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Re: Protect your energy field?

kimberlyhunt9 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:12:43 GMT

Tapalot

Thank you, just happy to be helpful

Kimberly

Re: Protect your energy field?

Tapalot — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:06:13 GMT

Wow kimberly, you are right on the mark! My mum spends a good portion of each week day with me. I need space and then I feel guilty for it. Where ever I go she'll just follow. Her life is generally in dissaray. She doesn't have a job (or at least doesn't hold them down), has no money, no car, and not even a home of her own. She depends on me, my boyfriend and her boyfriend for everything- and he's not that dependable. I feel like my mums personal taxi, i feel used and yes - extremley frustrated. It's been like this for years and I see no end in sight. But what do you do? You can't turn away your own mother. She wants a better life, but doesn't do much to change it.

I think from here I must start a new thread, because this is going a bit off subject.

But I'm impressed with your insights!

Re: Protect your energy field?

kimberlyhunt9 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:48:53 GMT

One other thing you may or may not know

Anger isn't always just anger by itself sometimes we put anger over our feelings of guilt and shame, so if you find yourself tapping and the anger isn't going away look inward, you may have more guilt,shame, feeling unloved and not listened too, than actual Anger.

This may be part of the reason you feel so drained after talking to your mother,

Kimberly

Re: Protect your energy field?

Tapalot — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:53:36 GMT

Hi Bodhileaf,

Thankyou for giving me the link to that book. I'm pretty new to energy healings and EFT so I'm reading up on all the info I can get my hands on!

Take care

Tapalot

Re: Protect your energy field?

kimberlyhunt9 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:38:25 GMT

Hi Tapalot

Could it be repressed frustration? frustration at not being able to diassagree with her or say how you feel, that's built up over time? it takes alot of energy to repress emotions dealing with your mother, if you had alot of anger than there more than likely may be alot frustration that you are continuing to hold in as well, because you feel it's better to just let her have her way!

Kimberly

Re: Protect your energy field?

bodhileaf — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:22:12 GMT

Hi Tapalot

Sorry if I misunderstood your angle on keeping 'up'. However, I do think that energy protection also involves knowing what is good for us and what is not, and taking appropriate action. We could use 'protection' to make eating bad foods good for us, but we don't tend to do so. Energy protection involves honouring and respecting yourself too. Look at what your reasons are for needing the protection and why walking away is not an option. Would you tolerate consuming toxic chemicals in the same situation? Energy is just like food and drink - you get to choose what you take in, and how to do so responsibly.

When I am working with clients, there are some people that I know drain me, so I use some form of energy protection with them. My understanding of energy comes from Human Design in which I am a non-energy type, so it probably isn't the same concept as others are using here.

There are lots of techniques in William Bloom's book about Keeping Safe. He has also done one on Psychic Protection which I haven't read .... yet!

Re: Protect your energy field?

Tapalot — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:49:27 GMT

Hi Bodhileaf,

When I mentioed 'keeping up' it was probably a bad description. I didn't mean 'up' in the sense of happy vs depressed. Its more like this: Lets say you were feeling quite nomal, and someone walks into the room and joins your conversation. As your conversation progresses you get more tired and weary, and talking to that person becomes hard work - even painful. Eventually, you find a way to sneak out of the conversation because your feeling mentally and emotionally drained. That example isn't really just theoretical, I know someone who does that and gets progressivley worse with each drink. And it's not just me who feels the energy drain. My boyfreind is worse at tolerating it than I am. This isn't a person I can just remove myself from either. The most we can do is be rude by leaving the room. Thats why I would like to know if those energy protection exercies can help in these type of circumstances?

Thankyou

Tapalot

Re: Protect your energy field?

bodhileaf — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:04:47 GMT

Tapalot:
Sometimes it gets difficult to keep 'up'.

I think it's so important that we don't get conned into thinking that 'up' is the place we should be all the time. There's so much stuff out there about vibrational levels and how it's good to go for the positive thoughts. However, as Gary makes clear in the Palace of Possibilities, we must listen to our own negatives to find out what is holding us back. For whom, or why, should you be 'up' at all times? What is the 'down' saying to you, or asking you to do? Is there something there that is trying to get your attention? Can you sit in the middle of the 'down' feeling without judging it? There might be some stuff there for you to tap on.

Re: Protect your energy field?

Tapalot — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:45:53 GMT

Hi again,

I just wanted to give a brief update about my son. Since we did the tapping the other day, he hasn't had any of those explosive outbursts! Thats not to say he doesn't still get angry at things (or me!), but there have not being any emotional explosions, so to speak. This is pretty huge because this normally happens every day or second day.

Ive also become aware that I have a lot of repressed anger, as I was not allowed to vent that anger as a child (it would have been impolite, and I was afraid that if I wasnt well behaved enough, my mother wouldn't love me). So today I have a lot of hidden and unspoken issues with my mother that I cant bring myself to speak about. Lots of tapping fo me to do!

I have one more question about energy protection though. I find my mum to be quite draining. Sometimes it gets difficult to keep 'up'. Have you heard the term 'energy vampires?'. It can be like that. Will the 'zip up' and the white light help with that aswell?

Thanks

Tapalot

Re: Protect your energy field?

Spectrum — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:10:49 GMT

Hi Kimberly

Thank you for your input and sharing. No, I am not upset or angry at all. I remember Gary Craig saying on one of his DVD's that it is not people who have disagreements but the writing on their walls (belief systems). That puts everything nicely in perspective.

Just to clarify, taking on energy (as per my belief system) is simply being left with a residue, which clears pretty quickly. I have done many surrogate energy sessions without any form of protection in the past and without any negative impact on me. The sessions I did where I felt I was left with a residue were for extreme conditions, as I mentioned in my earlier post.

I can see you are very passionate about EFT and what it has done for you. So am I!

Best wishes on your continuing journey.

With love.

Re: Protect your energy field?

DeborahDonndelinger — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:08:44 GMT

kimberlyhunt9:

Once you become aware of it you can’t automaically pick up or take on anything on

you have to allow it to happen and it can only affect you depending on your own belief structure, you are already your own protection.

Kimberly

This is a great way to put it Kimberly ... I like that!

I have experienced both frameworks -- feeling too sensitive about picking up stuff and now knowing it's not about the other at all.

Very helpful, thank you!

Re: Protect your energy field?

kimberlyhunt9 — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:52:19 GMT

One other thing

Once you become aware of it you can’t automatically pick up or take on anything

you have to allow it to happen and it can only affect you depending on your own belief structure, you are already your own protection.

Kimberly

Re: Protect your energy field?

kimberlyhunt9 — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:06:31 GMT

Hi spectrum

In my opinion protecting yourself means I'd rather keep repressing then have to deal with it, is it really an adverse reaction or a normal reaction to experiences or traumas you haven't dealt with? are you protecting yourself or is it going to come out in another way at another time becuase it's still an undealt with situation?

Please undertstand I'm not trying to upset you or make you angry at all, I just know that people get really scared when they read certain things and that fear needs to be taken out of EFT and replaced with understanding, otherwise people will become too frightened to even try it or start taking on anxiety symptoms because they did and did something to where now they believed someone else's energy is possessing them.

I am what you call an empath and I've been so my entire life, along with my mother, my sister, my aunt and my grandfather, My aunt is actually a prophetic minister although I don't call it empathic or any other words that are of common use, I call it having a predispositon to being able to use a part of my brain in a way that other people don't to connect with other people on a different level. (It took EFT to even be able to write that by the way)

I do agree that each person is right because it's what they truly believe but that needs to be understood , but we can also implant a misunderstanding that someone else will take on as a belief.

You have alot of newcomers to EFT that can easily get scared off because of this talk and no real explanation or understanding, that it's your belief structure. if you believe you will be eaten by little blue smurfs as soon as you open the bathroom door and if the fear is strong enough you can actually create the image of the little blue smurf that's going to do the eating.

With Love

Kimberly

Re: Protect your energy field?

Spectrum — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:32:36 GMT

Hi Kimberly

It's quite possible as we always had dogs in our family and they do eat things at times that we may consider to be repulsive and they probably see as quite tasty!

If we look at this purely from the mind angle, I imagine that it is extremely likely that with most people / animals that we work with there will be some associated memory in the subconscious derived from our personal experience or a belief we have which could have been passed on by our family, etc. This could mean that there are many situations we could identify with and have an adverse reaction to, in which case I would prefer to protect myself.

My belief is that linking to someone in an empathic way in order to understand the emotions in that situation is a good thing and helpful to them in the healing process. However, I don't personally see that it is helpful to actually take on their energy, even if it does resonate with something in ours. I would rather make a mental note that I have some work to do on that particular issue than feel it all in my energy. Hope that makes sense!

Each person's truth lies in their perception of things and what we believe is what our reality is. So, perhaps we could say that everyone who has taken part in this discussion is right (grin).

Thank you for your insight Kimberly.

Re: Protect your energy field?

kimberlyhunt9 — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:31:48 GMT

Spectrum

you said you thought you took on the energy of a dog could it have been that at some time in your life you saw a dog do or eat something that repulsed you? and your sub conscious was kind of like EWWWW I just mind melded with a dog that ate snail bait?

With love

Kimberly