Shielding

[Kendrah]

For those of us with nearly unbarible empathy, shielding would seem appropiate. And I've been searching for techniques for this.

But I've been struck with a thought recently: to let it all just pass through me. Instead of having shields and struggling with them, just to be open and not hold on. However, this seems more like a pipe dream at the moment and I was wondering if anyone else with empathy had the ability to do this.

I've been working on dropping all my "walls" and putting up shields doesn't seem like it would help my cause. But I don't know what else to do. *sighs* Anyways...

-Kendrah

[KEishin]

If I understand what you're asking, you want to be able to take the emotional energy coming at you and ground it out, rather than block and deflecting it away?

I think there's a misconception here - shields are not walls, unless of course you want them to be. You wouldn't want to block *all* incoming energy. Then you'd cut off your own gifts. That's not a solution for most of us . . .

Anyway, what I do is two-fold. 1: I 'tell' my shields that only certain energy is allowed in. Kind of like the bouncer at the club, only energy that meeets certain requirements is allowed in. 2: I have a grounding cord from my shields that shunts all excess energy into the earth.

The way to set up your shields to do this would be by visualizing them as the way you want them. I for example 'see' the various types of energy as different colors and tell my shields that (for example) only green, blue and yellow energy is to be allowed in. All other colors are to be left outside for me to inspect, or to be immediately discarded through my ground. The grounding cord I see like an electrical cord that plugs into the earth and sends energy down and out where it can be cleansed.

Doing this, I've found my shields are smart enough to handle things or to come get me when they don't know what to do. Over time as they get more and more stuff thrown at them they get saavier about what to shunt, what to let in and what to put on hold. They are constantly evolving and never static.

I hope this answers your question. If not, let me know.

[aqua empath]

ok well i have been using personal energy and have been told that is not right i was informed that i should try opening my crown chakra to the universal enegies and use that to power my shields if this is to be done does any one have ideas on how to do it. as well as how it is used. i am entering into this and do not no all the things to do the different types of energy things. it would be helpful if it could be fully explained but if not anything is better than none
PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!!!!!!!!

[Sage Rainsong]

you should probably use universal energy but there seem to be to schools of thought on this. Some feel like me that you should use energies outside yourself as they are stronger and they wont hurt you. Other people feel that you wont develop your psychic powers that way. (I don't think that it is true) As far as letting it pass through you that can work. When I was overwhelmed I would go into nature and pray to the gods and nature spirits that they please help all of the people whose energies that i absorbed. This feels really nice but it can be time consuming. So I would recomend the membrane like shield on a day to day basis and if you still feel overwhelmed pray in nature however you do it. Hope this helps and good luck.

[Verthandi]

If you're looking for shielding techniques, try http://www.geocities.com/kathrynck/shielding101.html

[arctic splash]

Oh, thanks so much! I've been looking for something like that for a while.

[Tabbykitty]

ok well i have been using personal energy and have been told that is not right i was informed that i should try opening my crown chakra to the universal enegies and use that to power my shields if this is to be done does any one have ideas on how to do it. as well as how it is used. i am entering into this and do not no all the things to do the different types of energy things. it would be helpful if it could be fully explained but if not anything is better than none
PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!!!!!!!!

Actually the one who advised ya is right, while you can use you ur own personal energy, it can be draining in the long run, especially if you have to hold the shield for long periods or if you are in a ritual where there is a need to hold the shield against some truly unpleasant entities. I was recently in this ritual with some others where there were a lot of very violent and fierce entities.... The guys in the ritual who tried holding up their shields using their own life energy found themselves really drained as the entities were beating down hard to break the shield. Those who used energies from their Source were quite okay and it didnt require them to have intense concentration at all.

the universal energies that ur friend mentioned to you can come from 2 places, your Source and mother earth. You absorb energies from your source through your crown chakra. YOu absorb energies from mother earth through your feet and the base of your spine or base chakra.

If you want to learn how to cultivate energy and absorb and utilise energy that is external from you, I'd suggest signing up for a meditation course. A good meditation instructor should emphasise the need to connect to both Source and mother earth and to make sure that both connections are strong and thick.... ie. your grounding cords should be thick like tree trunks and reach into the centre of the earth where the fires are. And your connection to your source should be a strong one to ur highest Source

In terms of visualisation, your grounding cords and source attachment shouldnt be just tiny threads. If you find that ur meditaion class doesnt emphasise the need to have strong connections to both Source and mother earth, then ditch it for another one.... serious.

You'll probably need to go to the meditation classes for a few weeks or months before you find yourself cultivating your energies and able to hold up shields without effort.

Hope this helps ya :)

My two cents.