Protect Your Energy
Energy is an invisible and immaterial force that constantly surrounds us. We use the word in many senses: as a physics variable (e=mc^2, or mass-energy equivalence), as an industry (fossil fuel energy, renewable energy, nuclear energy), to describe kids (full of energy), when thanking someone for their hard work (thanks for all the time and energy you put into this!)
Throughout the day, our energy levels fluctuate — you may feel high-energy or low-energy based on your rest, hunger, and stress levels. Similarly, you may feel the existence of ‘positive energy’ or ‘negative energy’ depending on your mood and environment. Many cultures have traditions around welcoming positive energy, protecting good energy, and warding off evil energy.
Through the Meditation for Energy article, we learn that positive energy can be easily generated through practicing Bodhi Meditation techniques. Praises and compliments are also great ways to manifest and share positive energy with our friends and family.
Of course, everyone would like to retain positive energy and get rid of negative energy in our body, mind, and home. However, sometimes we may encounter situations that zap our energy, or negative energy that leaves a bad taste in our mouths. How can you protect your energy? What are different techniques for protecting your energy? What is the easiest way to protect your energy?
Keep reading to find out. Let’s make every day be filled with positive energy!
Protect Your Energy: Meaning And Why It Is Important?
People, places, and objects all have their own energy field. Our energy can be influenced by the different people and environments we interact with throughout the day. It’s important to protect our energy from negative influences so we can feel happier, healthier, safer, and lead smoother lives.
Energy is the source of life; everything in life requires energy. For instance, after working for long hours, you may feel fatigued or even hungry. This is a sign of low level energy and restoration is needed. Hence, you might replenish your energy through consuming foods, meditation or taking a nap. It is easy to detect low energy levels as there are clear signs and symptoms.
However, there are other energies which are present that could affect our emotions or behaviour. Broadly speaking, there is positive or auspicious energy, and negative or inauspicious energy. Negative energy can exist when you are sad, frustrated or angry. Most of the time we are unaware of its presence and might absorb it without even knowing. For example, if you go to places that often create these emotions, like a haunted house, you may pick up on the energies of the place. Undoubtedly, we would want to get rid of such energy immediately.
Are you having nightmares or sleep paralysis?
Experiencing a string of accidents and bad luck?
Feeling like obstacles have suddenly popped up at work, home, and with friends?
Have you broken a blessed item or dharma treasure recently?
Feeling easily frightened and generally uneasy?
You may need to protect your energy. How can you protect your energy? The following energy protection techniques enable you to master the key to energy protection.
How To Protect Your Energy: 4 Simple Energy Protection Techniques
Many of us are not aware of the importance of protecting our energy as it is not visible to the naked eye. Nevertheless, we are able to feel different kinds of negative emotions, such as anger, stress, fear, and frustration. These are all part of our human experience.
Undergoing such an emotional state can be uncomfortable as it creates additional stress on your body and mind. Hence, protection from negative energy is crucial on your path towards holistic well-being!
Here are some energy protection techniques that can be carried out easily. These techniques aim to protect your energy, bring auspiciousness, and happiness to your lives.
1. Meditation
Meditation can help us strengthen our existing physical and mental energy, which protects our energy field from being influenced by negative energy.
Bodhi Meditation’s easy-to-learn meditation techniques could be the solution for you, as they enable us to dissolve troubles and improve our physical and mental health, as well as shielding against future negative energy.
Health and Happiness Meditation Retreat
As a beginner, you can kick start your meditation journey by joining the Health and Happiness Meditation Retreat. This meditation retreat is provided in Bodhi Meditation centres across the world. Our meditation techniques, such as the Meditation of Greater Illumination, illuminates your body, mind, heart and consciousness, to serve as protection against the impure and dark energy.
Contact your local center to start learning! https://www.puti.org/en/meditation-retreats-near-me/
2. Chanting
Another type of meditation is mantra chanting.
Spending time to sincerely chant to Buddha and Bodhisattvas can have a profoundly healing effect on your body and mind. If you have a Buddha statue at home, remember to turn on the lights and let it shine on the Buddha statue. Visualize that you are embraced by the illumination of Buddha. Let the luminous energy cleanse your mind and your surroundings.
Through mantra chanting, we can directly connect to the energy of deities. Each and every word of the mantra contains infinite light that breaks through darkness and negativity. It is a method to protect your energy by eradicating calamities, awakening wisdom, eliminating negative karma, obtaining joy and good health.
Medicine Buddha’s Heart Mantra
The Medicine Buddha, also known as “The Medicine Buddha Lapis Lazuli Radiance Tathagata,” is the Patron Buddha in Bodhi Meditation and it is known to eradicate all diseases, illnesses and sufferings. In addition, there are 12 compassionate great vows of Medicine Buddha which benefit human beings from different aspects of life such as health, wealth, relationship, etc.
“The Medicine Buddha’s Heart Mantra” chanted in Sanskrit by Grandmaster JinBodhi in a deep meditative state, connecting with the auspicious energy of the Medicine Buddha in the Eastern Lapis Lazuli Pure Land. By chanting “The Medicine Buddha’s Heart Mantra”, we can connect our ordinary human hearts with Medicine Buddha’s; obtaining blessings and protection from him. If you chant sincerely, miracles start to happen.
Let’s all cleanse our body and mind by chanting along to “The Medicine Buddha’s Heart Mantra”.
Many Bodhi students like to have “The Medicine Buddha’s Heart Mantra” playing in the background in their home and cars, to constantly purify and strengthen the energy fields there.
Purchase and download “The Medicine Buddha’s Heart Mantra” MP3 online ($36 USD) at https://www.cibeiyin.com/en/nature-s-return-the-medicine-buddha-s-heart-mantra-mp3
Participate in an online chanting class: “Along With Buddha” Chanting Class
Learn more about Chanting and Mantras: Chanting and Mantras article
3. Healing music
From ancient healers to modern health practitioners, music is a great tool in the healing process. Grandmaster’s healing music series is an energy blessing from Grandmaster which has the power to eradicate negative energies, bring auspiciousness, and heal your body, mind and spirit.
Listening to healing music is an easy and effective way to protect your energy as it does not require any complicated steps or actions. Just relax and let the healing music do the work. Listen, and all is well.
A series of healing music can be found in Grandmaster JinBodhi’s Youtube channel, which includes:
• Merely an Illusion (Singing Bowls)
• Beyond the Worldly Mind (Background Music)
• Life Is a Dream (Singing Bowls Sleep Music)
• Guru Rinpoche’s Heart Mantra (Mantra Chanting)
Read more about healing music: https://www.puti.org/en/healing-music/
4. Auspicious treasure
Do you still remember that comfort object, whether it’s a stuffed animal or blanket, that has provided you extra calm and security during childhood? Some people would call these “lucky charms” as they remind us of the happy parts of our childhood; giving us comfort whenever we are feeling stressed or anxious.
Like a lucky talisman, Bodhi Meditation auspicious treasures can protect from negative energy. Many of these treasures are made of materials with natural energetic properties that have been historically used to drive away negative energy, such as peach wood. These auspicious treasures contain the spiritual essence of Heaven and Earth that allow improvement of one’s physical and mental balance. Blessed by Grandmaster JinBodhi, it not only drives away evil, but also provides energy protection to wearers. Though they may look like ordinary items, evil spirits are afraid of them.
Lucky charms and talismans are particularly important to have when traveling. If you travel for work or vacation, Grandmaster JinBodhi recommends these travel-friendly auspicious treasures to ensure a smooth and safe trip. The size of these small treasures are perfect to stow away in your carry-on and have in your hotel room to create a positive and safe environment.
Divine Glazed Crystal Medicine Buddha Statue
The Medicine Buddha is one of the most revered Buddhas. With his great vows and infinite compassion, he protects living beings from physical and emotional illness, dangers and obstacles. With Grandmaster JinBodhi’s most supreme consecration, the Glazed Medicine Buddha Statue bestows upon all worshippers the continuous protection of the Medicine Buddha; protecting oneself from demonic and negative energy.
Grandmaster JinBodhi teaches us to visualize that our body radiates blue light, similar to the light of Medicine Buddha from the Eastern Paradise. During chanting sessions, visualise that our body and mind merges with the Buddha, the Eastern Paradise and also the universe.
Across space and time, everything is returned or close to a state of emptiness. It purifies our energy and all kinds of troubles; diminishes all kinds of troubles and diseases; our physical and mental health become well naturally; reaching a new state of purity and serenity.
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Agarwood and Sandalwood Incense
The natural incense of Agarwood or Sandalwood can purify your environment and energy. Burning incense can prevent some infectious disease and calm the user’s mind because of the special fragrant scent. Incense offering is a way of showing respect and sincerity to Buddha, Bodhisattva and our ancestors. It is also believed to eradicate distractions and promote spiritual practices as well as facilitate compassion.
May the fragrance purify your energy; bring you peace and good fortune; prevent bad luck and disaster.
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Vajra Pestles
The Vajra Pestles are described as a diamond, showing strength and power which makes us strong and enables us to break through our obstacles. It also protects us and helps to achieve our aspirations.
There are three strands, five strands and nine strands Vajra Pestles which represent different achievements and are made from either copper or wood. For example, the three-strand vajra pestles symbolise 3 types of dharma practice for the speech, mind and body.
—— Excerpt from: Introduction to Vajra Pestles and Phurbas or Vajrakilayas
The Vajra Pestle has both the meanings of “thunderbolt” and “diamond.” Like the thunderbolt, the Vajra Pestle cleaves through ignorance and pierce through obstacles; bringing auspicious and positivity to all sentient beings. It is a representation of:
Power – Fearing no difficulties
Fortitude – Piercing through obstacles
Dharma practice – Perfecting achievements
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Handheld Wooden Phurba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-2nn09P20Y
Phurbas symbolize the victorious power of knowledge over ignorance. It is considered to annihilate spiritual poisons and to be an effective weapon against evil thoughts and desires. These Phurba are exquisitely carved and symbolize spiritual forces or firmness of spirit.
The shape of phurbas manifest power where it has a frightening image on the top while the bottom part is like a weapon. It is known to curb evil with evil or attack poison with poison. When we feel anxious, nervous or scared, without any particular trigger, remember to bring along the Handheld Wooden Phurba in your bag or hold it tightly.
The powerful image implied our fortitude in facing difficulty and adversity. With determination and compassion in mind, we would lead a better life by learning to conquer human afflictions, dealing with uncertainty in life and overcoming the Five Poisons of Buddhism: greed, hatred, ignorance, arrogance, and doubt.
Meditation Blankets
These meditation blankets were personally designed by Grandmaster JinBodhi for warmth and practicality, while keeping in style! Each blanket is embroidered with the Chinese character for zen (chan), in Grandmaster JinBodhi’s calligraphy, blessing and protecting your comfort and peace in body and mind.
You may use it during meditation practice or just to keep yourself warm. When wrapped around your shoulders, there are two straps to tie around your neck so the blanket does not slip. The length is also carefully designed to protect the lower body, particularly when sitting cross-legged. Tuck the blanket in its fleece travel cover to use as a pillow, backrest, cushion or body-pillow.
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Dzi Beads
Grandmaster JinBodhi once said: “The heavenly eye on Dzi beads represents the greatest evil-dispelling eye between Heaven and Earth. If they are blessed with energy, they can drive away evil demons and bestow wearers auspicious protection.”
Dzi Beads are the treasures from heaven, containing Universal spiritual essence and magnetic energy. The patterns of “Heavenly eye” represent the greatest evil-dispelling eye between Heaven and Earth. They can purify the impurities inside out, drive away evil demons and bestow wearers auspicious protection.
Different patterns can be found for the Dzi beads, it may contain different numbers of “Heavenly eye”. The Dzi beads can be worn as a necklace or a bracelet which enables the wearer to obtain protection from negative energy, evil demons.
Dzi Beads can act as an energy connection between deities and ordinary people, allowing our body to purify the impurities inside out, blocking the invasion of external evil Qi and protecting your energy!
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Which Is The Best Energy Protection Tool?
Energy gives us the motivation and positivity to get through the day. In order to protect your energy, meditation is the best shelter against the dark or negative energies. Bodhi Meditation retreats, such as the Health and Happiness Meditation Retreat or Stress Relief Retreat are a great option for beginners without any meditation foundation. For instance, one of the methods taught in the retreat, Greater Illumination, aims to illuminate our body, mind and soul, shielding us from the negative energy and enabling us to regain a healthy and happy life!
Let’s fill every day with positive energy and say goodbye to the negative energy by starting your journey with Bodhi Meditation!
Read more about Meditation for Energy: https://www.puti.org/en/meditation-for-energy/