Preparation (no “H” here)

“And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.” (Matt. 17:20-21, emphasis added)

Fasting and prayer, or sacrifice. We discuss this in the book I See….Awake! in chapter 5 titled “Law of Sacrifice and Covenants.” Might be worthwhile skimming over again, or maybe actually reading it.

Why are we discussing this? Simple. There have been more than a few people email, text, or call and ask if they can have a “clearing” during the upcoming workshop we are doing on Dec. 2. I have told them that we expend so much energy doing clearings that we would not be able to do the workshop and vice versa. Then they will say how sorry they are that this happens, etc.

“This happens” because it is a universal law that when spiritual work is being done, physical and spiritual energy is being used. Remember when the Lord Jesus Christ made the statement in Luke 8:43-46, “Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.” Light or energy left him and went to the woman that had touched him and she was healed. A good friend that has since transitioned was set apart as an LDS church patriarch. He was told after the setting apart to make sure he didn’t do more than two to three blessings a week. Why? It takes physical energy to call down the powers of heaven and recovery time is needed. In many ways doing spiritual work is harder than physical work. Closing portals takes tremendous energy. Doing clearings, looking with spiritual sight into their body and seeing what is there in order to declare it and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to remove it takes tremendous energy.

I know, I’ll just ask Jesus the Christ to do all of it. If this was how it worked, why would He even need us in the first place? It requires a mortal to lay hands, help close portals, declare, to cast out in His name, to do the work, along with Him and always in His name, with His permission and guidance.

When we first started doing what we now call portalcisms, the Spirit told us that we would be required to fast and pray before attending to the dark portals. The first one required four days of fasting among other things. Why? To get ready. It also requires increased study of scriptures and whatever else the Savior requires you to study. Meditation is required to get ready. Being able to connect with the Lord Jesus Christ and be shown what you are about to encounter is an immense blessing, but it takes effort. Prayer is essential, as is casting out your own ego, asking to be a hollow bone or conduit to what needs to be said and done, repenting, asking forgiveness, seeking permission of Him to even be clearing this particular property or person, and thanking Him for the opportunity to serve Him and the people. There is much that goes into the preparation.

Basically the same things are required before someone comes for a clearing. So when someone shows up and asks for a clearing or portalcism we typically will tell them it needs to be scheduled. I guess if they want a low-level BS kind of effort, we could just do it right then. Because without the proper preparation that is what it would most likely become. Granted there are times when people ask for a blessing and it is required right then. But that is not a portalcism or a clearing.

What I didn’t understand in the beginning was the amount of energy that would be expended doing the work of portalcisms and clearings. One time we decided to do some 12 clearings in one day. It took four or five hours to complete all of them. After Z went home I went outside where many of my family had gathered for a barbeque. After a short while I realized I felt really ill. Excusing myself, I went to my bedroom where I basically crawled next to the bed on the floor and went to sleep for two hours. It took a day or so for it to finally wear off. I would come to realize that this was just part of the “deal.” We recently did five portalcisms in four days in Arizona, plus nine clearings. Eight of those clearings were with one family. After that trip it took four to five days to feel like a human again. Z had the same experience. We took several people with us to help out with the smaller portals and they all experienced the same thing – being very tired after it was over. (Yes, we are in the process of training people.)

We are not sharing this to elicit your sympathy or pity. We especially are not sharing to show how “wonderful” we are. We aren’t, all we want to do is what our Lord and Savior desires of us. We just want you to understand why sometimes these things take days or weeks to prepare for. And sometimes it takes days to recover after doing them. My friend Snuffer warned me once about doing too many, one after another, and making sure Z got the proper recovery time in between. We were discussing this concept last night and Z mentioned how after doing the last property and home in Arizona I looked pretty wilted. “The only thing holding him up was literally the Lord Yeshua the Christ,” she mentioned. I agreed.

Hopefully this will help some understand what goes into doing the Lord Jesus Christ’s spiritual work. And that doesn’t take into account what the individuals on the receiving end might need to do in preparation before the event even takes place.

Joseph Smith explained the principle in the Lectures on Faith:

“Let us here observe, that a religion that does not require the sacrifice of all things never has the power sufficient to produce the faith necessary unto life and salvation; for, from the first existence of man, the faith necessary unto the enjoyment of life and salvation never could be obtained without the sacrifice of all earthly things. It was through this sacrifice, and this only, that God has ordained that men should enjoy eternal life; and it is through the medium of the sacrifice of all earthly things that men do actually know that they are doing the things that are pleasing in the sight of God. When a man has offered in sacrifice all that he has for the truth’s sake, not even withholding his life, and believing before God that he has been called to make this sacrifice because he seeks to do his will, he does know, most assuredly, that God does and will accept his sacrifice and offering, and that he has not, nor will seek his face in vain.” (Lecture Sixth, emphasis added)

This statement from lectures also includes the last thing we must be willing to give up in order to truly do His work – our life, if needed. Are you willing to give up your life to the person that you have just put your hands on their head to voice a blessing or do a clearing? If you eventually learn to close portals, are you willing to give your life for that family in order to clear their property and home? If you believe what Joseph explained in Lectures on Faith, even that is a requirement – “not even withholding his life.” If you don’t believe this is a requirement then as Joseph said, you will never gain the faith necessary for eternal life. All of this must be done without any kind of pride. We are nothing, our Lord Jesus the Christ is the true healer, clearer, and destroyer of portals. All is done in His name and under His direction. He has proven himself, we are the ones on trial here, trying to prove ourselves. There can be no pride in this of any kind. In fact, if you approach a larger portal with any pride at all, they will have you in their power and own you. Who are “they”? The Adversary and his minions.

Preparation and sacrifice is necessary. If you are told by the Savior to ask for help, patience is recommended. After all, you will be dealing with a very flawed mortal – me.