[mudra]

Yes I agree Brook these are the mechanics at work in the behavioral pattern of the people
displaying such an impaired energy balance that they like to utilize or prevent you from using
your own.

The points you have outlined below will indeed help in keeping your own space ...your own
territory safe..

Now it is good to bring to consciousness that the practice of the experience of your primordial state as a soul ...your natural timeless awareness also called " Great perfection " is extremely beneficial in dealing with daily life.
His holiness the dalai Lama says "This is because that kind of experience will give you the ability to prevent yourself from being overwhelmed by circumstances, good or bad. You will not fall into extreme states of mind: you will not get over-excited or depressed. Your attitude toward circumstances and events will be as if you were someone observing the mind, without being drawn away by circumstances.

For example, when you see a reflection of a form in a mirror, the reflection appears within the mirror but it is not projected from within. In the same way, when you confront the situations of life, or deal with others, your attitude too will be mirror-like.

Also, when a reflection appears in the mirror, the mirror does not have to go after the object that is reflected: it simply reflects, spontaneously, on the surface. The same with you: since there is no attachment or agitation at having these 'reflections' in your mind, you will feel tremendous ease and relief. You are not preoccupied by what arises in the mind, nor does it cause you any distress. You are free from conceptuality or any form of objectifying. And so it really does help you, in allowing you to be free from being caught up in the play of emotions like hatred, attachment, and the like. "

--from Dzogchen: The Heart Essence of the Great Perfection by His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Love Always
mudra