How does one go about protecting oneself from the harmful and negative emotions/thoughts of other people? We are told that the black magician uses our own egos to control/manipulate us, so the obvious solution to this is to eliminate from ourselves those egos. This is as we know, not the easiest of tasks and it may take a long time to do so, until then, how can one still function around such people without absorbing their emotional and mental "aura"?
Thank you.