The first rule of magic is containment.
I felt a bit weird posting poetry, but that’s what I’ve been up to
lately. Yeah… having a blog is fun. And I can update really easily.
Thank you for reading. I think I will have some more news in a couple
weeks, but I don’t want to mention anything now because I don’t really
like talking about projects that are not complete. There is a theory
about manifestation that one must keep the progress made toward the
goal secret in order to maintain the focus of the energy. If one talks
about it too early, it’s like letting helium out of a balloon… the
energy will release and the goal will not be attained. Then you have
to wait a bit and blow the damn balloon up again. Generate new energy.
I write about this now because this issue has recently come up several
times for me, reminding me to keep quiet. One instance had to do with
me contacting someone about something, but then I told an associate and
he told, like, EVERYONE, and there goes all the energy I manifested
toward the goal. The balloon sank. I mean, he didn’t know that’s how
I manifest things. I can’t even explain it without it sounding highly
superstitious. But that’s the way things happen with me. Another
instance was this past week when I was half way to a goal, but nothing
was secure. I told someone because I was so excited and I thought I
had it in the bag and then the entire thing sort of just evaporated.
Poof. It was weird.
I could take the spiritually balanced approach to all this and say, “If
it didn’t happen, then it wasn’t meant to be.” But why does it only
“not happen” when I start talking? It’s all way too synchronous (in a
not good way).
This is from Julia Cameron’s book Supplies:
EVADE THE RADAR
“This involves the practice of the technique I call Zip the Lip, and it
means keep a low profile and don’t brag until you are sitting around
the campfire AFTER. Don’t race out and buy a fancy new Hummer. Don’t
trade up on the house. Don’t throw your comfortable clothes away so
you’re stuck with Armanis a size too small from your Toast and Boast
lunches.
Remember: The first rule of magic is containment. Work on the work,
not the image. If you are successful, your cheap shabby offices will
mean you are modest. Do not, repeat, do not reach into the Goody Jar
and run up an account on the company jet chit. You don’t want to show
up on the Jealous Schmucks Radar Screen or, for that matter, on the New
and Fleeceable Radar Screen. Pet your dog or your wife or your kid’s
head and practice your Acceptance Speech only in a cold shower.
