Beyond What We Can See

There are so many things in this world that we cannot perceive through our five senses. We cannot see them, hear them, or touch them, and because of that, many people assume they simply do not exist. But the limits of our perception are not necessarily the limits of reality. Something does not cease to exist simply because we do not believe in it.

Recently, a man commented on one of my Instagram posts telling me that celestial bodies have no influence over my life. I jokingly replied that gravity does not need his belief in order to exist. He immediately called me stupid for comparing gravity to astrology — and then blocked me before I even had the chance to respond, which, in itself, was rather amusing. Of course, I was not claiming that gravity and astrology are scientifically interchangeable concepts. My point was much simpler: our personal belief is not what determines whether a force, phenomenon, or influence exists. The Sun affects life on Earth. The Moon affects tides. The planets, stars, cycles of nature, and the universe itself have fascinated humanity for thousands of years because people have always sensed that we are part of something much larger than what we can immediately perceive. Whether someone chooses to interpret those connections spiritually, astrologically, scientifically, or not at all is another matter.

But there are many people who refuse to consider anything they cannot see, hear, measure, or touch. And this is where, in my opinion, disbelief can become limiting. If you refuse to acknowledge the possibility that something unseen may be affecting you, you will never investigate it. You will never ask questions. And sometimes, you may continue trying to fix the symptoms of a problem without ever looking for its source.

The spiritual world is far more complex than most people realize. Entities, curses, the evil eye, energetic attachments, energy theft, intentional magical workings — these concepts have existed across cultures for centuries under different names and in different forms. Some people probably imagine that nobody practices magic anymore simply because we live in a modern world. I can assure you: people do. And not everyone practices with good intentions. In fact, a ritual is not always necessary. Strong hatred, jealousy, resentment, or ill will directed at another person can be enough to leave an energetic imprint and begin affecting their life. Things may suddenly start going wrong, while the person experiencing it has no idea where the disturbance is coming from.

At the same time, I believe deeply in balance. Whatever energy a person continually sends into the world eventually finds its way back to them. You can call it karma, energetic balance, cause and effect, or simply the natural consequences of what we create around ourselves. But even if negativity eventually returns to its source, that does not mean the person who received it is instantly free from its effects. That is why spiritual traditions have always had cleansing practices, protective rituals, prayers, and other methods of restoring balance. And because my sister works professionally with practices such as wax pouring, candle magic, Tarot, and the Matrix of Destiny, I sometimes refer people to her when I feel they genuinely need that kind of help.

But returning to the larger point: I think it is naïve to assume that nothing outside our immediate awareness can influence us. It is far better to understand these forces, learn how they affect us, and use that knowledge to improve our lives. Knowledge gives you more control over your life. Even today, people still go to practitioners and pay money with the intention of harming someone else, blocking their success, interfering with relationships, taking away luck, money, opportunities, or simply creating chaos in another person's life.

I recently went through an experience that made this subject very personal for me. There was more than one force at work in my life at the time. A new yearly Arcana had entered my life, bringing the energy of destruction and transformation — breaking down everything that had already outlived its purpose. Certain parts of my old life were meant to collapse because they no longer belonged in the next chapter, and I could see that process happening very clearly. The old was falling apart. But the problem was that I could not build anything new in its place. No matter how much effort I made or how hard I tried to move forward, I kept running into the same invisible wall. There was movement, intention, and action, but no real progress. The reason was the external negativity affecting me. It was creating the very blockage that kept me from building something new while the old was being torn down.

And this experience made me think once again about something I genuinely do not understand. Why are some people incapable of simply living their own lives? Why do they feel the need to interfere with someone else's? Is it jealousy? Resentment? Dissatisfaction with their own reality? Does another person's happiness or success really make their own life feel so insignificant that destroying someone else's peace becomes more satisfying than building something of their own? I will probably never understand that mentality.

But I do believe in consequences. Whatever we send outward eventually becomes part of the reality we ourselves have to live in. And when negative energy returns, it does not necessarily come back through the person it was originally directed toward. Life has far more creative ways of restoring balance. It can return through completely different people, circumstances, losses, disappointments, or consequences the person never anticipated. Eventually, balance has a way of reasserting itself.

We do not always have to see something with our eyes to recognize the consequences of its presence. For me, the spiritual world is as much a part of life as the material one. But I also do not believe we should live in fear — constantly searching ourselves for negative energy, assuming someone has cursed us every time something goes wrong, or turning every inconvenience into evidence of supernatural interference. That is not awareness. That is giving away your power.

The point is simply to understand that there may be more to reality than what is immediately visible. Study it. Question it. Learn your own energy. Pay attention to your emotional and physical states. Notice patterns. Understand what belongs to you and what may not. The better you understand yourself — your energy, your patterns, your reactions, and the forces you believe influence you — the less power anything external can have over you.

That is what awareness means to me: the ability to notice what cannot be seen, without ever surrendering control over your own life.