Mental-emotional defense system

If someone attacks us, it is only natural to block and manuver out the way to safety. If a disease attacks our body, it is natural for our immune system to build natural defensive mechanism and against the disease so our body maintain healthy. The idea is that there is a defense mechanism against the unhealthy negativity to maintain a healthy state. Sadly, it is not always the case for the weak, especially for the mind and emotions of the untrained when being under attack or exposed to negative factor. The trained mind differentiate the wise one from the foolish ones.

The wise one have a trained mind of mindfulness, patience and concentration. When others throw negativity at the wise one, one is mindful that the attack is pointless and especially not to lower the standard to the foolish person, so one put a mental defense barrier, reject the unplesantly gift, ignore the person, let go of any afflictions or negative response and maintain a healthy calm, peaceful and "unaffected" mind. Ones heart is safe guarded from the posion of afflictions such as shock, anger, resentment, low esteem etc... In other words, the wise one do not mindlessly react to the action of others, but maintain in control of self.

On the other hand, non-trained people do not have mental barrier and mindlessly react to the actions of others, even if it is pointless or emotionally unhealthy. They are easily expose and are like muppets, easily manipulated and controlled by others, including deviant, evil or foolish people. Because of the lack of mental defense mechanism, many people suffer and get hurt needlessly. Sadly, it is normally the timid and innocent sincere people who get the rude awakening and traumor from harsh individual, but this is when they should realised the importance on protecting their mind and emotion, instead of reacting to their level and lowering their standard into an hurtful, aggressive, manipulative and harsh individual.

So a part of the this spiritual path, is to build a mental defensive mechanism. To say no, reject negativity and rubbish people give you, maintain a healthy heart and mind, and continue walking through life happily.

There is an eastern parable, of a man who went to insult a wise man. The wise man said if a person offer him a present but he do not offer, where does the gift return to? The foolish man replied, to the person who gives the gift. So the wise man said, likewise, he is not accepting the irratonal insult from the foolish man, so the gift goes back to the foolish man. What is mean, is that it is up to the wise man to accept or reject the gift, if a person attempts to bring insult to a wiseman, it is up to the receiving end to accept it or not, so a a wiseman can reject and maintain clear and calm hearted unaffected.

With the defensive control barrier, you have the control to accept or reject whatever comes on your way. If it is positive, you can accept it, if it is negative you can reject it. You become the master of you mind and no longer a puppet controlled and manipulated by others.