Aham Prema #7

I don't know if it's supposed to be actually day 8; I don't think so. I got a message from the yoga studio that it was "Day 8." I never heard back in response to my offer to share my writing, though I've seen and heard encouragement to "share your thoughts" as though the owner/teacher(s) want feedback or to hear someone's reflection upon doing the mantras. I'm irritated but it's about something else not related to this topic. 
  I'm feeling bothered about a toxic person who is causing drama and the only way to "win" or to preserve one's peace is to not play their game. I'm used to walking away. I'm used to silencing my voice and turning in the other direction, and putting distance between myself and someone else who is just out to cause damage because they have nothing better to do with their lives. I keep seeing some kind of narcissist in my life, like an undercover one. They wear a convincing disguise. I also forgive and view others via my heart. Do you know how hard it is to view the world through your heart? To see the best gifts a person has to offer or perhaps just a good cover, and not see the evil lurking underneath until one day when the mask falls just an inch. . .then a few more.. . .then the costume is peeling off and I'm horrified to see the monster underneath. A person that would be cruel to a child. a person that sees nothing wrong in poisoning their own child with jealousy. 
Yeah, this is a bit far from divine love. Only, I must keep practicing the mantra and remembering my invisible cloak: the one with a white, gauzy, filmy cloud of light energy, warm as the mild Spring sun, filling me with divine love. I purge out the negative, black, swirling gunk and chaos that others are pumping out: rejected!! I wear the aura around me like a bubble. I am protected by divine love from without and within. I will not falter. There is strength and power in divine love, and it's the kind that trumps evil. Aham Prema like a background track, looping in my mind, reminding me I'm not alone. I am divine love. Aham Prema. 

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