Today is a magical day.

Yes, today magic was in the air.

Lately I have been reading "The Tao of Physics" by Fritjof Capra which talks about the parallels between Eastern Mysticism (such as Buddhism, Taoism and Hinduism) and quantum theory. Both schools of thought point to idea that the ultimate nature of reality is one not of infinitely small pieces, but of an indivisable whole. Everything in the universe is connected in some way. It discusses things like space-time as well as the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle which a lot of people (especially those trying to connect energy healing to quantum theory) have only a partial understanding of. As an example, most people might say that the Uncertainty Principle says that you can know the position of a particle but not its momentum, or vice versa. What part of the principle actually states, is that you can't know the position of the particle precisely and know its momentum which any decree of certainty. Everything in the quantum world is described in probabilites, and there is an amount of uncertainty whenever the two quantities are measured. If you are certain about one, you are uncertain about the other, or you can be equally uncertain about both of them.

However, the point is today was magical. While at the dentist, my dental assistant stated that health problems don't have a single cause... that many things working together cause illness. This is what I had recently thought up and exactly what Capra writes about when he discusses causality... the "laws" of cause and effect.

Capra also touches on the concept of unity of all things as he discusses polar opposites. As embodied in the Chinese t'ai chi symbol (called the Yin/Yang symbol), many aspects we see as being opposites or contradictory are actually polar opposites. They are not separate entities, but complementary aspects of the same whole. Within duality there is Unity.

Today after my dentist appointment I went into the office of a natural healer that had recently moved into the building and talked with for a few minutes. Among the various symbols on the wall was something I thought was a type of mandala, but when I asked him he said it was the Aztec symbol of the Cosmic Butterfly... which represents the same thing as the Yin/Yang symbol.

Later in the day I was on my way to an appointment where we ended up discussing what energy is and is it really the same thing as discussed in energy healing circles. While a great conversation, nothing concrete developed but we did decide on a base that could be built on. Before I walked a few blocks to the appointment I noticed the sky and while it wasn't very dark, I had the impression that it would rain on my way back. I considered getting my car, but changed my mind since it was short walk and a nice day all things considered.

Yep, when I came out of the appointment it had just begun to rain. I felt such a rush after the conversation that I honestly felt like running through the rain, laughing and skipping like a child. Pretty unusual especially considering I'm fighting a cold and should be resting.

But it was definitely a magical day. When you follow your own path, your Tao, your right nature, you have more magical days. Not only are you more likely to notice them, but I honestly believe they happen more frequently.

You just "know" when you are on the right path.

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Yesterday was also a magical day. I picked up a copy of "Magic for Dummies" after reading a lot of good reviews on The Magic Cafe. Also read up on Mark Wilson's "Complete Course on Magic" which I may pick up this week.

Skeptics: VJ Stenger talks about how energy healing cannot actually be "energy"