[tsaaapla]

Thanks for taking the time to view my post. As a novice in this area I was hoping that one of the more advanced forum members could offer a bit of insight... With increased spiritual awareness are you more vulnerable to possible negative encounters? Do you ever feel as if it's difficult to live a "normal" life? Thanks for your time! I'm just hoping to prepare myself for the road ahead..... "Negs" give the creeps.... Are any of you able to encounter a neg without fear? If I personally saw a shadowlike figure, at this point, I think I would run my arse off.

Thanks again!

[PlanTaleks]

With increased spiritual awareness comes geater power with which to deal with negative spirits so no you arn't really more prone to attacks at all.

I live a pretty normal life, however I find it hard sometimes. But the best policy with knowledge such as this is just keep it on the QT. People generally arn't ready to hear this kind of thing en masse so to speak. So to sum up, you live a normal life if you don't tell anyone else about this stuff. Tell people and...well...I spose you have to see it for yourself. It aint pretty though.

And as for seeing a neg and not being afraid well I personally don't see them with my physical eyes so I can't help there. Sorry.

[jimmy28]

Dear Nikolai,

Very good questions!

With increased spiritual awareness are you more vulnerable to possible negative encounters?

I believe a persons frame of mind is SO critical in all this. If you already have problems with being fearful then your problems can become amplified as you become aware and sense more. Many clairsentients cannot handle the amount they feel after first opening up and some clairvoyant cannot handle what they see. It can be overwhelming. This is why it is so important to have some mental mastery before going to deeply into all this. I highly recommend people learn how to quiet the mind and learn to reduce the mental noise that causes fear, anger, and conflict. When we get upset we through our whole body chemistry off which is very unhealthy. Sadly, many people can barely handle life as it is
let alone what they might see and feel if they open up to become even more aware of what is around them.

The clock exercise is one of the best for learning how to silence the mind. All you do is get a clock with a second hand and watch the tip of the second hand. The minute you feel it starting to go out of sharp focus your mind is about to start yapping away. You will notice you are "not seeing clearly anymore." Quickly focus your eyes and see clearly again. You would be ABSOLUTELY floored at how noisy your mind is. It took me 6 months of daily training 3(30 minute sessions) to acheive 10 minutes of absolute mind silence. But it is SO worth it. Your concentration, focus, sharpness of mind, ability to listen to others, ability to see clearly will increase dramatically. Also at the same time read Eckhart Tolle's books and learn about the importance of moving out of drama and moving into complete awareness of the moment. Really the whole world has driven itself mad with thought. And when you become aware of how your own thoughts limit and control and stress you out you will want to silence them.

After this then it becomes much much safer to open up. You are no longer scared of the mental torture people put themselves through. And I am talking about people who are not attacked by 'negs'. You start understanding it because you faced it within yourself. A person who is very negative and lock in their belief system so strongly and limit themselves SO much they become an earth bound spirit after death. Really you can think of many 'negs' as just plain old people who got trapped in their negativity and all they know is to continue this state even after death, so they look for people who will support this state - whatever that state was: worry, anger, fear, hatred, resentment, addiction.
Earth bound spirits are not that different from some people who you might know who are living. What sort of people surround you in life? That will tell you a bit about what you might attract that is presently "unseen" by you.

Another approach is the retreat or monostary approach. They provide a peaceful environment for someone who is unfolding. So if you chose to work on this please when you start feeling major shifts in your sensitivity consider avoiding places and people that are negative. Especially if you have not achieved good silence of mind.

There are lots of approaches really. But yes I do feel there are risks if you open up fast with no mental preparation or support system or retreat if things get overwhelming. It is about finding a safe space. Hopefully that safe space will be within us, not just outside us.

Remember incarnation is full of risks...is it not? That is because we know we can die...physically. It is not until you realize you are much more than a physical being and the only way the non-physical being can get messed up is through negative thinking....that a lot of stuff starts falling into place with loads of perspective. There are risks worth taking if taken wisely and the vibrance of life, compassion, connectedness, desire to create and give you will feel is rich and wow. It is amazing to be alive.

Very Best Wishes,
violetsky

[Sukadrukanga]

In my experience, greater energy skills do not increase risk of NEG attacks. Often it feels this way to newbies as they become more aware, they suddenly recognize the attacks that were always there. Obviously, learning some basic defense skills if a good idea (shielding especially) as many NEGs prefer easy targets. The only exception to this is if you specifically contact or conjure spirits (mediumship, spiritualism, séances, ouija boards, etc). These will, as designed, bring in more entities and inexperienced practitioners can not always control who is contacted.

[nerohedfrs]

Weird. I thought I had posted here already, but not... all these blur together. This may or may not help in this discussion:
Energy work, OBE and neg vulnerability:
What RB says about it: http://forums.astraldynamics.com/viewtopic.php?t=3556
http://forums.astraldynamics.com/viewtopic.php?t=1474

Energy work, the astral and neg preferences: http://forums.astraldynamics.com/viewtopic.php?t=2637

[tsaaapla]

Wow, thanks guys! Great responses!

[grattperret]

actually, my experience shows that with increased spiritual awareness and psychic ability (they kinda overlap) you ARE more prone to negative attacks from ghosts/spirits (Negs). not only that but ive noticed that when ive increased my awareness, ive been seeing many ghosts and ive been attacked by them 2 times. ive seen lots of ghosts and have sensed other peoples emotions (empathy, in parapsychological terms) which wasent really a good thing sinced most of the people i know have negative emotions. Though there are books on keeping Negs away, such as "Practical guide to psychic self-defense" by Robert Bruce. im guessing you already read that book though since you used the term, "Negs." but the way i got rid of a Neg that attached itself to me was by following the counter-measures that were described in that book, such as garlic, symbols, rituals, and visualizations. its been difficult for me to live a normal life because ive been seeing things other people dont and ive been feeling Negs in certain areas. (clairsentience) the moment i walked into my cousins house, i felt that the atmosphere was heavy and i never noticed the atmosphere being heavy before. my cousins were clueless but i knew that i was sensing a ghost. not only that but while i was over i saw about 4. but to tell you the truth, i wouldent trade it for a million bucks. maybe two million though...