| An internet friend, whom I consider to be a very | | | | Use some of your subtle energy to counter the |
| good friend, though we have never met, writes, " | | | | effects of an enemy attack. Visualize a protective |
| I'm running a little low-grade depression these days, | | | | white light around you: an energy shield. You will hear |
| likely due to a combination of fatigue and prolonged | | | | the person who is yelling at you or blaming you or |
| hours in enemy territory. For me, it takes some | | | | pushing herself into your sphere, but she will no |
| energy to keep the 'I'm just fine' wall of protection | | | | longer be able to cut into you so viscerally. You have |
| up when I'm spending 10 hours a day in an | | | | created a buffer zone, where her negative influences |
| atmosphere where I am being shunned." | | | | can dissipate. |
| Whenever you feel you are in "enemy territory", you | | | | Set boundaries to protect yourself. Draw a line |
| are allowed to walk away. | | | | saying, for instance, "This is what I can do for you, |
| Many of us find this difficult to do. We are afraid of | | | | and this is what I can not." You do not need to |
| being thought of as impolite; we do not want to | | | | explain the rightness of your stance. Getting |
| offend people. But there are plenty of ways to | | | | defensive simply adds to the negative charge of the |
| remove yourself from a killing field. When leaving is | | | | encounter. You want to remain neutral. When |
| not an option, you can maintain your energy level by | | | | someone starts pushing your buttons, and you start |
| making a few minor adjustments. | | | | sizzling inside, you must make the decision not to |
| One of the first things to do is to recognize when | | | | react. |
| you are being attacked, and that begins with tuning in | | | | Realize that these "enemies" are, in fact, your |
| to your physical reactions. Is there a tightening in | | | | teachers. Realize that the law of attraction is |
| your chest when a certain person enters the | | | | operating and we attract what we have not yet |
| conversation? Do you feel tired when you hang up | | | | worked out in ourselves. If you a very angry person, |
| the phone after speaking with someone? Does your | | | | you will find yourself surrounded by angry people, for |
| head ache, or do you feel what I call degraded when | | | | example. Pay attention to the people who seem so |
| someone in the office starts talking to you? | | | | antagonizing and draining, you might discover |
| The moment you feel zapped-or attacked, or | | | | something you need to address, within yourself. It |
| stressed out take a deep breath. Breathing is a | | | | has been my experience that when you have |
| powerful way to center yourself. Simply follow the | | | | worked through a particular issue, you are no longer |
| breath and tell yourself that you know what is | | | | worn out by that kind of antagonist. And the |
| happening and you can deal with it. Remember your | | | | enemies, robbed of a source, move on to more |
| individual power. The minute somebody comes in | | | | easily drainable targets. |
| who is bossy or blaming, we feel diminished and | | | | Become their teacher, by drowning them in an ocean |
| tense up. If we can focus on the breath, or on an | | | | of love.... a situation, for which they have no defense! |
| image of a striking sunset or a view from a | | | | Any questions?? |
| mountaintop, the tension will drift away. | | | | |