This is a question for practitioners of qigong (and other systems of energy work that require interaction with outside energy). Do you take down your shields during the practice?
Whenever I do qigong with a shield around me it feels less effective, and my sensitivity to energy is decreased. I even made sure to put my intent into the shield so that good energy can pass through, but it doesn’t work. Should I be breaking the shields down before practice and putting them back on afterwards or am I missing something.
No, I set up my shields and wards to reject “unwanted” energy. There’s no effect on cultivation, because that energy is wanted. Likewise I want positive energy like sunlight, plant energy, positive emotions etc.
I guess my intention just wasn’t strong enough. I did intend for my shield to reject unwanted energy but I should specify only unwanted energy. Thanks for the advice.
I picture the ward as a sort of metal mesh, in huge sphere all around my house, the good stuff can come through the holes in the mesh, like a reverse faraday cage. So in my mind it’s invisible to cosmic qi. It has a double layer with a mirror shield outside that that reflects curses back to the sender.
Maybe just switching up how you visualise it will help clarify the intention?
I keep personal shields, yes. Same idea, mesh, mirror, filters. If I feel some gucky energy from someone in particular, then I need more so and I visualise a transparent but thick wall between us and that stops it.
Shields that are fixed by location are what I mean by “wards”.
I may also wear black tourmaline, jet or onyx if I’m going somewhere where I expect extra energy from all directions.
One last question. Do you enchant the crystals you wear with your intent? I don’t know if certain crystals naturally protect you, or if they are just easy objects to imbue with energy.
Not for the tourmaline and black ones no, protection is a thing they do automatically.
I consider crystals to be the highest order of being in the mineral kingdom, and I fuck with them as little as possible, trusting their sentience to do the necessary. I will cleanse them in moonlight now and then.