<![CDATA[When Boundaries Become Armor: Notes from a Spiritual Boundary Setting Workshop]]>I walked into that spiritual boundary setting workshop in Lubbock expecting another vague “energy healing” seminar. What I got was a masterclass in self-preservation. As a 60-year-old musician and veteran, I’ve spent decades absorbing other people’s emotional residue. PTSD taught me that trauma lives in the nervous system, and psychology calls it “emotional contagion.” The workshop reframed boundaries not as walls, but as permeable membranes—exactly like The High Priestess in the Tarot: veiled, intuitive, knowing precisely where to draw the line without cutting off genuine connection.

My own healing path involved legally sanctioned psychedelic trials, which stripped away the illusion that I had to accommodate everyone’s needs. Combined with daily meditation, I learned to sit with discomfort instead of absorbing it. Polyvagal theory explains this perfectly: healthy boundaries activate the social engagement system, pulling you out of fight/flight and into regulated presence. The Hanged Man card mirrors this exact shift—suspended, inverted, willing to release old survival habits and let go of others’ demands.

If you’re wrestling with codependency or spiritual bypassing, this workshop is your wake-up call. Boundaries aren’t selfish; they’re the scaffolding for sustainable mysticism. How do you navigate the line between empathy and enmeshment? I’d love to hear how you draw yours.

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