Be careful what you ask for, Intention matters!

I was contacted by one of the members of the Portland Development Commission and told that he had recommended me to the developer of a large historic building in downtown Portland. The building was 100 years old and had served primarily as a storage facility for a newspaper company. It was being remodeled to become a high tech business center. The building was large, seven floors and approximately 70,000.00 square ft.

When the developer and I spoke the building was in the interior demolition phase prior to the rebuild.
I told him that this was a good time to not only clear and “wake up” the still energy in the space but to voice his intentions for the future purpose and success of the building. I was guided to do a Tibetan smoke offering to the spirits of the land, and so, I asked him to bring some flowers, black tea and votive candles as offerings for the ceremony.

We arrived at the site early and there were many construction workers on the site. All had heard of the event that was to take place and were excited to participate. We waited for the developer who arrived an hour late and with no offerings. He then informed us that he had to leave right away, before the ceremony began. As he left, all of the workers gathered together, went outside to pick flowers and gathered the other offerings that had been requested. I asked them to step forward and voice their intentions for the building, as the owner was not present. They all asked for safety, as this was a complicated job, and for the work to take longer than scheduled, as work around town was slow. We all went through the building performing the clearing. The workers drummed, and chanted their intentions through the seven floors.

Several months later I spoke with the developer to find out what, if anything had happened. He said there had been many delays and the only good thing was that there had not been one injury at the site. I was proud that the workers intentions had come to fruition.