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A little bit of modern magic by William Whitecloud
The 7 secrets of magic explained in English
Imagine living on a beautiful tropical island surrounded by crystal blue waters, where every day begins and ends with a picturesque tequila sunrise and sunset. Sounds like a dream, doesn’t it? But for my friends Pete and Samantha it is a dream that is coming true.
When I first met the couple five years ago things were not looking good for them. Pete had signed as guarantor for two businesses that had gone into liquidation. Their financial circumstances were dire, to say the least, and this strain was impacting very negatively on the well being of the whole family.
Nevertheless, through all those dark days, Pete and Sam held a vision of one day owning a resort island catering to people looking for a soulful holiday experience. Unbelievably, they now own that island. Construction on the retreat they first saw in their minds five years ago begins this month.
Over the Christmas holidays Pete took my family for a ride on his power boat, The Truth, to meet the baby dolphins that had recently been born off his island. I was in awe of how he and Sam had parlayed one of the worst hands you could ever be dealt into holding every Ace in the deck. When I asked Pete how he had done it, he just laughed and said, “The seven secrets of magic, mate.”
I should have known. The seven secrets Pete referred to are the creative principles I codified in by book, The Magician’s Way. In my experience, these principles are the essential ingredients for successfully creating the life you love. Al the research I have done tells me that anyone who creates a holistically successful life will either consciously or unconsciously apply every one of these secrets.
As Pete and Sam’s lives attest, these are very powerful insights that anyone can use to magically shape the life they would love to live. If you want to be empowered in being the master of your destiny, you will be well served in taking these seven laws of magic to heart:
Secret One: Your thoughts and feelings aren’t real.
This does not mean that everything we think and feel lacks validity – more that it is not complete. The way we tend to perceive things consciously is in absolute terms. This is especially true when we are stressed. In an argument, for instance, we gather all the information that proves our point of view and ignore any evidence that contradicts it.
If we are mature enough to accept that our perception is skewed, however, we are then able to reframe reality, which means we can include information that will enable us to cope more functionally in life. To get a practical sense of this insight, next time you are in a conflict with someone, try to remind yourself of the other person’s positive qualities. You will be amazed at how powerfully this will transform the conflict.
Once you appreciate that your perception has a subjective bias, you are free to reframe it. With a more objective, complete perspective you will be calmer, more positive and heaps more creative.
Secret Two: Your Focus creates your reality.
Anthony Robbins once said that the difference between millionaires and billionaires is that millionaires review their targets once a day while billionaires review theirs twice a day. He could have added that billionaires also aim for more. I worked in sales for many years and never met a successful salesperson who did not work to ambitious targets.
The fact is that when the mind is given a goal, it will not rest until it finds a pathway to that vision. To live a successful life you have to formulate a vision of the life you want, and then affirm that vision as often as possible. Remember, the person with the biggest vision gains the most.
Secret Three: Everyone has a heart.
Scientists postulate that we have survived as a species by developing an instinctive affinity for what is life affirming in our environment. The ancient Greeks used the heart as a metaphor for that part of our subconscious mind that has an affinity for what makes us thrive personally. As modern humans, we now find ourselves in a position where the highly rationalized, specialized world we live in disregards our hearts and forces us in directions counter to our own individual nature.
While suppressing the personal self for the sake of productivity seemed expedient to former generations, we are now discovering that there is more to be gained by encouraging the wisdom and creativity stored in our individuality. Your heart is the best judge of where you will find love, wellbeing, creative fulfillment and general abundance. It is therefore important to be able to switch off the conditioned mind and hear your own inner voice.
Yoga, meditation and almost any form of exercise are wonderful tools for slowing down the mind, though to fully connect with your heart; it really helps to develop an intuitive practice like automatic writing, where you allow yourself to write down whatever occurs to you spontaneously.
Integrating the third secret of magic will leave you feeling happier about yourself and more enthusiastic about life, as well as open up a whole new world of possibility.
Secret Four: There is never anything to do, but always action to take.
When we study the habits of successful people, one trait they all have in common is the ability to take action. Also, the action they take tends to be effective.
‘Doing’ is the dysfunctional action we take to make ourselves feel better. Keeping busy makes us feel like we are more in control of our circumstances, as if busyness automatically equates to successful results. The truth is, inappropriate action can do more harm than good.
Obviously, the more functional your actions are, the better things will work out for you in life. Knowing your heart is the key to becoming a powerful manifestor. Firstly, it is always easier to take action in favor of things you really care about, and secondly, going for what you love always turns out to be a wise move.
If you want to get things happening in your life, follow your heart!
Secret Five: Structure has integrity.
This is THE secret of magic. It means that the underlying foundation of anything shapes what grows out of it. Do what you like to nurture trees planted in rocky, arid ground, they will never be as healthy and lush as plants growing in moist, fertile soil.
The values we live by are our own personal foundation. As soon as we adopt values that contradict our own conscience, we cut ourselves off from the magic of our heart based intelligence and become oppressed by the treadmill mentality of our rational, egoic mind.
If you want to be supported by the flow of life, you have to dedicate yourself to living in accordance with your own conscience. Working out – and living by – a heart based value system will transform your life like nothing else.
Secret Six: You get your energy from a higher source.
We humans have a tendency to develop fixed concepts about what is in our highest good and where it should come from. These fixed concepts are formulated by the egoic mind and cloud our inner truth. The trick to living a magical life is developing the ability to let go of our fixed concepts and open up to what we know in our hearts. Fixed concepts (i.e. belief systems) are shared by personality types, so getting an understanding of your personality is mandatory when it comes to transforming your life experience.
Reading a good general book on Astrology or Enneagram types will give you the perfect introduction to your personality and accompanying belief systems. From there, you may want to find a personal development course that focuses on this theme. Certainly the more you get to “know thy self”, the more your mind will open to the endless opportunities your fixed concepts don’t allow you to see.
Secret Seven: It takes Will.
In other words, living a truly magical life takes more than just reading books on the subject. Creating a holistically successful life is a responsibility and a commitment. We have to know ourselves beyond the surface self, and know where we are coming from, too. The reward is that when you take the trouble to live that much more consciously, you put yourself on the path to finding your own island in the sun. Once you understand the seven secrets of magic and begin putting them in to practice, it doesn’t take long before your dreams start becoming a reality
William Whitecloud
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