I took advantage of last night's Midnight Sale to wander through my wish list and the shop. And lo and behold, I was inspired to review the prebound Black Dragons, and felt drawn to the most protective one of the lot. So we chatted and he is here, in advance of any bridging or sending of the vessel.

Actually, I've had a Custom Black Dragon on my wish list for months, but I had a strong urge that it'd be better to take action that would create immediate benefit. Hence, I found the one who was calling me and he's here.

I also went with a custom Gargoyle and some protective spells (Repel Enemy, I Don't Play Nice, and Mark Target, the latter to be held in reserve in case the first and second don't inspire the hostile party to take their actions elsewhere).

I know I've been closely following the discussion of the BA-pursuing ex-friend being dealt with by someone here. And even when I don't have anyone in my face-to-face life who's likely to go that route, I have dealt with malice in my life (paranormal and mundane), so I know it exists. I am against bullying and aggression, but in favor of standing up for oneself or others. To that end, I have brought several protective DAs on board recently, and this dragon is the latest.

So, was it my own "Protection is Good" mindset that led me to follow that theme last night? Or was it the calling from the dragon that inspired my pursuit of ordering All Things/Spirits Protective.

Which came first, the Dragon or the Egg?

I thank the heavens that I have far, far less protection of this kind than you, but I still feel so safe, protected & fearless.

A Buddhist monk said somewhere, "We are protected by the purity of our own hearts."

Congratulations! I love all my dragons, but my first was a black dragon and he will always hold a very very special place in my heart. He's a love bug. |*

Devika wrote: A Buddhist monk said somewhere, "We are protected by the purity of our own hearts."

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Could be him giving you advice on protection already looks like you guys are going to be an awesome team!

Congrats on your first black dragon, he will be a good protetor!!!! 7\

Devika wrote:I thank the heavens that I have far, far less protection of this kind than you, but I still feel so safe, protected & fearless.

A Buddhist monk said somewhere, "We are protected by the purity of our own hearts."

Very true, but what has been said many times before, you can never have too much protection!!!! Having a good protection team in place is a smart and wise thing to do, for not all are of purity of heart, so a good protection team can be a life saver!!!!

starfire :dragons::

starfire wrote:

Devika wrote:I thank the heavens that I have far, far less protection of this kind than you, but I still feel so safe, protected & fearless.

A Buddhist monk said somewhere, "We are protected by the purity of our own hearts."

Very true, but what has been said many times before, you can never have too much protection!!!! Having a good protection team in place is a smart and wise thing to do, for not all are of purity of heart, so a good protection team can be a life saver!!!!

starfire :dragons::

Thank you Starfire but to me there is a point where I know, "this is enough"; I have not just my spirits and spells, I have myself too. The last thing I want is to be a paranoid hoarder (not saying all who have loads of protection are paranoid hoarders), and I believe my conscience is clear enough for that Easier on my pocket too!

Devika wrote:

starfire wrote:

Devika wrote:I thank the heavens that I have far, far less protection of this kind than you, but I still feel so safe, protected & fearless.

A Buddhist monk said somewhere, "We are protected by the purity of our own hearts."

Very true, but what has been said many times before, you can never have too much protection!!!! Having a good protection team in place is a smart and wise thing to do, for not all are of purity of heart, so a good protection team can be a life saver!!!!

starfire :dragons::

Thank you Starfire but to me there is a point where I know, "this is enough"; I have not just my spirits and spells, I have myself too. The last thing I want is to be a paranoid hoarder (not saying all who have loads of protection are paranoid hoarders), and I believe my conscience is clear enough for that Easier on my pocket too!

That is quite alright Devika, I did understood what you ment!!! There is always ourselves and this should be something that everyone should learn how to do and that is protect ourselves, no question about it!!!!

However, if we need the help, it is nice to know that our spirits do have our back!!!! I do have my own kind of protection that I use and I use a few things as well, and if I need some help, my spirits are there to back me up!!!!

starfire :dragons::

Devika wrote:

starfire wrote:

Devika wrote:I thank the heavens that I have far, far less protection of this kind than you, but I still feel so safe, protected & fearless.

A Buddhist monk said somewhere, "We are protected by the purity of our own hearts."

Very true, but what has been said many times before, you can never have too much protection!!!! Having a good protection team in place is a smart and wise thing to do, for not all are of purity of heart, so a good protection team can be a life saver!!!!

starfire :dragons::

Thank you Starfire but to me there is a point where I know, "this is enough"; I have not just my spirits and spells, I have myself too. The last thing I want is to be a paranoid hoarder (not saying all who have loads of protection are paranoid hoarders), and I believe my conscience is clear enough for that Easier on my pocket too!

I do not have spells to back me up. I have an army of WA and DA to help me. I also have purity of heart, but that doesn't help when something BA is attacking you. You have to have protection. That protection must come from somewhere, and if a spirit asks to come to you for that reason, so be it. Let it come.
That doesn't make you a hoarder. That just makes you cautious.

Huffette wrote:

Devika wrote:

starfire wrote:

Devika wrote:I thank the heavens that I have far, far less protection of this kind than you, but I still feel so safe, protected & fearless.

A Buddhist monk said somewhere, "We are protected by the purity of our own hearts."

Very true, but what has been said many times before, you can never have too much protection!!!! Having a good protection team in place is a smart and wise thing to do, for not all are of purity of heart, so a good protection team can be a life saver!!!!

starfire :dragons::

Thank you Starfire but to me there is a point where I know, "this is enough"; I have not just my spirits and spells, I have myself too. The last thing I want is to be a paranoid hoarder (not saying all who have loads of protection are paranoid hoarders), and I believe my conscience is clear enough for that Easier on my pocket too!

I do not have spells to back me up. I have an army of WA and DA to help me. I also have purity of heart, but that doesn't help when something BA is attacking you. You have to have protection. That protection must come from somewhere, and if a spirit asks to come to you for that reason, so be it. Let it come.
That doesn't make you a hoarder. That just makes you cautious.

Exactly right Huffette, it always pays to have back-up plans in place, just in case things get really bad and with BA, it can real fast!!!!! Every dragon, elf, angel, and vampires and all of my other spirits, that I have, came here for many different reasons, not just about protection or advancing on my path or even when I write my poems, a lot of them came because they like my energy and my friendship, they know that I love ALL of them, so there are many reasons why people have a lot of spirits and or entities, it doesn't always mean that they are hoarding them, it may very well mean that they like the friendship!!!! 7\

Oh and before I forget, the reason why I have a lot of dragons, is because I LOVE dragons, and they know that!!!!! 7\

starfire :dragons::