"With knowledge comes responsibility" a wise guide called Thundercloud once told me. How true this is, every day we are bombarded with other people's thoughts and expectations of how we should live our lives, earn our living and generally conduct ourselves. It is our responsibility to protect our own space. We wouldn't dream of going to work and leaving the doors and windows open in our house, we lock them all before leaving - knowing this should keep our belongings safe from harm.
Yet we regularly leave ourselves open to influences imposed by other people. As we develop our intuition it becomes crucial that we protect ourselves from outside influences, in order to develop to the best of OUR ability and not be hampered by limiting beliefs heaped upon us by others, however well-meaning.
Thoughts have wings, just by thinking about someone; you can connect with them and may actually affect how they are feeling. Absent healing is a good example of how effective positive thoughts can be, the same can be said of negative thoughts!
I have found many ways of protecting my space. I regularly practice these morning and night. I have found that it allows me the space to feel comfortable in my own skin.
One very simple method is to imagine a cloak of light, any colour that feels appropriate. See it completely enfold you, intend that this shall stay in place for as long as is necessary.
Another very effective way is a variation on a technique I came across on a course with Tony Neate, a well respected medium and healer of many year's experience.
First cleanse your aura with white light, then imagine a golden bubble, filled with golden light. Now see it shrinking until it is tiny. Imagine it going into the centre of your body, into your solar plexus. Now that this bubble is inside of you, imagine it growing in size until you are fully surrounded by and inside of it. Now surround the bubble with white light. Have the intention that you will be protected by the bubble for the rest of the day.
The white light surrounding the gold reflects unwanted thoughts back to the sender with unconditional love and forgiveness.
I had been feeling tired, listless, blocked and generally fed-up for a while. I asked my guides why I felt like that. I was shown a picture of me, all squashed in what looked like a vacuum-packed packet, with people crowding over me. As I watched I saw the golden bubble surround me and immediately it gave me space and I could feel myself breathing deeper. As the bubble grew I had more and more room and what looked like butterfly's wings appeared from my back. I understood then that I had allowed other people's opinions and expectations to affect my life; in fact I had given my power away to others, I had stopped using the protective techniques I had learned, forgetting that I am responsible for my own growth and welfare.