Modern technology and society are not always people-friendly. Governments tell us what do to. Technology tells us what to think. Somewhere in the process, people have lost much of their ability to think independently and to think with their hearts.

Many of society’s rules hurt people by preventing personal growth and development in favor of consumerism and conformity. Modern technology is so useful and convenient that we have become completely dependent on it for getting through a normal day.

Modern life has also brought increased materialism and consumerism, driving us to buy more, have more, and do more without thinking about our inner lives and spiritual well-being. The one who has the most toys wins. Does that sound familiar?

Growing differences in wealth and social status encourage envy and violence. In countries with high immigration rates, clashes of culture bring mistrust, intolerance, and conflict. A review of the day’s news leads one to think that evil dominates the world, and there is little hope for better. But the news is bad because bad sells, not because evil dominates.

If you are among the growing number of people who’d like to see some basic changes in the way things are going, then maybe it’s time to work on your own spiritual and psychic self-defense.

It’s time to nurture strong positive energies and to eliminate negative energies and influences from our lives and our minds. Negative energies and thinking hamper our ability to grow and create despair. Despair leads to hopelessness and anger. Anger then leads to envy and hatred. The best way to protect your own well-being is to learn the process of self-defense on a very deep level, to learn psychic self-defense.

Every person’s body is surrounded by a halo of light and energy we call the “aura.” Our aura reflects the condition of our combined physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health. Strong healthy people have strong brightly-colored auras that expand with their energy. People who are ill or distressed have weak dark auras that can drain the energy of healthy people. Negative feelings and thoughts destroy psychic energy and make us vulnerable to disease and chaos in our lives.

But there are methods and techniques we can use to strengthen our spiritual energy and aura and build our psychic self-defense skills. Meditation and other natural practices can reduce and eliminate negative thinking and energy and replace them with strong positive, healthy energy.

Meditation helps us get in touch with our true inner voice and tune out the negative voices that surround us. It helps build that protective shield of energy that will deflect negative assaults and allow us to continue to grow as spiritual beings. Just a few weeks of daily meditation will give us greater self-knowledge, build our self-confidence, and help us cope with daily stress and anxiety. Through meditation and psychic self-defense, we can defend ourselves from the powerful negative forces in the world.

The first step in self-development and psychic self-defense is cleansing ourselves of negative thoughts and feelings so that we can identify and nurture our spiritual strengths. One must undertake introspection and self-evaluation, identify those areas of life dominated by envy or anger, and work to understand and eliminate them. One must also make an honest assessment of their positive attributes and learn how to cultivate them so they can be used for psychic self-defense.

In addition to daily meditation, other practices are proven to be useful in this process. Yoga and naturopathy are effective ways to build self-confidence and the ability to withstand life’s difficulties. Yoga fills the body with energy and improves one’s health. Good health encourages optimism and enthusiasm for life. One must also begin to repair and build strong and meaningful personal relationships that incorporate the new positive attitudes.

It is very important to nurture your positive nature as you work on the negative aspects of your personality. You must replace what you remove, or it will return with intensity. As you break bad habits and thought patterns, you must replace them with positive habits and thoughts. When a negative thought tries to enter your mind, you must consciously stop it and put a positive thought in its place. A moment of jealousy must be replaced with a moment of generosity or kindness. A moment of anger must be replaced with quiet calm and forgiveness.

As you grow and mature in psychic self-defense, you will be an example that others will want to follow. They’ll see that you’re healthier and happier, and they’ll want it for themselves. Then you’ll have the opportunity to share what you’ve learned and help others eliminate negativity from their lives. One person at a time, we’ll build a healthier, better society that encourages self-development and personal growth and values things that no one can see – the spirit.