By Scott Petullo & Stephen Petullo, The Mystic Twins

Black magic is defined as the misuse of spiritual energy including harming another person or attempting to get someone to act in accordance with your desires, especially if your desires oppose theirs.

In our view, spiritual power is to be used only for good. The moment you try to control or manipulate another person, you step over the line and incur negative karma.

Below we list 3 controversial examples of black magic.

1. Every single day the very acquisitive and charismatic minister fervently prays to his savior asking for big donations from his church members. He also emphasizes in every sermon the importance of giving back to the lord. “You can never tithe enough,” he regularly states.

The power of his prayer yields impressive results over his lower middle class, obedient congregation and it’s not uncommon for donors to happily exclaim, “I don’t know what came over me, but I was led to donate a lot more than I had originally planned!”

Over the years, the prayers intensify and the church acquires an abundance of resources allowing the minister to live affluently, well beyond the means of his contemporaries. Since it’s prayer, and it’s in accordance with a religiously sanctioned idol, it’s acceptable, right? Wrong. He might as well be calling on the high priest of darkness and his merry gang of demons in this money scheme. The power of prayer may be divine, but abusing it invites pure darkness, and incurs serious negative karma.

2. A 30-something mother of two young kids wants out of her marriage, but knows her teacher salary and her husband’s income won’t be enough to support their current lifestyles if they separate. She is attracted to her male friend (and his money) who has made it clear to her that he values their friendship, but he’s not interested in her romantically or sexually (he is gay, and everyone is well aware of this, but she refuses to let go of her agenda to have a child with him).

Crystal magic to the rescue! The young lady is obsessed with crystals and spell-casting. Justifying her intent to rope him in to support her (and her two kids, their college education, and her mother) by reasoning that he can afford it and would like it if he just gave her a chance, she attempts crystal-based magic to draw him in and even interfere with his love life.

Unfortunately for her, his acute self-awareness leads him to realize she is attempting to manipulate him and he calls her on it. Instead of admitting the obvious, she denies it and plays the victim, incurring even more bad karma, and their friendship ends.

3. A best-selling New Age author has decided that she would like to “neutralize” the spiritual teachers she deems unacceptable and “harmful to the progress and inspiration of the New Age movement” with the help of her Wicca friend. Unfortunately for the New Age author, who does not believe in karma or reincarnation, by attempting to thwart the success of others, she is setting herself up for a series of lifetimes where she must endure being the target of black magic.

How do you know if you are violating spiritual law in such a way? Simple. If you are attempting to control others in any way, especially if they would reject your request if you had an honest conversation with them, then you are overstepping your bounds and will incur negative karma by utilizing spiritual forces (negative or positive) to sway them to your way of thinking.

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“One fact of nature is that people have a ‘negativity bias’: we react to the bad more strongly and persistently than to the comparable good … One consequence of the negativity bias is that when people’s minds are unoccupied, they tend to drift to anxious or angry thoughts. And rumination – dwelling on slights, unpleasant encounters, and sad events – leads to bad feelings. In fact, one reason that women are more susceptible to depression than men may be their greater tendency to ruminate; men are more likely to distract themselves with an activity. Studies show that distraction is a powerful mood-altering device, and contrary to what a lot of people believe, persistently focusing on a bad mood aggravates rather than palliates it.” ~Rubin, The Happiness Project

I couldn’t agree more! As a coach, much of the work I do centers around the thought life of my clients. Through conversation, activities, and homework, we uncover the thoughts that the person is dwelling on or persistently returning to that are causing them to feel angry, anxious, or immobilized. I’ve certainly been in situations where shifting my focus from unpleasantness has proved difficult – sometimes seemingly insurmountable, so the strategies I share with my clients are definitely ones that I use myself!

It really is a shame that we can have a week of good and then the thoughts or feelings prompted by one bad day, moment, or experience sinks their claws in and refuse to let go without some effort on our parts to eradicate them. I haven’t yet discovered any real strategies for skipping this step altogether, but I have found ways to decrease the duration and clear techniques for shifting away from these persistent, tiring, and limiting thoughts.

If you find yourself stuck in rumination, unable to work past the thoughts that keep running through your mind, I encourage you to schedule https://my.timedriver.com/RYGY2 a free 30 minute discovery session so that you can experience coaching first hand that is geared towards shifting your thought life.

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Rachel brings to the table a passionate belief that her clients do not have to remain trapped or confronted daily by the thoughts or behaviors that result from trauma/abuse. Through her own journey of recovery from sexual abuse, she has also gained insight and understanding about what it takes to overcome trauma. This makes it possible for her to relate to and appreciate her clients’ struggles intimately.

Based on her desire to foster community, intimacy, and connection, Rachel has dedicated much of her time to understanding relationships and communication. For her, how we are relating to others is crucial to improving the overall quality of our lives. In addition to the lessons she’s learned along the way, she has attended various lectures and trainings to further hone her skills for working with clients in these areas.

She developed her Trauma Recovery & Relationship coaching programs based on her learning and personal insights and has been successfully working with clients for the past five years.

Rachel holds an M.A. in Counseling Psychology. With this training in human behavior and cognitive development, she provides a distinct perspective and approach for her clients while using coaching as opposed to therapeutic models

It is often said that what you believe is what you become. In many ways this is very true. All one has to do is consider how the things a person says to oneself over and over again can influence their psyche. For example, people can speak positively towards themselves and others which generate positive energy. They attract positivity into their life because they exude positivity. Likewise, this is also related to what one believes about oneself.Individuals that are going through a difficult period in their lives may need to adjust their thinking and personal beliefs in order to increase their self-image and their positive energy. One of the best ways to do this is to use affirmations to increase energy in a positive manner. The use of affirmations in order to change perception and to increase positive energy is achievable through numerous methods.

Positive daily affirmations can be found literally anywhere. They can come in the form of quotes or they could simply be positive thoughts that a person has of themselves in order to change their thought patterns which ultimately changes their behavior. In order to gain obvious changes in one’s psyche through the use of affirmations, people must understand the concept behind an affirmation. An affirmation is often considered a declaration. The declaration is something personal to the individual, and is oftentimes used to change perception and promote positive thinking and actions. For this reason, many people utilize these affirmations as a means of beginning or continuing positive thoughts and actions.

Because there is a significant amount of power behind declaring something to be true for oneself, these affirmations can be quite life-changing when utilized on a daily basis. This is one reason why positive daily affirmations are so very popular. These affirmations can be found on calendars, date books and even in journals. They are readily available for those who are seeking to increase their positive energy by reading quotes and/or words that will push them into a direction of self-actualizing in a positive manner. Essentially, the whole purpose of affirmations is to propel people to analyze themselves so that they can take the necessary steps to improve their condition so that they can walk forward in positivity and self-assurance each day.

One of the most effective ways to use affirmations daily is to write down personal declarations on index cards and place them in strategic locations. It is very important to remember that these declarations are things that an individual desires to have for oneself. Thus, these declarations should come from a place of self-knowing and should not be influenced by outside opinions or views. Most people like to write their declarations on index cards or brightly colored Post-it notes and then repeat the affirmations to themselves over and over again. In many ways, this is a means of self-conditioning as a person continues to repeat these words over and over they begin to believe what they are reading. Thus, those individuals that tell themselves they are positive people exuding positive energy will eventually begin to act in accordance to what they are affirming each day.

Overall, one of the best ways for people to increase their perception and energy in a positive manner is through affirmations.

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People who are new to self improvement and are looking to shed some old limiting beliefs often encounter positive affirmations.. but they can seem a little too good to be true, so people often ask, “Do positive affirmations really work?”. A quick and simple answer is yes they really can.. but they still require effort and it is up to you to put the work in

Affirmations work by affecting your subconscious mind to rewire your unwanted idiosyncrasies. It encourages affirmative thought and better judgment to make you better suited at handling stressful situations. It calms the mind to gives you an unclouded view of everything. It leads to improved decision making skills and and a lighter more positive outlook in life.

Affirmations can be used to boost your self esteem and encourage optimism. Their use also helps with ending unwanted habits like smoking and it can also be used to ease pain and discomfort and even treat sleep disorders. It has a wide variety of applications that help liberate people from their problems and ailments.

Although very useful, the effectiveness of using affirmations relies on a person’s disposition towards self improvement. A person who shows no real interest in his personal development will not benefit from hypnosis. This is because hypnosis only works when a person is willing to make an effort to change. A person who has the will to make his life better will receive all the benefit – if they persist and say their affirmations consistently, every day (ideally in the morning and evening).

Applications of Positive Affirmations

Affirmations have many applications and they can be very effective for those that have the desire to change. They can eliminate the negativity that limits people’s true potential, and again, when used consistently, they really out the best in people who have the right attitude towards self improvement.

Positive affirmations can be used specifically for weight loss, sports success, confidence, motivation, memory – pretty much any area you want to improve in, you can use positive affirmations to enhance your mind and accelerate your path to success.