The specific energetic forms that blocks and defenses take in the aura — from the 'blah' block to the porcupine, from mesh armor to power displays.
Why We Block
We all create blocks because we see the world as unsafe. We block in patterns that involve our whole energy system. Our energetic defense systems are designed to repel, defend aggressively or passively against incoming force, show power to scare off aggressors, or get attention indirectly.
All of these are voluntary. On some levels we even enjoy them. We always have the choice to respond tolerantly rather than defensively. Remember: there is always a reason why someone defends — to protect a vulnerable part they wish to keep hidden.
The Six Types of Energy Blocks
Blah Block
Gray-blue, sticky, heavy (like mucus)
Result of depressing feelings until they stagnate. Body bloats in the area. Low intensity, associated with despair and blaming anger. If continued: colitis or angina pectoris.
Potential disease: Colitis, angina pectoris
Compaction
Dark red, ominous
Suppresses feelings but contains accumulated rage like a volcano. Body fat or muscle accumulates. Person feels trapped because release is associated with humiliation.
Potential disease: Pelvic inflammatory disease
Mesh Armor
Mobile, shifting
Effective at avoiding feelings (especially fear) by moving blocks around when challenged. Everything looks perfect externally but something is missing. Creates crisis to break into deeper feelings.
Potential disease: Less likely to cause disease directly; creates life crises
Plate Armor
Frozen, high tension
Holds all feelings by freezing them in generalized high tension. Well-structured life externally but lacks personal fulfillment. Hard muscles, cannot feel body well.
Potential disease: Ulcers, heart problems, shin splints, tendonitis
Energy Depletion
Weak, pale, underdeveloped
Decrease of energy flowing down the limb toward the distal end. Person cuts off limbs to avoid associated feelings. Results in weakness and physical underdevelopment.
Potential disease: Limb weakness, underdevelopment
Energy Leak
Energy squirting out joints
Person squirts energy out of joints instead of flowing down limbs. Decreases energy to avoid responding to experiences. Based on childhood conclusion that response is dangerous.
Potential disease: Joint problems, cold limbs, poor coordination
Just which blocks you develop depends on personality and childhood environment. All of us use a combination. Which are your favorites?
The Ten Energetic Defense Systems
These defenses are employed when the individual feels endangered. Each defense has a specific energetic signature that can be perceived with HSP.
Porcupine
Whitish-gray, spiny
Aura becomes spiny and painful to touch. Sharp. People respond by distancing.
Withdrawal
Light blue cloud leaving body
Portion of consciousness and aura being threatened simply leaves the body. Eyes have a glazed look while pretending to be present.
Beside Himself
Field displaced up and behind
Longer-term than withdrawal (days to years). Higher bodies partially disconnect and float out, up, and behind. Disconnection from feelings. Often from early surgery or trauma.
Verbal Denial
Yellow in head, pale lower body
Much energy in the head, severe neck block, depleted lower half. Stays verbally active to feel alive. Keeps energy in the head.
Oral Sucking
Vacuum-cleaner eyes
Sucks energy from others to fill own field (unable to metabolize from the environment). Boring, exhausting verbal prattle. Loves being around others.
Hook
Hook on top of head
Used by psychopathic types when threatened. Throws the 'hook' at the aggressor. Or grasps another by the head with mental energy to hold them until the point is accepted.
Mental Grasp
Energy arches from frontal lobes
Reaches toward another's head to hold them mentally. Appears logical but the between-the-lines message is 'you better agree.' Implies the other is 'bad' and wrong.
Tentacles
Oozing, slippery, silent, heavy
Reaches for your solar plexus to capture your essence. Person is full of their own essence but fears humiliation if it moves. Silent brooding is very noisy energetically.
Verbal Arrows
Sharp, flying through air
Precisely targeted painful words. Archer hopes to elicit anger as an excuse to release their own anger while avoiding humiliation.
Hysterical Defense
Lightning bolts, chaotic explosions
Explodes in fury to threaten and intimidate with sheer force of power and chaos. Purpose: clear the room of everyone.
Boundary Containment
Thickened boundary
Removes from situation while strengthening and thickening boundary to remain unaffected. Message of superiority.
Power/Will Display
Blown-up, well-controlled aura
Strongly ordered, well-controlled power/will display. Lights up the aura so there's no question who is in charge and not to be tampered with.
Exercise: Find Your Major Defense
Try each defense system out. Which ones do you use? Try it with a group of people — everyone walk around the room in each defense. How familiar is each one?
Which do you use for different occasions? There are probably more defenses in use — you can think of others yourself. The important thing is that all of us use them, and we all agree (consciously or unconsciously) to interact in these ways.
Self-Review
From Chapter 12:
Related
Learn about the Five Character Structures to see how blocks and defenses form personality patterns. Or read the Core Light Healing module on Blocks & Defenses for the deeper framework.
Defense Pattern Quiz
Question 1 of 5
When someone criticizes you, your first reaction is to:
Which defense pattern did you identify in yourself? How does knowing your primary defense change your healing work?