To continue from last week's article*, today I will share some of the tools I use to create firm boundaries and effective protective grids. I think most of you are already aware of the Golden Bubble Of Protection. This is a great one and it is so easy to just visualize it as a balloon around you and seeing it not just as a psychic or spiritual protective grid, but more importantly as a psychological protective grid — where other people's negative thoughts and behaviour are not able to penetrate through the bubble and simply bounce off.
I also like to visualize a blue ring of fire around me. I use this in a multi-faceted way: to visualize it burning up negative cords, as protection against negativity, and also as a clearing fire to clear my aura and energy field. I find the exercise itself so empowering and I also literally feel a sense of power surrounding me inside and out. I do this especially when I am with a client, in both energy work and coaching work. I think this not only benefits me but the client as well.
Whenever I feel off balanced due to factors such as being physically ill, or tiredness, choosing to see it all from a humorous perspective and laughing helps me to keep myself from falling into negativity. Because once you are negative it is very easy to tear your own protective grids. But when you are laughing you won't get a chance to think negatively.
What I also find useful when I am with people who are negative in speech, action and behaviour is to simply create a physical distance between us. I may take a subtle step back, or a subtle step sideways as a reminder to myself that I do not have to engage in their negativity. Of course it is important that you step away without being obvious and without giving out the energy that you are trying to run away from them! You do this not as a judgment towards them, but as a reminder to yourself to not take on the other person's negativity. Do you see what I mean?
Other quick tools I use include visualizing the Sword Of Power spinning around me protecting me and cutting negative cords; visualizing myself in the eye of the hurricane with me feeling very calm and centred; pretending to be one of the Power Masters or Power Lady Masters which always helps.
I hope these tools work well for you as they have for me. More importantly know that they are only tools, the tools will only work as well as the the strength and level of clarity in your mind.
© Shamala Tan 2011 www.higherpsychism.com
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