The ultimate act of power is surrender.
It's within your world that things will unfold and intuitive understandings will open up.
Don't wait for a Guru. Your life is your Guru.
The heart in us is deeper than any emotion or psychological issue.
We all inhabit our lives, in different ways to some degree. We see ourselves a certain way, and based on how we see ourselves, that's how we see the world.
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.