It’s Like Magic!

Hecate, the ancient Greek goddess of magic

I am always amazed at how magical magic is. The slight of hand a good magician employs is amazing. How does he do it? Distraction they say, but it is hard to believe a person (me) can be so easily hoodwinked. Nevertheless, I am.

An ‘untrained’ observer’s eye will follow where the magician’s hand leads it, subconsciously and involuntarily. Now then, how is this any different from the innate hoodwink biology pulls on us throughout life? It’s not I say!

That said, I’ve found there is a way to deal with this. Just as an initially untrained observer (like a newbie magician) can learn to see how the hoodwink works, each person can learn to see how their biology hoodwinks them. Of course, it takes some perseverance in examining life’s promises to see on which ones it actually delivers. The difficulty here is that we often prefer to bask in the glow of the promise rather than face a more indistinct and shadowy reality.