Ey Sam!
Coming at you live from England! Just came across your channel/page after seeing your most recent post about the UK funeral director.
Thanks for sharing your song with us and it's good to know that there are still people with critical thinking still around. Good to know also you and your family are doing safe in the Pyrennes. I've heard a lot about that region from my French friends that i have met throughout my life, but have never been.
Anyway, you've gained a new supporter!
Btw - on my channel/page I do these videos on common law. If you have time please give it a checks! Be good!
Hey there @jin-out
Many thanks for the follow and the message. I checked your intro post and am very happy to see another magician in our midst! I don't mention it much around here but magic has been a part of my life since childhood so it is a pleasure to meet you.
Magic was my mental escape from a horrible boarding school at the age of 7 and as a teenager I used to compete and won a few competitions in the late 80s but that was before I understood magic was real. These days I don't perform any more but rather I practice manifesting games with my children so that they may learn the true power of their minds. Having a pack of cards in my hands is a comforting feeling however and pulling cards from the air still feels easy. I suppose it's like riding a bike ;)
Anyway, good memories. Thanks for the trigger. Am certainly interested in common law so will keep an eye out for those posts. All the best to you and welcome to hive. This is the place where awake people live. And together we are stronger!
Hey fellow Magi!
Wow, very pleased to meet a kindred myself. If you can get a hold of an English or French copy of Robert Houdin's SECRETS OF CONJURING AND MAGIC then that would be a very good item for your collection.
I read your manifesting games blog post and found it curiously interesting. Very good to active not only yours and your offspring's (when you use the word offspring when dealing with the authorities, it puts you in common law jurisdiction...when you use "Child", that is statutory/admiralty jurisdiction) imagination...but also their spirit of wonder.
If i may be so bold, may i caution you to the dangers of the all teachings of the laws of attraction. This new age thing is rooted in the ancient teachings of Karma, to which the new age peoples have perverted. Teach your children about Karma. As a Buddhist myself, I see Karma span all livelihoods, all religions and spiritual practices. And if you have time you must read a Buddhist Sutra called THE BUDDHA SPEAKS ON THE TEN VIRTUES. Found a pdf here for your perusal https://learning.tergar.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/VOL201605-WR-Thrangu-R-Buddhist-Conduct-The-Ten-Virtuous-Actions.pdf
Not to bombard you, but just wanted to introduce you to jolly venerable master in Canada who runs a youtube channel that you may like
Lots of great thoughts here. Thank you for that. I had heard of Houdin's book but never read it so will see if I can get hold of a copy. I recall Houdini used his name out of respect, so it must indeed be worth checking out. I really loved Houdini as a kid and idea of performance magic is still quite interesting to me but as I learn more and more about the lies we call history I am wondering if magic wasn't once a lot more magical than we have been led to believe and perhaps even a part of everyone's life, rather than just a few performers.
Excellent info on 'child'. Offspring it is from now on! Modern language is out to catch us in so many ways. Like when we are asked by police if we understand them, to which the answer should be 'no, I do not stand under you'. All part of the same game to trick us into saying things we are not even aware of.
Interesting to hear your words of caution relating to something as seemingly harmless as LOA, which in my mind isn't much different to intentional daydreaming. That's a first for me and am very curious to understand more about where you're coming from. Karma is indeed an important lesson and I've mentioned it in the past to my offspring but perhaps not focused on it enough, so I appreciate the nudge. I am no expert but I feel like Karma is the Ultimate lesson, important because we are constantly recycling into new bodies, seeking always to evolve ourselves as spiritual beings. However, LOA is relevant because we can have whatever our heart desires right here right now in this life. Yes our deeds always carry forward into the next life but I don't see why that means we can't have what we want in this life? I am in no doubt about the effectiveness of LOA, having experienced the benefits first hand and am yet to find any reason to think of it as dangerous. In fact, all of us are manifesting all the time. We're just not aware of it. Perhaps you could expand a little on why you see it as dangerous?
Am curious also to know what you think as a Buddhist about the Dalai Lama's decision to be publicly vaccinated while encouraging his people to do the same? This from my perspective makes him either extremely naive or on the pay-roll of the elite. Either way, I am sorry for the people who took his advice. Happy to check out Venerable Guan Cheng as an alternative. Appreciate the PDF too. Have downloaded for future reading.