[BigJohn]

as an example, I stopped fearing Hell after I adopted a belief system that does not believe in Hell. I was always told I was going to go to Hell in a handbasket. Then I realized if handbaskets were that big, I would just fall out the bottom. Later, I realized Hell came from the Bible. And then I found out, some of the newer Bibles use Hell not that often and then I found out some Bibles don't even use Hell. It appears, Hell, came about from poor translations.

Rereading your initial question, you asked about "Protecting from diffuse collective energy". I suspect the issue does not have to do with protection but has to do with how to handle picking up from others. I suspect you are very sensitive and pick up on others. If that is true, I have to think more on the subject.

I suspect, when you were a child, you picked up on others and at that time, it wasn't a problem. And I suspect later on in life, you learned about picking up energies from others, and if that is true, that belief should be changed back to what you used to believe.