Am taking a risk at being a devil’s advocate here
Over the years I have really questioned and been extremely challenged by the concept of the need for ‘Protection’ in the field that I work in.
The world of healing arts often emphasises ‘protection’ as a form of self-care and for many years I was an advocate of that concept, until one day I heard myself say……….’Protection.. from what?’
Call me naïve, if you must, but at this stage in my life I sit in a place where I understand that our thoughts create our world, that is my mantra…..so why do I need to protect myself from 'evil', 'demonic energies', etc. if they are not in my thought processes. If my thoughts are not creating them to be in my reality, then how would I be attracting them into my life?
Yes I know there are many unsavoury energies floating around the world, and as far as I can understand, they feed on FEAR.
If I choose to let fear of those energetics into my thoughts and energy field, then of course, I would have something that I believe I need to protect myself from, as fear feeds ravenously on fear.
A significant and powerful experience, some may call it freaky even creepy, that happened to me a number of years ago, really solidified this way of thinking and being that I live with today.
A client presented who had many issues, and through the healing session, I was able to ‘see’ what appeared to be consuming his life force. In that moment, I was frozen with fear, could not move, and no sound was able to move though my mouth. As I stood totally in fear of what this energetic force was doing to its earthly owner, and quite possibly what it could do to me, I heard a voice from deep inside myself command……..”Stand in your Light”. A booming, “snap out of it” resonance that shook me enough to gather myself and follow the ‘knowingness’.
As I consciously engaged in that, invited and invoked my inner light, the ‘presence’ was unable to see me and the charge that filled the room was dissolved. We did get rid of the entity eventually and with ease.
In that moment, I realised I had gone into fear with the person I was working with, his many issues and the belief that he thought he was possessed by demons rallied my ‘fear’ and immediately my thoughts turned to how can I protect myself.
Likewise with a person who thinks that they have been hexed or cursed. Is that just a way of saying that you believe somebody is more powerful than you are? I am not sure, but I do like to sit in these questions.
To me, the ‘protection’ is really about discernment. We ultimately choose who we share time and life with, how we interact, and what we take on. If we can all step up into our beautiful, clear, powerful inner light that we are and allow that to dissolve the fear that is about, there will be no need for ‘protection”.
That is what truly shields us, the light that we are…. ALWAYS.
Namaste
