Sensitive to negative energies
QUESTION: Masters, for many years I have experienced what I feel could be discarnate entities inhabiting people. These encounters have been with strangers, lovers (including my current boyfriend), and friends. As a Reiki healer, I know these energies exist on this plane and that I will encounter them in my own shadow work and my spiritual work with others, and yet I am sometimes frightened of these beings. It’s a difficult feeling to explain but it’s almost as though I feel my soul, and the souls of others, could I be in danger? I sometimes feel like I am crazy, and I know this fear means I am learning something important, but I cannot seem to gain clarity or insight about what it all means. ~Ali, United States
ANSWER: Earth has an equal amount of positive and negative energy. Some of what you are sensing is just negative energy carried by those having a life lesson. It is natural to feel a fair amount around those who are not on a spiritual path because they don’t realize they can choose to shun negativity and embrace positive feelings.
Earth’s inhabitants see negativity as the default setting of their life. People will tell you what is wrong with their life and then others will step in and try to “outdo” those bad experiences with some of their own. When clients come to you, they are usually there to get rid of something that is bothering them – their negativity.
You are sensitive to the degree of positivity a person can have when the body is in perfect balance. Anything out of balance, or negative, is immediately apparent to you. These are the “bad energies” that you feel but do not fear.
You are correct that there are negative entities, those who have finished their human existence but have chosen not to return to unconditional love. They will try to grab positive energy from others and will suck life-force energy from whoever allows them to do so. Those who cannot distinguish positive from negative sometimes succumb to these energy vampires. They can be very scary if you do not recognize them and send them away.
These discarnates may just accompany a client, or they may have attached to the person like a leach. Cover yourself with white light when you sense one of these and ask your guides and Archangel Michael to come and help it detach and move on. Of course, the client must be willing to let it go. Some people feel these entities are being friendly and giving them love in exchange for their life force. Your insight allows you to detect them and help others to get free of them.