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[The following is a reprint from an earlier article I wrote that I thought would be quite relevant and timely.]

Alright, now that I have your attention, you are probably wondering what in the world I am speaking about vampires for. There is a relationship between this mythological creature and what many of us experience in our daily lives. I am going to call it “The Dracula Effect”. The Dracula Effect is what we experience when we allow people into our lives that have no life of their own but instead suck the very life blood out of us, and such is the basis of their relationship with us. Now of course most of us would say “I don’t know anyone like that in my life”, but The Dracula Effect makes it hard to recognize their presence. To make it simpler, I’ve included a few of Count Dracula’s supernatural traits and I’ll discuss each one as we go through:

1. he survives on the blood of others This is the most commonly known trait of Dracula and of all Vampires. Blood symbolizes life, and since this creature has no life of his own he sucks the blood of others. In our lives we know people like this, who instead of physically sucking blood out of your neck simply drain your energy by maintaining a constant degree of negativity around you. Some do it through being full of ‘drama’ where there always seems to be a state of emergency that exists with them while others spend their days gossiping about people and spreading negativity, or perhaps something as simple as sharing negative thoughts everytime you see them. This brings us to the second most commonly known trait, which is…

2. he can turn victims into vampires The consequence of allowing them to ‘suck your blood’ is that you too will become a vampire. We know vampires are the walking dead, or the ‘undead’. They walk around like all the rest of us but have no true life of their own. There’s no ‘magic’ or ‘myth’ in this. If we associate with such negative people who drain the life out of people they are around, the consequence is that after some time we too will become the same type of bloodsucking energy zappers. So why don’t we just avoid these type of people? Why would we ever associate with someone who drains our energy? Family obligation is the number one reason; these types will always seek out family first to drain because the obligation to tolerate them is silently understood in our society. Long-time friends are next, especially childhood friends, because of the bond that has grown over the years due to a shared past, many become ensnared by this sense of obligation. This is true especially when the person was not a vampire at first but got turned into one along the way. Regardless, sometimes these types and even new vampires can come into our lives because…

3. he has hypnotic power over his victims The vampire talks like us and walks like us and can even be quite charming. They may be witty, comical, or intelligent, but always have some redeeming quality. After all, no one is going to let a boring and dull-witted person near enough to them to suck their blood. Some people when told of this Dracula Effect attempt to help their friends or loved ones and save them from an endless life of bloodsucking and being amongst the undead, but this creates a problem because…

4. he has no reflection in a mirror In other words, they can’t see themselves as they are. They have become oblivious to the fact that they are without a life of their own and spend their days sucking the blood of their victims through constant gossip and ensnarements that they create. Most people have to find out for themselves, but the best thing to do is to leave these people to their own devices before you too become one of them.

There are many other traits of those perpetrators of The Dracula Effect, but I’ll shorten it by ending the description here and now offer some solutions. For starters remember that…

1. he may not enter a household unless he is invited in These bloodsuckers don’t force their way into our lives, we let them in 100% of the time. If we notice one coming, quickly turn them away, and if we have one in our lives already, we need to let them know they are no longer welcome to suck our blood. We do this by ceasing to allow their negative talk and gossip around us, and we cease to share in their ensnarements that they love to create. We also keep in mind that…

2. he loses his supernatural powers during daylight hours Knowledge and Wisdom is light. Want to get rid of a vampire? Constantly share constructive knowledge and wisdom. They may stay around you for a moment, although I guarantee you it will be less and less, but even when around you they will have no effect on you whatsoever because you will have countered their supernatural powers with the Sun-like powers of Knowledge and Wisdom. Another aspect of protection connected to this is…

3. he is repelled by garlic and holy symbols (crucifix, holy water) Garlic is a natural antibiotic, it kills germs while keeping you healthy. Now in this case, wearing garlic may chase them away, but it also will probably chase away everyone you DO want to be around you also. Eating it will help your body but will do little to chase away these bloodsuckers. Instead, you need some ‘proverbial garlic’ which is keeping yourself mentally healthy by taking in healthy thoughts and spending time with positive people. Programming yourself correctly with books, CD’s, DVD’s and tapes with positive content will guard your system against attack by these bloodsucking creatures.

Water is a symbol of life also, and Holy Water is simply symbolic of a ‘blessed’ life. Once taking your proverbial garlic, use your newfound positive knowledge; live it out! The more you live out a positive self-existence the less the vampire can stand to be around you. You don’t even have to say anything to them, just simply living out positivity is like flinging that Holy Water on them, it just burns them up!

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Written by Adeeb Shabazz

Metaphysical Minister and author of "What If God Were One Of Us?-2nd Edition".

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