This fiction reflects a truth. You have the power to hold a ball of protection around yourself that defends you from unhealthy, contagious mental states - fears, obsessions, etc. So much of what can unsettle us is not our own thoughts, but just thoughts in the atmosphere we have accepted as our own. Holding this ball does have to be effort-ful. Just the awareness of its presence has tremendous power. You are not holding the ball alone. Love holds it with you.
There are many stories of superheroes, and other super-creatures, who have the power to create a ball of energy around themselves to protect themselves from enemies.
This fiction reflects a truth. You have the power to hold a ball of protection around yourself that defends you from unhealthy, contagious mental states - fears, obsessions, etc. So much of what can unsettle us is not our own thoughts, but just thoughts in the atmosphere we have accepted as our own. Holding this ball does have to be effort-ful. Just the awareness of its presence has tremendous power. You are not holding the ball alone. Love holds it with you.
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AuthorTarn Wilson is the author of the memoir The Slow Farm and numerous essays. You may read more of her work at tarnwilson.com. Archives
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