AUSPICIOUS SMOKE OFFERING

Burning plants as an offering + purification ritual has been in practice for millennia, across every culture. The burning of special plants releases the vibrational energy of their qualities, and the smoke is used as offering, carrying prayers and aspirations into the universe.

The benefits of performing a smoke offering ritual are numerous ~ generating harmony & peace, healing & protecting physical/spiritual bodies, purifying negative karma & other obstacles, creating sacred space, clearing disruptive energies and honoring our protectors, ancestors & loved ones.

When we perform a smoke offering, our genuine intent, prayer, wishes and aspirations are carried throughout the billionfold universe.

Seen and unseen beings, karmic connections & energetic vibrations, are all honored and awoken by the smoke, flame & embers of the offering.

The ingredients we use in the smoke offering were selected for their excellent properties of protection, purification, wish-fulfillment & generation of loving kindness.

In general when performing a smoke offering, visualize that the elegant wisps of smoke transform into beautiful offerings, fulfilling all wishes of all beings, carried into the world and manifesting through the unseen forces of nature.

THE VISUALIZATION

Visualize the smoke transforming into anything precious that you want to offer: flowers, gemstones, stars, moons, mountains, perfumed waters to bathe in, delicious beverages, fruits, yummy food, music, scents, lights, offering goddesses – really anything you want! 

Anything that you behold as special, sacred or beautiful is of immense benefit.

All the various beings that you can offer to could include:
teachers, compassionate beings, wisdom holders, protectors + guardians, family, friends, loved ones, ones to whom we owe karmic debts and ones who create obstacles. 

PRAYERS & INTENTIONS:

When engaging in an offering or meditation practice, it is important to set the intention. These intentions can be as specific or broad as you’d like, as they create the foundation from which the practice arises.

You can make the intention that the act of this auspicious smoke offering:

Dispels ignorance & confusion within ourselves & others

Dissolves illusions & obstacles to awakening

Resolves turmoil, quarreling & jealousy

Removes negative signs, bad omens & horoscopes

Clears the obstructed doors of the five senses

Eases turbulent times

Cleanses disturbing emotions

Pacifies harmful spirits or those we owe karmic debts to

Purifies adverse circumstances, obstacles & illness

Pacifies the outer world through the beautiful fragrance traveling in the ten directions

You can make the intention that the act of this auspicious smoke offering supports & honors:

Wisdom beings of the past, present & future

Lineage holders of teachings

Protectors of ourselves & loved ones

Guardians of sacred places

Our parents of the past, present & future

Those who act as bridges over rivers and lamps in the darkness

Those who watch over our homes & families

Those who administer antidotes & treat illness

Those who enrich & protect the earth

Those who protect trees & crops

Those who safeguard accomplishment elixirs & medicinal extracts

Those who protect & guide us during travels, transitions + times of strife

Those who watch over business & livelihood

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DEDICATION

Your dedication is what seals the practice and magnifies the vastness and ripple effect of the benefit.

It can be as intricate or simple as you like, for example:

‘May this act of smoke offering fulfill every desire and aspiration, such as long life, health, happiness and wealth, and may the auspiciousness of peace and goodness throughout the universe serve as causes to attain unsurpassed awakening!”

‘May this practice benefit me, my loved ones and all beings.’

By engaging in this practice, may all be auspicious!