The bubble of light explained!!

So there is an interesting concept I learned about early on in my awakening when the joys of being an empath and picking up shit (energy and emotions) from people when going to the grocery store or in public in general, was the biggest of my concerns.  I don’t miss those days because oddly they were more complicated.  I understood less and I took on more than was necessary, which was at times extremely difficult. Some say ignorance is bliss and at times for me, it was, but clarity is definitely incredibly awesome too!  

When I realized I was a first level empath and what that meant, I had stopped the psych meds I was on for bipolar disorder and was attempting to function in the world with my own raw emotions I had never experienced as well as the ability to feel others emotions in an interesting way.  I often had trouble separating when I’d pick up things from others, and as many undiscovered empaths do unknowingly, I would take on the emotions of others as my own.  Quick explanation of a first level Earthly empath.  A person who is able to pick up on other people’s emotions (be it a familiar person or a complete stranger) when they are in their presence.  This can be positive emotions, but it is more noticeable when it is negative emotions.  The reason for that is because, why would anyone question feeling great?  They wouldn’t!  And when someone’s good mood or good luck “rubs off” on you, that’s awesome and you’re “lucky”.  I don’t believe in luck, but that’s for another day!  But when you pick up something bad or negative, that is noticeable.  You’ll hear many empaths say that they will be feeling great and amazing one moment and then all of a sudden BOOM, they feel like shit and angry or sad for no apparent reason.  Usually circumstances cause these kinds of reactions.  Not thin air!  If this ever happens to you, you are what I call a first level empath!  How many levels are there, you might ask?  Well the fucking rabbit hole I’m in indicates that the answer is infinite!  It goes beyond anything that is fathomable to any person walking this fucking earth right now.  But again…  we all experience things differently and we all interpret things differently, therefore, my truth is different than yours or anyone else’s.  There’s no facts here!  I can’t put this shit on a pie graph for you all pretty!  It’s a lot and you don’t really truly get it, until you experience it and the nuances are what’s fucking infinite!!!

All of that being said…  first level empaths have to be able to protect themselves from absorbing other’s energy until they learn to observe it, which is literally several levels away from the first! Lol!  So there is this concept that is widely discussed on the internet and there are blogs galore about it.  It can be called the psychic bubble technique or the bubble of light or simply shielding or psychic shielding.  I generally avoid the word psychic because of its negative connotation at this point in time, but I use it here because this is what search results will give you on google or wherever you search. The idea of the bubble technique is to keep out the energy of others.  I feel as though I view it a bit differently than many people who write or post about this topic, though.  Many will say you bubble yourself to keep everything out and warn you that if you bubble too much, you’ll feel isolated and become lonely.  That’s just not necessary.  What if you could put up a bubble that would allow your light to emanate and allow the light from others to enter so that you can acknowledge it?  Why not?  There are no fucking rules here and honestly, this reality is so relative that it is absolutely whatever you make it to be.  Your fucking bubble can do whatever you want!  It can shoot glitter or rainbows or lasers or it can repel bad energy and send it back to the person that sent it transmuted to love!  Cause, seriously, why the fuck not? Imagination is key! 

To break it down without all my silly mumbo jumbo…  using imagery in your mind (that’s the grown up way to say use your imagination, but sounds less condescending) and picture yourself in a beautiful bubble of light, color of your choice or no color. I like to picture it at least 2 feet above my head and at least 2 feet out on each side.  You’re safe here and you can be in your own emotions.  The purpose of the bubble is to repel the bad or negative emotions from outside of you.  You can picture it like an electric current where it immediately buzzes off like one of those fly zapping machines or it can gently bounce back and go where it needs to go, as long as it is far away from you.  The bubble does not isolate you.  Anyone with light and any emotions that are for your greater good may enter and you are still safe.  If someone has positive emotions, but they are too much for you, they aren’t for your greater good and may not enter.  You set the rules and if you can do so in a meditation of some sort, your subconscious will take over this invisible game you’ll be playing!  And view it as that!  A game!  Life is too short to be serious all the time!  Have a little (or a LOT) of fucking fun!  Live it up and be happy, because there’s no reason not to be!