Help, i would like a little help from you all... Options

i dont know if this is posted in the right place, but i would really appreciate it if my more powerful acquaintances on this site would please find the time to do a little spell for me. i plan on going into the marines soon, but my life isn't taking the right direction. i need motivation. i need discipline. i need the motivation and direction to get through the rest of school, to become physically fit, to deny the things that are bad for me, and to either find my soulmate or come to terms with the fact that i might have to wait for her to come into my life. i'm poor, my trucks an absolute piece of shit( about to die on me actually), i'm depressed, and i realize that i don't have the power to fix everything at once. maybe that's a bit much to put into one spell, but if any of you could help me i would not only greatly appreciate it, i would be indebted to you. i could do some minor spells for whoever decides to help me. those of you who know you could help, please consider it. (vagrant dreamer, if knowledge is power, your help would be AWESOME.) and again, please. obviously i don't expect everything to be done for me. if you have any spells or tips for spells or just life in general i would appreciate that as well. herbs, stones, talismans, mantras, anything you can think of for me. even if you don't do anything for me, thanks for at least reading this.

i dont know if this is posted in the right place, but i would really appreciate it if my more powerful acquaintances on this site would please find the time to do a little spell for me. i plan on going into the marines soon, but my life isn't taking the right direction. i need motivation. i need discipline. i need the motivation and direction to get through the rest of school, to become physically fit, to deny the things that are bad for me, and to either find my soulmate or come to terms with the fact that i might have to wait for her to come into my life. i'm poor, my trucks an absolute piece of shit( about to die on me actually), i'm depressed, and i realize that i don't have the power to fix everything at once. maybe that's a bit much to put into one spell, but if any of you could help me i would not only greatly appreciate it, i would be indebted to you. i could do some minor spells for whoever decides to help me. those of you who know you could help, please consider it. (vagrant dreamer, if knowledge is power, your help would be AWESOME.) and again, please. obviously i don't expect everything to be done for me. if you have any spells or tips for spells or just life in general i would appreciate that as well. herbs, stones, talismans, mantras, anything you can think of for me. even if you don't do anything for me, thanks for at least reading this.

There is no difference between diligence in magic and diligence in 'mundane' affairs. The principles are the same on any part of the spectrum: Prioritize, set goals, make plans, follow through. There really isn't much of an arcane secret to any of it, save the fact that the true nature of willpower is discovered through their application.

It's a funny thing really because we think that willpower is what will give us the necessary follow-through to execute our 'will' effectively, when it's actually the other way around. However, there is a perspective that might be useful for you.

There are degrees of magical training and aptitude. We can think of our first dabbling as 'novitiate', and all it requires of us is that we open our mind and give it a try. Lighting candles, making up poems, collecting an assortment of basic herbs and magical tools, all of this requires of us a certain degree of faith and commitment that we give easily enough if we're interested in the first place. We make paltry sacrifices at this level to 'try it out' as it were.

There's a level beyond that, though, where the costs become a little greater and the commitment required might actually start to press out patience. Anyone can enter into the novitiate level of magical practice, it's a sort of catch-all for everyone. The next degree of initiation - we're talking universal initiation here, to be clear, not lodge work or some such - is where you're at now. It's the same principles but with a wider application. Now, you can use what you picked up in that first level, but to follow through you need a greater mastery over commitment, patience, diligence, and focus.

Now matter how many problems you have now, or how far reaching they are in your life, you currently have at your disposal far more options than you probably realize. What you need to do is list for yourself everything you need to accomplish in the short term (don't set too many long term goals just yet), what problems are most pressing, and start prioritizing which ones need your attention first. To each priority, each problem you percieve, give a separate space and list what tools you will need to overcome them. I don't mean candles, herbs, athame, etc., I mean in terms to inner qualities.

For finishing school, for instance, you just need patience and focus. Study, stick to your schedule, complete assignments. School should be your first priority. Finding your soulmate should not even be on your list right now - you're young, and if you have all these issues now then you're not ready to meet her anyway, it will never work out if you haven't got some degree of mastery over your life. That's a hard thing to hear but the fact of the matter is no matter how compatible you are with a person you are still both human and you have human concerns until you transcend, and transcendence requires mastery.

Fixing a truck, or getting a new one, requires money, and there's only so many ways to get that - most of them involve hard work. Balancing school and a full time job seems like a heinous amount of work, who would want to do that? Well, frankly, tons of folks, myself included. Until you're in the thick of it, it seems impossible but trust me when I say it isn't, and you'll have more free time than you think. This set of circumstances will teach you hard, hard work. Sacrifice, sweat, persevere. I don't know what kind of school you're involved in now, but if it seems like too heavy a load to bear, you could always drop to part time if you're in college. Don't think about how long it will take, just think about completing it. Don't think about how much money you need to fix your truck, just figure out how much you can put away and start saving.

In all of this, if you want to involve magic, then start thinking about the most effective way to apply it. Don't think about it in terms of "I need a money, I'll do a spell to get money." Think, "I have a job, I need more hours." Figure out what it is realistically going to take to get what you need in these situations and apply magic to help direct yourself towards attaining those things. This is the part where you learn how to actually use magic, not just play with it.

There is no magic that is going to make you more motivated, or more patient, or anything like that - those things will enhance your magic, and have to be built purposefully, a step at a time. There are times in life when all you can do is work hard and exert yourself. It's that kind of exercise in life that make your will strong.

It sounds daunting, it sounds difficult, and time consuming. It is. It doesn't sound as fun as lighting candles or utilizing the arcane secrets of creation to bring out prosperity in your life - but every mage worth their salt had to do it at some point or another. The most basic elemental 'hedge magic' is a right, everyone can do it. The real secrets have to be earned, no one can teach them - they can't be taught in the first place, and you wouldn't be able to use them without the requisite mastery over yourself anyway.

The problems you listed aren't that bad. Muscle up and go forward, when you're on the other side you'll laugh at yourself for thinking you needed help in the first place.

I have faith in you, and there are others in your life that do as well. That's all the magic you need from anyone else.

peace

This post has been edited by Vagrant Dreamer: Nov 24 2009, 10:37 AM