Copyright 2001, Colin C. Tipping

29: The Forgiveness Rose
W
hen we open our hearts to others, we be
come vulnerable and face the danger of
becoming the target for their projections.
Their psychic energy can become mixed with ours, and
this can deplete our energy.
The more workshops I do, the more I realize that in many
cases the problems people appear to be having with
someone in particular stem from the fact that the latter
is able to get into and manipulate their energy field.
Almost invariably the one with whom they have the prob-
lem seems to be entering through the third chakra,
which is the one where issues of power and control are
stored. Once in, it is easy for he or she to control them
— sucking their energy or dumping theirs onto them at
will. Of course, this is all done subconsciously — with-
out awareness and hopefully without malice — but it
can be debilitating to the one being manipulated and
puts a great strain on the relationship.
You probably won’t be surprised to learn that it is most
often the person’s mother who is doing the invading
and controlling — even from the grave I might add. It
might also be the father or the spouse or any other per-
son who wants to have some control over the person’s
life, but most often it is the mother.
The easiest way for you to stop this or to prevent it hap-
pening with people you come in contact with, is to sim-
ply put up an imaginary rose between you and the other
person. It is a surprisingly powerful protective device.
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Fig. 17:
The Rose.
The rose is a symbol of psychic protection in a great
many esoteric writings. For whatever reason, it pos-
sesses a great deal of potency in this regard, probably
because it is the universal symbol for love. Visualizing
a rose gives us protection from the projections of oth-
ers, offering a way to block negative energy without
closing our heart to the person. I cannot explain why
the rose visualization works so well in this regard; in
truth, we can create psychic protection with any kind of
visualization, because just doing so creates the inten-
tion of self protection. However, the rose has been
used for centuries for this purpose and seems to work
better than most other symbols.
So from now on, any time you encounter someone
whose energy you don’t want mixed with your own, vi-
sualize the rose existing at the edge of your aura, or
halfway between yourself and the person. Then notice
if you feel differently while in their presence. You should
feel a much greater sense of your own psychic space
and identity while at the same time being totally present
for the person.
You don’t have to be in someone’s physical presence
for them to be able to control your energy, so it is a
good idea to put up your rose even while talking on the
phone.
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If you wish to develop this skill further we do offer a CD,
available from our web site, entitled, “The Satori Ground-
ing Meditation.” This takes you through a short guided
meditation in which you learn how to, prior to putting up
the rose, ground your energy, bring your own energy
field under your control and then balance the energy in
each of the chakras.
You can use this every day to create your ‘protection’
rose for the day, as well as balance all your chakras. At
night, just before you go to bed you put everything that
happened that day into your rose and blow it up — or
dissolve
it if you prefer to visualize it that way.
We also have available on our web site, a tape or CD
that uses the rose technique in the process of forgive-
ness. You would use this when the need arose to for-
give someone. It is entitled 
The Rose Forgiveness
Meditation.