Magical Consciousness
I was having a conversation with someone on the subject of magic and wishes and whether or not it is acceptable to ask God to do stuff for you. Because when I have attempted in the past to explain to xians that magic is not satanic I have often asked them "Do you not pray for things you need sometimes?"
Well he said, "Actually no, I dont." Because he doesnt believe God should be bothered with his puny problems when there is a whole world of injustice out there to take care of.
I was trying in an earlier conversation to explain how psychic ability is not really mystical, though it can be used to access higher states of consciousness, but is an ordinary brain function. It is a mode of thinking and awareness that is not nurtured in our society for the most part. Nonetheless it is quite possible to train oneself to think in any particular way if one has an aptitude for it, to cultivate a greater ability to relate to mathematical, analytical or creative awareness. Anyone can "be psychic" if you are willing to train your mind that way, and some of us have a stronger inclination to do so than others.
So you make yourself notice the things your mind is trying to tell you and you see things others miss. It is possible to refine this ability to an extent that allows you to access any information you might happen to need. This seems eerie to some, but it is no more so than a mathemetician doing lightning fast calculations in her head, for example. You train your mind to do what you want it to, and pretty soon it does the basic stuff effortlessly on it's own, and as you progress and these things automatically happen in the mind, your conscious brainpower can then be used for further advancement still.
There is a great deal more to see than seems possible before you have trained your Eye to look. There are extremely subtle signals that can give very detailed information. The world around you responds to your thoughts as it does to your actions. The world changes slightly each time you change. Just as it is possible to see far beyond your physical senses' ability to percieve, so you can influence beyond your hands' reach. The words you are reading right now will influence, if only slightly, the direction your thoughts travel in the next while, and it is possible that you may carry these Ideas with you and they may influence your actions, and that may influence the action of others. and in this way I, without speaking, have caused vibrations in the world well outside myself, and that world will move a little differently as a result. This is only a small change, but could have huge consequences. Each different mind that takes in these words will imagine something different in relation to what I have said, and new Ideas will be birthed in this union.
It is possible to do this with your thoughts alone, as you become more aware of how far outside of yourself you are able to percieve, influence, extend. It is possible, by living in harmony with what you percieve, to refine your awareness of it to such a degree that you can place yourself in the path of the things that you want, be in the right place at the right time all the time and at the same time serving as a conduit of similar kosmic generosity for others.
It other words, for me, magic is the art of interacting with the outside world at a very subtle level. Both my hands are open, giving and recieving, or it would not work. My eyes are open, watching for opportunities to give and recieve good. The resulting consciousness and response is what I have come to call, very cutesiely, thinkronicity. Active awareness and participation in the workings of synchronicity. You can make this stuff work like clockwork, I swear, without anyone else ever having to suffer for your good. The world is full and generous and poverty is a state of mind.
He has also introduced me to his somewhat consciousness-altering take on the Christian trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He says they represent the transcendent divine, the incarnate divine, and the intimate divine. The intimate divine would be the spirit which permeates all things. See you guys? They're not all that different from us, are they? He does not yet see how that becomes the God within, but that is a hard Idea for some people to swallow at first.
Anyway, continual consciousness of the intimate divine as one spirit simultaneously occupying all space puts one in harmony with the way synchronicity actually works, and suddenly magic and psychism become no more difficult than flexing a muscle, focusing an eye. Synchronicity seems no more mysterious than the natural workings of the physical world. When you are acting in harmony with the Will of the spirit, as expressed through your individual being, all things come to you as they are needed to further the development of this consciousness. It takes work though. It takes a willingness to recognize and accept the true depth of generosity and love inherent in the intricate workings of an intelligent universe, and to be an active channel for that energy to flow through. Force will cause the flow to cease, fear will block it. Willingness nurtures it, and faith.
I'm only just getting there now.