Reality of an evil eye:-
Eye in history
The evil eye is well known throughout history. It is mentioned in ancient
Greek and Roman texts, as well as in many famous literary works, including the
Bible (Proverbs 23:6: "Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil
eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats"), the Koran and Shakespeare.
The evil eye is essentially a specific type of magical curse, and has its
roots in magical thinking and superstition. Let's say that a person experiences
bad luck, ill health, accident, or some unexplained calamity — perhaps a
drought or an infectious disease. Before science could explain weather patterns
and germ theory, any bad event for which there was not an obvious cause might
be blamed on a curse. Curses, including the evil eye, are an answer to the
age-old question of why bad things happen to good people.
The association of special powers with the eyes is not hard to fathom:
Eyes, it is said, are the gateway to a person's soul. Shifting eyes are said to
subtly betray liars, while a steady gaze may be endearing or menacing depending
on the circumstances. Actors use their eyes to convey a wide range of emotions,
including love, hate, disgust, boredom, scorn, surprise, and envy. In fact it
is this last emotion — jealousy — that underlies the evil eye's cultural association
with magic.
Evil eye - An
introduction
Many cultures around the world
believe that through our thoughts or through an envious glare, one person is
able to cause harm to another in the form of illness, injury, or even death.
While there are many different terms for this phenomenon, we will be using the
term “evil eye” in this article.
In our series of articles on the
evil eye, we explain what the evil eye is, how we can become afflicted by the
evil eye, the symptoms we may experience if we are afflicted by the evil eye,
and what we can do to remove it.
What is the evil eye?
The evil eye is a term used to
describe the process of being afflicted by Raja-Tama vibrations from
another person. The other person can afflict us with the evil eye intentionally
or unintentionally.
In today’s competitive and
materialistic world, most people have personality defects and vices such as
jealousy, hatred, hunger for publicity etc. Raja-Tama vibrations
generated from these vices have a spiritually distressing effect on us. This is
what is termed as getting afflicted by the evil eye. Distress experienced due
to being affected or possessed by negative energies (ghosts, demons, devils
etc.) is also a type of affliction by the evil eye.
While the evil eye has been viewed
by many people as a pure superstition and a phenomenon that has no rational
claim, they fail to recognise or understand how various aspects of the
spiritual dimension can have a direct effect on us. Through our research about
the various methods and rituals to remove the evil eye, we have found that the
individuals upon whom the rituals were performed have experienced immediate
relief from various problems which they suffered, and which could not be
relieved by conventional means.
Who or what can be afflicted by the evil eye?
The evil eye can be cast on anyone
or anything. This includes an individual, an animal, plants, as well as
inanimate objects.
How does one get afflicted by the evil eye?
A seeker who has advanced sixth
sense ability, Ms. Priyanka Lotlikar, has created the following drawing
based on subtle-knowledge that depicts the subtle-effect of casting the evil
eye. It shows the subtle-process she observed when a person casts the evil
eye on another individual.
The desire-oriented waves generated
in a person about another individual are transmitted to that individual and an
evil eye is cast on them. From the drawing based on subtle-knowledge, we can
see that the flow of energy transmitted onto the other person is Raja-Tama-predominant
and attacks the gross body (sthūladēha), vital body (prāṇa-dēha),
mental body (manodēha), and causal body (kāraṇdēha). This creates
a subtle distressing covering around the individual and consequently the
individual experiences distress.
Below we have listed some triggers
of affliction by the evil eye.
Through desirous thoughts
Sometimes when people see a smiling
and healthy child, they unknowingly have some desire-related thoughts. As these
thoughts are Raja-Tama predominant, the child gets afflicted
adversely as their subtle-body is very sensitive.
Another example is when a female
wears provocative clothing. The individuals of the opposite sex may have
desirous thoughts about her. When these thoughts are generated in the mind,
they increase the Raja-Tama in the individual having the desirous
thoughts and affect the concerned female, as well as others in the environment.
Through envious thoughts
In some situations, an individual or
negative energy gets bad thoughts about an individual, animal or an object or
feels envious of their success. The negative vibrations generated affect the
individual, animal or object.
One lady experienced that after
participating in a dance competition and achieving first place, she fell ill
and became bedridden the very next day. After her mother performed a ritual to
remove the evil eye, she immediately recovered. As she had achieved first place
in the competition, the others competing against her had had envious thoughts
about her and this had a direct effect on her.
Through black magic
Black magic is a term used to
describe a ritual where specific mantras and tools are used with a
specific aim to cause harm to another individual. There are some people in
society as well as higher level negative energies that perform rituals like
black magic. Often the people in society that perform black magic do so under
the influence of negative energies.
In the case of being afflicted by
the evil eye other than through black magic, the power of intention behind
casting the evil eye from a person can be up to 30%; however if evil eye is
cast through black magic then the power of intention is above 30% and is more
severe.
Through negative energies
Black energy :
The primary weapon used by negative energies is black energy which
is a spiritual energy capable of manipulating any process on the Earth plane.
The extent of this manipulation depends on the strength of the attacking
negative energy.
Individuals who are distressed by
negative energies are affected by the distressing energy that is released from
negative energies. This is also a form of being afflicted by the evil eye.
Seekers of God who do spiritual
practice for the spread of spirituality (samashṭi sādhanā) are
at the forefront of the attention of negative energies. As they are working
towards the establishment of the Divine Kingdom, the negative energies who wish
to establish a Demonic Kingdom act to cause distress to the seekers.
Despite the attacks of negative
energies, seekers of God have access to Divine protection and their spiritual
practice enables them to overcome the distress and obstacles posed by the
negative energies.
What does the strength of evil eye depend on?
The below table gives a comparison
of the different sources of affliction by evil eye, their intensity and the spiritual
power behind them.
Symptoms of
being afflicted by the evil eye
Some symptoms of being afflicted by
the evil eye include:
Physical problems
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Addiction, repeated illness,
recurring skin diseases, severe headache, earache, pain in eyes, blackouts,
numbness of limbs, palpitations, reduction in body heat, and experiencing
weakness
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Mental problems
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Constant tension and depression,
excessive fright, increase in unnecessary thoughts and doubts about others
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Educational problems
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Failing in examinations despite
hard work, forgetting despite good intellect
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Financial problems
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Not getting employed, failure in
business, recurring financial losses or getting cheated
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Marital and family problems
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Not getting married, marital
discord, infertility, abortions, premature birth, birth of a mentally or
physically challenged child, children dying at a young age
|
The symptoms of being afflicted by the evil eye are very similar to another
spiritual problem known as ancestral problems. Only a spiritually evolved
person (above the 70% spiritual level) would be able to know the exact
spiritual root cause of the problem we are facing. Hence, it would be best to
perform the remedies for both ancestral problems and for the evil eye if you
are experiencing the above symptoms.
Evil eye in today’s times
In the current era of the Kaliyug,
as the majority of people are not doing spiritual practice, the Tama
component within them and in the environment is very high. Various impressions
in the mind, like greed, jealousy etc. are predominant and many people have
strong attachments to worldly things. All of these thoughts are associated with
desire-oriented responses. As these impressions and desires are dominant in
today’s society, the Tama component from them affect every person in one
way or another. Due to these reasons and because the activity of negative
energies is also high, the incidence of evil eye in today’s times is high.
Evil eye protections and
cures:-
The best way to deal with the evil eye is to avoid it in
the first place. The method varies by culture, geographic region, and personal
preference. Amulets can be worn to deter the evil eye, often using the color
blue (symbolizing heaven or godliness) and an eye symbol. Charms, potions, and
spells can also be prepared; garlic can be used to deter the evil eye, and some
believe that just saying the word "garlic" offers protection.
Once a person has been afflicted with the evil eye, there
are a variety of ways to have it removed. Often those who believe they have
been harmed by the evil eye will seek out shamen, witch doctors, psychics, or
other spiritual healers to remove the curse — often for a fee.
Though belief in the evil eye is widespread, it is not
universal. A 1976 cross-cultural survey by folklorist John Roberts found that
36 percent of cultures believed in the evil eye. In one 1965 study, not only
did 55 percent of expectant Lebanese mothers believe in the evil eye (cast,
they claimed, most often by envious women), but also that it could have serious
effects ranging from an inability of the mother to breast-feed, to the illness,
blindness, or even death of their infant.
It is tempting to view the evil eye as an ancient,
discredited belief that plays no role in our 21st-century world. Instead, as
folklorist Dundes notes, we "should keep in mind that the evil eye is not
some old-fashioned superstitious belief of interest solely to antiquarians. The
evil eye continues to be a powerful factor affecting the behavior of countless
millions of people throughout the world." Though belief in the evil eye
can be a harmless superstition, it can also be dangerous in some circumstances.
Any time one person believes that another has harmed them — whether naturally
or supernaturally, intentionally or accidentally — there is the potential for
deadly retribution. Like other accused witches and sorcerers over the
centuries, many people have been attacked, beaten, and killed for casting an
evil eye.
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