I think we all encounter magic now and then. It’s that spark we feel when we completely fall in love with something, when what we’re working on ‘clicks’ or when we are held spell bound by something.
Magic can happen with people, with the art we consume or create, in random encounters in the world or in the work we do in the world. And a million other places.
If magic is the ephemeral and abstract, what is it’s predecessor?
Thankfully, the genesis of magic is concrete (well, some parts anyway). Here’s a few ingredients.
Generous.
Magic comes from a generous act. When the intention behind an action is a generous one. Magic is magic because it increases the level of joy in the world, and generosity is directly aimed at that.
Possibility.
Magic arrives when we invite something that didn’t exist before. We must release the need for certainty and open up to what could be. Just because something hasn’t happened before doesn’t mean it can’t. It just means it hasn’t happened before.
Presence.
Magic is alive to what’s happening now. It’s alive and it’s listening intently. Magic requires you to forget what you thought you knew and be with only what is.
Magic is mysterious but it’s downstream from these beautiful pillars.
Care to make magic?
