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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.
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.
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
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!
