Shaman's Cave is a good site, by the way.

Visualization does seem to work, though I haven't gone into much depth with the exploration.  While it may seem that a requisite is to create a mental image, I think the fundamental workings are happening on a subconscious level, provided power by willful consciousness/intention, and people may be constantly visualizing without realizing it.  The large changes start happening when one becomes aware of the process, which is the key difference, with the emphasis on key.

Now, part of this was probably an auto-physiological response of adrenaline being injected into my bloodstream, but I think part of it may also be metaphysical. For example, in order for the coarser type of subtle energy received from air/water/food to transmute into vital energy that powers the higher chakras, a conscious impulse is needed. You can read about this in Ouspensky's "In Seach of the Miraculous" or the Mouravieff books. Anyways, I think that's what happened this morning.

So unless this was a fluke incident, here's an energy boost technique that may just work:

1) breathe deeply for ten or twenty breaths, but not so deep that you get hyperventilated.

2) then breathe normally while you turn mentally inward and imagine the feeling of being pumped up with energy...this feeling should be similar to what you might feel at the starting blocks seconds before a race. Color this with a positive and upbeat feeling of confidence rather than fearful/nervous anticipation. Keep this up for five or ten seconds.

3) Then for the last five seconds, hold your breath and intend with all your might to break right on through the tiredness.

Just in case this is dangerous, don't do it too often. Consider it like a cup of coffee...too much coffee too often = not a good idea.

...Love and Light.

Athm can be perceived at http//:www.wordsoftomorrow.com

"-Believing what you see is much too easy. Try NOT seeing what you believe, NOT believing what you see.

-Yes, Reality is in the mind of the perceiver!

-The Seen is a fraction of the Unseen, so is the Believed to the Unbelieved and the Known to the Unknown...Attempting a glimpse at the Un-seeable, the Un-believable or the Un-knowable is the greatest lesson in Humility.

-The eye that fixes yours can only see what you fix.

-Prepare yourself to Knowing It, Seeing It will come later...

...-The eye that fixes yours can only see what you fix...

...-Should I trust what I know?
Can you see everything?...

...-A focalized consciousness is a hindrance if it is not CONSCIOUSLY focused..."

Thank you, I_like_Athm_too. Very humbling soul food.

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"Energy booster"?, ""scapegoat"?
This perspective is unfortunately serving the "baddies" purpose!
It is just one perspective which results in a sentiment of Anger and Strife, Martyrdom, etc. All of which serve the attacker's purpose! I do succumb to them on a regular basis but that is not helping in terms of retaining my energy or maintaining my frequency. I often have to remind myself of the advice in "Bringers of the Dawn": The best thing you can do for yourself and for the accomplishment of "The Plan" is to maintain your frequency as high as possible in all circumstances.

A few weeks ago I had to spend the night in a very inauspicuous place, I started seeing myself as a victim, then perceiving the influences of the "Baddies" within the events that had led me to that place. I then started willing myself into a realm of Light, Love and Forgiveness, Understanding, Renouncement, Strength...I Called on Jesus, the little Angels, The Guy Above, the friendly aliens, etc...This resulted in an amazing level of psychic energy, strength, discernment, "brightness", etc...It was not as difficult as it sounds, I just had to "not do" what I would have done in normal circumstances: curse, fight, send blasts of light right through the baddies heads... Needless to say that nightmare situation resolved itself in a quasi miraculous way. I didn't fly off on a purple cloud but almost!

Love and Light.

Athm can be perceived at http//:www.wordsoftomorrow.com

I'd agree with you in saying that higher frequencies attract more projections than lower ones as the projectors feel their mental territory (=integrity, view of the world) is under attack. On the contrary the "wounded" also attract a fair amount of them. By wounded I mean the beggars, mentally handicapped, "weirdos", etc. In this case I feel it has to do with "stealing" energies from them, since they are socially vulnerable (outcasts, "intouchables"...). If this is the case it is necessary for the projectors to make their attack obvious to the victim who will not be able to respond because of their vulnerability or psychic imbalances. The case of attacking "shiny" ones on the contrary may have the purpose of asserting the projectors integrity and/or bonding with others in order to validate their view of the world or "outcast" the high-frequency guys out of the paradigm: "He/She's not like us, isn't (s)he?"

Ya, that's right too.  All views seen from different vantage points are however contributing to the understanding of the problem.  I think some of us are put in a position of being energy booster for TPTB(programming). The role of the scapegoat etc.  On some level I think this is a system that is somehow being operated by someone in control.
While being under attack it lies very close at hand if one has some stamina left or has gained some to ask people to "get off" in some way or another which often means adressing projectors as being low and ignorant, all depending on the character of the projections.
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P.S. Quite a problem to quote someone who already has quoted.....It seems to want all the quote tags.

Also meant to mention that the egg shaped mirror protection technique is very kewl. I have read about mirrors being used in a similar way in the practice of Feng Shui.

Viyiswa wrote, ".....This method helped me in the heat of shock when attacks would come out of the blue. After the initial realisation, I was too busy and forgot to do the etheric thoughtform - in my case an egg shaped mirror to deflect and reflect back the thoughts sent at me - and found that after a while, just being on alert around this person made a difference.

I found the first method focused my attention away from the anger and fear engendered by this person, then after the fear and anger abated, my awareness of this individual's agenda was enough to literally make her flinch everytime she came near me. Made life much easier, and not a word was exchanged."

Thank you for posting that, Viyiswa. Sounds like this individual cannot handle being in the realm of your light. This experience you have shared will also come in handy for me as well, I predict. The Disagreeables I know can be so...well.....disagreeable...so I appreciate you posting your wisdom.

Thanks for your thoughts Iriana. This knowledge was hard won because this woman is in authority over me at work, and she is a monster with at least two faces. If I was into labelling, she falls well into the OP catergory. Regardless of my speculations about her spiritual state, I am glad, after years of working with her, that I am now in a psychologically relaxed place with regard to her.

Of course, she never forgets that on some level she has been vanquished. Thus, as she has demonstrated numerous times, she can get "turned on" at key times in my work life, so I keep her on the peripherory of my vision at all times when I am at work. I can even feel compassion for her, as she is a sad soul desperate for control and constant validation. Two things she will never get from me.

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some would say that creating an etheric thoughtform in the shape of a shield will also stop these, or some other physical/etheric/astral method -- how do these tricks compare to the awareness method? Are they complementary, or substitutable?

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The shield visualization, lower pentagram rituals, etc. are magical aspirin to temporarily numb the attacks. Yes, their main purpose is to increase the awareness through which they will become unnecessary.

I'd agree with you in saying that higher frequencies attract more projections than lower ones as the projectors feel their mental territory (=integrity, view of the world) is under attack. On the contrary the "wounded" also attract a fair amount of them. By wounded I mean the beggars, mentally handicapped, "weirdos", etc. In this case I feel it has to do with "stealing" energies from them, since they are socially vulnerable (outcasts, "intouchables"...). If this is the case it is necessary for the projectors to make their attack obvious to the victim who will not be able to respond because of their vulnerability or psychic imbalances. The case of attacking "shiny" ones on the contrary may have the purpose of asserting the projectors integrity and/or bonding with others in order to validate their view of the world or "outcast" the high-frequency guys out of the paradigm: "He/She's not like us, isn't (s)he?"

H

This thread has touched upon subject areas I have been dealing with lately. Psychic protection, detachment.....and so on.

I have been able to use some of what I have read on Montalk, thankfully......In instances where a few individuals, in particular that are around me a lot, have been very difficult. Professional Disagreeables.

Also, the detachment thing. There seem to be a few ways folks approach this one.
Some seem very loving towards others and self while being in a detached frame of consiousness while others seem very cold, snobby and arrogant, as mentioned above. I remember back in  the new-agey days, when I had sort of immersed myself in this aspect of the community where I lived and many of their activities and events, this latter form of "detachment" seemed to be very much utilized. Even then it seemed so cold. One friend who had left the Catholic church to pursue a more "open minded and loving" spiritual environment stood up one day at a meditation service and accounced she was returning to the Catholic church because, in her experience, one thing that was lacking at the spiritual healing center  and was more plentinful, to her heart, in the Catholic realm was: Compassion. I did not feel the need to leave as she did at that time but I understood that aspect of her disappointment.

I have **always** wanted to be more detached. Historically had always felt like I was all nerves with no skin emotionally, psychically.....have an imperfect but better handle on that now days. And I have been blessed to have had a few spontaneous experiences of blissful detachment. Something I believe I mentioned, peripherally, in another post here. And hope to experience consistently ASAP.

I think any tools that work are just fine. But I think it is also helpful to remeber that as Eckart Tolle remind us, these things, like concepts and ideas are "signposts" existing in a language we can understand, as human beings existing and perceiving in a 3-D reality. And that these signposts really represent things that are so great in magnitude and meaning that they are just the tip of the iceberg. So......more to look forward to? I believe so   (o:

Also meant to mention that the egg shaped mirror protection technique is very kewl. I have read about mirrors being used in a similar way in the practice of Feng Shui.

Viyiswa wrote, ".....This method helped me in the heat of shock when attacks would come out of the blue. After the initial realisation, I was too busy and forgot to do the etheric thoughtform - in my case an egg shaped mirror to deflect and reflect back the thoughts sent at me - and found that after a while, just being on alert around this person made a difference.

I found the first method focused my attention away from the anger and fear engendered by this person, then after the fear and anger abated, my awareness of this individual's agenda was enough to literally make her flinch everytime she came near me. Made life much easier, and not a word was exchanged."

Thank you for posting that, Viyiswa. Sounds like this individual cannot handle being in the realm of your light. This experience you have shared will also come in handy for me as well, I predict. The Disagreeables I know can be so...well.....disagreeable...so I appreciate you posting your wisdom.

... It could be that once you act on the very core, the very tip of that nesting of components mentioned above, that the others automatically fall into line. Evidence of this is healing an astral wound and soon a physical affliction heals itself -- this shows a "downward" cascading effect...

This stirs to mind an interesting parallel I remember mentioned by Colin Andrews, I think it was,  in discussing his investigations of crop circles.  He found, after studying many "legitimate" as well as many man-made circles, that the same strange phenomena (increased sensitivity, psychic abilitity, strange balls of light) that were associated with the legitimate circles would also turn up in the better of the man-made imitations -- those man-made ones that were harmonious and balanced in their design, done with apparent love and respect for nature and the geometry. 

So, a man-made imitation of a higher-order power can, by virtue of its intent, begin to take on the actual spirit and characteristics of that power.  I think this is another way of explaining how the use of mental tools/games (in this case, specific forms of visualization) can help to harness original divine power (that core awareness).

I'm not sure if that analogy really "fits" for anyone else, but the thought struck me so I throw it out there.

The first intrepretation involves the idea that our bodies are composites of physical/etheric/astral/XXXXX/mental components, and acting in all of these levels provides maximum defense. After all, you can defend on the physical but leave yourself open astrally and vice versa so this shows each has its own type of defense, so multiple types of defense can be added for greater effect. That's the reasoning behind saying that the awareness method supplements the occult tricks.

The second interpretation is what morningsun said, which is that visualization and other types of ritual are mere training wheels to ramp up what really matters: intent.  It could be that once you act on the very core, the very tip of that nesting of components mentioned above, that the others automatically fall into line. Evidence of this is healing an astral wound and soon a physical affliction heals itself -- this shows a "downward" cascading effect. Additionally, purifying yourself on the higher subtle levels tends to reflect physically as an improvement in the smoothness of life experiences - another example of cascading.

So like children learning to ride bikes for the first time, training wheels have their place -- visualization can serve a purpose when one is not yet "powerful" enough to work at the core level. But like Vuyiswa said, what starts out as visualization can soon become pure awareness. I guess as long as you don't get hung up on the crutches and training wheels, they can serve as bridges to progress if you really need it. 

So I guess the question comes down to, is there anything visualization/tricks/ritual can do that intent/awareness cannot do? Or vice versa? Taken to its extreme, this issue touches upon the whole STS vs STO method of interacting with the universe at large.