better than the other option of trying to kill every one of them, and pushing out as much hate as possible.
Sorry, I gotta stop here.
Who says the only two options are to close yourself off or protect hate onto them?
You could...
a) project love onto them. You can say this sounds gay all you want, but you know what, when you honestly love everyone simply for existing, they can't hurt you. You will find infinate patience to help you teach them to also love you simply for existing.
b) keep your mind centered and watch from afar. that is, keep your mind in a meditative state while in meditation break. When you are simply watching your body from afar, you can say, "Oh, my heart chakra is shaking." and move on to something else. Thus, the attacker has not really disrupted your life. Attacking takes effort. They can steal your thoughts and, in your meditative stance just say, "Ah, someone seems to be protruding into my thoughts." and then continue with whatever you were doing, concentrating on your actions and not spliting your attentions and not letting anything fluster you.
Again, what do you have to hide? Really, they don't matter. Let go of your attachments to your secrets. They aren't serving you. On the other hand, there's no need to tell everyone your secrets, but if someone is going to go to that much effort to get them out of you, don't mind them.
So, following this buddhist defence mind fortication... this is how Buddha defended himself. Oh, and Buddha completely believed in psychic occurances and energy bodies and such. So this should cover all your bases for whether it will protect you or not, and for most of you it seems it will cover more than what you believe in.
Instead of covering things from "If you protect yourself this way, it will protect you by doing this" we'll review by covering things from the "If you want this protected, it will be protected by doing this."
So, if you want to defend from telepathic suggestion... If you keep your mind centered and are watching your mind, you will notice "Hmm, there are thoughts in my head that are not my own." Before they attacked, you would have been running on autopilot, so after, you will probably need to sit down and regroup your thoughts. Take a small five minute meditation on, "What is my mind? What are my thoughts?"
But what were to happen if you were to get angry in this meditation? If the attacker was trying to seed thoughts into your head, and your thoughts suddenly changed from, "Oooh... I think this shirt is too expensive." to "OH MY GOD THAT MUTTERF00KER IS TRYING TO MAKE ME THINK SHE'S ATTRACTIVE" then... wait. That means that the attacker won. Maybe you're not thinking what they wanted you to think, but your thoughts did drastically change. Not only that, but they changed onto them, so if they're a psychic vampire, you're sending them hatred-tasting energy (but that's another topic, so let's not elaborate).
During this time, it's important to say "Ooh... this shirt is way too expensive... wait a second. There was a thought in my head that that girl is attractive, but that is very out of my character to think she is attractive. I have many other feelings to believe that this is a telepathic suggestion. That's okay. She must not know many psychic manners. Now to regroup myself... What do I think? I think this shirt is overpriced. What do I feel? My feet hurt from shopping too much." then go about your way.
Notice that that's exactly what you do with a distraction during meditation. Notice it, do not feel ashamed or angry, move on.
So, if you want to defend from stealing telepathic thoughts... You're standing around "Hmm this shirt is way too expensive. Oh, dear... why did that memory of me having sex with Joe pop up into my head? I also feel like there's someone in my head. Oh dear... Joe's girlfriend is standing on the otherside of the store, and I know her to be capable of stealing thoughts telepathically. Well, she's already stolen the thought. It's best just to breathe and go back to this shirt." Note the problem, and move on. Keep your mind centered.
Don't get angry at the person. Getting angry at the person isn't going to do a thing. What would getting angry at Joe's girlfriend do in this situation? Well, let's keep in mind that telepathic stealing is not a perfect art. If the narrator would have reacted, Joe's Girlfriend would have known that the thought was correct, and not just her making up scenerios in her head. Also, staying calm and loving keeps the other person more calm and loving than they could be. Jerry Springer wouldn't work if one of them kept saying, "I love you for simply existing." Anger builds on anger.
But what would happen if you just shut these people off completely?
What happens to those monkeys who hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil? They're deaf, blind, and mute.
On the otherhand, shielding is very valuable ability. Though I am strongly opposed to keeping shields up all the time like you're suggesting, learning how to throw up a very good shield is a very good thing to be able to do. This things I listed above (loving others unconditionally and having your mind centered during meditation AND meditation break) are things that will protect you like a shield but will also help you in any magical practice. Whereas a shield can help you in... one. Sheilding. |
