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My own take on it is that deep down at my deepest core, there is a belief or a meta belief, that expects me to have to pay for any advantage I gain. I accept this is a limiting belief and yet, it will not budge and I am sure has cost me in the past
So invariably, I suppose that I would end up paying some price for any successful work I undertook or any advantage I obtained via magickal means
But I also fully accept that this is just my peculiar belief and that another person, un-encumbered with such a belief would not be thus hindered.
Just my take and I don't know whether I am right or not
It might all be down to perception and sensitivity
I might cast a Sigil for a new car, get the car, then lose out on a business deal. I might attribute this business deal failiure as the price I had paid
Another person, might in similar circumstances, totally disregard or not associate this loss with the first act
It is hard to judge, as we all have successes and failiures and unless they become a pattern or undoubtedly linked to the things you had had success with, then I don't know how we can really quantify this, other than via our own beliefs
I do know that the 'karmic' debt doesn't always work in the material but can be just as damaging on the mental plane. For example, I rarely intentionally do anybody a bad turn but on occassion, like most of us, my vengeful nature has kicked in and I have done acts I am now ashamed of, against people who I do not like. Even if I have not told a sould about this act and am quietly enjoying my own devious nature, I am payed back by the realisation that somebody could so easily be doing similar to me.
Even though I have had no doubt that my acts have been covert and I haven't disclosed my actions, I have suffered as a result from paranoia and worry that others could just as easily decieve me
From this I take it that negative acts are rarely worth the effort as the momentary joy is eclipsed by remorse and in some respects the worse prospect of the recipient having done similar to me. It is a lot to deal with and I am glad that my own negative acts have been rare in the extreme
Even good intentions can backfire so I make it a rule now to ensure that my magical work is always prefaced with proviso's such as
"avoiding any harm to me or all................"
I am starting a thread in a minute or two about the New Thought movement that addresses some of these issues
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