People often ask how they can keep themselves safe from "psychic attacks" or from being the target of others' negative and unconscious behavior. In addressing this issue, it is helpful to consider the basic principal that, we can not change the behavior of others, we can only change how we respond to them.
That being said, there are times when we end up being the brunt of some unconscious negativity - anger, hatred, conniving, others wishing us ill will - are just some examples. How can we protect ourselves from that negativity being sent our way? We must examine the state of our own intentions. Are we feeling vengeful, wishing that person ill, is our ego parading around thinking "how great" we are in relation to that person - maybe we "one-upped" someone who is sending negativity our way. When I examine my thoughts and feelings about an interaction if I have any of those thoughts or feelings described in the previous sentence, I sit for a moment, shut my eyes, breathe deeply and send loving and healing energy toward that person in the form of a golden or white light (yes even if they are "spittin mad" and behaving badly), and I surround myself with this same golden light, imagining every cell in my body being filled with gratitude and love. By infusing the situation with gratitude and love, we open our hearts for new experiences without that particular form of negativity.
It is also important for us to examine our own thoughts and behavior in a given situation, and keep acting and thinking (yes our thoughts play a huge role in our protection) in a high minded way. If we catch ourselves repeatedly thinking "how dare they do that...say that...etc." and/or we keep feeling smug about how we made out in a particular situation, stop that, and rehabituate your thinking by replacing those thoughts with things like, "what is the lesson here?" or "I feel sorry that they feel like they need to do that sort of thing, but I'm ok..." or if feeling smug, stop for a moment, and feel deeply the gratitude you feel for things having worked out that way this time - and and try to feel compassion for how the other party must feel. You will feel immediately better when you do this - because you are no longer adding fuel to the fire - and because of that, the fire should burn itself out.
All experiences we have are opportunities for us to learn and grow - it really does not help to judge them as negative or positive. I can think of many experiences in my life where I thought it was a negative experience, and a year later, I saw how, without that "negative" experience, I would not have had some other wonderful experience in my life. The sooner we can view the situation more neutrally, and send gratitude, love and compassion into it, is when we will receive thoughts and act in a way that helps us attain our highest potential. When we are in that state of non-judgement, feeling gratitude, love and compassion, we are impervious to psychic attacks - any negativity that is sent at us will bounce off - will not have any place to attach to us - because we are already filled with the light of our high intentions and actions.
Try this exercise (it'll take about 10/15 minutes): Sit in a quiet comfortable place. Take a moment to think about a situation in your life that did not go as you had wanted it to (for the first few times you do this, pick something not overwhelming). Also, take a moment to think about the events leading up to that moment, and what you might have done differently, that might have had you avoid it, or had it end differently. As you develop comfort with this exercise, you can pick increasingly more emotional issues to heal.
Shut your eyes, and take long, deep breaths - feel yourself relaxing. Imagine the situation going down as it did. You will feel some emotion in your body. Isolate where, in your body, you feel that emotion - is it in your throat, your chest, your gut - or maybe your head....wherever it is, focus on that part of your body. Imagine a beautiful golden light coming down from the highest heavens, through the top of your head, and out through that area of your body where you feel the emotion. Imagine that you are sending that person/situation golden light out of your heart. Now imagine that the situation went differently, as you did earlier in the exercise. Feel the gratitude that the situation went so well. Sit with that for a few moments. Imagine every cell in your body being filled with this golden light, love and gratitude. Take a few deep breaths, come back to the place you are sitting, and open your eyes. You will feel relaxed and full of energy.
That being said, there are times when we end up being the brunt of some unconscious negativity - anger, hatred, conniving, others wishing us ill will - are just some examples. How can we protect ourselves from that negativity being sent our way? We must examine the state of our own intentions. Are we feeling vengeful, wishing that person ill, is our ego parading around thinking "how great" we are in relation to that person - maybe we "one-upped" someone who is sending negativity our way. When I examine my thoughts and feelings about an interaction if I have any of those thoughts or feelings described in the previous sentence, I sit for a moment, shut my eyes, breathe deeply and send loving and healing energy toward that person in the form of a golden or white light (yes even if they are "spittin mad" and behaving badly), and I surround myself with this same golden light, imagining every cell in my body being filled with gratitude and love. By infusing the situation with gratitude and love, we open our hearts for new experiences without that particular form of negativity.
It is also important for us to examine our own thoughts and behavior in a given situation, and keep acting and thinking (yes our thoughts play a huge role in our protection) in a high minded way. If we catch ourselves repeatedly thinking "how dare they do that...say that...etc." and/or we keep feeling smug about how we made out in a particular situation, stop that, and rehabituate your thinking by replacing those thoughts with things like, "what is the lesson here?" or "I feel sorry that they feel like they need to do that sort of thing, but I'm ok..." or if feeling smug, stop for a moment, and feel deeply the gratitude you feel for things having worked out that way this time - and and try to feel compassion for how the other party must feel. You will feel immediately better when you do this - because you are no longer adding fuel to the fire - and because of that, the fire should burn itself out.
All experiences we have are opportunities for us to learn and grow - it really does not help to judge them as negative or positive. I can think of many experiences in my life where I thought it was a negative experience, and a year later, I saw how, without that "negative" experience, I would not have had some other wonderful experience in my life. The sooner we can view the situation more neutrally, and send gratitude, love and compassion into it, is when we will receive thoughts and act in a way that helps us attain our highest potential. When we are in that state of non-judgement, feeling gratitude, love and compassion, we are impervious to psychic attacks - any negativity that is sent at us will bounce off - will not have any place to attach to us - because we are already filled with the light of our high intentions and actions.
Try this exercise (it'll take about 10/15 minutes): Sit in a quiet comfortable place. Take a moment to think about a situation in your life that did not go as you had wanted it to (for the first few times you do this, pick something not overwhelming). Also, take a moment to think about the events leading up to that moment, and what you might have done differently, that might have had you avoid it, or had it end differently. As you develop comfort with this exercise, you can pick increasingly more emotional issues to heal.
Shut your eyes, and take long, deep breaths - feel yourself relaxing. Imagine the situation going down as it did. You will feel some emotion in your body. Isolate where, in your body, you feel that emotion - is it in your throat, your chest, your gut - or maybe your head....wherever it is, focus on that part of your body. Imagine a beautiful golden light coming down from the highest heavens, through the top of your head, and out through that area of your body where you feel the emotion. Imagine that you are sending that person/situation golden light out of your heart. Now imagine that the situation went differently, as you did earlier in the exercise. Feel the gratitude that the situation went so well. Sit with that for a few moments. Imagine every cell in your body being filled with this golden light, love and gratitude. Take a few deep breaths, come back to the place you are sitting, and open your eyes. You will feel relaxed and full of energy.
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