I disagree spell work and other forms of magic have given me many things in life. Not only as it given me the mental strength I need to deal with life, it also have given me joy, happiness, faith, focus, patience, and so much more. Spell work is not about changing the physical but setting in motion the manipulation of energy to benefit your life and the lives of other creatures.
One can not change their physical appearance with a spell however through a devotion one can commit to physically doing what is necessary to bring about certain changes in the body. If you want to slim down do a spell to give you the strength and time to do what you need. Make sure you do the mundane aspects to bring about this as well. If you find you do not have much time to work out think of ways you can change your life to fit it in. Walk instead of driving, take the stairs instead of the elevator, take a few minutes while standing in a line to strengthen your core by pulling your belly button into your spine. Eating well and getting plenty of exercise can change your self esteem in almost immediately. Be sure when you eat you thank the gods for the good food that you are about to eat and how it will benefit your body and mind.
mental health and physical health are related. You can't be physiccaly healthy if mentally weak. Therefore, if you do the LBRP on a daily basis, it will help your body regulate your energy. That doesn't mean you can stop exercising though. If you jig a bit daily and do a few pushups, you should see a difference. Magic is not the answer to this type of problem.
kts...
we humans are social but selfish cretures. We always look for something to benefit us. Let's say you look in a poor guy on the sidewalk beging for money. I, like few others whould feel him sorry and we would give him money (but that's only to satisfy our emotional disorder, like sadness), that's selfish anyway..you are paying him to feed your guilt,anger,and sadness. Doing spells is benefiting you. Doing spells is like doing drugs, you do it and it makes you feel better. You fix yourself every time you feel bad and disapointed at world. You are running away from reality to benefit YOURSELF. On the end spells you used come back to strike you. Just like junkie gets torn apart later by the drugs. I like to stay on the open fields and take punches..drug free...spell free. Just me and my mind. I fight my own fights and I don't need anything. It is cowardly to block yourself and get addictive.
Just my own thinking.
Why do you want a six pack? You say you have no time for exercise. Do you climb stairs? Climb them fast. Do you ride to your work (or school)? Walk. But let me tell you a secret. Exercise is better if done by everyday business; although swimming is good. I am 77 years old. Very fit for my age, and look (so I'm told) 20 years younger than I am. I have no idea what the inside of a gym looks like! And I have absolutely no intention of finding out!
Please take notice of what kts is saying. Just as you can think yourself ill, you can think yourself well! It you are overweight you can think yourself slim. You can think yourself into the frame of mind that will help you overcome many of life's problems.
I do agree that spells can come back to you. In good ways and bad. Ultimi_Umbra you talk about freeing myself from spell work and I have to giggle. I actually strive to learn more each step I take so that I don't need as many physical objects to reach the results I need. However in my years of study and practice I have learned that sometimes casting a spell with the objects is the best way to do what needs to be done.
You compared spell work to drugs and I must agree that they can be seen as an addiction just like anything that someone can't live without or that controls their life. There are actually many things related to magic that fall into this category; meditation, prayer, casting, etc. Magic like exercise has a high, but this high can be dangerous just like too much exercise can be dangerous. If one can not feel good with out doing a particular action then you have an imbalance that needs to be investigated.
Magic is about balance. If your personal scale in life tips to far in one direction then you need to counter act that imbalance and bring yourself back to the middle of the scale. This can be done in many ways for the many different imbalances one may have. Magically one can help them self kick start the change that needs to take place. This can be done through meditation, prayer, casting, etc. The problem that many forget is that you can not rely one one aspect to fix your problem. It is a delicate balance of many aspects that brings the scale back to the middle.
Strive for the middle ground in all situations. Here is where peace resides between the extremes.
