Grounding and Protection
Before you start to do any psychic work, it is important that you ground and protect yourself. This is to anchor you in the physical and to provide a shield from any negative energies that you may come into contact with.
I would actually recommend that even if not working with spirit, this is done on a daily basis. We come into contact with other peoples energies all of the time, which could have a negative effect on us, and leave us feeling drained, emotionally exhausted, and even feeling the effects of someone else's depression or illness. Simple grounding and protection techniques as a daily part of your routine will help you throughout the day.
How can grounding and protection help me?
Grounding is the earthing of your energy to the natural energy field of the earth. If you are not grounded you may feel dizzy, a little 'spaced out', an 'unreal' feeling, off balance, or generally out of sorts.
Protection is a psychic shield that protects your auric field. Without this protection we can absorb other peoples negative energy. How many times have you talked to a friend who is down in the dumps. You sit and listen to them like the good friend that you are. They get up to leave and thank you for being such a good friend and for making them feel so much better. Then you feel completely drained and in a depressed state yourself! What has happened, is that your friend has plugged into your energy field, and has transferred all that negative energy to you. They walk away feeling energised, having got rid of all that negativity, and you unfortunately are stuck with it.
To ground yourself. Visualise a ball of white energy inside the top of your head. This ball of energy is going to move down right through your body, as it moves down it collects all the negative energy that your body and your aura is already holding. So imagine that the ball of energy is like a magnet.
Move that ball of energy down through your head and into your neck. Gather all the negative energy to that magnetic ball of energy. Continue the energy down through the upper body, and into the lower body, absorbing the negative energy as the energy ball moves downwards. Into the legs and down into the feet. When the energy reaches the feet, you visualise roots growing deep into the earth. The negative energy is then going to be discharged into the earth where it will be neuatralised.
Once all the negativity has been released, grow the roots further downwards, or outwards. Then from these roots draw up positive sparkling white energy from mother earth. Draw the white energy up through the roots and into the soles of the feet. Visualise that pure white energy moving up through your legs and into the lower body. Moving upwards to the upper body, then into the neck and head. Ask then that the energy be used in whatever part of your body, mind or aura that the energy is needed.
To protect yourself. Visualise a ball of pure white light about 6 inches above your head. As you concentrate on this light, notice it getting brighter and bigger. Slowly bring this ball of beautiful clear white light down so that it covers your head, neck and shoulders.It then moves down your body, wrapping itself around you, so that you are completely encased in a beautiful white protective light.
Another visualisation of protection can be a bubble. You simply visualise a bubble which grows and grows until it is big enough for you to stand inside.
Another method can be to visualise a clear glass dome covering you (rather like the protective cover for a doll or cherished ornament).
If you are feeling particularly vulnerable and need extra protection, you can use 2 or all three of the suggested methods.
Psychic attack Sometimes we seem to be having a run of bad luck, and we dont know why this is happening to us. It seems that nothing is going right. Of course it simply could be that this is a down time, and that this phase will pass. However, it could also mean that you are under psychic attack from someone who is sending out negative thoughts towards you.
You may know who is sending those thoughts towards you, or you may have absolutely no idea.
A really good way of dealing with psychic attack is to visualise mirrors around yourself. You actually imagine that you are completely surrounded by mirrors. You cant see yourself in the mirrors because they are all facing outwards, and you are the other side of the mirror. What happens,is that the negative thoughts that are coming towards you, hit the mirror, reflect on the surface and return back to the person that is sending the negativity to you.
This is a great way of dealing with this type of attack as you dont have to send any negativity towards that person, they are actually doing it to themselves. This also doubles the negativity as it bounces back to them as a double dose. It is interesting then to see what happens, as it usually gives a clear indication of who has been sending out the thoughts. If you do wish to send thoughts out to that person, please make sure that they are loving healing thoughts, that will help that person to deal with whatever negativity is keeping them in that state.
Crystals are another way we can add to the protection.
Tigers Eye, Black Onyx, Obsidian are particularly good for protection.
Hematite, Red Jasper, Apache tear, Blue Agate, Black Onyx, are good stones for grounding
Carnelian, and Smokey Quartz are all good stones when dealing with negativity
Amethyst, Rhodonite, Ruby and Malachite will help to aid a more peaceful sleep and ward off nightmares
Crosses and amulets. Many people feel safe if they are wearing protective jewellery which helps to ward off evil. They come in various forms, but for many individuals they feel that it is important to acknowledge that protection through their religious and personal beliefs.
Although the cross is generally associated with the Christian religion, it is one of the oldest symbols and has been used universally for centuries. One of the earliest crosses known is the Egyptian Ankh, the symbol of life. The Pentagram too is a protective amulet and has its origins symbolically in Ancient Greece.
I would actually recommend that even if not working with spirit, this is done on a daily basis. We come into contact with other peoples energies all of the time, which could have a negative effect on us, and leave us feeling drained, emotionally exhausted, and even feeling the effects of someone else's depression or illness. Simple grounding and protection techniques as a daily part of your routine will help you throughout the day.
How can grounding and protection help me?
Grounding is the earthing of your energy to the natural energy field of the earth. If you are not grounded you may feel dizzy, a little 'spaced out', an 'unreal' feeling, off balance, or generally out of sorts.
Protection is a psychic shield that protects your auric field. Without this protection we can absorb other peoples negative energy. How many times have you talked to a friend who is down in the dumps. You sit and listen to them like the good friend that you are. They get up to leave and thank you for being such a good friend and for making them feel so much better. Then you feel completely drained and in a depressed state yourself! What has happened, is that your friend has plugged into your energy field, and has transferred all that negative energy to you. They walk away feeling energised, having got rid of all that negativity, and you unfortunately are stuck with it.
To ground yourself. Visualise a ball of white energy inside the top of your head. This ball of energy is going to move down right through your body, as it moves down it collects all the negative energy that your body and your aura is already holding. So imagine that the ball of energy is like a magnet.
Move that ball of energy down through your head and into your neck. Gather all the negative energy to that magnetic ball of energy. Continue the energy down through the upper body, and into the lower body, absorbing the negative energy as the energy ball moves downwards. Into the legs and down into the feet. When the energy reaches the feet, you visualise roots growing deep into the earth. The negative energy is then going to be discharged into the earth where it will be neuatralised.
Once all the negativity has been released, grow the roots further downwards, or outwards. Then from these roots draw up positive sparkling white energy from mother earth. Draw the white energy up through the roots and into the soles of the feet. Visualise that pure white energy moving up through your legs and into the lower body. Moving upwards to the upper body, then into the neck and head. Ask then that the energy be used in whatever part of your body, mind or aura that the energy is needed.
To protect yourself. Visualise a ball of pure white light about 6 inches above your head. As you concentrate on this light, notice it getting brighter and bigger. Slowly bring this ball of beautiful clear white light down so that it covers your head, neck and shoulders.It then moves down your body, wrapping itself around you, so that you are completely encased in a beautiful white protective light.
Another visualisation of protection can be a bubble. You simply visualise a bubble which grows and grows until it is big enough for you to stand inside.
Another method can be to visualise a clear glass dome covering you (rather like the protective cover for a doll or cherished ornament).
If you are feeling particularly vulnerable and need extra protection, you can use 2 or all three of the suggested methods.
Psychic attack Sometimes we seem to be having a run of bad luck, and we dont know why this is happening to us. It seems that nothing is going right. Of course it simply could be that this is a down time, and that this phase will pass. However, it could also mean that you are under psychic attack from someone who is sending out negative thoughts towards you.
You may know who is sending those thoughts towards you, or you may have absolutely no idea.
A really good way of dealing with psychic attack is to visualise mirrors around yourself. You actually imagine that you are completely surrounded by mirrors. You cant see yourself in the mirrors because they are all facing outwards, and you are the other side of the mirror. What happens,is that the negative thoughts that are coming towards you, hit the mirror, reflect on the surface and return back to the person that is sending the negativity to you.
This is a great way of dealing with this type of attack as you dont have to send any negativity towards that person, they are actually doing it to themselves. This also doubles the negativity as it bounces back to them as a double dose. It is interesting then to see what happens, as it usually gives a clear indication of who has been sending out the thoughts. If you do wish to send thoughts out to that person, please make sure that they are loving healing thoughts, that will help that person to deal with whatever negativity is keeping them in that state.
Crystals are another way we can add to the protection.
Tigers Eye, Black Onyx, Obsidian are particularly good for protection.
Hematite, Red Jasper, Apache tear, Blue Agate, Black Onyx, are good stones for grounding
Carnelian, and Smokey Quartz are all good stones when dealing with negativity
Amethyst, Rhodonite, Ruby and Malachite will help to aid a more peaceful sleep and ward off nightmares
Crosses and amulets. Many people feel safe if they are wearing protective jewellery which helps to ward off evil. They come in various forms, but for many individuals they feel that it is important to acknowledge that protection through their religious and personal beliefs.
Although the cross is generally associated with the Christian religion, it is one of the oldest symbols and has been used universally for centuries. One of the earliest crosses known is the Egyptian Ankh, the symbol of life. The Pentagram too is a protective amulet and has its origins symbolically in Ancient Greece.
