It’s magic
“Where the Sidewalk Ends,” by Shel Silverstein
“Sandra saw a leprechaun/ Eddie touched a troll./ Laurie danced with witches once,/ Charlie found some goblin’s gold./ Suzy spied an elf.”
Watching a first-rate magician perform his or her form of magical entertainment is one of my favorite past times. How on earth they are able to make coins, bunnies or cars disappear right before our eyes is magical!
Of course, I know it is all hocus-pocus proving the hand can be distracted from the eye. Nonetheless, I appreciate the skill and the hours spent in practicing the art of purposefully misdirecting perception. And while a performing magician has achieved this goal, we are apt to overlook the fact that we accomplish dramatic feats regularly without training or great effort.
No, of course we don’t saw people in half, undo handcuffs while submerged in a tower of water or reconnect severed $100 bills. But we do create amazing, personal feats, all with no external props. We experience wonderful adventures or real pain in our life. We accomplish such conditions by the use of our mind. And no, we don’t call it magic, nor do we always realize how this is done.
Our mind ‘out-pictures’ our state of consciousness, the beliefs and opinions we hold, what we regard as reality, what we perceive as truth. The brain is the mechanism that produces these convictions. The brain is a phenomenal organ, but I’ve read that it can also be rather lazy. It sees to it that our beliefs are demonstrated and will repeat those conditions even after we’ve decided they are not wanted. Should we decide not to repeat them, the brain continues the same old habits until we make a conscious, deliberate effort to change.
I’ve read that the magician’s proclamation, “Abracadabra” is/was a real term, not merely the pseudo-magical bit of gibberish, as it is defined in the Random House College Dictionary. It seems it’s from the Aramaic “avra kehdabra,” meaning “I will create as I speak.”
The point being, that words that we speak backed with intention and strong conviction and fed into the brain can either create a consciousness of peace and prosperity or pain and chaos.
During these times of disharmony, may we give attention to the former with acceptance and gratitude. Say our amens, perhaps adding “Abracadabrah!” So it is done. Your beliefs create your magic. Shalom Aleichem.