Jewel said:
It might be as I have never felt such an afinity for plants before. The more connected I become to the faeries the stranger (for me) interests I have. I am emotional about a tree! that is new for me. Perhaps the faeries are trying to show me my life purpose and connect we with people that can educate me on proper handling of energy and such.
Maybe.... or some of your Highest Potential might be as a plant doctor
I've always noticed that you seem to have a close affinity to the natural world and we really need more people like that if you see the state we put our world in!
Jewel said:
I felt very drawn to your visualization and would love to do it, but I am afraid I would end up being a pile of goo on the floor if I tried it unsupervised.
Don't do what you feel is wrong for you. A very good rule when you are busy with things. You might try some visualizations for yourself, as you can't siphon yourself empty when you are busy filling yourself up
Jewel said:
I have a lot to learn in the areas of grounding, centering and more than anything shielding. I probably do use some of my personal energy in these activities, not all mine, but some I am sure. I need to learn to turn the fountain off so to speak.
If you have trouble shutting it off, remember that if you imagine free flow, it's going to be free flow through every part of your body, which is hard to stop. If you focus on it flowing like a tendril from your hands, you can shut that down by rubbing your hands down, cleaning up your hands under a running tap and several others things to make you close the connection comfortably. As always with Energy Work, remember to drink a lot!
Jewel said:
But what I really need is some really strong shields.
Well, if you read my list of additional measures you might pick one of those until you find your way in energy work.
Jewel said:
My hubby, who I love very much, is probably the worst perpetrator of siffoning my energy. He has no clue he does it, and would be mortally offended if I told him he does. But I can sometimes almost literally see the tentacles latching onto my shields. Particularly when he is stressed or upset about something (which is too all to often). I visualize cutting those tendrils, re-building my shields, but it is simply not enough.
Alright, there are several ways that people can siphon energy and you need to find out which it is, for me to give some advice on stopping it. These are the types I have encountered.
Siphoning Energy is not the same as what we feel as negative energy.
Negative Energy are usually angry thoughts, jealousy and several other emotions that we feel bring us down that come from others and ourselves. Sometimes these are obvious if another person also humiliates us, brings us down by saying negative things about us dismissing it as jokes etc. Sometimes it's more covert which makes us feel upset without always knowing why... the person or room just feels icky to us. We feel upset, down and sometimes even take on the emotions of others.
Remember, *we* feel it is negative energy... for the other person it might not feel that way. The more developed the person is Spiritually and taking care of their responsibilities, the more they know that besides actions, they are also responsible for their thoughts and emotions and the less likely you are to feel disturbed around them.
When you just start out developing the best thing to do is to shield, later on, you might process that energy differently as you then might have more acceptance of other people's behavior without thinking it's your fault, your responsibility to fix or whatnot and more then enough love in you to quickly forgive and move on.
Siphoning Energy
1) Not Strong Enough
This often happens when people are very dependent upon us for counsel, guidance or whatnot. They want us to help so much, they look up to us and so they would *love* to have some of *us*. You have to consciously surrender that piece though, which we sometimes do because we feel guilty, we are so eager to help etc.
Best way to stop this is to realize that no matter how much you like the person and want to help them, they have to develop their own talents and ways of coping not lean on you. Set boundaries.
2) Wanting to do too much
These people want to do just sooo much, they often have massive energy of their own, but when they do not, they subconsciously try to see if they can get some out of you
Just for this one project that is so important to them!
Best way to stop this is to realize that it's their project, and it can be late... not the nicest thing in the world, but much much better then the alternative of feeling so tired because another person is stressed.
3) Leaving a connection open
If you do Energy Healing, and you leave the connection open, without properly closing it and coming back to yourself... it often keeps on going, leaving you dry.
Best way to stop this is to do as stated above, focus on a part of you giving, or a tendril moving into somebody else and then 'cut the lights'
However, you could also be suffering from Empathic Overload, meaning that you are developing as an empath/psychic and that you are too open, causing you to take on emotions of everybody involved.
Hope this helps and yes I should put more information out on my website
Kahlie