From: tt@wag.caltech.edu (Toshi Takeuchi)
Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage
Subject: About protecting oneself, prayers, petitions...
Date: 10 Nov 1992 22:52:50 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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I was asked what kind of things I did for protection, i.e. prayers or
invocations.

Well, the interesting question might be, why does one need protection?
What is one being protected from?

The thing to examine is what happens when invocations or petitions are
made.

1.  They do make a significant change in my energy.

2.  They do seem to work in protecting myself and healing myself.

--It may be mere imagination and rubbish (I don't believe it, but possible), 
  but the fact is that is is very helpful to me, and perhaps it can be
  helpful to others...

FIRST STEP:

Before I do anything, I always try to focus through the heart and above
the head.  This focus is very good for clearing the mind of all the
accumulated trash that you might get.

The focus through the chest and above the head also puts you in a state
that is more receptive to growth, in the sense that you are not as
fixated on the personality and your desires and attachments.

Petitions:

The standard, and its variants:

Not my will, but the highest will be done.

	I'm sure this sounds foolish to many of you, yet if this petition
	is made, your being may shift into a different state.  It is
	quite powerful.

During difficulties or in general, another good petition:

Please give me transmutation and healing of my being in the
gentlest way possible.

	It is useful in getting your mind off of your self and letting
	the energy within you to work for growth.

--I know all of this may sound quite foolish, but ask you to seriously
  try these things before you make any decisions on its efficacy.

Finally, the most useful tool:

THE LIFE MAP:

This is a focus through the heart and above the head.  It can be used for
protection and healing of yourself and others.

1.  You focus through the heart and above the head.

2.  Put your hands together, thumbs touching, and forefingers touching to
    make a triangle.  Your palms are facing outward.

3.  Place the triangle in front of your chest, so that the focus is through
    the heart and triangle.

--This technique is active on many levels.  It is very useful in 
  dreams, i.e. the astral plane.

e.g.  If someone comes up to you in your dream that you might consider
      friendly, use the life may and focus the energy on this person.

      If the person is real, then they will thank you for extra heart
      energy.  If the person is an imposture (in the dream) then
      true face may be revealed and they may flee.

e.g.  If someone you meet in your dream is unfriendly and menacing, then
      use the life map and ask for healing for this menacing being AND
      yourself.

--Usually this menacing being will literally flee.

e.g.  If you feel some bad energy occur when you meditate, use the life 
      map and direct the energy toward this bad feeling.  Ask for
      transmutation and healing of yourself and this feeling, and it
      may feel better after a bit.

The Life Map can also be used to heal yourself and others.  If you
have further interests in the Life Map, e-mail me a message.

Toshi
tt@wag.caltech.edu
Newsgroups: talk.religion.newage