by Connie Brisson

They call it black magic.

There’s a reason for that. Words are magical. They have power. We can use them consciously for good or we can use them to create fear and darkness.

Last year I went to a psychic who had traveled here from quite a distance. Someone I respected told me this psychic was really good. My Mom had just died and I was looking for some closure. Even though I didn’t feel (based on something I had read that the psychic had written) that I resonated with the psychic’s way of thinking, I took my friend’s opinion more seriously than my own.

I’m usually really wary of psychics because I can’t shake off what they tell me once I’ve heard it. Their words can cast a spell on me, whether true or not.

And despite the fact that I know this about myself, that I truly KNOW better, yet, somehow, there I was in an appointment with this psychic.

By the time it was over, after I heard every devastating thing she had to say, I was in shock. No, that’s too fluffy! By the time it was over and I walked out of that building, I actually felt like a part of me had died and if the things she said were true, then I didn’t know if I had the strength to live through it. Such is the power of black magic.

I wasn’t sure what she was right about and what she was wrong about. I knew for sure that some of it was wrong and I later had feedback from others (who had also seen her) that she was wrong about them too. But other parts, where I was vulnerable and mixed up, I just didn’t know what to believe.

There’s one thing that I know for sure and that’s if we fear something enough, we can make it happen - not because we want it to happen, but because we give it so much energy, time and attention. And therefore by the simple Law of Attraction, it can be drawn to us.

Because I KNOW this, I purposely set out to help and heal myself so I wouldn’t create my future based on the words she told me, from fear. It’s taken months of conscious work to counteract what she carelessly said (with the help of a lot of wonderful teachers/healers) but I grew a lot on the way.

One of the valuable lessons in it for me is to remember to listen to myself first – that I have an amazing internal guidance system within me and to honor what I feel is right for me. I also learned to be more conscious about who I accept information from and to look at what level of awareness that person has. After all, ducks don’t bark and dogs don’t quack.

I wanted to tell you this story because we ALL face the effects of black magic in our lives everyday and especially now. The media is full of dark words of gloom and doom and this is creating fear.

The one thing I loved about Don Miguel Ruiz’s book, The Four Agreements (Amber-Allen Publishing, 1997), is what he says about the power of words and black magicians. Stand guard. Be conscious of the words you speak AND the words you accept as truth in your life.

Because of all the confusion out there in the world, I really wanted this issue of Mosaic to have many articles that empower you to see that YOU MAKE THE CHOICES that create your future.

Don’t let someone else, however gifted, smart or informed they are, tell you how your future is going to be. You have the power to choose what words/ideas you will believe and what you don’t. You are a magician too.

I love wonderful, positive and yummy words and because of that I’m happy to reward one of the many people who have taken the time to post a yummy comment on the Mosaic website: ILoveMosaicMagazine.com. Marlene Kaup has won two tickets to the Mayfield Dinner Theatre.

I want more! Please keep those comments coming. This time, if you post a comment on my website (under Let’s Hear From You tab) you can win two tickets to see Wayne Dyer LIVE in Calgary on April 6. Sounds great, doesn’t it! Start typing…