PROTECTION ~ AND IT'S IMPORTANT

These notes are only guidelines to aid you on your own spiritual path and as with all spiritual work, it is often about finding your own Truth. If you disagree or feel uncomfortable with anything that is suggested here, by all means find an alternative Truth that is acceptable to you.

WHAT IS PROTECTION AND WHY DO WE NEED IT?

As Human Beings, we are all placed on this earth in a physical body. Many of us may choose to do the work of Spirit and therefore become aware that there is much more to life than just a physical body.

As we become in tune with ourselves and those around us, we realise that everything and anything is made up of energy.

If you have ever been standing in a queue or amongst people in a group and feeling uncomfortable as someone steps in to your (our) space, this is them invading your (our) aura (energy field), and if our energy field is unprotected we will pick up on any energy that they may be giving out.

This energy can be both positive and negative and it is important for us to learn that we can pick up and take on board this energy especially as we start to develop our intuition and spiritual awareness through all forms of modalities. We become more sensitive to the energies that constantly surround us, plus with those who come to us for holistic treatments. It becomes even more important to know what we should do to avoid becoming susceptible to any negativity that we may encounter.

We need to make sure that we do not take on any unnecessary emotions/problems that the client may have brought with them.

HOW WILL I KNOW IF I AM PROTECTED OR NOT?

Being unprotected normally manifests itself within the emotional and spiritual bodies.

Below is a list of some symptoms you may feel if your energy field is unprotected:

• Irritable/losing your temper

• Drained

• Nightmares

• Easily influenced by others

• Threatened/defensive

• Fanatical about someone

• Feeling other peoples emotions/pain

• Bumping into people

• Copying or living your life through others

• On a physical level you can feel pain in the back of your neck, solar plexus (pit of stomach), or wrists.

SO HOW DO I BUILD UP MY PROTECTION?

You can build up and protect your own energy field in a number of ways.

Here are a few easy examples to follow:

• Keep fit and well

• Drink lots of water

• Wear protective colours – for example: gold, silver, violet or blue

• Wear or carry crystals with a protective quality – for example Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Sugilite, Laramar, Gold Tigers Eye and Hawks Eye (blue tigers eye) for psychic protection.

• Wear or use protective symbols – for example: All Reiki symbols, The Egyptian Ankh, Rune symbol, Star of David, Circle, Egg, Pentagram, Pyramid or Cross. Symbols are very personal things, so only wear or carry what feels right for you and what you are comfortable with.

• Visualization – for example: a good exercise is to imagine you are sitting in an egg of light. The base of the egg is sitting just below the floor (so you are grounded) and you are surrounded in your egg by a lovely protective colour (gold, silver, violet or blue). You need to make sure that your eggshell is solid so that no negative energy can penetrate it. Any negative thoughts/emotions that you may have will not get out and no negative thoughts/emotions from others will be allowed in. In turn each negative energy or thought pattern will hit the eggshell and slide down it into the ground to be transmuted in to positive energy.