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The most important thing you must do if you are going to have any spiritual or psychic
contact of any kind, is to protect yourself from all negative and undesirable energies.
Remember it can be a very dangerous thing to do.
If you are new to spiritualism then Do Not do anything alone.
Always have someone present or working with you who has experience,
until you have enough confidence and experience yourself to be able to proceed safely.
Even then you should use protection and work in a safe and sensible manner at all times.
The best way would be to join a development circle or spiritualist church,
where you can learn how to work with spirit in a safely controlled environment.
After a while you will be able to do things like meditating alone,
but will know how to open and close your session properly.

OK... let`s assume you now have enough experience to proceed alone...
By now you should at least know and recognise your Guardian Angel and/or Spirit Guide/s
if not already have a good and trusted working relationship with them.
You are about to meditate and attempt to contact the world of spirit.
Now is the time to protect yourself- this is how I do it...

Opening Prayer

Dear Lord...
I ask for your guidance and your purest light of protection
whilst I attempt to make a connection with the world of spirit.
I also ask that you please keep away all negative and undesirable energies,
and allow only my own good spirits to come through into the light with love.
I ask that they be allowed to pass to me any messages and wisdom
which they have come to communicate to me from the world of spirit,
and that I may continue to develop and work in the way you wish of me.
I Thank You Lord for all your blessings- past, present and future...
Amen.

Next you should ask nicely for your Guardian Angel to come forward and also to help protect you.

Contacting Your Guardian Angel

My Guardian Angel
(here you may use his/her name if you know it)
My loyal friend and protector.
I am about to attempt to connect with the spirit world,
and would like to ask for your welcome help and guidance.
I ask if you would please surround me with your purest protecting light,
(this will most likely be in the form of a white, blue or golden lightforce.)
and allow my spirit guide/s and helpers to come forward with love
into your light to communicate with me.
I ask also that you assist me in safely opening up my psychic chakras,
in order that I may use them to the best of my ability in learning to do as the Lord wishes of me.
I am ever grateful for your constant presence and assistance in my life.
Thankyou
(again you may use his/her name here)

By no means do you have to use these words,
you will probably develop your own opening prayer and guardian angel plea.
Just make it somewhere along these lines and it will be fine.
Remember at all times to be polite courteous and respectful.
You can speak out loud, in your mind, or to yourself, whichever way you prefer is fine.
It is also up to your personal preference whether to have your eyes closed or open.
Try to imagine yourself being surrounded by protecting light (see my example graphic above).

Once you have protected yourself you can then move on to opening up your chakras
and tuning into the spirit energies around you.
( I recommend Not to open your chakras when still learning, unless you are in the company
of others with more experience.You should still be able to channel your thoughts to spirit, but won`t
be completely open and vulnerable to negative forces which you may not be able to control.)
Now you may open your Chakras.
It is a good idea to politely ask your guardian angel for help and protection whilst you do so.

Opening Your Chakras

Dear Guardian Angel
( here you may use his/her name as above)
I am about to open my seven psychic chakra`s.
I ask you to please assist me and provide protection whilst I do so.
Thankyou.

Now simply begin to count from number 1 to number 7.
At each number try to imagine the corresponding chakra
and try to imagine it being surrounded in an energy and light in it`s associated colour.
Mentally imagine opening each chakra in turn before moving on to the next one.
(Personally I find it easier to imagine a tight flower bud, opening up into a beautiful flower
in the colour corresponding to the chakra I am "opening").
You are now ready for meditation.

Let`s assume you have finished your meditation. Now you must close down.
You need to open up so you are able to tune in and be receptive to spiritual contact,
but if you don`t close down afterwards it would be just like going out and leaving all your doors
and windows open or unlocked...anyone or anything would be able to enter while you are out!

Closing Down

Dear Lord
I thank you for all your help and protection during my contact with the spirit world.
Thankyou also for allowing my Guardian Angel and Spirit Guide/s and/or helpers to step forward,
and for all the protection, messages and/or wisdom they have provided me with today.
Please help me to continue to communicate and work with spirit as you wish me to.
I also wish to thank my Guardian Angel, Spirit Guide/s and/or helpers
for all their protection, help and assistance at all times.
I am now closing down this session and ask you please to assist as I do so.
Thankyou
Amen.

Now simply count backwards from 7 to 1,
mentally closing each chakra as you reach it`s corresponding number.
Give yourself a moment or two to adjust and you are ready to continue your everyday life.

It is important to always protect yourself during spiritual contact of any kind,
and to open up and to close down properly every single time you do so.
Do Not be tempted to ever just open up and stay open just to save the time or effort involved...
this is only inviting trouble and unwanted attention from spirit, and unwelcome negative energies.
If you have no choice but to work alone when you are a beginner,
try to have someone you can contact should you need assistance or advice.
If you are in the middle of communication and get disturbed unexpectedly,
attend to the cause and then try to regain contact.
Apologise to spirit for the interruption, then either continue and then close down,
or close down straight away... whatever you do please remember to close the session.
Should you forget and then remember some time later, close down as soon as possible.
Don`t just leave it as there may be something lurking and waiting to catch you out !.
Be Sensible, be Safe, and Good Luck!