Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Magical Things


Halloween is my favorite time of year. We get to allow the inner being show itself. Mine is a mischievous Gypsy man. This was one of three outfits for the season. Anyway, it is the one I enjoyed the most because it was so "out there"! These days seeing a man bedecked in scarves and beads and bells is quite the sight. Yet when we think about it, it really has only been very recently in our history here on this earth that this sort of attire has been considered "unacceptable" in a social way. I have Gypsy blood in me, so I thought that I would express it while the occasion was upon us.

All of this got me to thinking about magic. I had a conversation with a friend today that reminded me about wanting to blog about this subject matter. So here I go. I have said in earlier blogs that science is the magic that we do understand and magic is the science that we don't understand. I would like to take this a step further, if I may.

When we observe things around us (which most Westerners don't because they are too freakin' busy texting) we have an inner response to what we observe. For example, I might observe a fountain in the park on a hot summer's day. Now my response might be to also observe the signs that say "Please stay out of the fountain" or my response might be to listen to my blistering hot feet and jump in and allow them and the rest of my hot body (and it is pretty hot, according to my beloved) to cool down. Could I get arrested if I do the latter? I possibly would, but it just might be worth the risk. After all, I would at least not be wading into the river which has a huge undertow that would wash me up somewhere on the other side of the weir and then result in emergency personnel getting involved. Avoiding that sort of incident might make wading in a fountain much more appealing. That, to me, is the magic of life. It is the delightful response to what is right there in front of us all the time. Magic can be heard in the echoes of children's laughter. It can be seen in the warm embrace of two lovers. It really is all magic. It is also the force that created the Universe in the first place. This was not "accidental" as much as "intentional", according to my spiritual teachers. So if that magnitude of magic can exist, then who am I to ignore it? Why would I, of all people, ever want to miss out on a big bang??

I think that it is important to simply pay attention. We have to allow ourselves to look into what is happening around us and actually see what is right in front of our eyes. We also need to put our piddly technology down for a while and just reconnect with nature, otherwise we will simply walk right past that delicious fountain and not even notice it calling to us! That, to me, would be truly tragic.

Blessed Be
Trent
www.deerhornshamanic.com
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3 comments:

Vanitha said...

Well, you might get arrested doing the "fountain thing", but it would be worth it, especially to stimulate such MAGIC! I remember walking home from work on a very hot summer afternoon in Saskatoon, down 3rd Avenue to the Traffic Bridge (a.k.a. Victoria Bridge) a number of years ago. At the intersection of 3rd Avenue and 19th Street was the former site of the Gathercole Building. The sprinklers were going full blast watering the parched grass. In a split second, I knew what I had to do. I just placed my shoulder bag on the sidewalk beside kicked off shoes and went running through those inviting sprinklers in my work attire! Commuters heading home at the end of their work day honked and cheered as they went by. Yes - MAGIC!

Trent Deerhorn said...

Love the spontaneous force!

Anonymous said...

Thankyou! I totally loved your blog today Trent ( as I always do ). It was so insightful in so many ways, and although I'm not a crazy "texter" I will openly admit I do sometimes get caught up in it occasionally. During the times that this happen, I often wonder what exactly I missed in reality...even if for a couple minutes. So not only do I agree, but I have thought about this very subject so many times in my young life ( yes, lol, young haha) but ....I also insist on adding that I laughed really hard at Vanitha's comment b/c I totally pictured her doing it and yes,it is magic indeed!