Cosmic Shield by Brenda Fluharty

Today, I get to tell you about my friend Brenda's book, Cosmic Shield: Sacred Tools for Spiritual Protection.

Not only is she one of my closest friends, whose spirituality I really admire, we talk a lot about our desire to help others, and I know this book comes from the heart. It's important to her to help people protect their energy and she knows that a lot of people don't know how.
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The truth is, negative energy can seep into us in subtle ways. It shows up as irritability,
headaches, sleeplessness, or even physical illness. ... And when we don’t know what’s happening, we end up blaming ourselves for feelings that aren’t even entirely ours. Spiritual protection gives us the ability to stand strong in our own energy, no matter
what’s happening around us. - Cosmic Shield

I recognized myself in that quote above. Especially the part about blaming yourself for feelings that don't even belong to you.

Seems to me that my biggest problem with it is remembering to ask myself a very important question. "Is this even mine?"

But that just makes it more important to have some way to clear energy or protect against the negativity that comes your way.
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​Protection is not about building walls. It's about creating strength, boundaries, and resilience so you can stay rooted in your own energy while still being open to the good that life has to offer. - ​Cosmic Shield

What's the Book about?

Well, Brenda is writing about spiritual protection, and she emphasizes how powerful it can be for empaths and sensitive people, who are often most affected by negative energy and the energy of others.

And she's so right! Just drop me off at the mall and see how drained I am when you come back to get me. I might not even look the same as I did when you saw me last.

In the book, she shares her own experiences of feeling overwhelmed by others' emotions and energies, getting physically ill from "energy attacks," and eventually learning protection techniques through Reiki and other spiritual practices. The book offers a lot of tools you can use to shield yourself, like visualization shields, crystals, cleansing rituals, grounding exercises, meditation, mindfulness and setting energetic boundaries.

I can vouch for those tools - I've used every one of them, And what I've found in my own experience is that the more mindful and grounded you are, the easier it is to notice when something has affected your energy.
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​We are not meant to fear negative energy. We have to recognize it, respect its reality,
and then choose light. - ​​Cosmic Shield

You know, I focus a lot on helping you become aware of and connected to your own light, and to your higher self.

But Brenda rightly advises an awareness of how energy is affecting you, so that you can clear it. And choosing the tools you want to use to protect your energy will strengthen your connection to your higher self by helping you avoid the energy that might block it.

And in the book, she'll teach you daily practices for noticing the shifts in your energy.
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Not All Negative Energy
​is Internal

When we experience pain, fear, or betrayal, negative energy can embed itself in the wound, feeding on the unhealed memory. - ​Cosmic Shield

Yikes! Trauma clearing, anyone? I did not know that until I read it in her book.

And Brenda, I can't wait to talk more about this the next time we're on the phone.

Right after reading that, I used one of the shields she wrote about in the book and thanked my guides for all the ways they protect me. There is an extensive list of shields you can try, so don't miss that. Especially the guided meditation!

The Blessing

At the end of the book, she offers the reader a blessing, and when I read it, I felt her love.

You guys this book is really good. So of course, I highly recommend it. I'm so glad it's out there in the world.

See you next time!

Love, Jeanine
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