{"id":1501,"date":"2022-05-04T04:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2022-05-04T16:01:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T20:01:17","slug":"believe-in-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spiritmoxie.com\/conversation\/believe-in-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Believe in Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cMagic?\u201d We had just finished one of Spirit Moxie\u2019s Corner of Calm* sessions and, when someone asked how it had gone, I replied that it was \u201cmagical.\u201d During the session, I\u2019d experienced deep connection while watching others embrace calm. It even contributed to healing for someone thousands of miles away. Through a technology that sometimes seems like it could happen only in science fiction, a real a sense of connection is possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But at least one person who had been at the session and heard the comment said, \u201cMagical? How?\u201d The idea of magic made no sense to her at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is magic? And why in the world should believing in it make a difference?
When I looked at the idea of magic, I wondered how it differed from manifestation and miracles. Clearly, they are all intertwined because in all three concrete things happen outside of our usual experience. When I posted the question on Facebook, one person flippantly responded, \u201cWell, they all begin with M.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But generally most agreed that the three were not the same, although there was no consensus on definition. Memory also has me exploring the definitions for these words while journaling, but apparently it was just memory and not something I did. So, in a new attempt, I\u2019m offering this: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manifestation<\/em><\/strong> is a response to a concrete wish or desire. Sometimes it is a deliberate long term longing coming true \u2014 like my moving to the West Coast. Sometimes it is something incidental \u2014 like my winding up in a Zoom room with someone I had been hoping to meet or your finding that unlikely perfect parking spot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A miracle<\/em><\/strong> is a desired result that\u2019s \u201cimpossible.\u201d Healings \u2014 and there are many documented \u2014 are the classic examples. The cancer that\u2019s completely gone before any treatment or the person who should never have been able to walk again strolling through the door. When catastrophe strikes, it\u2019s a miracle when a child is found unharmed in the burned or otherwise destroyed building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But magic<\/em><\/strong>? I think magic is when something happens that is unsought, unlikely, and unexpected (although welcome). Plus \u201cgood\u201d magic always has a hint of wonder or delight to it. (In stories, magic can also be evil. But not the magic we\u2019re considering in this Conversation.) Magic could be the sleight of hand in a magic show or my surprised feelings when connecting for Corner of Calm. But it is even more evident when you find something you didn\u2019t know you were looking for until it appeared. Often, it\u2019s hard to pin down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In searching for an example, I remembered the Valentine\u2019s Day night when I was wandering around solo, and I stopped by a local bar.\u00a0 There I was told to go to the performance hall where the end of a concert was going on, and the jazz group performing closed their show with Herbie Hancock\u2019s Watermelon Man,<\/a><\/em> which was my deceased partner\u2019s and my theme song. I\u2019d never heard anyone play Watermelon Man <\/em>without it being requested. As a bonus the bar owner, who I thought was busy doing closing stuff, suddenly appeared to dance to it with me. Pure magic all around on Valentine\u2019s Day! \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That may be the main point of magic. To believe in magic opens you to another dimension of experience and possibility. And experience and possibility are at the heart of changing the world. In movies and games, magic is often a portal to something unimaginable. In life, believing magic be possible makes it possible to believe in and see the unimaginable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the words \u201cmagic\u201d and \u201cmagical\u201d are fun and intriguing. They make us smile. Maybe magic<\/em> is just how you look at things. Maybe believing in magic allows magic to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often it is the unbelievable and the impossible that lead to innovation, change, possibility, and a true difference to appear. Or so I believe and have seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Are you open to magic? Where have you found it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Great Basin National Park \u2014 National Park Service<\/a>
*Corner of Calm<\/a> \u2014 a half hour sitting in calm and silence – YouTube sample<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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