The only real protection will come from doing a spiritual practice over a prolonged period of time. Because it retrains us to see the world and ourselves in a different way.
Bliss is easy, just take a drug. What is hard is feeling good about our real selves.
Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.
Bhakti yoga isn't something you join, it's love. It means falling in love.
I chant to save my heart. Every time I sit down, that's what I'm doing.
One of your biggest lessons so far in life has been to learn to forgive myself over and over again and not to be so harsh with myself.