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Hi all,

Since I started SFQ 1 i have felt the smell of smoke on and off. Sometimes quite strongly. Last week it has changed. I smell a strong perfume smell (on and off), which I suppose is similar to the lotus smell mentioned here in this forum. Shawn has written in one of his posts it is "an indication of a master's energy present". Hmmm.. .. Maybe this means something very good for me ;-) :-D

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Aloha Oxygen,

Good to hear from you again.

The "burning smell" or "smoke" thing is common, expecially when working on others as you're turning the blockages to smoke.

As for the "perfume," it could be a lot of things, including the master's energy. Are you walking around Macy's in your meditation when smelling ?

There will be all sorts of experiences you may have and continue having, or it may be for a brief time during your practice. I remember after finishing a Level Three retreat when I first started smelling the people I was going to come in contact with. I was running housing for a university at the time and each phone call I recieved that day was perfaced with a smell - specific blockages, a perfumehe was wearing, the alcohol he had been drinking, etc.

Much Love, Shawn

Hi Shawn,

Thanks for the reply!

Yeah, I know, it can mean a lot of things.... Just couldn't resist a chance to make a positive suggestion for me and everyone else. ;-)

generally I don't smell anything at all. I mean real smells. Because of a chronic rhinitis. (OK, that's the clinical diagnosis, I have an entirely different opinion based on my own observations). So the perfume smell is created by my brain. Not coming fro outside ;-) I find the smell quite pleasant, not at all heavy like the modern perfumes. It's like, a state of mind that is expressed as a smell, and is translated into being a perfume smell for the lack of a better word. Something like that?

[He].2s2.2p4

You are lucky Oxygen! I have smelled cigarette smoke and garbage!! LOL!
Lots of cleaning out to do!

My son has felt a breeze and smelled sweetness...

Hi Miriam,

It's always nice to be called lucky! Thanks!

The cigarette smoke is familiar to me also. And wood smoke. There have been some less savoury smells, too. But that's another story!

Well Oxygen, if you did have chronic rhinitis then it's sure going away now! Mabye your senses are coming back? ~Once again, I feel the winds of change for the better!

Hi Z,

Thanks for the encouraging words! I like especially the suggestion of my senses coming back... it has perhaps more meaning than you can imagine. ;-)

[He].2s2.2p4

Aloha Lucky...err, I mean Oxygen,

Apprecitae the positive experience for your self and healing. I look forward to more from you.

Much Love, Shawn

:-D, Shawn.

I'm sort of sensing the atmosphere changing around me. I see life and other people in a different light. And myself. A bit confused, but that's perfectly OK. I mean nothing bad. Confusion can be one of the greatest gifts anuone can have. The nore vonfusion you can take the greater rewards...

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