When you visit an ancient site or a religious building, like a church, a mosque or a synagogue, you might often wonder about the energy of the place and why it does not feel holy or sacred. There are places in the world that are energy vortices where ancient civilizations built their monuments to honor the energy of the place and to conduct their celebrations within the aura of higher energy vibrations. Often these ancient sites become attractive tourist destinations with a multitude of people wandering through, taking pictures and then moving on to the next attraction on their busy itinerary.
Natural energies are sensitive to human activities and human intentions and tend to shy away from throngs of people whose main motivation is curiosity and the quest for the perfect photograph. So where do these higher energies that inspired ancient civilizations to build their monuments and places of worship hide? They often can be found in places where few people go and where it is possible to spend a few quiet moments in contemplation or meditation.
In Chichen Itza, which is a popular tourist attraction in the Yucatán in Mexico, most people hover around the famous ancient Mayan pyramid and the large open area surrounding it. But if you walk ten minutes away and visit the Sacred Cenote, you will find that the energies emanating from the ground there are far more powerful and will appear if you spend a few minutes in appreciation of the gifts left to us by ancient peoples who had built a powerful civilization many years ago.
At the Taj Mahal, which is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, the energy that is housed in the mosque on the left-hand side of the famous edifice is stronger than the energy emanating from the famous tomb. If you visit Agra on a day that is not a Friday (when the mosque is closed to visitors, but open to worshipers), you will be able to spend time in prayer and meditation at the mosque without being disturbed.
In St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Montreal, the strongest energy is in the little chapel at the back where almost no one visits. This is the site where brother André built the original chapel dedicated to Saint Joseph with his own hands and with the help of a friend. The original chapel was burnt down but the energy is still there. Brother André was a known healer who through dedication and devotion connected to a natural healing energy that had lived in the mountain and came to join his life at the beginning of the 20th century.
So if you want to connect to powerful high energies, move away from the noisy crowds and look for out of the way places within ancient sites where ancient energies can reside in peace. Be quiet, be respectful and hopefully you will be rewarded by being able to sense the very energies that had inspired the building of the ancient sites in the first place.