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Dealing with psychic attack
Zhahai Stewart
What to do if you think you are being attacked.
1 - Question if it is really either imagination,
or coming from within yourself. Something may be trying to get your attention, but it
may not be external, and by focussing on an external "enemy" you may be missing the point. 2 - Check to see
if you are yourself inadvertently sending something out; maybe someone is just reflecting some
energy back! Nothing is gained if you get into adversarial mode in that case. Many
people have been taught that reflecting is the proper response.
3 - Put up a grounding shield. Ground it out, send it to the Mother who
can recycle the energy. Grounding is usually taught to every student. If you don't
feel you can be a "conduit" safely, ground it by reflecting it downward to the
Earth; that is a big target and easy to hit. By grounding it out, you are protecting
yourself, yet not being caught up in it. What not
to do. 1 - Figure out who is sending it and counter
attack. You might be wrong, and may be starting a feud. You might be right, but
they may not realize that they are "sending" so you may start a feud or cause unnecessary
harm. Even if you are right, you are escalating a feud, of which we have too many.
This is commonly discussed as a bad idea. 2 - Put
up a reflective shield which will return the energy to the sender. This is commonly discussed
as a good idea, but we disagree. We think this is unwise.
For one thing, it is not necessary; if you can make an accurate return
reflection, you can certainly reflect it to Earth instead (where it can be recycled).
There is no reason you should not be able to ground out more energy than you can accurately
reflect to the sender, if viewed properly. For another,
your accuracy in returning it may be less than perfect. You might hit close but not close
enough; if you can't reflect it to earth, you are going to have trouble reflecting it to
an unknown person. Sometimes this is discussed as
if once you return it, the sender will just stop; because they will awaken to what they are
doing, or because the returning energy will be too much to handle. The thing which is seldom mentioned is that if the sender (assuming there is one) was consciously
attacking, they will likely already be prepared with their own mirrors, etc. Great, if we put
near perfect mirrors at each end and pump in energy, maybe we can get a psychic laser effect;
guess who is just on the other side of the mirrors to catch the intensified leakthru?
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If they weren't aware of sending, they will probably just assume they are
being attacked and take countermeasures. If they follow the 3 steps above,
fine, nothing is damaged. But many of them will immediately think they have to put
up a defensive mirror, or maybe worse (see below; they may decide to teach you a lesson for
attacking them). Few people naturally respond to perceived attacks positively (especially
if they are in such a bad mood already as to be sending without even realizing it).
Another serious concern is getting drawn into a unacknowledged feud by your
own weaknesses. It is often agreed that one should reflect back exactly what is received,
without adding anything of one's own. But the same people who advocate that may use
terms implying "returning it with enthusiasm". There appears to be an easily tapped
source of self-righteousness in most people feeling attacked, and it is _very hard_ not to get
drawn into imagining, at some level, the satisfying effects of the energy going back to
the attacker; that draws one into a "counter-attack" even without realizing it.
Grounding it does not. Watch for yourself when people
are discussing "returning to sender"; see if there isn't very often a hidden desire
for revenge or retribution lurking there grasping for their "control panel" - and
deflecting their normal attempts at staying centered by claiming to do no more than is "justified". Justified is not the question; self knowledge and balance are.
There is another thread which shows up often in discussions like these; the
need to "teach the sender a lesson". In some cases, I have even heard this justified
as "protecting the community". This way lies many... ....PRINT D did the goddess
give you an "agent of threefold return" marshall's badge, that exempts you from
any consequences "because you are just an agent"? That hubris is gonna teach
some hard lessons, but the self appointed marshall may be the major recipient. It would
be a little bit healthier to just shed the self-righteousness and call it an ego driven feud.
"Teaching them a lesson" gets filed under the pitfalls of righteousness, the ways
that one's own weaknesses seduce one.
Also consider, what if despite your initial impression, the negative energy is really coming
from inside, from part of you? Are you going to be better off "reflecting it back"
(maybe with additional conscious or unconscious oomph) or grounding it? "Gee,
I returned it but good, and now they have stepped it up; the sender really needs a lesson!".
That may be more true than you know, bucko.
Notice that nowhere do we say that one has no "right" to put up a reflective shield;
of course one does, and is fully justified. Also, possibly, unwise. There is a distinction
between what one has a "right" to do in "self defense", and what is wise
to get drawn into. Reflecting it is neither necessary, nor likely to produce positive
results, but if _that itself_ is the lesson to be learned, what can I say? Each
chooses their own path, and that is as it should be. At least if one has considered the
above, one should know what they are stepping into.
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