My Mystical Encounter With A Music Box

I go through my house at least once a year to get rid of some of the clutter. I even have a large bin labeled “donate,” and when stuff has outlived its usefulness, it goes in there.

Recently, I took some of these unwanted items to the charity thrift store they were intended for.

Whenever I go into an antique or thrift store, I immediately lower my psychic awareness and energetically shield myself as a precaution. I have to, or the energy residue and imprints in those places will wreak havoc on my auric well-being and state of mind.

Not protecting my energy and not blocking out incoming psychic impressions in such an energetically dense environment would be like hanging out at a funeral home, absorbing everyone’s sadness and grief and then taking it home with me. It is basically the psychic empath equivalent of sunbathing on the beach for hours without sunscreen!

Before I learned how to “unplug” and “shield up,” I would feel so unbalanced and completely drained afterwards that I would lie in bed for days to recharge my batteries. I would feel overwhelmed with emotional and psychic overload, which is both mentally and physically toxic. Fortunately, over the years I have learned how to protect my auric energy and “turn off” my psychic abilities to use at my discretion only when needed.

After dropping off my bags at the store, the man behind the counter went into sales mode and excitedly informed me that he had just received a ton of cool new items. His sales pitch was charming, and I decided to poke around the store for a few minutes to see what I could find. I had no intention of buying anything, and thankfully I didn’t. I didn’t need any more clutter!

Anyone may have diamonds: an heirloom is an ornament of quite a different kind ~ Elizabeth Aston

But spirit suddenly prompted me to fgo to the back of the store where there are a few shelves filled with porcelain figurines and such. There I discovered a beautiful music box decorated with rhinestones and little mirrors. I admit, I have always had a soft spot for bling!

I opened it carefully and to my surprise it began to play Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major. “This is going to be a real find for some lucky little girl,” I remember thinking. Then I saw in my mind’s eye a little child doing a happy dance.

It comforted me to know that it would inevitably be cherished by its next young owner, because not only was it really pretty with a great tune, but I sensed that it also had an interesting history. This fascinated me so much that I wanted to know where it came from and who owned it. I wanted to know everything about this beautiful treasure.

I’m a textbook double Virgo. Not only do we have a strong desire to be of service to others, whether through advice, support, or hands-on help, but we are generally very curious and inquisitive. Double Virgos tend to seek out information and ask many questions, striving to understand the “how” and “why” behind everything.

So, I was on a mission at this point, and I wasn’t going to be satisfied until I got the information I wanted. So, I decided to go “full throttle” with my psychic awareness and went straight into “woo-woo mode”.

With all systems go, the psychic volume turned up and tuned in, I immediately heard a woman’s voice clairaudiently say, “I made this. It was in my family for three generations.” I remember intuitively turning my head to the left because that was where the presence of this feminine energy was coming from.

Keep some souvenirs of your past, or how will you ever prove it wasn’t all a dream? ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

I responded telepathically that I loved it and what a great job she had done in making it. I really admired it and could feel her energy of pride that she had created this precious gem.

“I made it as a gift for my daughter,” she said. “And in time, she gave it to my granddaughter.” I now understood why the energy signature of this music box was so fascinating to me: it was a cherished family treasure, passed down from generation to generation, that had now found its way into a charitable thrift store.

The music box seemed even more beautiful to me now that I knew more of the inside story of where it came from and who made it. Then to see where it would go next brought a tear to my eye. I had seen the story of other little finds like this before, but this one seemed to have a unique impact on me.

Something then prompted me to wind it up and open the lid again. Pachelbel’s famous melody began to play, filling the entire shop with its beauty. Then my gut told me to put it back on the shelf and leave it open to continue playing.

I was about to leave when I heard a little girl run up to the music box and call out to her mother, “Mommy…mommy…listen! The music had gotten her attention. As I was leaving the store, I heard her mother say to her, “Oh my goodness, look at this, how beautiful! You can put your rings and bracelets in here, and you can even listen to this every night before you go to sleep!”

We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors’ wisdom ~ Maya Angelou

As I got into my car outside, I could see through the window the little girl, who couldn’t have been more than seven years old, doing her little “happy dance” as her mother bought it for her.

I am so glad that I paid attention to my inner guidance that day and decided to turn on my psychic awareness just enough to help the woman in spirit so that her creation could continue to be enjoyed, appreciated, and adored.

Sometimes, even after our time in the material world is over, the art and creativity we have created with our physical hands as an act of love can live on after our physical bodies have passed. The things we lovingly create with passion and purpose often endure long after we are gone, continuing to inspire, entertain, and uplift future generations.

The legacy of our heartfelt creations in this lifetime, no matter how humble, may be celebrated long after we have crossed over to the other side, much like that little music box and Pachelbel’s Canon in D Major. That is why we must create, contribute and share of ourselves as much as we can with passion and purpose.