We were at my house, where I happened to have a Ba Gua on hand. To add mystique to the second-hand gift, I said I was going to put a spell on it. I portentously led my skeptical date out onto the deck to create some drama. I raised the mirror to the sky and pronounced some sort of prayer for her: "Angels and all good energies of the universe, please come guide and guard this young woman." But mostly I was putting on a show for the guy's amusement. He was an engineer, right?
To my surprise, as I held the small mirror up toward the sun, I saw glowing orbs descend into the object. The engineer said something like, "Those balls of light must be angels."
Startled, I exclaimed, "You saw those too?" My jaw was open.
He denied, "No, I didn't see anything."
Contrast that to several years before, when I had a boyfriend in the Eckankar cult. He proposed marriage. My refusal inspired him to stomp off and, in his exit, lift up and smash to the ground a cinder block in my driveway. Later, I was cleaning my bedroom when a sudden image flooded my brain of that guy hitting me in the head with an ax. The vision was so distinct, I didn't hesitate to mention it the next time I saw him. "Yeah," he said, "I went home that day and split kindling... and I pretended the wood was you."
Thoughts do have substance. How much? Do they have as much substance as some of us believe?
The Dalai Lama or someone said, “The best meditation is critical thinking – followed by action.” If your daughter dates a drug dealer, forget the magic mirror: give her an intervention.
Common sense must balance magic and religion. I'm going to India soon, to see the women rangers of Gir. I'm prepared to have some swami come up and pronounce my mother's maiden name or something. Mystical events are a huge industry in India, if you take into account all the temples, ashrams and festivals. Meanwhile, Mother Teresa preached against abortion while children died of malnutrition before her eyes.
If you can't trust a woman with a choice, how can you trust a woman with orbs of light?
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