This is a contribution to the Quantum Magic group.
Saturday, January 6, 2007,13:29
Fact, Fiction, or Magic?
I'm sure everyone has heard the saying, "Fact is stranger than fiction." Shoot, it's the whole reason that I personally subscribe to the newsletter, "This Is True" (at http://www.thisistrue.com). Reality has some pretty crazy stuff going on in it. Sometimes you just have to laugh, to keep from crying!
But, as a small circle of my best friends (and a very few relatives) have been learning lately, there might not be as much difference between fact and fantasy as we (society as a whole) have previously thought.
Recently I was watching the movie "Superman Returns", and was again impressed with this idea, in different wording. Consider this short verbal exchange between Lex Luthor and his girlfriend, Kitty.
Lex: "Kitty, while you were doing your nails and ordering fur coats online, I was busy unlocking the secrets of one of the most advanced civilizations in the universe. ... You see, unlike our clunky earth-based forms of construction, technology on Krypton - Superman's home world - was based on manipulating the growth of crystals."
Kitty: "Sounds like hocus-pocus to me."
Lex: "Well, naturally. To the primitive mind, any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic." (emphasis added)
So, that is what I want to look at here - where do we draw the line between fact and fantasy, or between science and magic?
Several resources have been shaping my recent studies. First came the discovery of a video calledThe Secret which approaches 2 hours in length. I won't tell you the primary message - it will get through much better if you get the DVD and watch it a few dozen times yourself.
The next resource to fall into my hands was another movie called, "What the *bleep* do we know?" This video talks about how the science of Quantum Physics is pointing to the conclusion that - well, basically "The Secret" is right on the money. Ha, ha! You thought I was going to give the game away already? No! "What the *bleep* do we know?" is available to watch (right now, anyhow) for free by going here:
What the *bleep* do we know?
Then, my circle of friends pointed out the book "Ask and it is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires" by Esther Hicks. I bought a copy, and highly recommend it as a beginner's guide to starting to apply the above materials for your own, your family's, and the world's betterment.
So, what does it all boil down to? Magick!
Yes, I'm absolutely serious. It is all telling us that, by our modern concept of the term, magick is real. When we are sufficiently adept, we can create our own reality by our own, conscious, deliberate, directed THOUGHTS.
Let me explain the similarity here. When learning a new technology (to ourselves), the first level of competence is - labor. Or, as the character Merlin was taught in the movie MERLIN, spells and potions. We need to attach a doingness to our act of creation to accomplish a result. It does several things, not the least of which is help us to focus our thoughts on the result desired.
The next level of competence is - familiarity. Or, as Merlin was taught - "hand magic". At this level, we are fairly skilled at focusing our thoughts and can accomplish most of our intentions with minor gestures - like wands in "Harry Potter".
The majority of the witches and wizards in the "Harry Potter" stories begin by taking potions classes and learning spells and plant/animal lore, but many of them progress to a point of being able to cast a spell with merely a gesture of a wand before they graduate.
The third and (so far as I know) final level of competence is - mastery. Or, going back to Merlin - thoughts. In "Harry Potter" the wizards at this level use "silent magic" - you wouldn't be able to pick them out in a crowd while they are casting spells, but the spells still produce their intended effects.
We can use that highest level of magick for our own benefit. I hope Esther Hicks won't object too greatly to me drawing one example from her book (which I'm sure will be able to touch a chord with nearly everyone) - a process for increasing the money in your wallet. In her book, she suggests this:
Get a single bill in the denomination of $100 and put it in your wallet/purse. Leave it there for a while (I'd suggest about 3 months). Everywhere you go, when you see an indulgence you would like to have (but don't really need) just silently remind yourself, "I can have that." Because the reality is, you can. You have the money to buy it in your back pocket.
Your brain can't tell the difference between the reality of spending that $100 and the imagination of spending it. Having the $100 in your wallet/purse removes the barrier of "if only... I had the money". If you "spend" that $100 ten times every day for 3 months - you've spent $90,000! That new level of prosperity will attract more money to you, turn you into a money magnet!
And here is my own refinement. After you've done this for 3 months (or as soon as your new financial picture can support doing it) - replace the $100 bill with a $500 bill - or a $1,000 bill. Then keep doing this with more expensive "spending". Think - if you "spent" $1,000 ten times every day for 3 months - you've spent $900,000. Wrap your mind around that for a moment - how good would it feel to know that you can AFFORD to spend $900,000 every 3 months for the rest of your life? Or, if you encountered 100 occasions to "spend" $1,000 every day?
Try it. It's MAGIC!
But, as a small circle of my best friends (and a very few relatives) have been learning lately, there might not be as much difference between fact and fantasy as we (society as a whole) have previously thought.
Recently I was watching the movie "Superman Returns", and was again impressed with this idea, in different wording. Consider this short verbal exchange between Lex Luthor and his girlfriend, Kitty.
Lex: "Kitty, while you were doing your nails and ordering fur coats online, I was busy unlocking the secrets of one of the most advanced civilizations in the universe. ... You see, unlike our clunky earth-based forms of construction, technology on Krypton - Superman's home world - was based on manipulating the growth of crystals."
Kitty: "Sounds like hocus-pocus to me."
Lex: "Well, naturally. To the primitive mind, any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic." (emphasis added)
So, that is what I want to look at here - where do we draw the line between fact and fantasy, or between science and magic?
Several resources have been shaping my recent studies. First came the discovery of a video called
The next resource to fall into my hands was another movie called, "What the *bleep* do we know?" This video talks about how the science of Quantum Physics is pointing to the conclusion that - well, basically "The Secret" is right on the money. Ha, ha! You thought I was going to give the game away already? No! "What the *bleep* do we know?" is available to watch (right now, anyhow) for free by going here:
Then, my circle of friends pointed out the book "Ask and it is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires" by Esther Hicks. I bought a copy, and highly recommend it as a beginner's guide to starting to apply the above materials for your own, your family's, and the world's betterment.
So, what does it all boil down to? Magick!
Yes, I'm absolutely serious. It is all telling us that, by our modern concept of the term, magick is real. When we are sufficiently adept, we can create our own reality by our own, conscious, deliberate, directed THOUGHTS.
Let me explain the similarity here. When learning a new technology (to ourselves), the first level of competence is - labor. Or, as the character Merlin was taught in the movie MERLIN, spells and potions. We need to attach a doingness to our act of creation to accomplish a result. It does several things, not the least of which is help us to focus our thoughts on the result desired.
The next level of competence is - familiarity. Or, as Merlin was taught - "hand magic". At this level, we are fairly skilled at focusing our thoughts and can accomplish most of our intentions with minor gestures - like wands in "Harry Potter".
The majority of the witches and wizards in the "Harry Potter" stories begin by taking potions classes and learning spells and plant/animal lore, but many of them progress to a point of being able to cast a spell with merely a gesture of a wand before they graduate.
The third and (so far as I know) final level of competence is - mastery. Or, going back to Merlin - thoughts. In "Harry Potter" the wizards at this level use "silent magic" - you wouldn't be able to pick them out in a crowd while they are casting spells, but the spells still produce their intended effects.
We can use that highest level of magick for our own benefit. I hope Esther Hicks won't object too greatly to me drawing one example from her book (which I'm sure will be able to touch a chord with nearly everyone) - a process for increasing the money in your wallet. In her book, she suggests this:
Get a single bill in the denomination of $100 and put it in your wallet/purse. Leave it there for a while (I'd suggest about 3 months). Everywhere you go, when you see an indulgence you would like to have (but don't really need) just silently remind yourself, "I can have that." Because the reality is, you can. You have the money to buy it in your back pocket.
Your brain can't tell the difference between the reality of spending that $100 and the imagination of spending it. Having the $100 in your wallet/purse removes the barrier of "if only... I had the money". If you "spend" that $100 ten times every day for 3 months - you've spent $90,000! That new level of prosperity will attract more money to you, turn you into a money magnet!
And here is my own refinement. After you've done this for 3 months (or as soon as your new financial picture can support doing it) - replace the $100 bill with a $500 bill - or a $1,000 bill. Then keep doing this with more expensive "spending". Think - if you "spent" $1,000 ten times every day for 3 months - you've spent $900,000. Wrap your mind around that for a moment - how good would it feel to know that you can AFFORD to spend $900,000 every 3 months for the rest of your life? Or, if you encountered 100 occasions to "spend" $1,000 every day?
Try it. It's MAGIC!
