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Magic is pretty simple; its
practice, its training and experimenting, while pushing yourself and pushing
through the pain to be the best that I can be. (David Blane)
I love David's quote because it gets right to the hart
of anything that we call magical or mystical or whatever. It reminds me of the
Greek Gods serving the purpose of filling voids in awareness or understanding.
The book llusions: Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah pops in my mind as
well. I think I'll go into that one later, but it basically says that all of
our barriers in life are illusions caused by fear to explore things that are go
against our socialization and genetic hard-wiring. When someone manages to grow
beyond their ability and the ability's of those around them, we call it magic,
witchery, or something else. Its like seeing a hole that we have no peg for. It
wouldn't be uncommon for people to worship these people like they are endowed
with something beyond their abilities or made from different whatever. They see
difference through a pin-hole of perspective and project their perceptions of
otherness on "magic" individuals. This is just a hunch, but I think
that those that are lucky enough to look "behind the curtain" of
illusion and see what really makes it tick find it easier to use
"otherness" as an excuse for the fear of going down the path less
traveled; I know I have. And I still do. It is hard to surrender to the truth,
even when its right in front of you.
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