POLL: The Use of Protection Rituals

[Plenum]

just a quick poll on whether you use protection Rituals on a regular basis.

Just start recently myself (last 6 months) with any sort of consistency.

became aware of 'infringements' from very emotional entities. Prob been sensitive most of my life and have learnt to avoid those situations, but sometimes you have to be in the thick of things. Suit of Light Armor very helpful in those situations lol.

peace

[Richard]

I've never felt the need, honestly. Catalyst just is....how we react to to it is why we are here.

Richard

[BrownEye]

Catalyst such as walking the wilds of a forest full of dangerous animals? Depending on the environment you take yourself through, defense can be beneficial.

I used to just create an intelligent thought form to shield myself and the family. Now that I work directly with my guides I ask them to keep that stuff in check.

[AnthroHeart]

I sometimes smudge with white sage, but usually I don't have a ritual.

[Oceania]

i pray to Archangel Michael for protection and Archangel Metatron for health. sage is also great, i should get some.

[Conifer16]

Sometimes I ask for archangel michaels protection as well. And I also call upon the creator for a radiant circle of love/light to fall around me so that should a being with negative intent hit it they will be shown love and light :-) and a few things here and there.(I don't know why this sentence is here? Lol I really don't. But I'll leave it in ) But one(there is one more I can think of but it would take way to much explaining ) of the only things I ever ask for in terms of protection is archangel michael. The others are really more for others benefit. :-)

[zenmaster]

I've never felt the need, honestly. Catalyst just is....how we react to to it is why we are here.

Never felt the need either.

[Richard]

Catalyst such as walking the wilds of a forest full of dangerous animals? Depending on the environment you take yourself through, defense can be beneficial.

I used to just create an intelligent thought form to shield myself and the family. Now that I work directly with my guides I ask them to keep that stuff in check.

I'm more practical than that. Though I might just ask for a little help to steady my aim.

Richard

[Diana]

I sage my home as a higher intention after housecleaning, and set my intention if I go to a public place (to stay clear and let other people's energies pass through me easily). I rarely call on other beings for protection (although I do call on them for help and assistance).

All things have vibration and life force. We exchange energies all the time; our energy bodies intermingle. Perhaps it's equally important to process the energies you don't need, out of your body, especially if they have been collected from someone(thing) else. I know chiropractors and healers who do regular exercises such as Tai Chi to keep their bodies cleared of other people's energies whom they work on.

[Tyler Durden Maybe]

I voted: "no, have never tried one"

For me personally, the whole idea of "Ritual", has always rubbed me the wrong way. Even the word "Ritual" gives me a bad vibe.

But, maybe I don't understand what the definition of "Ritual" means in the context of "Protection Ritual"

For example, every time I start a Bike Ride, I say aloud "Hey Universe, hit me with car why don't ya!" and by what I call "The Law of Revere Universe Psychology" a car never hits me. Is that a "Protection Ritual?"

[zenmaster]

All that assaults our senses is catalyst. In order to work with catalyst, it must be recognized. 'Ritual' is a means to create a frame of mind to be more conscious of a particular catalyst. There are formal rituals and there are less formal. Meditation could even be considered a form of ritual. In any event, it's like a crutch for someone to use to access a part of themselves which is unbalanced. All technique is ultimately an illusion.

[Ankh]

I have used/created thought-forms attached to physical gadgets, but that was for specific reasons. For instance, the ritual Carla/Jim/Don did before summoning Ra, was this kind of ritual/creating thought form, although not attached to the physical thing/s, but a thought form/wall of light, to keep the negative entities out of that contact. And I think that in the specific situation/s it is wise to do so, but otherwise I am with Richard here, that we are here to work on/with ourselves/catalysts; and negative entities are rumored to be best in this kind of service/s, huh?

[Tyler Durden Maybe]

Off Topic, but who else here, when they read zenmaster's prose such as "All technique is ultimately an illusion" hear the voice of Alan Watts reading it? Is it just me?

[Plenum]

just a quick note:

if you guys EVER run into trouble, and cannot fend off a thought form/attack, then ask the ArcAngel Michael (that's pronounced Mick-a-el, it rhymes with Raph-a-el), for assistance.

even if you don't believe in this stuff (which I didn't, raised an atheist), this is a last resort measure to save your sanity.

[Ali Quadir]

I also don't believe there is a need. There's three possible responses to psychic attack. either you get hurt, you push back or you ignore it.. Ignoring it has always been my favourite..

[Ruth]

All that assaults our senses is catalyst. In order to work with catalyst, it must be recognized. 'Ritual' is a means to create a frame of mind to be more conscious of a particular catalyst. There are formal rituals and there are less formal. Meditation could even be considered a form of ritual. In any event, it's like a crutch for someone to use to access a part of themselves which is unbalanced. All technique is ultimately an illusion.

I agree with you to a large degree, zenmaster. Especially with your statement that all technique is ultimately an illusion - everything we experience here is illusion. And although your use of the term "crutch" seems somewhat condesending and negative in your statement, it is nonetheless true. The good news is that a crutch is a helpful device to use until you find your balance.

Visiting bring4th and making comments could be considered a ritual, and sometimes makes me feel the need to perform a protection ritual.

Love and light!

[JustLikeYou]

I use the banishing ritual of the lesser pentagram every time I do metaphysical work. The purpose is not specifically for protection. Rather, it is for focus and the creation of a proper space for the work to be done. From one perspective, this can be viewed as protection, but from another perspective, protection is only a by-product. The only time I've ever worried about psychic attack is while using entheogens. And I no longer use entheogens.

[Oceania]

i would probably give the lesser banishing ritual a go if i wanted to astral project or whatnot.

[Lulu]

Does anyone know if Ra talks about Polarity in Frequency regarding sensations when polarized or non, between entities?

I'm still searching for a solution to relieve myself of head sensations that began with spirit experiences a few years ago.

At first it was nearly all the time and when certain spirit entity were around me and interacting with me. At least now it's almost always ONLY when others are around me.

It seems to me to be a sort of polarity in frequency. I have yet to solve it, but it's somewhat jeopardizing and disabling. Basically I feel mostly very joyful when I'm alone. I know how to manage my thoughts and I live a very free existence that with almost no worries etc.

However others enter the stage and I get a blast of very uncomfortable sensations in the front forehead, temple area and on the crown of the head.

The others could be on the phone or talking with others, and often completely not involving me. Even when I am doing something else, such as on my computer, I will still get blasted with these sensations.

With certain people the energy is so intensely uncomfortable it will make me ill to eat in the same room with them.

I have tried many methods of self-protection which I am well learned in including Monroes Hemi-Sync processes among others --which have not worked. Also I have tried to consciously tune-in to their deeper self and sort through the issue and visualize them differently. This works with much focus and energy. I have even had one person leave the room in tears, albeit unknowing to them why, however it takes SO much focus and quite frankly it's not a task I want.

So yes, if any one knows of any material that could offer something about this, I would forever appreciate that. Meanwhile I tend to hermitize... avoid social experiences and find myself from blissing out to feeling I need to recover and be alone again.

Thanks in advance, Lulu

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apologies if I've disrupted this thread. I'm not sure where to post this or if at all. I'm getting the sense I should avoid making new threads and not be the "demanding/annoying newbie".

Actually, I am not sure if questions are even welcome on this forum in this way.

For now, I am deleting my own posts if/when they are not responded to. I feel a bit as having walked into a lively cocktail party where the others are all quite content in and amongst themselves and not interested in getting to know anyone new. I understand that and It's nice you have a great relationship with each other. I have not seen many forums as productive as this.

Lulu

[Ankh]

apologies if I've disrupted this thread. I'm not sure where to post this or if at all. I'm getting the sense I should avoid making new threads and not be the "demanding/annoying newbie".

Actually, I am not sure if questions are even welcome on this forum in this way.

For now, I am deleting my own posts if/when they are not responded to. I feel a bit as having walked into a lively cocktail party where the others are all quite content in and amongst themselves and not interested in getting to know anyone new. I understand that and It's nice you have a great relationship with each other. I have not seen many forums as productive as this.

Lulu

Please, Lulu, be free to express yourself just the way you are. If you would unintentionally break any guidelines, we have a very loving and accepting head moderator, called Bring4th_GLB, who will remind you of them in this case. Other than that, be yourself.

I can offer one quote in the Ra material that I find of importance in regards to magic and protection:

There is no magic greater than honest distortion toward love. (55:2)

[Oceania]

we're not some awful clique! sorry for not welcoming you Lulu.

i like being alone too.

[Lulu]

There is no magic greater than honest distortion toward love. (55:2)

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awww thanks. And yes, indeed I have been fairly moderated already a few times. ;-)

Thanks for the quote, which I like. How could would I apply that to these experiences when they happen do you think?

Something does feel distorted. This morning when it happened for perhaps the first time ever I felt really angry about it! I had been in such a pleasing state for many many hours.

Sometimes it seems as if I'm feeling their "lies" and lack of truth. Recently I felt these sensations with my daughter while we were in the car. After I got up some courage I asked her directly what was going on inside of her, right at the moment where I felt it where she had made a turn. Because we are close and open with each other and she is also sensitive to others energies she took it well though I told her I got uncomfortable sensations (not something most would like to be part of).

She thought about it carefully and then said she thinks she feels anxiety and was somewhat worrying about "...finding work, making money...". Even though what she was expressing outwardly was something quite different and could have even been seen as appreciation for what she has.

Whatever it is, it's very distracting and even somewhat disabling to my otherwise natural state plus it's seems to have no real purpose and is entirely unappreciated.

I would like to find a solution so that I understand it and then I can adjust so that I no longer experience it.

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we're not some awful clique! sorry for not welcoming you Lulu.

i like being alone too.

haha, no I didn't say that, but hey if it is a clique, well that wouldn't be the first I've run into so I would just be slightly disappointed.

I thought if I at least mention what I was feeling that would be better then just to get bored/lonely and disappear and not bother with it anymore.

[Oceania]

the CME and retrograde?

[Ruth]

Does anyone know if Ra talks about Polarity in Frequency regarding sensations when polarized or non, between entities?

I'm still searching for a solution to relieve myself of head sensations that began with spirit experiences a few years ago.

At first it was nearly all the time and when certain spirit entity were around me and interacting with me. At least now it's almost always ONLY when others are around me.

It seems to me to be a sort of polarity in frequency. I have yet to solve it, but it's somewhat jeopardizing and disabling. Basically I feel mostly very joyful when I'm alone. I know how to manage my thoughts and I live a very free existence that with almost no worries etc.

However others enter the stage and I get a blast of very uncomfortable sensations in the front forehead, temple area and on the crown of the head.

The others could be on the phone or talking with others, and often completely not involving me. Even when I am doing something else, such as on my computer, I will still get blasted with these sensations.

With certain people the energy is so intensely uncomfortable it will make me ill to eat in the same room with them.

I have tried many methods of self-protection which I am well learned in including Monroes Hemi-Sync processes among others --which have not worked. Also I have tried to consciously tune-in to their deeper self and sort through the issue and visualize them differently. This works with much focus and energy. I have even had one person leave the room in tears, albeit unknowing to them why, however it takes SO much focus and quite frankly it's not a task I want.

So yes, if any one knows of any material that could offer something about this, I would forever appreciate that. Meanwhile I tend to hermitize... avoid social experiences and find myself from blissing out to feeling I need to recover and be alone again.

Thanks in advance, Lulu

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apologies if I've disrupted this thread. I'm not sure where to post this or if at all. I'm getting the sense I should avoid making new threads and not be the "demanding/annoying newbie".

Actually, I am not sure if questions are even welcome on this forum in this way.

For now, I am deleting my own posts if/when they are not responded to. I feel a bit as having walked into a lively cocktail party where the others are all quite content in and amongst themselves and not interested in getting to know anyone new. I understand that and It's nice you have a great relationship with each other. I have not seen many forums as productive as this.

Lulu

Lulu - please understand that most of us aren't "here" all the time. I, for example, have been traveling the past week and have mostly been checking in from my phone. Your questions are always welcome, sometimes, though, it does take awhile to get an answer.

As for your question here - the only thing I have found that works for me is to try to empty myself and allow myself to be filled only with the Creator's love, then to allow that love to radiate out from me to anyone who will accept it. Seems to work for me most of the time.

Love and light, Lulu!

[Lulu]

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Lulu - please understand that most of us aren't "here" all the time. I, for example, have been traveling the past week and have mostly been checking in from my phone. Your questions are always welcome, sometimes, though, it does take awhile to get an answer.


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Hi Ruth, thank you! yes I do understand; I am often away for days at a time too. I didn't intend for you to feel accused, I was telling my feelings because otherwise a few more posts and I would simply vacate.

I posted on other threads and was both bypassed and ignored, meaning there were other posts after mine. Perhaps I was off topic, have already been deemed boring for some and/or already created ample enemies (lol) or maybe I am interrupting discussions. I deleted the text because that seemed the best way to correct ...whatever.

I won't take it personal if no one wants to discuss with me. I don't seem to naturally posture what it takes to get responses. In all, I just don't want to use time/energy invaluably. If I wasn't burning with curiosity and questions I should journal/blogg instead.

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As for your question here - the only thing I have found that works for me is to try to empty myself and allow myself to be filled only with the Creator's love, then to allow that love to radiate out from me to anyone who will accept it. Seems to work for me most of the time.

Love and light, Lulu!


[/quote]

oooh, Ruth I wish that worked! Unfortunately this is when the sensations are the most heavy and uncomfortable!

Contrarily, the sensations are the least problematic if I am very busy or very distracted like busy working or "doing an activity" where I am very, very present in a physically active way with something else, I am then the least affected.

Mornings can often be the worst as I spend much awakening time "with the creator" as you say.

In desperation and experimentation I've tried to be negative and self-centered in my thoughts when listening to them but that doesn't work either.

Thank you... any other ideas or thoughts...?
sigh.
Lulu

[Shemaya]

Lulu I am certainly no expert, but it sounds to me like you are experiencing overactivation. I think it would be good to find a teacher or transpersonal psychologist who understands this sort of thing, who could help guide you through the process in order to integrate your experience. One thing to understand is that you can set boundaries for yourself. Visualize an energetic bubble of protection around you frequently throughout the day, this can be semi- permeable so that what is for your highest good can reach you, but negative or chaotic energies stay out. Ask your guides and spiritual helpers/ angels for help and support.

Self- love and care is really important, take time alone, be protective of your space and energy. You are probably hypersensitized, so be mindful of that. Get grounded, lots of time in nature, eating denser foods, physical exercise. Spiritual exercises are probably less important now until your body stabilizes.

It can be overwhelming when you are sensitive to all the energy around you, so be really kind to yourself. Wrap yourself in Gaia's protective love, she is right there with you.

[BrownEye]

Overbalanced brow chakra it sounds like.

[godwide_void]

If I ever need protection or guidance I simply request assistance from my Higher Self or the Creator. However there have not been any recent instances when I was in any sort of danger which necessitated any outside help as I comprehend that all which befalls me is meant to, correlates with my thoughts and occurred so as to teach me. That which may potentially do harm unto me in this world is little more than an illusion which may never damage my true self.

[Parsons]

If I start feeling "bad" or negative or feel depressed, I (almost) always try to suss-out the reason. If I am feeling bad for no apparent reason, I will throw up a mental "ward" around myself, or the house I'm in (typically the house). The technique for this is my own entirely: I believe that the actual act of what you do to try to protect yourself from psychic attack is what matters, and not some specific ritual. I just put a lot of concentration into it (for a brief moment as I don't want to spend all my time doing this) and visualize myself infusing the whole house with green energy which is permeable to positive entities and impenetrable for negative entities.

[Lulu]

thank you all! I'll have a go at it your suggestions. Especially anything I haven't tried in awhile.

Some times godwide_void ya, as frustrating as it is I do too wonder at what point am I already perhaps in assistance OF the creator and that is WHY it IS happening.
EEEk comprehension funk. But then again this is 2012 after all!

Without this frustration and therefore this pursuit to solve it what would I be doing right now?

I will continue to ask for the assistance...
thank you, all!
Lulu

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If I start feeling "bad" or negative or feel depressed, I (almost) always try to suss-out the reason. If I am feeling bad for no apparent reason, I will throw up a mental "ward" around myself, or the house I'm in (typically the house). The technique for this is my own entirely: I believe that the actual act of what you do to try to protect yourself from psychic attack is what matters, and not some specific ritual. I just put a lot of concentration into it (for a brief moment as I don't want to spend all my time doing this) and visualize myself infusing the whole house with green energy which is permeable to positive entities and impenetrable for negative entities.

oh just saw that duncan,. thanks. will try the green energy visualization, it sounds like it may be easy enough to visualize.

Today I have been sort of setting up a mirror in front of me when it hits, thought it's possible it effects the others. that has not made it go away though...usually it's easiest to give in and wait it out.

The hardest thing for me is to focus on creating anything when it happens. In general I feel relatively disabled due to the uncomfortable sensations and my then my frustration at it happening.

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Overbalanced brow chakra it sounds like.

oh man pickle that is EXACTLY what it feels like! The question is "why is it noticeable at certain times when others are having emo blocks (or whatever is happening in them)". And how do I balance my chakra then??

At least it's not the throat anymore. I used to get that all the time (that I also knew was not mine but the entity, THIS brow thing... I don't know?).