Beyond the Lighthouse: Navigating Spiritual Protection and Sovereignty
How to Transform Fear and Spiritual Overwhelm into Empowerment and Inner Sovereignty
Over the past month, I've encountered individuals who have recently embarked upon their spiritual journeys and begun working with energy healing. Most people are wide-eyed with excitement, eager to share the power and strength they've discovered through "Universal Energy" and the miraculous changes they've witnessed in plants, crystals, animals, and people. They radiate joy like a thick, iridescent glow of vibrant light.
However, as they realise you share a common understanding of energy work, their tone shifts from excitement to a slow, subtle whisper of concern about how this practice has opened doors to unwanted visitors and experiences. As they delve deeper into their journey, the story commonly begins: “I recently became attune and now a floodgate of energies,” "I started doing Reiki and then became such a lighthouse that I'm attracting all these spirits and ghosts," or "My past life experiences have brought upon me these spirits and entities that I must repay because I 'owe' them."
It disheartens me to witness such a dramatic shift in energy and experience—watching others grapple with feelings of disempowerment, fear, grief, and a sense of hopeless burden from their past, whilst spending each night reciting sutras for these "karmic spirits / karmic debt" or living in swirling chaos and fear of an unseen presence.
They share that now they do this work, they've become a lighthouse, shining light for all spirits, ghosts, and entities, inadvertently inviting them into their lives. Whilst this statement contains partial truth, it's often misinterpreted, and crucial facts and information aren't adequately taught or discussed in circles, classes, or workshops. This leaves people feeling "I just need to live with it now..." or "I must repay my karmic debts" or "this is simply the way it is..."
Common Symptoms and Experiences:
- Absorbing others' energies
- Becoming a "lighthouse" that easily attracts spirits, ghosts, and entities that follow them home
- Exposure to unwanted spiritual presences
- Living in paranoia and fear
- Resistance to continuing on the spiritual path
- feeling tired and exhausted from all the energies
- confusion and disoriented
- highs and lows of moods
Each of these experiences contains truth, but it isn't the complete spiritual or universal truth. Rather, these situations present opportunities to learn lessons and develop new skills. Some might call this an initiation—a chance to overcome fear, learn energetic boundaries, and expand our awareness and consciousness about how things operate in our universe beyond the veil.
When viewed through the lens of learning, there are many layers of opportunity to grow and shift from fear and resistance into love, understanding, empowerment, grace, and peace.
WHAT THIS JOURNEY ASKS US TO EXPLORE
Energy Protection
It's exciting to begin energy healing or receive activations and/or attuenements, then marvel at the possibilities and creative potential. However, it surprises me how little discussion centres around energy protection. The first and foremost lesson should be in energy protection.
Consider this: when someone hypothetically angry enters a room full of people, they can dramatically shift the energy presence for everyone. Those in the room, some may begin feeling confused, others annoyed, scared, or guilty—some may even absorb the anger of the individual who walked in. This experience alone speaks volumes about how easily energy transfers between people, space, situations and experiences.
As an energy protection practice, we can begin by visualising a light bubble, sitting within sacred geometries such as the Metatron Cube, Merkaba (our light vehicle), Maharic Grid, or 12D shield to create a protective energy field. However, what's equally important is setting clear intention and knowing the source of our protection.
Some people believe simply visualise any light bubble, thinking this is sufficient. What they don't realise is that even with divine source energy, the universe awaits our specific requests for what we want and need. Inviting a white light bubble from divine source raises our vibration and frequency whilst asking for protection from lower, negative spirits and entities—allowing only light, love, and joy to enter strengthen our field and acts as a filter.
There are those so skilled in protection that they end up blocking all energies from their field, forgetting that life contains beauty, joy, happiness, love, and pure light energy waiting for us.
By maintaining a protective shield, we can exist in a clear, energetic field and space to connect with and practice our discernment and inner inquiry, asking ourselves: "Where is this coming from?"
Energy Boundaries
I began my own energy/spiritual journey in fear, being able to sense, feel, and see all sorts of horrific imagery that brought tremendous fear. I reached a point where I ran away from it all, shutting down my gifts and abilities, wanting only a "normal" life.
Through an odd turn of events—and the universe has a funny way of bringing you back to your destined work—I was nudged once again towards spiritual/energy practice. I knew innately and deeply that this was something I needed to heal and overcome. It pushed me to my limits, right to the edge of a cliff, pushing me to overcome. Simultaneously, it taught me the art of standing in my power and communicating with the universe.
I learned not to be swayed by all the energies and sights, but to ask only to receive what I needed at that moment in time; immediately life doesn’t seem as overwhelming and confusing. It only is activated when i’m in need, holding space or when I’m with a client. The remainder of the time, I can continue enjoying my life and focus on my own journey.
I also began speaking directly to spirits and ghosts when they visited, telling them I wasn't available, and if they wanted to work with me, it could be during sessions with clients. The moment I began speaking up about what I would and wouldn't accept, these visits almost instantly disappeared.
The next challenge during healing work was overcoming the visualisation and seeing of entities. In this context, entities—sometimes darker spirits, elementals, and at times demonic presences—enjoy striking fear as they're programmed to do so, serving a role in our growth and expansion.
I sat with myself and began communicating with my guides, masters, angels, and all I could call upon, giving them specific ways that worked for me:
Spirits, Ghosts, Deceased Souls: May I see them in grey colour and in their most heart-warming image, not in their moment of death or decay
Dark Entities: I don't need to see their details—just a sense of knowing and a black silhouette is sufficient
Beings of Light: Show them with their corresponding colours, and when I become braver, I'm willing to see them in physical form
Energy Integrity
By becoming more aligned with energies, we're encouraged to reflect on our own practices and consider what frequency, emotion, and energy we're transmitting. It asks us to step into embodiment. Instead of being a lighthouse, we're asked to become conscious energy transmitters where our presence alone can impact others.
The choice is whether we want to bring someone peace, love, and guidance, or choose to bring chaos, confusion, projections, and drama into someone else's life.
Learning to become aware of our energy allows us to reclaim power in our lives as we become more responsible for what we attract into our experiences. The result is living with balanced perspective, greater awareness of others' emotions, intentions, and experiences, leading to more empathy and understanding whilst being less impacted and influenced by others.
Discernment
With strong energy protection in place, one can extend their experience and inquiry, exploring further: where is this energy coming from? Although protective energy practices help, some of us are extra sensitive or will walk the path of a healer, frequency emitter, or empath. We may question why, but this was often set in our soul contract before incarnation.
This presents an opportunity to practice and fine-tune discernment along with our gifts by sitting with ourselves. Sometimes our emotions and feelings derive from energy that can manifest physically and, if left unattended, can become physical misalignment.
By practicing sitting with oneself and asking "What is present? Where is the source?" one can discover whether it can come from others, the collective, past lives, or even ancestral programming. This begins the formation and art of communicating with the universe, bringing new insight, wisdom, and opportunities to shed, release, and heal—for yourself, your ancestral lineage, the collective, and humanity.
When we step onto a spiritual path, we sometimes encounter mentors, leaders, teachers, and peers. We must remain aware whilst holding grace that these individuals are still in their human experience with their own lessons and ego. We must continue practicing discernment because we must learn to trust ourselves, our divine and higher self while we sit in our own sovereignty.
Sovereignty, by definition, means having total authority and self-governance. It's often shared within the spiritual world, and in this context, sovereignty means:
- Making our own decisions and paths
- Determining whether information or readings align with us
- Assessing whether experiences resonate
- Noticing if experiences or information leave us hopeless or depleted
- Avoiding becoming dependent on others to form our conclusions
- Ensuring this helps us stand in our power
- Determining whether these experiences take us closer to peace and truth or further away
Healing
After completing an attunement, course, or workshop, we may have opened ourselves up to a greater flow of light, but this does not automatically mean we are healed. Throughout our lives, especially in childhood, we may develop beliefs that keep our energy at a low level. Additionally, we might carry trauma from past lives within our soul or from our family history, which can weigh us down. These energies are often dense and heavy.
As we become more aware of these energies, we may still hold onto past experiences and lower vibrations. This can lead us to attract situations and even spirits that resonate with our current energy, whether through our beliefs or traumas.
However, if we choose to be courageous and continue on our journey of energy healing, we can start to let go of these old patterns. As we do this, we raise our vibration and frequency, allowing us to hold more light; where, we will no longer connect with spirits and energies that exist at a lower frequency.
Initiation
When we become struck with challenges or fear, shifting our perspective to see it as an invitation to go further allows us to see possibility and expansion. It's an invitation to learn how to work with the universe and divine, encouraging us to explore our own faith and trust whilst simultaneously unravelling and discovering our own truth, power, and beauty as divine beings.
This is one's spiritual journey in reclaiming and finding sovereignty and power. I welcome all those starting on their journey to be a fool in the tarot card with a light heart, bravery, a curious mind, and trust in yourself and the divine as you take your first step.
*This article is for informational and entertainment purposes only and should not be considered professional or legal advice. The author is not responsible for any actions taken based on the information provided
