ENERGY VAMPIRES

What is an energy vampire?  An energy vampire as someone who makes you feel worse after having spent time with  them – especially if it is on a regular basis. They may be someone who complains a lot, are self-absorbed, righteous, a victim or are narcissistic, etc. One way or another, you start to notice that they bring your energy down and have a negative or draining effect on you.  

Obviously we all have bad days, and this is not about judgment. It is helpful to explore ‘WHY’ you have attracted an 'energy vampire' type into your reality, particularly if this is happening repeatedly. Here are three suggested ways to protect yourself against negativity, whether it is your own or someone else's. You can also clear negativity, boost your energy field, and keep your vibration high using these simple techniques.

 An Auric Healing meditation is very effective for cleansing, healing, renewing and recharging your energy field. It can also help to 'repair' your auric field, sometimes caused through the attachment of energy cords between you and another (even drugs or toxic substances and other influences). You can leak power through tears or damage to your energy field, or pick up unwanted energy from the environment.Protection Against Negativity:  Although this 'negativity' may be the influence of another, remember the more you love and accept yourself, the less you will attract negative people and situations into your life -  in your environment, at work or when out in a crowded place. OR sometimes YOU may need protecting from yourself!

When you are feeling off-centre, out of balance, disconnected, down or in a bad state, you are more likely to attract negativity, hamper success or even sabotage yourself.

You can clear and transform negative energy, raise your vibration, shift to higher states, and instill loving light filled frequencies. Chakra Balancing and Auric Healing meditations are great practical methods for clearing negativity from your field. 

Others include flower essences, sacred chants, incense which is powerfully purifying, crystals, alignment with the light, and many more. If you have been given sacred symbols you can visualize that are magically protective and energy enhancing, shrinking your aura when and where appropriate. 

 Reinforcing your auric boundaries, using protective crystals, alignment with the light technique, bubble of protection, and more!

PROTECTING YOUR ENERGY FIELD:

Here are some suggestions as a starting point, that are although simple and somewhat obvious, they can often be overlooked or bypassed.

Love effortlessly raises your vibration, transforms and transmutes lower frequencies, and opens up the doors to positive states and happiness. It is the best consciousness raiser and purifier, and is the most powerful healing and protective force. Lower energies and states just cannot exist in its resonance. When you are feeling love you don't feel anger, or if you are feeling sorry for yourself, being judgemental, feeling miserable, guilty or blaming (of yourself or another).

Love just dissolves judgment, makes you 'non-stick' to outside negativity. It is the highest vibration in the Universe; it melts away all that is not good for you.

It is vital to clear limiting self-beliefs that thwart any feeling of self-love. Beliefs like "I am not good enough", "I am wrong", "I am not worthy, I’m bad", "no-one loves me", etc., all effect your feelings, thoughts and energy vibration.

Try to make time every day to think about who and what you love - the people closest to you, and others who may be more distant, the people and things that have touched your heart in some way. Also focus on feeling your love for nature, for the world, for your home and work, and everything you appreciate, love and feel grateful for in your life. Gratitude is the most wonderful catalyst for greater love.

As you focus on this love, allow the love to grow like a warm bright light in your heart, letting it expand outwards through your energy field - feel the love you have for you!. Love, care, be kind and compassionate to YOURSELF. You can use this as a brief meditation in the morning or any time during your day to focus on love and raise your energy, even if just for a few minutes. It will help to clean away lower denser frequencies.

Intention and Affirmation are immensely powerful and should not be underestimated. Your intentions direct your energy, and thus affirm your wishes to the universe. Here are some examples of affirmations/intentions you can use to help protect your energy field and maintain a higher vibration. Note: These are just suggestions and examples. Use words and statements that suit you personally to reflect your desired intention. There is no right or wrong way - it is you communicating with your Higher Self and the universe and putting your intentions into words. “I affirm that I allow only high, pure frequencies of love and light to enter and leave my space. Anything inappropriate is washed away in the light and love of the divine. I receive only that which is in appropriate for me now and for with my highest good. I am a beacon of love and light, attracting and emitting positive vibrations to all. I am open to receive love and light that the universe has for me. I allow frequencies of love, happiness and joy to permeate my being.”

Positive affirmations about love will also help here:  "I receive more and more love in my life everyday" "Love flows effortlessly and easily to me", "I deserve love", "I am loved, I am loving and lovable", "I open myself to be loved", "I love myself unconditionally" etc.

Asking for help and protection from your Higher Self, the universe, guides and or angels is also a simple, powerful way of receiving assistance in maintaining your energy field and keeping your vibrations high. Just remember, there is so much love and support available to you. All you need be is willing to receive. Asking demonstrates this willingness and opens up the door to receiving. You have free will. In asking, you are giving permission to be given help, and a request to be answered, and even if you are not aware of the assistance that follows (which can be subtle energies or synchronicities and serendipities which are divinely created for your benefit). Spiritual guides, 'unseen friends', angelic helpers and beings of light will never force their help on you. Yet they are more than willing to offer it. Ask and you shall receive. However, accepting help doesn't mean avoiding taking personal responsibility for your energy maintenance, of course. If you find yourself in a place or situation that feels energetically challenging, you can ask for help and protection from you Higher Self, or a guardian angel. You may have a particular deity you feel comfortable with that you might like to call upon depending on your path/faith/religion/belief system, or just ask for universal help in general or help from your Higher Self.

Surrounding yourself in a sphere of light as an effective bubble of protection (it can be gold, or silver, or white or violet) is also great, or any of the other technique you feel happy to use or are drawn to at that particular time.

All of the above can help you take responsibility. Responsibility brings freedom, empowerment and change. All that you take responsibility for, you can change. You can release bad energy patterns, raise your vibration and repair your energy field.