Do you ever suffer from headaches, migraines or constant streaming thoughts that you can't switch off? Well instead of reaching for the aspirin bottle or that strong cup of black coffee, have you considered you might be suffering a “psychic attack"? So what is a psychic attack and how might we deal with it? I realise that some are none too comfortable with the idea that there is a sophisticated consciousness in the surroundinng field able to drain our energy so if you're not open to that possibility, I suggest you stop reading now. For those of us who know denial is not a river in Egypt and wish instead to embrace reality the way it really is, lets carry on!... Before I do however, I'd like to issue a warning - I believe it is very important for us to understand and deal with the affects of opposing consciousness but it is also vitally important that we don't bring too much energy to the phenomenon and descend into mind games, fear and worry. To do so is self defeating because our fear may invite in the very energies we are seeking to counter. So what exactly is a “psychic attack" and how does it work? Personally I've had countless experiences and so I thought I'd share with you a very recent one including how I dealt with it. A few days ago I awoke in the middle of the night quite restless. I'd been awoken by a dream, my head was thumping and I found it impossible to get back to sleep. I began having constant streaming thoughts about all kinds of things going on in my life right now. Fortunately I was able just to watch the thoughts and not become identified with the process - this then is the most important first step. Not to lose oneself in a continual battle of trying to stop, counter or resolve the thinking but simply letting it flow. In so doing my consciousness was not completely swallowed up in the thinking, such that I was also able to scan my body for particular feelings. Through experience, I knew exactly what to look for; maybe a tightness in the solar plexus - a sure sign of energetic attack; or perhaps a tightness or buzzing in the temples or third eye. Both of these symptoms were present so it was becoming increasingly clear that an attack was in full flow. For an attack to really have an affect like this however, there normally needs to be a channel of entry into ones field - a route by which Opposing Consciousness finds its way in. It could come from a judgment we're holding about ourselves, others or from for example an energetic connection with someone else. So I continued to scan my body and at this point asked my higher guiding consciousness for some help. Sure enough within seconds of asking, I began to feel a slight tightness in my right chest. So I contemplated what this might be. It didn't take long for an answer to arise - my dear mother is currently undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Unsurprisingly she is currently in a good deal of fear and worry and therefore likely herself to be under some form of attack. Although I continually cleanse my field ensuring that little or no cords of energy are attached to me, it quickly became clear that there was an energetic bridge existing between me and my mum. "There's nothing unnatural about this at all" many energy workers might profess, but it does not serve anyone to maintain energetic ties with another no matter how close they may be. We are each whole and integral beings and ideally (in enlightenment) we relate in that way. We don't hold interdependent relationships because they hold our consciousness back. That's not to say we don't hold profound unconditional love for another - of course we do. However, contemplate what the word "unconditional" really means. It means that I won't hold a fixed idea or judgment about you - in other words I love you so much, I allow space for your consciousness to be whatever it chooses to be without limiting it with my idea (or energy) about it. To truly love someone is to set them free in this way. So returning to my experience, I now knew I was being attacked by Opposing Consciousness and the route into my field was through an old energetic bridge between myself and my mother. I knew this would not be just a basic and simple counter. So I got out of bed and went to my meditation room, lit incense and candles, deepened the connecting with benevolence. Next I intensified the energy grid I've created by walking the perimeter of the room and bringing loving attention to the four corners. Following that, I took up a meditative position in the centre of the room and opened a heart connection to Archangel Michael. The bridge established, I could begin to feel that loving consciousness begin to pour in. The next step was to cut the energetic tie between myself and my mum. Some might use visualisations to achieve this, using a sword or scissors to "cut" the energetic web. If such visualisations help build energetic intention from the depths within, then this can be a good thing. Whilst I do appreciate it may help people get in the "zone" so to speak, personally I've found it unnecessary - simple heart felt action suffices. Having dealt with the bridge, it was then important to recognise that my mother's consciousness might suffer from the removal of the bridge so it was important to attune internal empathy for her to soften the breaking of the bridge. Now that protection was in place and the bridge severed, I still had to deal with the Opposing Consciousness which was still present in my field - in the background I was feeling a degree of nausea and my mind was still very active. At least now I knew that when I ejected the consciousness, there would be no open channel through which it could return. So now to deal with the consciousness itself. There are a number of ways of doing this but at least initially, I've found the most effective is to “switch off" the energy source which the consciousness is feeding off. I've found the old Shaolin technique of “becoming as nothing" the best approach for this, because then they have nowhere to strike us. In multi dimensional terms, when we expand our consciousness (by doing spiritual evolutionary work - like meditating) we begin to “light up" through multiple dimensions and therefore attract in Opposing Consciousness. Until we are adept at living through multiple dimensions and know how to move our energies through them, it is good practice to know how to turn one's energy off in those other dimensions and the way to do that is to become well grounded in the third dimension. This harmonises well with “becoming nothing" and in fact they are much the same thing. The technique for doing this is to scan the body identifying areas of tightness - in my case there was still the lingering feeling in my chest. So I moved my awareness to that place and centred in it. Being very clear that there was no efforting to remove it, I simply dissolved into it by becoming awesomely okay with it - not needing it to be a certain way and not judging it as pain, simply accepting it the way it was. Within moments it had completely disappeared. I did this throughout my body - let's be clear though, not all pain is removed that easily. However, what you can do with practice is to instantly let go of the need for the pain to go away - we simply remove negative association connected to pain. Within about 30 minutes of working through my body this way, the feeling of nausea had gone, my mind was quietening and a deep sense of peace and relaxation was descending over my body. I could feel waves of unconditional love washing through me and shortly afterwards drifted off into a blissful slumber. In conclusion, its important to state that even though the process I've described might seem quite lengthy and involved, the more we practice, the faster, slicker and more effective the approach becomes until we find it is a natural part of our beingness and effective psychic attack becomes the rarity rather than the norm. What experiences or questions do you have? I'd be interested to hear.