Using a Pendulum

Using a Pendulum

    You may have seen a pendulum used if you have had a Reiki session or energy work done.  Some naturopaths use a pendulum to help with diagnosing conditions as well as when determining what herbal medicines to use.       A pendulum can be used for many different tasks.  Throughout history it was used to answer difficult questions - sometimes in life and death situations.  The military taught certain soldiers in the Viet Nam Conflict to use the pendulum to locate underground mines and tunnels.  Submarines have been located using a pendulum and a map.  You can use a pendulum in your everyday life to help locate lost items, select the best fresh fruits and vegetables, to answer questions about just about anything, and more. 
     Research has been done to try to understand how the pendulum works.  One theory is that the pendulum acts like an antenna or radio receiver.  When a question is presented it "locks" on to a specific wave or frequency to retrieve the answer.  Another theory is that the person using the pendulum connects with their unconscious mind, higher self, Spirit, or Universal Mind/Consciousness to get answers. These answers come to the person via the muscles in the human body.  The muscles in the arm that holds the pendulum cause it to move in a way to provide the answers. 
     There is no absolute answer as to how the pendulum works.  It just does.  I read somewhere that most of us don't know how a television works...or a cell phone...but we use them both with confidence.  Maybe the same applies here.
      My next blog post will explain how to pick out a pendulum, as well as how to cleanse and program it.
                                                             Blessings to all!                    

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