From Sage to Mage

It's one thing understanding how reality works; it's quite another to be able to influence it. Magic means bringing about a physical effect (or outcome) without a physical cause (or input), by power of will. Intention to change that becomes actual change. Willing the outcome. Can you do that? Can I do that? I would argue that yes, but very weakly, and within clearly defined and narrow limits.

The power of the magic is weak, but it can bend the arc of history – though rarely in a way that can be observed or attributed to a given mage. "If you will it, Dude, it is no dream." Belief in the power of belief, whether we're talking about mind over matter when it comes to health, or just that day-to-day luck that separates the fortunate from the unlucky. Bring it on, bring it upon yourself. Good luck – quantum luck, collapsing wave functions within matter so as to bring about an outcome that's better aligned with the cosmic purpose. A myriad quantum outcomes that could result in you finding good luck, or avoiding misfortune. Or even turning things around.

Be a part of it! But don't expect it to deliver you riches and power and adulation. That won't happen. You cannot will base metal to turn into gold. But you can will a smoother ride through life's vicissitudes, if our will aligns with the purpose. How to do it? A blend of will and acceptance. Nudging the stream. "It may, it will."

If consciousness is the one force that can overcome entropy (syntropy), then consciousness can be harnessed to the cosmic purpose as the Universe unfolds. Nudge it along. The power of prayer, balanced with the art of letting go, of going with the flow, works when you want the same thing that God wants. And humility must inform this. Never boast of it. Quietly, get on with it. Don't boast about your powers or they will disappear. Disappear as the direct result of you boasting about them. 

But does this work? 

Here I 'd invoke what I call the Minoxidil effect: I used this 'wonder cure' for male pattern baldness when it was still in the final stages of clinical trials back in the late 1980s. Did it work? No. But the pharma company behind it would say "Just think how much balder you would have been had you not used it!" One could use that same argument. "You're not particularly lucky in life. But think how much less lucky you could have been!"

You have willed it so? You get the willed-for outcome? Be grateful. Feel that gratitude – it has to be sincere. Be grateful and be quiet; don't boast.

This time four years ago:
Greylag geese find a home in Jeziorki

This time five years ago:
Aviation over lockdown Jeziorki

This time six years ago:
Easter in Ealing

This time nine years ago:
WiFi works on Polish train shock

This time ten years ago:
My dream camera, just around the corner

This time 12 years ago:
Longer, lighter lens

This time 13 years ago:
New engine on the coal train 

This time 14 years ago
High time to leave the car at home

This time 15 years ago:
The answer to urban commuting

This time 18 years ago:
Far away across the fields