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Date: 16 Aug 87 09:05:40
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From: Judy Harrow
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To: Rowan Moonstone
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Subj: self-defense and banes
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Re: banes
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I surely agree that we have every right to protect ourselves and our
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"own folk" from attack. But I do believe that shield and mirror workings
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are more efficient, effective and elegant at accomplishing the gocal of
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self-protection. Consider this - a mirror working is perfect justice. If
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I am mistaken, either that psychic attact is being done at all or about
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the perpetrator, a bane will jeapordize me karmically and (if psychic
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attact truly is being done by somebody other than the one I suspect)
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fail to protect me. A mirror sits there passively, ignores any mistaken
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paranoia that I may occasionally get, does nothing at all until and
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unless an attack happens, and then sends the bad energy directly back to
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the exactly deserving person or group in exactly the proper amount and
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kind. A mirror is perfect justice.
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A grounding shield is perfect mercy, taking bad energy and
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dissipating it harmlessly. I think I already said this but I recently
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talked one of my students into using a grounding shield where she would
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have been perfectly entitled to use a mirror. The situation is an
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ongoing battle between my student's lover and his former wife. While the
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ex-wife did an entirely unjustifiable attack, and would fully deserve to
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have it returned full force, all this would really accomplish would be
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to perpetuate the craziness, hostility and tension in the situation -
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and both the couple's innocent children and my student are being hurt.
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Better for all concerned to ignore justice and drain as much of the
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tension as possible, to make room for the healing that all of them need.
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A grounding shield is perfect mercy.
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But banes and bindings, while they may give short term protection,
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risk your own karma, are susceptible to mistake, and may, if
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misdirected, even fail of their well-intended purpose. Sure you're
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entitled to self-protection. This is just a lousy way to go about it. I
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guess my kind of Warrior is Athena, the wise defender.
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warmly / Judy
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--- v1.36
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* Origin: BaphoNet by the Sea - New York, New York, (718) 499-9277
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Date: 18 Aug 87 08:37:00
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From: Hugh Read
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To: Judy Harrow
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Subj: Re: self-defense and banes
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You have a gentle way. For myself, I love Minerva who I feel is a Being unto
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Herself. The concept of the Grounding Shield is clear to me...would you care
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to share the practice with me. Justice has little interest for me. That
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takes care of itself in the process of time. We are all amply repayed for our
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varies deeds simply by wearing this body of ours. Healing is far more to the
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point. The word Justice makes me cringe a bit, though long ago I came to
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peace with Justice. One of my more angry prayers is May he/she have perfect
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Jusice, NOW! Instant karma, NOW...and I always add, and so may it be with me.
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I remember telling this to a New Age teacher a few years ago. He turned pale
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and promised me auto accidents, fire, theft and robbery if I did that. Well,
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I am still bopping along with my share in the chancier aspects of life
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affirming perfect Justice for my self and every now and then in those very
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rare (!) moments of anger instant Karma for me and whoever. I love the idea
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of a shield that will ground and disperse any nasties send grovelling in my
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direction. Let Healing Be the Way!!! Tender bliss and explosive ecstacy be
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yours as the days pass softly!
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---
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* Origin: The Terraboard, Minneapolis, MN (Opus 1:14/341)
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Date: 19 Aug 87 08:16:00
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From: Judy Harrow
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To: Hugh Read
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Subj: shields
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It's visualization either way. For the grounding shield, it is velvety,
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absorbtive black (Oops, I should say that MINE is - you may alter this to
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whatever will convince your Younger Self). Every so often along it's length,
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for me every 2-3 yards, there is a post somewhat like a fince post that
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extends deep into the ground and is conductive like a lightening rod. Trust
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mother Earth to filter any kind of energy back into simple, pure,
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undifferentiated energy and recycle it to wherever it is most needed. So the
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shield catches incoming energy and channels it down through the purifying
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rocks. I don't know exactly how to describe physically how the shield can be
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semi-permeable, allowing in the well-wishes of your friends, but, as semi
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permeable membranes exist in Nature, helping each cell maintain its water/salt
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balance, so can this shield. Can you conceive of a substance both velvet and
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mesh? That's how it is with me.
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On the justice end of the spectrum, my own Younger Self is a bit of a
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literalist. A flat mirror will not work for me, since the angle of incidence
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is complementary to the angle of reflection, which means that bad energy is
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actually diverted from the sender and bounced onto innocent parties. My mirror
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looks like a waffle, and is optically designed to send stuff back exactly
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where it came from. It's also semi-permeable, and that is even harder to
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explain. I guess Younger Self is not altogether consistent.
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On the issue of choosing between the two modes. Justice is a tautology. It
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will do no better - and no worse - than getting you back to where you began.
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It protects and maintains, but does not allow for growth. Perhaps you've read
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Diana Paxon's wonderful book "Red Mare, White Stallion." At the beginning, the
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women of the tribe have a ritual opportunity to make a wish for the coming
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year. But the heroine does something even better. When her turn comes, she
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tells the Goddess "Mother, You choose." Had she chosen, she could not possibly
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have received anything more than she was capable of imagining. Taking the risk
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of not choosing was opening herself to surprise and transformation.
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Reading that was a mind-blow for me. Since then, I have tried to take
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Diana's dare as much as possible, and not limit myself to tautology. I don't
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do it all the time, but I stretch toward it. The mirror/shield question
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resonates with that for me.
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Minerva/Athena wears a shield and helmet, and carries a spear. My Sister
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is a Warrior, but always in defense of the community and always for justice.
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Never for greed or domination. It is worthy to protect what you have, and
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worthy to reach beyond. warmly / Judy
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--- v1.36
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* Origin: BaphoNet by the Sea - New York, New York, (718) 499-9277 (107/293)
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