Sorry, firekeeper, I'm a little confused -- are you equating "spiritual armor...Reiki symbols" with compassionate action? I thought those things were all just tools. You have emphasized on many occasions the importance of mindfulness and intent, rather than rely on "Reiki does no harm", for example.
Don't know what a boggart is -- can you explain? In any case, yes. Like attracts like, fear attracts fear.
When the Qiqong master said "ill" energy, he was responding to a question about negative energy, so we understood him to mean "negative" energy. It was one of the few times he spoke in English, bypassing his interpreter.
Ill intentions among humans -- what seems like an ill intention to me, may be my enemy following a principle, regretful or not of its effect on me. I take it personally, my enemy meant it impersonally. Was it an ill intention toward me? Maybe, maybe not, one thing's certain -- in the encounter, my focus on the other's ill intention is a distraction from clarity. Only through realizing our Oneness can I effectively disarm the other, while s/he is distracted by imagining my hateful intent. The enemy is blinded by the illusion of hate, while I see clearly and cannot be defeated even if my body is killed.
I am not convinced that, wars and torture and genocide notwithstanding, that ill intent truly exists. Equally plausible that humans are reacting to their perception of the other's ill intent, in escalating spirals of violence.
And yes, that is my point, compassionate action cannot arise from fear, by definition.
I am working out violence that was done to me, long ago. If I stop at what I perceive as the ill intent of my attacker, then that is where my healing stops, and I will never know peace. The glimpses I have seen, all come when I let go of fighting.
Thank you for engaging, you honor me!
Blessings,
Aronaya
