The comment made to my last post on the earthbounds has
provided a jumping off place for the topic of spiritual protection. Over the years, I have been asked about this
practice many times, and certainly shamanic practitioners of all traditions are
trained in a variety of methods of protection.
My viewpoint on this has changed very much since my shamanic
training.
When a student or client asks me about energetic protections,
I always say “Don’t bother.” for a number of reasons. First of all, creating and maintaining
energetic protections like mirrors, shields or bubbles of light take a lot of
energy that you could be using for something else. These methods start losing effectiveness as
soon as they are created, so to keep them intact requires a lot of vigilance,
checking and reinforcing. Bottom line,
if something is destined to “attach or attack”, it will get through your
defenses.
Why is that?
Everything that happens to us is by the plan of our higher aspects
according to what we are meant to experience this time around. If we are to have the experience of being
attacked, harmed, drained of energy or even killed, this will happen. Remember that because we live in a world of
polarity, there is a positive purpose to every event, even the nasty ones.
Distressful events are designed to show
us something about ourselves. Quite often, what appears to be an invasion of some kind is
really the triggering of a person’s own shadow aspect that is hidden to
them. This can happen if someone that
you have an interaction with has the same pattern. Like always attracts like, even if it seems
to be the opposite sometimes. So if you
are assaulted verbally by a really angry person, look inside for your own
hidden anger. Find it and then deal with
it. This person is just doing you the
favor of helping you see yourself. Also,
if you can truly have gratitude and appreciation for the favor that person has
done for you, you will be able to move through your difficulties much easier
and smoother. After all, your encounter
has been pre-arranged by spirit!
I must also say that there are a lot of people who are
experiencing ongoing difficulties with invasion of their space by dark
entities. I do not mean to make light of
these situations, as they are very distressing to those who are dealing with
this. Empaths can have a particularly
difficult time. People who have had
birth trauma or have been traumatized to the point of cracking early in life
also fall into this category. They are particularly open and with fuzzy
boundaries on top of it all. These
principles still apply, but it will take more work and awareness on their
part. Their souls have chosen a harder
path for them, but tremendous growth and gain will be had in the end. If you are dealing with a lot of fear on a
daily basis, you may need to take baby steps in letting go of spiritual
protections that may not be working for you.
It’s like letting go of your security blanket a bit at a time.
So instead of bothering with spiritual protections, I recommend
that you keep your core essence expanded, firmly anchor yourself in your body
at all times, even while you are sleeping, use life’s distressful episodes to
show you something about yourself, and walk with gratitude and appreciation for
everything that comes your way, the good, the bad and the ugly. After all, on some level, you have created
all of it. It’s part of your plan.
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