Spiritual Protection

[newlillith]

So there is another thread about White Light and whether it is a form of protection or not. I did not know it was considered by some not to be protective. So I thought I'd start this thread separately because I'm totally confused on what IS protective. I will meditate on this later and ask my guide what I can do to protect myself spiritually, but I'd like to know what others do or think about this issue. Here is the prayer I say before doing any kind of spiritual work:

I ask my guides for protection (or sometimes just "I ask for protection")
I ask to be surrounded by only the highest vibrational energy and white light

And if I'm doing a Tarot reading I add:

I ask that the messages I receive are only for the highest good.

To me, protection is very necessary. I am very fearful of hauntings or other malicious things happening. In my eyes if I accidentally brought something bad into the house it wouldn't affect just me, but also my kiddo, husband, dog and roommate. I don't want what I do to affect them in a bad way. We DO have a ghost here, but it's not a bad one and I'm the only one that notices it (it just knocks stuff over in the kitchen and opens and closes doors).

What do you all do the protect yourselves spiritually? Do you even think this is a necessary step?

 

[DownwardSpiral]

just to get you started....

These two threads may be of some help

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=156190

http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=155036
And how did I know this would be on page 11???? LOL

 

[HOLMES]

oh there are many ways of spiritual protection.

there are lots of techiques for spiritual protection if one is inclined to use them.

1. burnign sage
2. praying
3. white lighting
4. music to lighten up the mood, to give ambivence,, and crystal sounds is supposed to break up stagnant energy
5. salt around a house, bed
6. garlic against vampires (ehhe )
7. magick protection ritual before doing an cermony.
8. blessing an house
9. using reiki, white light/prayer, and sometimes herbs to bless water and go around in the house.
10. wearing crystals
11. wearing herbs.
12. wearing a symbolic talisman
13. lighting candles.
14. grounding helps.. it isnt' the only techiques but used in conjuntion with these things.
other people may have more..
15. cross around a house
16. cedar over windows and doors (native canadain indian techique used around here ).
17. singings songs of power to bless a house with a drum, another techique , that could be used in shamanism as well.
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[celticnoodle]

Yes, I noticed that thread you speak of too. and, yes, I do protect myself spiritually and I do think it is a necessary step. However, I respect everyone's opinions on this, and would never presume to argue with another persons belief.

I know other tarot card readers, psychics and psychic-mediums who feel they do not need to protect themselves because they feel that is what their spiritual guide is there for. They rely solely on them to keep them safe from harm, without even voicing the plea for such protection.

I believe that white light is a very protective light. I also believe it is the highest and purest of protection. I protect myself through out the day, and also before I do a reading, even if its a short line of asking for protection from my guides and the archangels. I also am sure to thank my guides and the archangels to whom I ask for protection for the same. Especially if I know I've been protected from a possibly hazardous situation.

When I feel the need to protect myself, I will usually envision a white light coming down over me, and falling over my head, shoulders, etc. and enveloping me in an egg like white light of protection.

I also ask the archangels to watch over my loved ones and keep them safe and protected, and our home and belongings as well.

People may not agree with my feelings on this, and that is okay. It is something that makes me feel protected and safe, so I will continue on. I believe that you have to find what works for you. If you feel the need to ask for divine protection, then do so. If you feel that you only need to burn sage to protect yourself and the area you live in, then do that. Prayer? Crystals? Burning white blessed candles? Whatever it is that makes YOU feel safe, that is what you need to do. If you think it is hogwash, then so be it, that is okay too. Its a very individual thing in my opinion and who is to say who is right and who is wrong?

 

[Milfoil]

What are you protecting yourself against or from?

Why do you fear these things and need to be protected?

How many times have YOU actually been hurt by the things you need psychic protection from?

Cleansing and protection seem to be quite different to me though they are being lumped together. It could be interesting and informative to consider the differences.

Facing my fears (and I'm not there yet or even suggesting that I am), sorting out addictions and examining/working through personal hangups have been the best forms of protection I know.

Buddhist Chod practice is a wonderful example of this.

 

[HOLMES]

ah hmm

aWhat are you protecting yourself against or from?

for me it is the earthbound, lower entitities, and lower energies

ak doing a reading, healing shouldn't drain me but leave me feeling empowered

bWhy do you fear these things and need to be protected?

a dream that said puny psychic powers are nothing so i moved to study spiritual afterwards. i saw something move by itself after i used the ojibe board when i was 16ish.
also i spent the summer when i used the ouja board hearing mental/whisperings in my ear to do some bad things,, however it wasn't overpowering in the movie and i was simply able to say "that isnt' me"
and my self, my space,, those i am working on needs to be protected.

cHow many times have YOU actually been hurt by the things you need psychic protection from?

none that i know since i been using it for 21 years as the books talked about protection back then and i felt it was safter to be sorrier.

dCleansing and protection seem to be quite different to me though they are being lumped together. It could be interesting and informative to consider the differences.

it could be , even here we lump them together,, we do the cleansing with the sweet grass before we do the opening and prayers , or the prayers and the smudging after as well as sing the songs together.

in some methods the excerises are offered and it is up to the individual to use the,,
other like in the magicks rituals i have word about you cleanse the aura before you do the protection.
for me it is like doing taking a shower before you put on clean clothes.

Facing my fears (and I'm not there yet or even suggesting that I am), sorting out addictions and examining/working through personal hangups have been the best forms of protection I know.

what kind of protection is that for you in ideal.. sounds like a protection from one own sabotoges which is good i think.
i think we all got addictions , be it work, coffe,, smoking,
hobbies which are passions like riding one bike, surfing can become an addiction as well.
it is good take a break from these things, and if they are overpowering one life try to ovecome it like the devil card that is for sure.

Buddhist Chod practice is a wonderful example of this.

that is an exmaple i havent' heard of , it is good to share eh.

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in the books i mentioned when looking through it for white light ,, there was some techiques in a few of them of breathing and looking at your fears , judgments, and letting them go..
that could be good for stress, and avoiding triggers to addictions as well.
(though if a person really wants to drink, they will, they are just doing being dramatic about it ,, unitl they hit rock bottom and really want help.).

 

[Milfoil]

aWhat are you protecting yourself against or from?

for me it is the earthbound, lower entitities, and lower energies

cHow many times have YOU actually been hurt by the things you need psychic protection from?

none that i know since i been using it for 21 years as the books talked about protection back then and i felt it was safter to be sorrier.

With respect, what are earthbound lower entities and energies - have you seen, heard, felt, smelt or experienced them? If you have never been hurt by them, before using protection or after, how do you know what they are or whether you need protection?

The moment I asked myself this question was the moment that I realised that until I DID meet something, I was not going to believe what others tell me. I'm not saying that they don't exist any more than other things which I have never seen , only that until I have some evidence in my own life, I have to keep a healthy scepticism. People jump on the bandwagon after reading something inspiring or listening to a charismatic speaker but not everyone speaks from actual experience.

I once attended a haunting. Poltergeist activity and the little boy had actually been put in danger, he was found outside in the snow in his pyjamas asleep and talking to the ghost. When I got there I was jet lagged and not thinking about fear or protection. The house felt fine but there was definitely someone there. As I dropped back and looked, I see, feel and communicate with the poor soul haunting the house. There were many problems and he was very scared of moving on. In life he was either transgendered or gay and so scared that he was going to hell if he crossed over, the structural changes to the house that the occupants had made had scared him too. If I had been scared and protecting myself and waving stuff around, he would not have trusted me to help. This is what I mean about facing fears - not just my personal issues or self sabotage.

Cleansing can be necessary when there is a bad feeling, fear, stress or spiritual work is going to take place, it helps us to focus, come into that frame of mind we need. It is, in my understanding, different from personal protection in just the same way that cleaning house is different from putting up bars on the windows.

I hope that makes sense.

 

[HOLMES]

With respect, what are earthbound lower entities and energies - have you seen, heard, felt, smelt or experienced them? If you have never been hurt by them, before using protection or after, how do you know what they are or whether you need protection?

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i thought you might know as a person who was in mediumship in the past what are earthbound spirits. ?
myself i avoid places where there are hauntings.

for myself the messages i recieved after the oujia board before i started to work with angels and doing protection was enough for me..
now and then i get a thought like that come to me, and i chase it away.

though the time when my aura was weak after my brother died due to my emotions,, as i didnt' do white light for like two weeks (as i didnt' do any readings or healings ) or perhaps longer,, i felt depressed so before i could do the white light to raise up my vibrations i played music (that is what i remember i dont' know if i light up the incense i brought at the store ) to break up the energy around me before i could do some white lighting, excerises for myself.
it was a case of letting down my energies.. however i cant' say i encountered any ghosts , just probaly lower astral entities which to me are parasites.

 

[Milfoil]

i thought you might know as a person who was in mediumship in the past what are earthbound spirits. ?
myself i avoid places where there are hauntings.

Why? What are you afraid of? Compassion for a soul doesn't stop at death. My question was rhetorical! You were also into mediumship in the past, how is speaking to the dead any different from hauntings - only our fears.

for myself the messages i recieved after the oujia board before i started to work with angels and doing protection was enough for me..
now and then i get a thought like that come to me, and i chase it away.

though the time when my aura was weak after my brother died due to my emotions,, as i didnt' do white light for like two weeks (as i didnt' do any readings or healings ) or perhaps longer,, i felt depressed so before i could do the white light to raise up my vibrations i played music (that is what i remember i dont' know if i light up the incense i brought at the store ) to break up the energy around me before i could do some white lighting, excerises for myself.
it was a case of letting down my energies.. however i cant' say i encountered any ghosts , just probaly lower astral entities which to me are parasites.

Of course you were depressed, you had just lost your brother, anyone would be affected. But if you have never been harmed by anything, what do these parasitic, lower astral energies do? How can we know unless we have actual experience? Do we make up something in order to explain our sadness, inadequacies or fears? If these things do exist and I'm not saying they don't, could they not be our best teachers? Just like a broken car can teach us how to mend an engine or how to call a garage - depends on how much effort we want to put into it.

It is way to easy to say that depression is caused by a leach-like lower entity or that alcohol addiction is a lower entity or anything else which we feel is inappropriate in our lives, putting the blame on something else and fighting it with a visualisation is so much easier. Way more difficult to stand up and take responsibility by changing how we live.

Ok, I'm off to bed.

 

[HOLMES]

Why? What are you afraid of? Compassion for a soul doesn't stop at death. My question was rhetorical! You were also into mediumship in the past, how is speaking to the dead any different from hauntings - only our fears.

Of course you were depressed, you had just lost your brother, anyone would be affected. But if you have never been harmed by anything, what do these parasitic, lower astral energies do? How can we know unless we have actual experience? Do we make up something in order to explain our sadness, inadequacies or fears? If these things do exist and I'm not saying they don't, could they not be our best teachers? Just like a broken car can teach us how to mend an engine or how to call a garage - depends on how much effort we want to put into it.

It is way to easy to say that depression is caused by a leach-like lower entity or that alcohol addiction is a lower entity or anything else which we feel is inappropriate in our lives, putting the blame on something else and fighting it with a visualisation is so much easier. Way more difficult to stand up and take responsibility by changing how we live.

Ok, I'm off to bed.

ok have a good sleep.

i am not saying "the devil made me do it " but i am complety convince those who do wrong have lower level entities or at least parasite around them egging them on,,like how i experienced after my experiences with the oujaboard.

in the case of the depression i was already depressed so with my light getting cloggy, it is like darkness going near a fading light to encourage it,, at least that is how i saw it.

for helping those earth bound spirits aka ghosts , it takes a special heart and gift,, i was and am not convinced i got that gift so i avoid them or so i dont' go out looking for them.
also i felt that if it was supposed to be i would of encountered one by now.
who knows perhaps someday i will eh.

for those who wish to avoid that though,, spiritual protection is a good thing like setting the alarm ,or locking the doors, getting guard dogs.
of course in today world if a hacker wants he can get in there,, if a robber really wants he can get in there same with assasins,, those protocols are just there to keep out the regulars.

on the spiritual level though it isnt' a case of the "as above so below" example i don't believe there is a war in heaven like there is here. so the spiritual protection must prevail against these things,,at least i have faith it does.