You ARE God pt1

Welcome Welcome. Come. Sit around the camp fire and be warmed by it's presence. What I want to talk about today may shock or offend you, especially if you are strongly attached to a Judeo-Christian religion. By the standards of their beliefs it could certainly be considered blasphemy. It is not my intent to cause unrest of any sort, but to open your eyes to a different possibility.

I am not a religious person. But, I am deeply spiritual. I do believe in good and evil and I believe that it is for each of us to decide what is good and what is not and to do our best to do good wherever possible. I do believe in a greater power than man. There are supernatural beings out there that outclass us by orders of magnitude. It just does not make any sense that they would care whether or not we worship them.

I mean think about it. Do you care when you wipe down a counter that had a bit of spilled liquid on it? No? Why not? You just wiped out  what was or could have become a tiny microcosm full of potentially many different kinds of micro-bacteria, single celled organisms and eventually maybe some mold. Perhaps there are things on an even smaller level that are so small that we  can not even perceive them, even with the enhancements that technology brings us. The thing is that such things are so far beneath our everyday notice that they never really even occur to us. We do not even think about them. I believe that is how these greater beings are in regard to us.

Does the sun care whether or not your plumbing works in your apartment, in New York? Does the Milky Way Galaxy care whether or not our sun exists? No, I don't think so. They are not living thinking beings you say? How do you know? Perhaps we are just so small and insignificant and different from what they are that there is no way of interfacing with them for communication purposes.

I do believe that there is a finite amount of energy in the universe, that energy can not be gained nor lost and is simply converted from one form to another, just as modern science tells us. But when I talk about energy, I am not talking about the physical forms of matter and energy or solids liquids and gases.  What I am referring to is love and not love. Confused? No worries I will explain.

There are two forms of energy that every living thinking being possesses.  You have an energy in you that keeps you alive and healthy, some call it chi or spirit. Others such as myself call it love. Love is a creative healing force. We use it to forge new bonds, to empower ourselves into getting what we want out of life and for all of the positive and "good" things that you can think of. Everything else is not love. It is destructive, dark and poisonous. It is anger, fear, jealousy, hate and prejudice. But what about neutrality? It is neither good nor evil right? Wrong. Neutrality generally means doing or deciding nothing, which simply leads to entropy, which leads to decay, a form of destruction. Hence even neutrality is an agent of darkness.

So there you have it, love and not love. Or white magick and black magick. Or as most people call it positive and negative energy. How do you know, other than by looking at your actions and choices, which form of energy there is more of in your body in general? When you are full of love your body will reap the benefits of your positive energy. You will generally feel as if you have more energy. You will be more open to new thoughts and ideas. You will be happier. What about when you are full of black magick? There will be more overall aches and pains, often chronic things that don't go away. Your body will be more prone to sickness and disease. You will often feel fatigued and you will be plagued by dark thoughts.

We are made of love. At birth it is all of what we are and all that we know. Unfortunately over time that changes. When we convert our love into darkness it begins to destroy us from within. We can easily see the signs of it within our minds and bodies. But how does it happen. And what can be done about it?

From an early age the seeds of mistrust and hate are placed.
And that's all the time I have for now. Join me later for part two.

Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

Have you ever tossed an object into a pool of water and watched to see what happens? Whether it's a pebble that sinks to the bottom or a rubber ball that floats on the top, it doesn't matter. The effect created is an ever widening ripple of concentric circles. If the object is large enough it will send these ripples all the way to the edges of the pond or pool or bathtub that you threw the object into.
The magic that you cast into the world works in much the same way. The spells that you cast with your words create ripples in the world around you whether you realize it or not.

For example. You wake up in the morning in a good mood and head into the office you work in. When you get there you smile and ask your secretary how she is doing on this brand new wonderful day. Your words and attitude are infectious and brighten her day. You literally make her morning better just by how positive you are. And in turn she is bright and pleasant with everyone she interacts with both in the office and on the telephone. Her words and mannerisms with other people are more positive than they would have been if you had not been there in the first place. And each person she interacts with is influenced by her positivity. You interact with her and she interacts with dozens of other people during the day. Each of those people interacts with other people as well. Now as the circles widen the effect is often diluted.  But, even with this being the case, you are responsible, by the simple act of you being upbeat and greeting your secretary with a smile and a kind word, for improving the day of dozens if not hundreds of people.

The converse is true as well. Your way of being with your secretary can convey a message of irritation, intolerance and hate. And invariably that message will be relayed through her to many if not all of the other people she comes in contact with during the day. Thus bringing down and possibly even ruining the days of all those touched by your ripples.

While there are specifics that people are willing to argue about, this is the simplest difference between whether your spells are white or black magick. Are you creating positive change or not? If the change you are creating is negative, then you are poisoning those around you with your black magick, with your words and deeds.

You do make a difference in the world around you. Each person you interact with is changed in some way by your presence. You get to choose whether or not their lives are made better or worse by that interaction.  And as one popular band puts it "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice" The reason for this is, if you decide not to take part in the world, you are depriving the world of any change that could have happened as a result of you showing up and taking charge.
So take some time and evaluate your life.

Think about how you interact with those closest to you, your friends, loved ones and work associates. Are you poisoning them with your nasty, vile, pestilent, evil, black magick spells? Or are you making the world a better place with your benevolent white magick? Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

The will and the word

Today we are going to talk about magick. Now when I say that, I am not talking about the sort of tricks and illusions done on the television by David Copperfield or others like him. That is magic and while entertaining, it is not the same thing. What I am talking about is real magick, the stuff that has the power to change the world.

When I was a kid I heard stories about Merlin and other wizards, sorcerers and witches  from faerie tales and folklore. And I wanted to be one of them. How cool would that be? To be able to wave your magic wand around and just make stuff happen? But then of course that was when I was a kid. After awhile, time passed, a whole lot of life happened and I grew up and forgot about that wish.

Now I am an adult. Those of you that know me, stop snickering! Now that I am an adult I see things a different way.  I realize now that I am capable of using magick. I do it everyday. In fact, every person in the world does.I know, I know. That sounds completely ludicrous. I mean if every person in the world were constantly going around casting spells the world would be in a horribly chaotic state. What's that you say? The world IS in a horribly chaotic state? What do you mean? All the wars and hate crimes, social injustices and greed, poverty and cruelty and so much more? Okay so maybe it's not entirely ludicrous. Let's take a closer look.

Firstly, when I use the term magick, what exactly am I saying? If you do a bit of research in mystical circles, you will find that the most commonly accepted definition is "the Science and Art of causing Change to occur in conformity with Will". That is quite a mouthful but what does it mean? More simply put it means exerting your will and causing change in the world around you. Now I see a few light bulbs going on out there.
 
I say again that we are all wizards, sorcerers, magicians and witches. But what is this power that every one of us wields? It is called The Word. Our primary means of interfacing with things that occur outside of our bodies is communication. And the most powerful form of communication is through words. Whether they are words scrawled on paper, or spoken aloud or just thoughts circling around in our heads words are magickal. Don't believe me? Well here is an example of what I mean. Let's say you are eight years old and you are sitting at home and it's been five hours since lunchtime but still a couple of hours until dinner. You are hungry. If you do not say anything about it, nothing changes and you stay hungry.  You decide that this is not okay. You tell your mom or dad you are hungry and they fix a snack for you. Thirty minutes later the hunger is sated and you are happy again. While this does not seem like much, if you think about the definition of magick you did in fact cast a spell with your words and created changed in conformity with your will. You were hungry. You exerted your will and shortly afterwards you were not hungry.

Every person in this world uses magick everyday, sometimes dozens or even hundreds of times per day. And yes, this does create chaos, mostly because people do not realize that they are constantly throwing spells all around them, each one making small localized change and many conflicting with one another.

In the next post we will be be talking about black magick and the ripple effect.