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[The following is a reprint from an earlier article I wrote that I thought would be quite relevant and timely.]

Alright, now that I have your attention, you are probably wondering what in the world I am speaking about vampires for. There is a relationship between this mythological creature and what many of us experience in our daily lives. I am going to call it “The Dracula Effect”. The Dracula Effect is what we experience when we allow people into our lives that have no life of their own but instead suck the very life blood out of us, and such is the basis of their relationship with us. Now of course most of us would say “I don’t know anyone like that in my life”, but The Dracula Effect makes it hard to recognize their presence. To make it simpler, I’ve included a few of Count Dracula’s supernatural traits and I’ll discuss each one as we go through:

1. he survives on the blood of others This is the most commonly known trait of Dracula and of all Vampires. Blood symbolizes life, and since this creature has no life of his own he sucks the blood of others. In our lives we know people like this, who instead of physically sucking blood out of your neck simply drain your energy by maintaining a constant degree of negativity around you. Some do it through being full of ‘drama’ where there always seems to be a state of emergency that exists with them while others spend their days gossiping about people and spreading negativity, or perhaps something as simple as sharing negative thoughts everytime you see them. This brings us to the second most commonly known trait, which is…

2. he can turn victims into vampires The consequence of allowing them to ’suck your blood’ is that you too will become a vampire. We know vampires are the walking dead, or the ‘undead’. They walk around like all the rest of us but have no true life of their own. There’s no ‘magic’ or ‘myth’ in this. If we associate with such negative people who drain the life out of people they are around, the consequence is that after some time we too will become the same type of bloodsucking energy zappers. So why don’t we just avoid these type of people? Why would we ever associate with someone who drains our energy? Family obligation is the number one reason; these types will always seek out family first to drain because the obligation to tolerate them is silently understood in our society. Long-time friends are next, especially childhood friends, because of the bond that has grown over the years due to a shared past, many become ensnared by this sense of obligation. This is true especially when the person was not a vampire at first but got turned into one along the way. Regardless, sometimes these types and even new vampires can come into our lives because…

3. he has hypnotic power over his victims The vampire talks like us and walks like us and can even be quite charming. They may be witty, comical, or intelligent, but always have some redeeming quality. After all, no one is going to let a boring and dull-witted person near enough to them to suck their blood. Some people when told of this Dracula Effect attempt to help their friends or loved ones and save them from an endless life of bloodsucking and being amongst the undead, but this creates a problem because…

4. he has no reflection in a mirror In other words, they can’t see themselves as they are. They have become oblivious to the fact that they are without a life of their own and spend their days sucking the blood of their victims through constant gossip and ensnarements that they create. Most people have to find out for themselves, but the best thing to do is to leave these people to their own devices before you too become one of them.

There are many other traits of those perpetrators of The Dracula Effect, but I’ll shorten it by ending the description here and now offer some solutions. For starters remember that…

1. he may not enter a household unless he is invited in These bloodsuckers don’t force their way into our lives, we let them in 100% of the time. If we notice one coming, quickly turn them away, and if we have one in our lives already, we need to let them know they are no longer welcome to suck our blood. We do this by ceasing to allow their negative talk and gossip around us, and we cease to share in their ensnarements that they love to create. We also keep in mind that…

2. he loses his supernatural powers during daylight hours Knowledge and Wisdom is light. Want to get rid of a vampire? Constantly share constructive knowledge and wisdom. They may stay around you for a moment, although I guarantee you it will be less and less, but even when around you they will have no effect on you whatsoever because you will have countered their supernatural powers with the Sun-like powers of Knowledge and Wisdom. Another aspect of protection connected to this is…

3. he is repelled by garlic and holy symbols (crucifix, holy water) Garlic is a natural antibiotic, it kills germs while keeping you healthy. Now in this case, wearing garlic may chase them away, but it also will probably chase away everyone you DO want to be around you also. Eating it will help your body but will do little to chase away these bloodsuckers. Instead, you need some ‘proverbial garlic’ which is keeping yourself mentally healthy by taking in healthy thoughts and spending time with positive people. Programming yourself correctly with books, CD’s, DVD’s and tapes with positive content will guard your system against attack by these bloodsucking creatures.

Water is a symbol of life also, and Holy Water is simply symbolic of a ‘blessed’ life. Once taking your proverbial garlic, use your newfound positive knowledge; live it out! The more you live out a positive self-existence the less the vampire can stand to be around you. You don’t even have to say anything to them, just simply living out positivity is like flinging that Holy Water on them, it just burns them up!

Copyright 2006, 2010 by Adeeb Shabazz, All Rights Reserved

None of us can likely count the enormous amount of people who complain about the recession we are in, and blame it for failures in their lives from A to Z. This general complaint has become a war cry of every individual and family with serious challenges. I make no slight of the challenges people face, for I too have faced them and continue to face them, however there is a distinct difference between myself and those who think like me and those who have actually embraced this idea of “The Great Recession”. The difference is that I have refused to participate in the recession.

On the surface this may seem over-simplistic, mocking, and perhaps even juvenile. However, on closer introspection you will find that there are common practices, habits and language amongst those participating in the recession. Those who have been convinced that this recession is a hard-fast reality have taken the position that the economy is bad, therefore they have given up on advancing in business: businesses stop advertising; banks stop lending; most of all, outlooks are bleak. Now I am a realist and am not going to tell you that there is no recession, because I know there is. What I am going to say is that I am not participating and you do not have to either if it is not your choice to. What those participating in the recession do not realize is that change is inevitable, and resisting change causes stagnation, which has resulted in this recession. Stale advertising and marketing strategies, old lending practices, and staunch individualism can only lead to decay. The way people get their news, watch their shows, listen to their music, shop for their goods, and communicate with people across the country and across the globe has changed drastically in the past 10 years. Those companies that do not adapt to these changes and attempt to stick to old outworn practices will perish, and many have. We live in a rapidly changing world and a rapidly changing universe, and if we do not adapt we then feel the pangs of decay in our life.

What does all this mean for those of us like myself who are simply individuals trying to make ends meet for ourselves and our families, and perhaps get a bit ahead? This means that we need to be more self-aware, realizing how we do things on a daily basis. How much do we rely on a cell phone compared to 10 years ago? How much do we communicate by email compared to 10 years ago? How much do we shop online compared to 10 years ago? These questions and questions like them will begin to illustrate how our own world has changed so dramatically when we look at the answers to them, and set us on a path toward realization of the world we live in today. We then can begin to recognize opportunities that exist to network and build business like we never have before. Taking advantage of new opportunities that this process reveals even on a small scale can at the very least increase our incomes by a few hundred dollars to several thousand monthly, and for most of us that makes the difference between living under the gun and living the life we used to before people started talking recession, or perhaps even better. The choice is ours; now that we know better, will we do better?

Since the publishing of The Secret by Rhonda Byrne in 2006, many have become familiar with the term Law of Attraction and have become interested, intrigued, and sometimes confused by this phenomena of Law of Attraction. People often wonder, “what is Law of Attraction (LOA)? How do I use LOA in my life? If I use LOA to get what I want in life, where does what I don’t want come from?” All these are valid questions and should be addressed.

In personal irony for me, my metaphysical  book What If God Were One Of Us? was published five months prior to The Secret, and for me it just shows that there was great energy surrounding Law of Attraction and personal manifesting around this time, and it was time for the Universe to bring this subject from the background to the forefront of consciousness. This small fact reminds me that there is nothing exclusive in the Universe, save the way each individual expresses the knowledge and information he or she chooses to express. Because I’ve had the passion for knowledge since birth and the passion for writing professionally since middle school, I am only expressing what I came to this plane of existence for when I write books, articles, and even this blog. Because I’ve had a passion for things in the spiritual realm since very early in my life, it is only fitting that my focus in life be centered around the way of life of a spiritual teacher and writer; the ancients in India called this dharma, meaning purpose in life.

The best thing for each of us to do is to find our dharma, or purpose in life, and to begin to focus our personal energies on this purpose and make it a central focus in our lives. Our children should be brought up to find their dharma and focus their personal energies and attention on it and make it central in their lives. Too many times we are steered toward earning a living, making a fortune, and achieving goals that are centered around someone else’s concept of success. It is not wrong by any means to earn a living, make a fortune or attain great success in life, yet if it is not centered around one’s purpose in life, it will be a journey filled with great stress and strife, yeilding little happiness in return.

In fact, struggle and strife can become central in one’s life and will yield more stress, struggle and strife in one’s life. We attract what we put our attention on, with passion, and passion can be positive or negative. Many of us do not realize that we are filled with focus on worry, stress, anger, resentment, and other emotions that produce an energy that manifests what we don’t want. This is why we must re-examine how we construct our lives and what we make central in our lives.

[to be continued]

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How many of us really know our true selves? What is it that we call our selves? A bunch of internal mental chatter that was programmed into us in our formative years as our parents, teachers, and other edified individuals drilled into our heads what they thought we should know? Don’t get me wrong: a good deal of this internal chatter was actually good stuff that we needed and still rely upon to function and stay safe in this world, given to us by people who love us no doubt. However, in there with the programming that tells us to stay away from fire, to look both ways before crossing the street, and to wash our hands before meals is also internal chatter that tells us we need to make practical choices in order to earn a living for our families and that we can’t fight city hall.

Where is the real us in all of this? It is not the us that says we’re smart or dumb, good or bad, right or wrong, athletic or clumsy, or confident or shy. Inside each and every one of us is a divine being who manifest here on this physical plane with a purpose. How do you get in touch with this divine being? Regular meditation helps quiet the mind of all the chatter and allows one’s true Self to shine through. While many do not find meditation easy, it is learned through practice, and the practice of meditation must be maintained until learned. For those who do not do well with silent meditation after a prolonged period of time, primordial sound meditation, such as in the practice of Jappa meditation, is recommended. The primordial sound, which could be something as simple as the sound “ahh” or “aum”, could be used in order to tune out the background chatter we may not be able to tune out in silent meditation.  It is then that we can get in touch with our true selves and listen to the still small voice that speaks to our true being and reveals what we truly are here to share with the rest of the world.

For most of us, our parents and teachers were loved ones attempting to guide us aright. We do not disrespect them when we make the conscious decision that we need to get in touch with our true selves and follow our internal passions and visions. In doing so, we do not forget all of the value they have taught us, yet we now take control over what we choose to keep and what we choose to discard from what they’ve offered. In doing so, we have the best of both worlds, and we can soar to new heights.