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12月16日 ShieldingThis is something that's come to my attention time and again, Specifically the complain that shielding takes so much energy.
First of all, if you're draining your energy reserves t o keep your shields up, something is REALLY wrong and it's time to go back to basics. A well constructed shield should be self-sustaining. Yes you'll have to do maintenance on it, but you will not have to keep throwing energy at it just to keep it up when in a crowded room.
So start with Grounding and Centering.
Grounding is fairly straightforward and easy to accomplish because it's outside of the individual: reach into the ground and find a stable stop outside of yourself and connect to it. What seems to be problematic (in my experience) is Centering. People don't know how, or they do so according to the instructions of fluffy, feel good books.
Your Center is the stable counter point to your Ground...but the center is inside you. It's utterly calm and peaceful. It has no emotion, because it has no bias. It just is. By connecting to it, you are moving out of your own emotional state and letting that stillness becomes your state of being. This sounds a lot more difficult then it is.
I've had people get up in arms about the idea of the Center lacking emotion. But then I realized that what some call Center and what I call Center are two different things. you can center your attention easily enough, and that can be very emotion ladened. This kind of center is simply a state of awareness.
In my version of Center, awareness is a side product of exercise. Basically, my version is take a mental and spiritual step back and thus allows for objectivity in what can be a very trying situation. That objectivity does certainly allow for awareness, but awareness is not the main goal.
The goal is establishing a solid base from which to work. And that solid base is what you need if you are to have effective, self sustaining shields. And that base is made up of two parts: Your Ground and your Center. If you have one but not the other, it won't work very well.
However once you've Grounded and Centered, then you'll be able to build your shields to your satisfaction and for the most part just set it and forget it.
The other thing about Shields is a) use a visualization that WORKS for you, not just something that other say is good; b) your shield is made out of energy, if you can't feel energy, you're going to have a problem in constructing it and then figuring out if it has any holes; c) your not limited to ON and OFF, think of your shield as your psychic thermostat, you can move it up and down as need requires.
For such a simple concept, this is a lot more involved then many realize. 评论 (6)
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