PSYCHIC SELF DEFENCE

J. Akhidenor Uduebor, FRC.

INTRODUCTION

Psyche is a Greek word meaning the human soul, life force or spirit. The human psyche or psychic body could therefore be construed as the soul body, a spiritual counterpart of the physical body of man. The psychic body is in touch with the soul and at the same time, in touch with the physical body, which it fits into exactly. While the physical body is largely negative in vibrations, the psychic body is largely positive and exercises a protective influence over the physical body. The protective function of the psychic body is carried out through the aura. The aura is an electromagnetic field of energy exuding from the psychic complex and overflowing the physical body as a protective shield.

The electromagnetic energy of the psychic body flows through a nervous system called the sympathetic nervous system, which distributes vital life force and cosmic energy via specific centres known as psychic centres, to all parts of the body. The psychic centres are not physical organs or glands but rather are electromagnetic energy points located in close association with specific organs or tissues of the body, where they operate as a network in rhythmic relationship with one another to create and maintain body integration, balance and harmonium.

THE PHENOMENON OF PSYCHIC SELF-DEFENCE

The human body is equipped with appropriate mechanisms to enable it respond to emergencies at all time in defense or protection of the self. Thus, the eye, for instance, would blink to shield itself off from an oncoming dust particle. And where the particle had actually entered the eye, the organ would increase its supply of fluid to lubricate itself and flush out the extraneous matter. This illustration is true for all phenomena of self-defense and the body's reactions to restore and sustain a state of balance.

Psychic self-defense can be defined as an autonomic mechanism by which the human psyche protects the body against psychic or spiritual and even physical attack. Implied in this definition is that the notion of defense presupposes an attack. In other words, there is an envisaged risk of danger or attack (real or imagined, looming or launched) against which the body has to be defended or protected. Our definition also identifies two basic forms of attack, namely, physical attack and psychic or spiritual attack.

Physical attack could be construed as a harmful force launched through a physical medium onto the physical body to impact negatively on the body. The harmful force could come by way of severe knock or blow to bruise, batter or fracture the body; it could be by way of sharp object to lacerate or puncture the body.

Psychic or spiritual attack on the other hand could be explained as a process whereby an evil thought or vibration is transmitted through a medium other than physical, to a person usually, with harmful or aversive impact on the person's psychic or spiritual body. Any harm done to the psychic body would, of course, invariably translate to a harm on the physical body, since what affects one affects the other.

The concept of psychic attack is centred on thought vibration. Thoughts are said to have wings and are known to be back of all creations in accordance with the laws of the material world. The psychological content of a thought is one thing governed by the laws of the universe. However, the semantic meaning attaching to the thought derives from the human mind and this determines the effect of the thought that is projected. The goodness or badness of a thought or any substance for that matter therefore, does not reside in the thought or the substance itself but in its particularistic order of meaning or intent of its use as held by the human mind.

The human mind strives to determine the meanings or intent of concepts that come to it, in its tendency to avoid a vacuum. This tendency to find meanings for concepts that seem strange or to substitute imaginary concepts for those things not known, is what brings about superstition. And of all forms of human sufferings, by far the most worrisome are probably those having to do with superstition, ignorance and fear. Superstition derives from ignorance about the fundamental laws. It has the effect of creating fear. Fear can weaken the human aura, collapse the psychic defense mechanism and make a person vulnerable to psychic attack

PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHIC SELF-DEFENCE.

Psychic self-defense is a function of the subconscious mind, the psychic structure and the human aura. The subconscious mind is a domain of tremendous power, capable of doing what the physical body is incapable of doing. It can engage in contemplation, imagination, concentration and visualization as a process in mental creation. It can generate a thought and transmit it through space, unhampered by elements of matter, time and space to anywhere

Evil thoughts as well as good thoughts can be transmitted and received depending on the content of the subconscious mind and the quality of the aura of the person sending and the person receiving. Thus, the subconscious mind, working in concert with the aura, can enhance or block thought transmission or reception. For instance, when a person has a well-charged and expanded aura and the thought projected to him is not in harmony with his subconscious mind, the person's aura will block the incoming thought or vibration. Equally, evil thought emanating from a person can be blocked by his own aura and forced to remain within his consciousness to harm him.

Self-defense is applicable to both outer and inner selves. However, the defense mechanism of the body is organized, coordinated and executed by the inner self working through the medium of the subconscious mind, the psychic complex and the human aura. The implication of this is that there is the need always to program our subconscious mind to do what we want for ourselves, to energize or magnetize our psychic centres and strengthen our aura in preparation for the defense of the self against any form of attack. The subconscious mind along with its aura is likened to the Guardian in a Rosicrucian Temple. Only what the Guardian admits into the Temple can enter the Temple.

TECHNIQUES OF PSYCHIC SELF-DEFENCE.

Psychic self-defense does not occur as a conscious or deliberate exercise. It is an unconscious phenomenon. The techniques of psychic self-defense are therefore essentially the methods or procedures that one consciously adopts to put in place an appropriate psychic framework that has the capability for responding rapidly in defense of the body against any form of attack. The techniques include the various exercises and experiments geared towards raising or expanding one's consciousness, magnetizing the psychic centers and strengthening the aura as taught in Rosicrucian monographs.

Consider, for instance, deep breathing exercise. Each time we take a deep breath we introduce into our system a quantum of cosmic energy, which then goes to the various psychic centres to energize them and enhance their magnetism. This development has the effect of making the entire psychic body vibrate with high-pitched electromagnetic energy which then overflows the physical body to magnetize and strengthen the aura. A strong aura, no doubt, is a formidable armour in psychic self-defense. To strengthen our aura therefore, deep breathing exercise, particularly the Rosicrucian technique known as the "Overall Exercise" holds the key. Best results are often obtained if this exercise is carried out with built-in sound and colour vibrations.

The thoughts and convictions we hold in our minds do affect our life and, in particular, our mental health significantly. It has also been emphasized earlier in this discourse that the content of the subconscious mind and the quality of the aura are important factors in psychic self-defense. The subconscious mind reasons deductively, accepting an instruction and working forward with it. Therefore, the subconscious mind can be programmed through subtle suggestion from the objective mind to do for us a number of things: to assert confidence, to affirm a condition, to reject a claim, to conquer fear etc, as an inviolable order. The Rosicrucian graded teachings, we must gladly acknowledge, afford us the technique of programming our subconscious mind.

The Macrocosm and the Microcosm were created using the elements Fire, Air, Water and Earth. There are techniques in Rosicrucian teachings for harmonizing with these elements. The mystic who is initiated into these elements and is harmonized with them is psychically protected and served by them.

Psychic self-defense is hinged on the use of God's powers or forces residing in and passing through the body of man. Adept on the path are trustees of this power of God. To qualify for the use of the power and to obtain the desired results however, one must have purity of mind and body, be in a state of grace and exhibit a high degree of righteousness and confidence. Negative thoughts, fear and emotional states such as prejudice, anger, rage, bitterness, hatred, malice as well as inharmonious substances (foods, drinks etc) taken into the body system can lower the vibrations of the psychic centers, puncture the aura and make the self vulnerable to attack. Eliphas Levi, an astute Kabalist, stressed these points when he wrote: "Every man who is obsessed by prejudices and fears, every passionate man who is slave to his passions is incapable of being the trustee of God's own powers."

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