A change of angle of viewing will show entirely different relationships that are no less and no more true. in other words, there is no one way of seeing things; there is only every way, and this of course no one in 3D can ever stretch to encompass. Not only does a different viewpoint reveal a different aspect of a given situation: It alters what is possible, what is true. When you see life as fluid rather than static – as a dream rather than a collection of objects to be moved around – the ground-rules change. What you believe connects directly to what is true (and possible) for you. You know this from experience, many of you, but not all who have experienced it realize what they have experienced.
Beliefs bound your experiences; experiences expand or limit beliefs. As usual, a reciprocating process. One who will not be convinced is, from one viewpoint, firmly rooted in fact, and from another viewpoint, trapped in his own limiting beliefs. This is not an either/or – it is a both/and, as well as a neither/nor.
Choose your beliefs, change your life.
Yes, except that stating it that way implies a firm platform from which to choose. Your life is not as simple as a 3D mind making its decisions rationally and fairly. There isn’t really any point in thinking someone can set out the rules of life. The best you can do is to set out the rules of life as they are for you. Again, looking at life more as a dream than as a staged event will bring you closer intuitively to the reality. Only – some will be unable to adopt that view!
What we believe is what is true for us.
With an implied caveat, always, that no one in 3D knows fully who or what he is, and so never fully knows his own mainsprings. But, subject to that very important reservation, it is true that life will serve up what you expect – but remember that people do their expecting at various levels, not all known to one another.
I have never felt a need to ask for protection, but perhaps that is foolhardiness. I hesitate to make recommendations to others, for fear I may be wrong, or may be pushing my luck, only to discover one day that it runs out.
But regardless, this is your experience, your (inner and outer) world in conformity to your expectations.
So I suppose the answer is, if you think you need protection, act as if you do, otherwise not.
Who and what you are determines the need or non-need for protection, because malevolent forces do exist, in a way, and don’t, in a way. What is within your limits seems real to you, and other things do not, can not. But again, don’t confuse deciding that you believe something with actually believing. In practical terms, it’s always the same prescription: Get into close touch with all levels of yourself. Stay in touch. Reconcile to the degree possible, while remembering that you while you are in the body have the opportunity and responsibility to choose. That’s what you are doing here, choosing. Everyone lives in a different subset of the world tailored for them, of necessity. That is the opportunity; that is the predicament.