it was so unfair that the DM was like that to them earlier in the day. so I brought up the point she did the same thing to me and the people in the back even tho she didn't like it being done to herself. She responds with " Well that's because the DM was on my ass, so I had to be on you guys. It's a vicious cycle and so you can blame that on him and be mad at him too." Yeahhh that made alot of sense.

Now as far as restaurants go this place originally wasn't too bad. But there were days where I couldn't help but be irritated to a high degree.
Now it seems the days are more frequent and as they keep firing people I have picked up an extra 18.5 hours or so in the last two weeks. Now of course my work week is usually much shorter than the average. But being out of a shape with old back problems ( which have actually gotten significantly better over the last year) and new back injuries the past few months , the job can be a bit hard for me working 40 hours a week because of the physical nature of my work.

As for breaks. We don't usually get them. The shifts are usually not long enough to warrant a regular break. We aren't allowed cig breaks by the company , but occasionally a manager will hook us up with one. so the biggest break i get is to go to the bathroom for a few minutes or get a drink once or twice a shift.

Personally I am waiing to see that negativity go away it just doesn't appear to be happening or even going remotely in that direction. The managers figure it's useless to complain about the GM and they are right. The GM knows he doesn't do shit and thinks it's funny he can get away with it. He has done more lately. But he seems to do the work when there is no other choice. If the shift isn't going to hell he doesn't really do anything except gripe about what isn't getting done.

Oh man Mr. Dave..

When you previously talked of typing I assumed wrongfully that you worked in an office.

So in this restaurant business you also have to deal with the public's negativities too. Bummer...

It appears then the only way is for you to use protections yourself and work on doing the good karma.

I was happy to hear some of your previous back problems are doing better. I hope the newest one's get better soon.

You can ask the archangel Michael to be around you and protect you.
Some essential oils for protection are Geranium, Black Spruce, Rosemary and Oregano. I can explain to you how to make a synergy of some oils so you can apply them daily to yourself.

Good luck kiddo!!

Donna

Well the newest bout of back problems was reinjuring a severe strain from a few months back. the pain is gone. But the muscles were still weak from the car accident. So i can keep going. But it's just physically exhausting. It's not so much about the pain as my body just being rundown and tired. I do feel the fatigue first in the newest injuries. But going to work is like excercise for me. The main problem is that full-time hours are usually not available so the past two weeks have been about 10 extra hours a week from what i'm used to. And it's all pretty much physical activity. If they would stay higher then my body would get used to it in another 2 weeks to a month and i'd be better for it. But chances are they'll go back down that approx. 10 hours until the next run of " dave we need your help so and so walked out/was fired/is sick/is having car problems"
in which case it'll just be wearing me down again.

Dear Conflag,

Of course, you are the best judge of what is right for you. I stayed in a job I didnt like & it did a number on me. When I left, other than the paycheck, I couldnt recall the benefit of staying there. Sometimes you have to stay to pay the bills but dont under estimate what a negative work place does to you.

You have to plan a way to give yourself some boosts during the day. Hey, if that means Reiki in the stall..... and you can bring Reiki water from home with no one the wiser.

Technique is personal but like Nike says," Just Do It!! Therein lies the biggest hurdle of all and moi doth speak from experience!! Im much better at giving advice than taking it!! :) But I have used what I mentioned with a coworker. When things got really bad I just decided she was not gonna change, so I would, for my benefit. I did the things I discussed including potty break Reiki. I even made up little index cards with a positive statement & put it in my pocket for quick acess when the urge to strangle her came over me. You may be gagging but these things really work!! The hardest thing was to put aside my feelings & chat her up, get to know her, express interest in her. That worked as well as anything. It made things better for everyone. The thing we often dont know about others is what is under the surface, the fears & hardships that motivate others. Come to find out she was battling a great deal of fear. She was miserable, not a miserable person, just so fearful. She wasnt trying to hurt me, she was defending herself against those fears. Knowing that made things easier for me.

peace & joy,
holobon

LOL I see nothing to gag over. You prevent sound ideas but for some reason seem to think i'm gonna scoff at em *chuckles*

Thanks for the support from you and everyone.

And yes it does suck. I have been in worse. But this is going poopy pretty quick. Today one of the managers broke down into tears she was so frustrated with the place. Her husband is in the military and so their needs are tended too. She's trying to calm down and decide if she's going to quit or not. They are being unfair to her at times. But then she'll turn it on everyone else ( today she was too upset to get pissy with anyone but we all knew if the gm and dm showed up they'd flip even though the situation was not anyone's fault..someone got sent home for being sick again so things were screwed up a bit from the time i got there. We were making it through okay but the gm and dm went to a metting together in another part of the state and came back griping even though niether of them would have done any better).

Dear Conflag,
Even after all my exposure to Reiki guys, guess Im hardwired into to guys who wouldnt be caught doing some of the things I suggest. Sorry for coming across that way. Being from an older generation shows,I grew up in a very conservative family where, as the story would go, "guys were guys & women were women" & men were not "sensitive". I forget you are a younger modern guy. :)

peace & joy,
holobon

Hey you ole married dog you!!

When the heck did you marry your lady?? Things sure happen fast round he-aah!

I have some suggestions that I'd not put on this board for just anyones eyes. I'd want to make sure that it wasn't tried by a newbie because it will shake up your energy and I want to be responsible with this information and not potentially mess up anyones energy that followed this suggestion.
There is also the idea of giving me a call and helping you via the eft protocol if you like. Its very effective and I'd be most joyful to hook a bruthuh like you up..

Loving you as always,

Jahnavi

Dear Dave,

So I not alone eh? I wish I would have come into the topic when it was fresh.

Namaste,
Michael

Howdo Conflagration,
Picked up this thread quite late due to being on hols. it seems that the people you are working for are a bunch of complete a**holes. The firm my wife works for are like that - they operate a mushroom policy - keep you in the dark and dump on you regularly!
Have you ever thought of going self employed? I know that, having a pension to fall back on, it's easy for me to say that, but going self employed was the best thing I ever did.
When I retired, I tried several jobs, but in general, I found employers to be sh*te.My old man was a painter and decorator by trade and I learned from him so I thought why not do it for a living, as I have done it virtually since being a teenager. I joined a City and Guilds class for decorative paint techniques and picked the brains of other decorators on the course and found loads of trade magazines. I then put up a few adverts locally and waited. It took a couple of months but then the work started to roll in. I only wanted say one job a month to pad my pension out...HA!! chance would be a fine thing!! I have work now well into 2006 and it is nearly all repeat business and recommendations, which is the best sort to have.A spin off is that I have also picked up a lot of oddjob work, which the big boys don't want to know about. The other good thing is that because of a chronic shortage of tradesmen here, the folk I work for are really appreciative because I don't rip them off ( Reiki Principle - earn your living honestly).
Its a big step and requires a lot of thought but is worth looking into.
Hope this helps you a bit and feel free to email me if you want any further info.
Good Luck and Blessed Be,
Brian