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An Emotional Filter Can Deflect and Dissolve Negative Energy

In our daily lives we come into contact with all sorts of energy and emotions. When we are interacting with other people, a very important thing to be able to do is to avoid taking on or absorbing any negativity they may be experiencing. For people who are highly sensitive, and for those of us who work closely with others, this can be a challenge.

It can be especially difficult not to be affected by the emotions of people to whom we are close. Many of us find it very hard to remain unaffected when our partners are experiencing stress. As parents, it can be even more challenging not to become emotionally drained by our children’s difficulties. The goal is to be kind and compassionate while not absorbing stress or negative energy, which is where an emotional filter is so important.

If you have ever comforted a friend in a time of distress, you may identify with the feeling that you have somehow eased their pain by absorbing it yourself. Many of us have spent years empathizing with others to the point of taking on their angst. We may also feel somehow responsible for the well-being of those around us, even if we know on a rational level that this is not the case. We want to make things better for others, and even feel guilty when we are unable to do so.

The key to being caring and supportive while protecting your own well-being is to create an emotional filter. This can be likened to thickening your skin without hardening your heart. The idea of an emotional filter is to deflect and repel any negativity from being taken into your being, while allowing pure love and light to be readily received and absorbed.

Try visualizing yourself bathed in white light. This light reflects both inward to your heart and soul, and outward to the world around you. The light is self-renewing, and also attracts and is brightened even more by pure energy radiated from others and the universe. The light deflects and dissolves any negative energy that you come into contact with. This light is always surrounding you, and you only need to take a moment to notice it at any time when you want to feel comforted and protected.

Repeatedly affirming that ‘I only attract and absorb love and light,’ can also be very powerful in developing a healthy emotional filter. Remember though that the habits of a lifetime do take time to replace with healthy new ways of being. If you have spent many years absorbing other people’s emotions without conscious choice, expect that you will need a bit of practice in learning to accept only the energy you truly want to experience.

Awareness, commitment, patience, and constant repetition are the keys to developing a new behavior. Firstly, become aware if you have a tendency to be overly affected by other people’s ups and downs. If you are aware that this is an issue for you and you want to learn to protect yourself from taking on energy that is not yours and not from love and light, then make a commitment to creating an emotional filter. Know that it will take time and practice, so decide to have patience with yourself. Remind yourself to keep using your methods of self protection whenever you are in a situation where you are encountering other people’s emotions.

Finally, stay aware. We do not get very far by becoming aware of a situation only once. We need to be constantly alert to events that may drain us if we don’t take steps to protect ourselves. It only needs to take a few moments to slip our emotional filters firmly into place when we realize we need them.

Using an emotional filter allows us to be fully open to receiving love, light, laughter, learning, and joy from all around us, while firmly and consciously refusing to take on energy or emotions based on fear.

It is a choice which energy and emotions we allow to enter our lives, so let’s keep choosing love and light!

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