Coping with negative people and protecting yourself from negative energy

There are very few truly evil people in this world, but there is a lot of negative energy, and a great deal of focus on negativity, which is promoted by our world media. Evil is "live" spelled backwards - it is an energy that is anti-life.

There are many types of negative energies in the Universe, just as there are many positive energies all around us. Like attracts like energy, and positive people attract positive energies and experiences to them, while people who think negative thoughts often attract negative energies and experiences to themselves. You can go to a great restaurant with a negative person who complains about everything, and if you taste their food, it really tastes awful, even if yours is great. A negative person can even have an affect on the weather, which is why we might say that person has a "black cloud over them".

Negativity creates a very low vibration that attracts more and more negative energy, negative experiences, and negative entities. This negative energy can continue to spiral downward into lower and lower vibrations of energy, such as anger, rage and depression. These lower frequencies become like a black hole that sucks everything into it, and sucks the life force and joy out of everything and everyone around it. In this way, one person's negativity can bring everyone else down.

Negative people can also be energy vampires who steal power, energy and joy from others. If you feel discomfort in your solar plexus area at the base of your ribs when you are with someone or talking to someone, that person is robbing your power by attempting to intimidate you, overpower you, manipulate you or control you. Put your right hand over your solar plexus immediately to regain your power, your center and your balance, then take a step back to move away from their energetic field of influence. If you feel the discomfort in your lower abdomen, it is a warning and a gut feeling to protect yourself from their negative energy and intent, so try to get away from them as soon as possible.

When you encounter negative energy, envision yourself holding up a shield that is a mirror, which deflects the negativity and protects you from it. Detach yourself from the negativity, allowing yourself to simply be an observer and bystander without being engaged in it. Think of it like watching a play from the balcony, where it can be almost amusing and entertaining, rather than being caught up in the drama that is unfolding on stage.

If you find that you have taken on negative energy or negative thoughts and emotions, imagine that they are sandbags holding down your balloon. As you release each of these negative thoughts and feelings, you let go of a sandbag so your balloon can become lighter and lighter until it is able to fly.

The way to really overcome negativity is to rise above it, so shake it off and choose light thoughts and light emotions. Laughter is the fastest way to raise your vibration, so try to find some humor in the situation. The Universe is full of humor, if we do not take life personally or seriously; every situation can have its humorous or positive side, if we are willing to look for it and to see it from that perspective. Love and joy promote well being and life-force, so live well, laugh often, and love much - even in the presence of negative people. Your love and joy might raise them up instead of their negativity bringing you down.

(http://www.askgrace.com/psychic_advice/0629_coping_with_negative_people.htm)