My wife and I were discussing the other day the highly
sensitive individuals we see in our practices.
I visualize the Universe as being more “porous” than we
think it is. There is leakage of time
and space. We only think the world is
some designated consensus reality. In
actuality, the world is much stranger than we usually can perceive (Heretic!).
During altered states of consciousness, such as in deepest
meditation, or perhaps during entheogen use, we see more clearly the true
structure of the Universe.
I think about these highly sensitive individuals as being
more individually porous to everything.
They are often more sensitive to extrasensory phenomena, and especially,
are more likely to sense and react to the emotions of others around them.
Highly sensitive people tend to get depleted, particularly
around negative energies, or just too much of any energy around them. They may say things such as, “My mother takes
away all of my energy.” Blaming others
for feeling depleted.
I am a highly sensitive individual, Meyers-Briggs INTP,
partially through being an introvert (I) and perceiver (P), but I have the
protection of also being an intuitive thinker (NT).
My wife is even more sensitive to emotions than am I, as she
is an ENFJ, an intuitive feeler (NF).
However, she is also relatively protected through being an extrovert (E)
and having a relatively high judging factor (J). In general, we have each worked hard to
balance our tendencies.
The most sensitive individuals are INFPs, introverted
intuitive feelers and perceivers.
We were discussing various ways of teaching highly sensitive
individuals to protect themselves.
How can highly sensitive people keep their energy so they
don’t become depleted?
How to be porous, without leaking!
We came up with 3 methods, each using more advanced
techniques.
1-Creating a Bubble of Protection around your self to keep
out negative energies.
2-Using Aikido, to let negative energy pass you by, or even
let it pass through you.
3-Tonglen, where you can let in dark negative energy, and
transform it into light positive energy.
You can then send that light energy back out into the Universe.
You can see how the Bubble can be protective, but also could
be isolating. Nonetheless, it is a good
first start in protecting yourself. The
trick is to have the Bubble be a “semi-permeable membrane.” This membrane allows in only what you wish, and
keeps out everything else. Then no one
notices that you have a protective Bubble around you.
Aikido is a much higher technique. Here you can see the flow of negative energy,
and then use your intuition and power to deflect the energy from doing you any
harm. This takes practice and also
requires a much stronger sense of self and sense of your own power.
In physical Aikido you take a person’s energy that is coming
toward you and combine this energy with a small amount of your own energy to
deflect that person away from you, often they fall to the floor.
Negative energy can seem more like a fog surrounding
you. One visualization you can use is to
wave your hands and body around, giving movement energy to the negative energy,
creating a vortex that sweeps the energy away from you.
Tonglen requires an even higher sense of power and tapping
into Source, the “big S” Self.
Here you
are powerful enough to take in that dark negative energy and transform it into light
positive energy.
A beautiful practice, creating
more positive energy in the Universe.
This practice cannot harm you. If you take in this perceived negative
energy, the only thing it can do is burn away at your false sense of self,
really burning away your ego.
There is perhaps a fourth “method,” really not even a
method, it is the highest practice. Here
you realize that no negative energy can harm you, because “you” do not exist,
your “sense of self” is a creation of this animal brain.
You are Source, and have always been Source. There is nothing that can harm Source. Any “negative energy” is just another false
perception.
There is nothing but Source.
How can All-That-Is and All-That-Is-Not be harmed?
Take up some of the practices outlined previously.
Create your own path to recognizing Source is all you ever
were, and will ever be.
Then sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
Therefore, I also forgive my friends. They are also allowed to make the “Oh so
human mistakes” that simply being alive brings to us. 
