protection before meditating?

[Links Shadow]

You are exactly correct, lysear, I have found no reason to perform any protection rituals before I meditate.  In my opinion the only thing that it does is condition the mind into thinking that you are susceptible to attacks, and when you condition your mind into think that you are, you become susceptible.

Respectfully,
Links Shadow

[Nita]

Hello Lysear
  I always say a protective spell or prayer before I meditate. It helps me to relax and connect to divine providence better. I do this not because I feel I am susceptible or something is going to get me.
  I do it to align myself with the forces that I am contacting or affliated with in this lifetime.
        Nita

[Tayesin]

Hi People, it is so refreshing to hear others saying that protection is not that important.  When I was a teenager starting out in medtation practice, my teacher had me put a shield around myself in my favourite colour.  It was the way I did things for many years.

After my experince of expanding into oneness with the Universe, I came to realize that protection was only a concept that could not let us experience anything outside of it's boundaries.  It was a fear based concept that had it's place during our 'apprenticeship'.  And once we had become Self-empowered there was no further need for it.  Furthermore, the empowerment from Self gave access to 'higher' means to defend ourselves if necessary, which I have found is something that is very rare.  Instead, I use Loving Energy to deal with aggressive beings, which changes them in profound ways.

Thanx for the chance to share.  Love always.

[Lysear]

The system I am currently studying with insists on the importance of performing a basic protection ritual such as the rose cross or lesser banishing of the pentagram before meditating. I have recently been questioning this approach and have come to the conclusion that I do not aggree with him. I am therefore going to start meditating when I get up in the morning without performing a protection, just for a while as a protection. I was really just after some advice on this from people experienced in it.